is a
Japanese
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* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
female
professional golfer
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.
Oyama plays on 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. It is the second richest women's golf tour in the world. The U.S.-based LPGA Tour is the most important women's tour, but ...
where she has won 17 times and led the money list in 2006. She played on the
LPGA Tour
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in 2009.
Oyama competed for Japan at the
2016 Summer Olympics, finishing 42nd.
Professional wins
LPGA of Japan Tour wins (18)
Tournaments in bold denotes major tournaments in LPGA of Japan Tour.
Other wins
*2011
Hitachi 3Tours Championship
*2014
Hitachi 3Tours Championship
*2015
Hitachi 3Tours Championship
Team appearances
Professional
*
The Queens (representing Japan): 2015 (winners), 2016
References
External links
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Yahoo Sports profile
Japanese female golfers
LPGA of Japan Tour golfers
LPGA Tour golfers
Olympic golfers for Japan
Golfers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Miyazaki Prefecture
1977 births
Living people
21st-century Japanese women
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