The 2019 LPGA of Japan Tour was the 52nd season of the
LPGA of Japan Tour
The LPGA of Japan Tour is a professional golf tour for women organised by the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers' Association. The tour was founded in 1968. It is the second richest women's golf tour in the world. The U.S.-based LPGA Tour is the mo ...
, the
professional golf tour
Professional golf tours are the means by which otherwise unconnected professional golf tournaments are organized into a regular schedule. There are separate tours for men and women; most are based in a specific geographical region, although some to ...
for women operated by the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan. The 2019 schedule included 39 official events all played in Japan.
Leading money winner was
Ai Suzuki
Ai Suzuki (born 9 May 1994) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Suzuki plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has won 20 times including 7 times in 2019. In November 2019, she won three consecutive tournaments, including the Toto Japan Classi ...
with ¥160,189,665.
Hinako Shibuno
is a Japanese professional golfer who won the 2019 Women's British Open.
Early years
Shibuno was born in Okayama, Japan on 15 November 1998. Her father was a discus thrower and her mother was a javelin thrower. She is the middle child of the ...
won the ''Mercedes Ranking''.
Jiyai Shin
Jiyai Shin (; ; born 28 April 1988) is a former world No. 1 ranked South Korean professional golfer who primarily plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour. She previously played primarily on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Korea Tour (KLPGA). She has broke ...
had the lowest scoring average and finished most often (18 times) inside the top ten.
Schedule
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA of Japan Tour, including that event. All tournaments are played in Japan.
Events in bold were majors.
The
Toto Japan Classic was co-sanctioned with the
LPGA Tour
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly ...
.
References
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2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
2019 in women's golf
2019 in Japanese sport