Mina Harigae

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Mina Harigae
Personal information
Full nameMina Harigae
Born (1989-11-01) November 1, 1989 (age 35)
Monterey, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Mesa, Arizona, U.S. [1]
Career
College Duke University
Turned professional2009
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2010)
Former tour(s) Futures Tour (2009)
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour3
Other4
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T32: 2013
Women's PGA C'ship T13: 2020
U.S. Women's Open 2nd: 2022
Women's British Open T13: 2021
Evian Championship T24: 2014
Achievements and awards
Futures Tour
Rookie of the Year
2009
Futures Tour
Player of the Year
2009

Mina Harigae (born November 1, 1989) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.

Contents

As an amateur golfer, she won the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links. Harigae won the California Women's Amateur Championship for four consecutive years (2001–2005); her first victory came as a 12-year-old. [2]

Childhood and family life

Born to Japanese parents, Harigae attended the Stevenson School. Her parents run a sushi restaurant in Pacific Grove, California called Takara Sushi. [3] [4] She attended Duke University, leaving after a year to pursue a professional golf career. [5]

Amateur career

Harigae is the youngest winner of the California Women's Amateur Championship, accomplishing the feat in 2001 at the age of 12. [6]

Professional career

In 2009, Harigae played on the Futures Tour, the LPGA Tour's developmental tour. She won three tournaments and was the tour's leading money winner, which earned her membership on the LPGA Tour for the 2010 season. [8] She won her largest payday, $1,080,000 for a second-place finish at the U.S. Women's Open on June 5, 2022, losing by 4 strokes to Minjee Lee. Lee won the largest purse to date in women's history $1.8 million in that tournament's largest prize total ever, $10 million. [9]

Professional wins (7)

Futures Tour wins (3)

Cactus Tour wins (4)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Chevron Championship CUTCUTT38T32T67T51CUTCUTCUT
U.S. Women's Open T66CUTT67CUTT34T28CUTT38CUTT30T61T302T33
Women's PGA Championship T59CUTT15T22T69T65CUTCUTCUTCUTT13T46CUTT24CUT
The Evian Championship ^T27T24T64CUTCUTCUTNTT29CUTCUT
Women's British Open CUTCUTCUTT29T69CUTT28T13CUTT44

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 00000094
Women's PGA Championship 000004158
U.S. Women's Open 010111139
The Evian Championship 00000194
Women's British Open 000001105
Totals0101175630

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made
Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish
Earnings ($)Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2007 110000T66n/an/a76.25n/a
2008 200000MCn/an/a77.25n/a
2010 1590001T890,2057772.6458
2011 17130001T6178,6834972.5441
2012 26190001T7304,0574472.3347
2013 26200001T5285,1954971.9847
2014 27240002T8324,4395071.8852
2015 25170000T16130,7038272.7390
2016 1990000T3146,50812072.74108
2017 1770001T1079,63611671.7474
2018 21120002T7188,2798371.5958
2019 21110001T9103,60810972.27114
2020 11900044327,3763471.0316
2021 21180115T2791,7572270.7637
2022 2315010121,293,4711571.3571
2023 23110000T24269,6898571.7887
Totals^2951950212024,413,60598

^ Official as of 2023 season [12] [13] [14]

*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

Futures Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made
WinsTop 10sBest
finish
Earnings ($)Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2009 1615310188,386170.892

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearWorld
ranking
Source
201281 [15]
201393 [16]
201489 [17]
2015163 [18]
2016349 [19]
2017293 [20]
2018161 [21]
2019230 [22]
202091 [23]
202148 [24]
202251 [25]
2023124 [26]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
matches
Total
W–L–H
Singles
W–L–H
Foursomes
W–L–H
Fourballs
W–L–H
Points
won
Points
%
Career31–2–00–1–00–0–01–1–0133.3
2021 31–2–00–1–0 lost to C. Boutier 5&41–1–0 lost w/ L. Thompson 5&4
won w/ Y. Noh 3&1
133.3

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