Japan Women's Open Golf Championship

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Japan Women's Open
Tournament information
LocationVaries – Awara, Fukui in 2023
Established1968
Course(s)Varies – Awara Golf Club in 2023
Organized byJapan Golf Association
Tour(s)LPGA of Japan Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥150,000,000
Month playedOctober
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Nasa Hataoka (2017)
To par−20 Nasa Hataoka (2017)
Current champion
Japan Erika Hara

The Japan Women's Open Golf Championship (日本女子オープンゴルフ選手権競技, Nihon Joshi ōpun gorufu senshuken kyōgi) is Japan's

national women's open golf championship. From 2006 (as of 2011) it is one of the two richest tournaments on the LPGA of Japan Tour
, with a prize fund of 140 million Yen.

Tournament names through the years:

  • 1968–1970:
    TBS
    Women's Open
  • 1971–present: Japan Women's Open Golf Championship

Winners

Year Champion Venue Location Score To par Purse
(¥)
Winner's
share (¥)
2023 Japan Erika Hara Awara Golf Club, Sea Course Awara, Fukui 273 −15 150,000,000 30,000,000
2022 Japan Minami Katsu Murasaki Country Club, Sumire Course Noda, Chiba 285 −3 150,000,000 30,000,000
2021 Japan Minami Katsu Tomei Country Club
Susono, Shizuoka
270 −14 150,000,000 30,000,000
2020 Japan Erika Hara Classic Golf Club
Miyawaka, Fukuoka
272 −16 112,500,000 22,500,000
2019 Japan Nasa Hataoka Cocopa Resort Club, Queen's Course Tsu, Mie 270 −18 150,000,000 30,000,000
2018 South Korea Ryu So-yeon Chiba Country Club, Noda Course Noda, Chiba 273 −15 140,000,000 28,000,000
2017 Japan Nasa Hataoka Abiko Golf Club Abiko, Chiba 268 −20 140,000,000 28,000,000
2016 Japan Nasa Hataoka (a) Karasuyamajo Country Club, Sannomaru Course
Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi
280 −4 140,000,000 28,000,000
2015 South Korea Chun In-gee Katayamazu Golf Club, Hakusan Course Kaga, Ishikawa 286 −2 140,000,000 28,000,000
2014 Taiwan Teresa Lu Biwako Country Club Rittō, Shiga 280 −8 140,000,000 28,000,000
2013 Japan Mika Miyazato Sagamihara Golf Club, East Course
Sagamihara, Kanagawa
288 E 140,000,000 28,000,000
2012 China Shanshan Feng Yokohama County Club, West Course
Yokohama, Kanagawa
288 E 140,000,000 28,000,000
2011 Japan Yukari Baba Nagoya Golf Club
Togo, Aichi
292 +12 140,000,000 28,000,000
2010 Japan Mika Miyazato Otone Country Club, East Course
Bando, Ibaraki
276 −12 140,000,000 28,000,000
2009 South Korea Song Bo-bae Abiko Golf Club Abiko, Chiba 277 −11 140,000,000 28,000,000
2008 South Korea Lee Ji-hee Shiun Golf Club, Kajikawa Course Shibata, Niigata 284 −4 140,000,000 28,000,000
2007 Japan Shinobu Moromizato Tarumae Country Club
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
282 −6 140,000,000 28,000,000
2006 South Korea Jang Jeong Ibaraki Country Club Ibaraki, Osaka 279 −9 140,000,000 28,000,000
2005 Japan Ai Miyazato Totsuka Country Club, West Course
Yokohama, Kanagawa
283 −5 70,000,000 14,000,000
2004 Japan Yuri Fudoh Hiroshima Country Club, Hachihonmatsu Course
Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima
280 −8 70,000,000 14,000,000
2003 Japan Michiko Hattori Chiba Country Club, Noda Course Noda, Chiba 287 −1 70,000,000 14,000,000
2002 South Korea Ko Woo-soon Hakone Country Club
Hakone, Kanagawa
278 −14 70,000,000 14,000,000
2001 Japan Miyuki Shimabukuro Muroran Golf Club
Muroran, Hokkaido
302 +14 70,000,000 14,000,000
2000 Japan Kaori Higo Hanno Golf Club
Hanno, Saitama
293 +5 70,000,000 14,000,000
1999 Japan Mayumi Murai Kasumigaseki Country Club Kawagoe, Saitama 281 −7 70,000,000 14,000,000
1998 Japan Natsuko Noro Miyoshi Country Club, West Course Miyoshi, Aichi 286 −2 70,000,000 14,000,000
1997 Japan Ayako Okamoto Higashihirono Golf Club
Miki, Hyogo
295 +7 70,000,000 14,000,000
1996 Japan Aki Takamura Ryugasaki Country Club
Ryugasaki, Ibaraki
291 +3 70,000,000 14,000,000
1995 Japan Ikuyo Shiotani Ube Country Club, Mannenike West Course
Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi
285 −3 60,000,000 9,720,000
1994 Japan Michiko Hattori Musashi Country Club, Sasai Course
Sayama, Saitama
287 −1 60,000,000 10,800,000
1993 Japan Ayako Okamoto Higashinagoya Country Club Toyota, Aichi 288 E 60,000,000 10,800,000
1992 Japan Atsuko Hikage Meishin Youkaichi Country Club
Higashiomi, Shiga
287 −1 60,000,000 10,800,000
1991 Taiwan Tu Ai-yu Sapporo Golf Club, Wattsu Course Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido 292 E 50,000,000 9,000,000
1990 Japan Yuko Moriguchi Gifuseki Country Club Seki, Gifu 288 E 40,000,000 8,000,000
1989 Japan Hiromi Kobayashi Musashi Country Club, Toyooka Course Iruma, Saitama 289 +1 40,000,000 8,000,000
1988 Japan Fukumi Tani Dazaifu Golf Club Dazaifu, Fukuoka 295 −1 30,000,000 6,000,000
1987 Japan Nayoko Yoshikawa Tsukuba Country Club Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki 287 −1 30,000,000 6,000,000
1986 Taiwan Tu Ai-yu Omi Country Club Konan, Shiga 293 −3 25,000,000 4,000,000
1985 Japan Yuko Moriguchi Sodegaura Country Club
Chiba, Chiba
293 −3 25,000,000 4,000,000
1984 Japan Tatsuko Ohsako Kanra Country Club Kanra, Gunma 286 −2 25,000,000 4,000,000
1983 Taiwan Tu Ai-yu Awara Country Club, Sea Course Awara, Fukui 218 −1 25,000,000 4,000,000
1982 Japan Atsuko Hikage Forest Golf Club, West Course Shibata, Niigata 285 −3 25,000,000 4,000,000
1981 Japan Tatsuko Ohsako Sohsei Country Club Narita, Chiba 213 −3 20,000,000 3,000,000
1980 Japan Hisako Higuchi Kasugai Country Club, West Course Kasugai, Aichi 216 −6 20,000,000 3,000,000
1979 Japan Nayoko Yoshikawa Hiroshima Country Club, Hachihonmatsu Course
Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima
218 +2 20,000,000 3,000,000
1978 Japan Takako Kiyomoto Rose Bay Country Club Annaka, Gunma 219 E 20,000,000 3,000,000
1977 Japan Hisako Higuchi Hanayashiki Golf Club, Hirono Course
Miki, Hyogo
216 −6 20,000,000 3,000,000
1976 Japan Hisako Higuchi Hamamatsu Seaside Golf Club Iwata, Shizuoka 220 +1 20,000,000 3,000,000
1975 Japan Ayako Nihei Karasuyamajo Country Club
Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi
225 +3 15,000,000 2,500,000
1974 Japan Hisako Higuchi Meishin Youkaichi Country Club
Higashiomi, Shiga
224 +8 10,000,000 2,000,000
1973 Japan Noriko Kobayashi Meiyon Country Club
Yokkaichi, Mie
219 +3 5,000,000 1,000,000
1972 Japan Masako Sasaki Hamamatsu Seaside Golf Club Iwata, Shizuoka 224 +5 2,390,000 600,000
1971 Japan Hisako Higuchi Otone Country Club, West Course
Bando, Ibaraki
221 +5 2,020,000 500,000
1970 Japan Hisako Higuchi TBS Koshigaya Golf Club Yoshikawa, Saitama 226 +4 1,440,000 500,000
1969 Japan Hisako Higuchi TBS Koshigaya Golf Club Yoshikawa, Saitama 142 −6 1,020,000 300,000
1968 Japan Hisako Higuchi TBS Koshigaya Golf Club Yoshikawa, Saitama 148 E 500,000 200,000

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