2022 LPGA of Japan Tour

The 2022 LPGA of Japan Tour was the 54th season of the LPGA of Japan Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers' Association.

Leading money winner was Miyū Yamashita with ¥235,020,967. She also won the Mercedes Ranking, had the lowest scoring average and finished most often (21 times) inside the top-10.[1]

Schedule

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The results of the season are given in the table below.[2] "Date" is the end date of the tournament. The number in parentheses after winners' names shows the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA of Japan Tour, including that event.

Date Tournament Location Prize fund (¥) Winner WWGR
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6 Mar Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament Okinawa 120,000,000   Mao Saigo (1) 18.5
13 Mar Meiji Yasuda Life Ladies Yokohama Tire Golf Tournament Kōchi 80,000,000   Tsai Pei-ying (1) 18.0
20 Mar T-Point ENEOS Golf Tournament Kagoshima 100,000,000   Kotone Hori (2) 18.0
27 Mar AXA Ladies Golf Tournament in Miyazaki Miyazaki 100,000,000   Mao Saigo (2) 18.5
3 Apr Yamaha Ladies Open Katsuragi Shizuoka 100,000,000   Mao Saigo (3) 19.0
10 Apr Fujifilm Studio Alice Ladies Open Saitama 100,000,000   Momoko Ueda (17) 19.0
17 Apr KKT Cup Vantelin Ladies Open Kumamoto 100,000,000   Nozomi Uetake (1) 18.0
24 Apr Fujisankei Ladies Classic Shizuoka 80,000,000   Sayaka Takahashi (1) 15.5
1 May Panasonic Open Ladies Golf Tournament Chiba 80,000,000   Mao Saigo (4) 19.0
8 May World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup Ibaraki 120,000,000   Miyū Yamashita (2) 19.0
15 May Hoken No Madoguchi Ladies Fukuoka 120,000,000   Ayaka Watanabe (5) 19.0
22 May Bridgestone Ladies Open Chiba 100,000,000   Mao Saigo (5) 19.0
29 May Resort Trust Ladies Yamanashi 100,000,000   Sakura Koiwai (7) 16.0
5 Jun Richard Mille Yonex Ladies Golf Tournament Niigata 90,000,000   Mone Inami (11) 16.0
12 Jun Ai Miyazato Suntory Ladies Open Golf Tournament Hyōgo 150,000,000   Miyū Yamashita (3) 18.5
19 Jun Nichirei Ladies Chiba 100,000,000   Yuna Nishimura (5) 18.0
26 Jun Earth Mondahmin Cup Chiba 300,000,000   Ayako Kimura (1) 19.0
3 Jul Shiseido Ladies Open Kanagawa 120,000,000   Serena Aoki (3) 19.0
10 Jul Nippon Ham Ladies Classic Hokkaido 100,000,000   Yuna Nishimura (6) 19.5
24 Jul Daito Kentaku Eheyanet Ladies Hokkaido 120,000,000   Erika Kikuchi (5) 17.5
31 Jul Rakuten Super Ladies Hyōgo 100,000,000   Minami Katsu (7) 16.5
7 Aug Hokkaido Meiji Cup Hokkaido 90,000,000   Lee Min-young (6) 16.5
14 Aug NEC Karuizawa 72 Golf Tournament Nagano 80,000,000   Chisato Iwai (1) 17.0
21 Aug CAT Ladies Kanagawa 60,000,000   Chisato Iwai (2) 18.5
28 Aug Nitori Ladies Golf Tournament Hokkaido 100,000,000   Mone Inami (12) 19.0
4 Sep Golf5 Ladies Chiba 100,000,000   Shi Yu-ting (1) 19.0
11 Sep Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup Kyoto 200,000,000   Haruka Kawasaki (1) 26.0
18 Sep Sumitomo Life Vitality Ladies Tokai Classic Aichi 100,000,000   Amiyu Ozeki (1) 19.0
25 Sep Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Women's Open Golf Tournament Miyagi 70,000,000   Miyū Yamashita (4) 18.0
2 Oct Japan Women's Open Golf Championship Chiba 150,000,000   Minami Katsu (8) 26.0
9 Oct Stanley Ladies Honda Golf Tournament Shizuoka 120,000,000   Sakura Koiwai (8) 19.0
16 Oct Fujitsu Ladies Chiba 100,000,000   Ayaka Furue (8) 19.5
23 Oct Nobuta Group Masters GC Ladies Hyōgo 200,000,000   Haruka Kawasaki (2) 19.5
30 Oct Mitsubishi Electric/Hisako Higuchi Ladies Golf Tournament Saitama 80,000,000   Kumiko Kaneda (2) 19.5
6 Nov Toto Japan Classic^ Shiga US$2,000,000   Gemma Dryburgh (1) 34.0
13 Nov Ito En Ladies Golf Tournament Chiba 100,000,000   Miyū Yamashita (5) 19.0
20 Nov Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open Ehime 100,000,000   Saiki Fujita (6) 19.0
27 Nov Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup Miyazaki 120,000,000   Miyū Yamashita (6) 19.0

Events in bold are majors.
^ The Toto Japan Classic was co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "2022 JLPGA – Stats". JLPGA.
  2. ^ "Tournament: 2022 JLPGA Tour Schedule". JLPGA. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Events – JLPGA – 2022". Rolex Rankings.
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