2011 LPGA of Japan Tour

The 2011 LPGA of Japan Tour was the 44th season of the LPGA of Japan Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan. It consisted of 34 golf tournaments, all played in Japan. Four events were canceled due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Ahn Sun-ju won the Order of Merit and had the lowest scoring average. Lee Ji-Hee finished most often (19 times) inside the top-10.[1]

Tournament results

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Dates Tournament Location Prize fund (JPY) Winner
Mar 4–6 Daikin Orchid Ladies Okinawa 80,000,000   Inbee Park (3)
Mar 11–13 Yokohama Tire PRGR Ladies Cup Kōchi 80,000,000 Canceled because of earthquake
Mar 18–20 T-Point Ladies Kagoshima 70,000,000
Apr 1–3 Yamaha Ladies Open Shizuoka 80,000,000
Apr 8–10 Studio Alice Ladies Open Hyogo 60,000,000
Apr 15–17 Nishijin Ladies Classic Kumamoto 70,000,000   Yuri Fudoh (49)
Apr 22–24 Fujisankei Ladies Classic Shizuoka 80,000,000   Kumiko Kaneda (1)
Apr 29 – May 1 Cyber Agent Ladies Chiba 70,000,000   Yuri Fudoh (50)
May 5–8 World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup Ibaraki 120,000,000   Ahn Sun-ju (5)
May 13–15 Fundokin Ladies Fukuoka 80,000,000   Miki Saiki (3)
May 20–22 Chukyo TV Bridgestone Ladies Open Aichi 70,000,000   Harukyo Nomura (1)
May 27–29 Yonex Ladies Niigata 60,000,000   Hiromi Mogi (5)
Jun 3–5 Resort Trust Ladies Nagano 70,000,000   Sakura Yokomine (18)
Jun 9–12 Suntory Ladies Open Hyogo 100,000,000   Ahn Sun-ju (6)
Jun 17–19 Nichirei Ladies Chiba 80,000,000   Lee Ji-hee (14)
Jul 1–3 Nichi-Iko Ladies Open Toyama 60,000,000   Ayako Uehara (3)
Jul 15–17 Stanley Ladies Shizuoka 90,000,000   Chie Arimura (8)
Aug 5–7 Meiji Cup Hokkaido 90,000,000   Shanshan Feng (1)
Aug 12–14 NEC Karuizawa 72 Nagano 70,000,000   Ahn Sun-ju (7)
Aug 19–21 CAT Ladies Kanagawa 60,000,000   Chie Arimura (9)
Aug 26–28 Nitori Ladies Hokkaido 90,000,000   Ritsuko Ryu (1)
Sep 2–4 Golf5 Ladies Gifu 60,000,000   Ye Liying (1)
Sep 8–11 Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup Chiba 140,000,000   Yuko Mitsuka (4)
Sep 16–18 Munsingwear Ladies Tokai Classic Aichi 80,000,000   Mayu Hattori (3)
Sep 23–25 Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Ladies Open Miyagi 70,000,000   Shanshan Feng (2)
Sep 29 – Oct 2 Japan Women's Open Golf Championship Aichi 140,000,000   Yukari Baba (3)
Oct 7–9 Sankyo Ladies Open   Gunma 100,000,000   Ahn Sun-ju (8)
Oct 14–16 Fujitsu Ladies   Chiba 80,000,000   Saiki Fujita (5)
Oct 21–23 Masters GC Ladies   Hyogo 123,000,000   Shiho Oyama (12)
Oct 28–30 Hisako Higuchi – Morinaga Weider Ladies   Chiba 70,000,000   Chie Arimura (10)
Nov 4–6 Mizuno Classic   Mie US$1,200,000   Momoko Ueda (9)
Nov 11–13 Ito En Ladies   Chiba 90,000,000   Asako Fujimoto (1)
Nov 18–20 Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open   Kagawa 100,000,000   Lee Ji-hee (15)
Nov 24–27 Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup   Miyazaki 100,000,000   Jeon Mi-jeong (17)
Dec 11 Hitachi 3Tours Championship   Chiba 57,000,000 LPGA of Japan Tour

For the official tour schedule on the LPGA of Japan Tour's website, including links to full results, click here.

Events in bold are majors.

The Mizuno Classic is co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour.

Leading money winners

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Rank Player Country Prize money (¥)
1 Ahn Sun-ju   South Korea 127,926,893
2 Lee Ji-hee   South Korea 102,317,057
3 Chie Arimura   Japan 88,689,388
4 Sakura Yokomine   Japan 87,304,130
5 Yukari Baba   Japan 76,293,839
6 Jeon Mi-jeong   South Korea 67,777,540
7 Shanshan Feng   China 67,139,194
8 Miki Saiki   Japan 62,729,018
9 Yuri Fudoh   Japan 60,518,023
10 Ritsuko Ryu   Japan 57,560,409

There is a complete list on the official site here.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2011 JLPGA – Stats". JLPGA.
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