2011 LPGA of Japan Tour

The 2011 LPGA of Japan Tour was the 44th season of the LPGA of Japan Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan. It consisted of 34 golf tournaments, all played in Japan. Four events were canceled due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Ahn Sun-ju won four events and the Order of Merit title.

Tournament results[]

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund (JPY)	Winner
Mar 4–6	Daikin Orchid Ladies	Okinawa	80,000,000	Inbee Park (3)
Mar 11–13		Kōchi	80,000,000	Canceled because of earthquake
Mar 18–20		Kagoshima	70,000,000
Apr 1–3		Shizuoka	80,000,000
Apr 8–10		Hyogo	60,000,000
Apr 15–17	Nishijin Ladies Classic	Kumamoto	70,000,000	Yuri Fudoh (49)
Apr 22–24	Fujisankei Ladies Classic	Shizuoka	80,000,000	(1)
Apr 29 – May 1		Chiba	70,000,000	Yuri Fudoh (50)
May 5–8	World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup	Ibaraki	120,000,000	Ahn Sun-ju (5)
May 13–15		Fukuoka	80,000,000	(3)
May 20–22		Aichi	70,000,000	Harukyo Nomura (1)
May 27–29	Yonex Ladies	Niigata	60,000,000	(5)
Jun 3–5	Resort Trust Ladies	Nagano	70,000,000	Sakura Yokomine (18)
Jun 9–12	Suntory Ladies Open	Hyogo	100,000,000	Ahn Sun-ju (6)
Jun 17–19		Chiba	80,000,000	(14)
Jul 1–3		Toyama	60,000,000	Ayako Uehara (3)
Jul 15–17		Shizuoka	90,000,000	(8)
Aug 5–7	Meiji Cup	Hokkaido	90,000,000	Shanshan Feng (1)
Aug 12–14	NEC Karuizawa 72	Nagano	70,000,000	Ahn Sun-ju (7)
Aug 19–21		Kanagawa	60,000,000	(9)
Aug 26–28		Hokkaido	90,000,000	(1)
Sep 2–4		Gifu	60,000,000	(1)
Sep 8–11	Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup	Chiba	140,000,000	(4)
Sep 16–18	Munsingwear Ladies Tokai Classic	Aichi	80,000,000	(3)
Sep 23–25		Miyagi	70,000,000	Shanshan Feng (2)
Sep 29 – Oct 2	Japan Women's Open Golf Championship	Aichi	140,000,000	(3)
Oct 7–9		Gunma	100,000,000	Ahn Sun-ju (8)
Oct 14–16	Fujitsu Ladies	Chiba	80,000,000	(5)
Oct 21–23	Masters GC Ladies	Hyogo	123,000,000	Shiho Oyama (12)
Oct 28–30	Hisako Higuchi – Morinaga Weider Ladies	Chiba	70,000,000	(10)
Nov 4–6	Mizuno Classic	Mie	US$1,200,000	Momoko Ueda (9)
Nov 11–13		Chiba	90,000,000	(1)
Nov 18–20		Kagawa	100,000,000	(15)
Nov 24–27	Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup	Miyazaki	100,000,000	(17)
Dec 11	Hitachi 3Tours Championship	Chiba	57,000,000	LPGA of Japan Tour

For the official tour schedule on the LPGA of Japan Tour's website, including links to full results, click here.

Events in bold are majors.

The Mizuno Classic is co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour.

Leading money winners[]

Rank	Player	Country	Prize money (¥)
1	Ahn Sun-ju	South Korea	127,926,893
2		South Korea	102,317,057
3		Japan	88,689,388
4	Sakura Yokomine	Japan	87,304,130
5		Japan	76,293,839
6		South Korea	67,777,540
7		China	67,139,194
8		Japan	62,729,018
9	Yuri Fudoh	Japan	60,518,023
10		Japan	57,560,409

There is a complete list on the official site here.

See also[]

• 2011 in golf

External links[]

• Official website (in Japanese)