Japan LPGA Tour Championship

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Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup
Tournament information
Location Miyazaki, Miyazaki
Established1979
Course(s)Miyazaki Country Club
Par72
Length6,451 yards (5,899 m)
Tour(s) LPGA of Japan Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100 million
Month playedNovember
Current champion
Flag of Japan.svg Miyū Yamashita

Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup is the final event of golf's LPGA of Japan Tour season. It is usually played in November and in recent years at the Miyazaki Country Club, Miyazaki, Miyazaki. It was founded in 1979. The winner receives an invite to the next year's Women's British Open.

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Tournament hosts

YearsVenueLocation
1979–1982 Kawaguchiko Country Club Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi
1983–1992 Oak Hills Country Club Katori, Chiba
1993–1997 Aoshima Golf Club Miyazaki, Miyazaki
1998–2002 Hibiscus Golf Club Miyazaki, Miyazaki
2003–present Miyazaki Country Club Miyazaki, Miyazaki

Course

Miyazaki Country Club in 2014 [1]

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3625594123581603603971854803,2733414951804953834131713174003,1556,428
Par454434435364535433443672

Winners

YearPlayerCountryScorePurse (¥)Winner's
share (¥)
Ref
LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup
2023 Miyū Yamashita (2)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 278 (−10)120,000,00030,000,000
2022 Miyū Yamashita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 273 (−15)120,000,00030,000,000
2021 Kana Mikashima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 277 (−11)120,000,00030,000,000
2020 Erika Hara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 278 (−10)120,000,00030,000,000
2019 Bae Seon-woo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 277 (−11)120,000,00030,000,000
2018 Jiyai Shin (2)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 277 (−11)100,000,00025,000,000
2017 Teresa Lu (2)Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 273 (−15)100,000,00025,000,000
2016 Kim Ha-neul Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 279 (−9)100,000,00025,000,000
2015 Jiyai Shin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 281 (−7)100,000,00025,000,000
2014 Teresa Lu Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 278 (−10)100,000,00025,000,000
2013 Shiho Oyama (2)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 279 (−9)100,000,00025,000,000
2012 Lee Bo-mee Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 275 (−13)100,000,00025,000,000
2011 Jeon Mi-jeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 280 (−8)100,000,00025,000,000
2010 Inbee Park Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 287 (−1)100,000,00025,000,000
2009 Sakura Yokomine (2)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 282 (−6)100,000,00025,000,000
2008 Miho Koga (2)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 282 (−6)100,000,00025,000,000
2007 Miho Koga Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 275 (−13)100,000,00025,000,000
2006 Sakura Yokomine Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 277 (−11)15,000,000
2005 Shiho Oyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 283 (−5)15,000,000
2004 Yuri Fudoh (2)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 286 (−2)15,000,000
2003 Yuri Fudoh Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 279 (−9)15,000,000
2002 Ko Woo-soon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 278 (−6)15,000,000
2001 Kaori Higo (2)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 275 (−13)15,000,000
2000 Akira Nakano (2)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 282 (−6)PO15,000,000
JLPGA Meiji Dairies Cup
1999 Kaori Higo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 275 (−13)10,800,000
1998 Lee Young-Me Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 274 (−14)10,800,000
1997 Akiko Fukushima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 283 (−5)10,800,000
1996 Yoko Inoue Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 281 (−7)10,800,000
1995 Ikuyo Shiotani Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 215 (−1)PO9,000,000
1994 Mayumi Hirase (2)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 208 (−8)9,000,000
1993 Kaori Harada Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 215 (−1)9,000,000
1992 Akira Nakano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 212 (−4)9,000,000
1991 Ku Ok-hee Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 209 (−7)9,000,000
1990 Aiko Takase Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 211 (−5)7,200,000
JLPGA Lady Borden Cup
1989 Mayumi Hirase Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 211 (−5)PO6,000,000
1988 Huang Yueh-chyn Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 217 (+1)5,000,000
1987 Yuko Moriguchi (3)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 208 (−8)5,000,000
1986 Tatsuko Ohsako (2)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 205 (−11)5,000,000
1985 Yuko Moriguchi (2)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 210 (−6)4,000,000
1984 Tatsuko Ohsako Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 210 (−6)4,000,000
1983 Tu Ai-yu (3)Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 211 (−5)3,000,000
1982 Tu Ai-yu (2)Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 212 (−4)3,000,000
1981 Yuko Moriguchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 214 (−1)2,500,000
1980 Nayoko Yoshikawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 214 (−1)2,500,000
1979 Tu Ai-yu Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 147 (+3)10,000,0002,000,000

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