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The LPGA of Japan Tour is a professional
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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
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is the most important women's tour, but the prize money gap has closed markedly since the American tour's total prize fund peaked at just over $60 million in 2008. While the Japan Tour is the second-most lucrative women's tour, two other non-U.S. tours, the
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and the
LPGA of Korea Tour The LPGA of Korea Tour is a South Korean professional golf tour for Women's sports, women. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association. LPGA of Korea runs this tour, not the American LPGA. It is one of the world's five leading women's golf ...
, rival the Japan Tour in level of competition. The LPGA of Japan Tour has attracted international players. As of 2022, 120 international golfers from more than 10 countries including Taiwan, Philippines, Korea, China, France, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Brazil and Thailand have come to compete on the tour. The tour has four major events, the
Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup , is one of the longest running tournaments in the history of the Japan Ladies Professional Golf Association, surpassed only by Japan Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA of Japan Tour. Winners See also *Japan Golf Associat ...
, the Japan Women’s Open, the World Ladies Championship and the final event, the Japan LPGA Tour Championship. In 2014, Minami Katsu became the youngest tournament winner in the history of the LPGA of Japan when she won the Vantelin Ladies Open at age 15. In 2022, Miyū Yamashita became the youngest tour winner, at 21 years, 103 days.


Schedule

The 2025 schedule includes 37 events played in Japan.


Leading money winners


See also

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List of golfers with most LPGA of Japan Tour wins This is a list of golfers who have won 10 or more events on the LPGA of Japan Tour. Many of the players on the list have won events on Professional golf tours, other tours and unofficial events. Members of the World Golf Hall of Fame are annotat ...
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Women's World Golf Rankings The Women's World Golf Rankings, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Rolex Rankings, were introduced in February 2006. They are sanctioned by 12 women's golf tours and the organisations behind them: Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPG ...
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Professional golf tours 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 ...
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Japan Golf Association The , also known as the JGA, is Japanese national association of golf courses, clubs and facilities and the governing body of golf for Japan. Competitions organized by JGA *Japan Open Golf Championship *Japan Women's Open Golf Championship *Japan ...
* Korean players' victories on LPGA of Japan Tour *
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* {{Women's Professional Golf Tours Professional golf tours Sports leagues established in 1968 1968 establishments in Japan