Ayaka Furue

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Ayaka Furue
古江 彩佳
Personal information
Born (2000-05-27) 27 May 2000 (age 21)
Kobe, Kansai, Japan
Height153 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional2019
Current tour(s)LPGA of Japan Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
LPGA of Japan Tour7
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2020
Women's British OpenT20: 2021
Evian Championship4th: 2021
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Japan Tour
Player of the Year		2020-21

Ayaka Furue (古江 彩佳, Furue Ayaka) (born 27 May 2000) is a Japanese professional golfer. She plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has seven wins.[1]

Early life and amateur career[]

Furue was born in Kobe and started playing golf at the age of 3, coached by her father. She has also been a swimmer since the age of four in parallel with golf.[2]

Furue won the Kansai Elementary School Golf Championship in 2012, and the Kansai Junior High School Golf Championship in 2014 and 2015, and while attending Kobe Municipal Nagata Junior High School she won the National Junior High School Golf Championship in 2015 and the Kansai High School Golf Championship in 2016. She participated in the 2016 Japan Women's Open Golf Championship where she made the cut and finished tied for 28th place.[1]

She played for the Japan National Team in 2017 and 2018. She won the 2018 Junior Golf World Cup with the team and finished 4th individually. She was also 4th individually at the 2018 Asian Games, where the Japan team finished 5th.

Furue won the 2019 Fujitsu Ladies on the LPGA of Japan Tour as an amateur, and turned professional shortly afterwards.[1]

Professional career[]

Furue recorded three victories and two runner-up finishes on the LPGA of Japan Tour in 2020. She shot up to No. 42 in the Women's World Golf Rankings to secure a spot at the 2020 U.S. Women's Open, where she did not make the cut.[3]

In 2021, she won a further three tournaments and rose to No. 14 in the world rankings. She was in contention at the 2021 Evian Championship where she birdied three of the last four holes to claim fourth ahead of Atthaya Thitikul.[4]

At the 2021 Women's British Open, Furue started the final round four shots behind co-leaders Anna Nordqvist and Nanna Koerstz Madsen, but lost ground on the leaders and ended tied for 20th as she carded a level-par round of 72 that featured an eagle, two birdies and four bogeys.[5]

Furue earned her card for the 2022 LPGA Tour through qualifying school.[6]

Amateur wins[]

  • 2012 Kansai Elementary School Golf Championship
  • 2014 Kansai Junior High School Golf Championship
  • 2015 Kansai Junior High School Golf Championship, National Junior High School Golf Championship
  • 2016 Kansai High School Golf Championship
  • 2018 Kansai Women's Amateur Championship[7]

Professional wins[]

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (7)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 20 Oct 2019 Fujitsu Ladiesa 67-65-67=199 −17 2 strokes Japan Mone Inami
Japan
2 20 Sep 2020 Descente Ladies Tokai Classic 66-67-68=201 −15 Playoff Japan
3 15 Nov 2020 69-65-70=204 −12 Playoff Japan
4 22 Nov 2020 68-62-72=202 −14 2 strokes South Korea
5 17 Oct 2021 Fujitsu Ladies 65-67=132 −12 Playoff Japan Minami Katsu
6 24 Oct 2021 Nobuta Group Masters GC Ladies 69-71-67-69=276 −12 1 stroke Japan
7 Nov 7 2021 Toto Japan Classic 68-67-68-69=272 −16 3 strokes Japan Mone Inami

a Ayaka won the 2019 Fujitsu Ladies as an amateur.

Results in LPGA majors[]

Tournament 2020 2021
ANA Inspiration
U.S. Women's Open CUT
Women's PGA Championship
Women's British Open T20
The Evian Championship NT 4
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Team appearances[]

Amateur

  • Neighbors Trophy Team Championship (representing Japan): 2017
  • Queen Sirikit Cup (representing Japan): 2017, 2018
  • Junior Golf World Cup (representing Japan): 2017, 2018 (winners)
  • Asian Games (representing Japan): 2018

Source:[7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Member Guide: Ayaka Furue". LPGA of Japan. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ "ジュニアは参考にしたい 古江彩佳の強じんな体のつくり方". Golf Digest Japan (in Japanese). 21 October 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Player Bio: Ayaka Furue". USGA. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Evian Championship: Minjee Lee snatches maiden major title with play-off win over Jeongeun Lee6". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Golf: Sweden's Nordqvist wins Women's British Open, Japan's Furue 20th". Kyodo News. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Na Rin An Secures Medalist Honors At LPGA Q-Series". LPGA. 13 December 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Ayaka Furue". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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