Yuri Fudoh

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Yuri Fudoh 不動 裕理
Personal information
Born	(1976-10-14) 14 October 1976 (age 44) Kumamoto, Japan
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Nationality	Japan
Career
Turned professional	1996
Current tour(s)	LPGA of Japan Tour
Professional wins	50
Number of wins by tour
LPGA of Japan Tour	50
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration	T15: 2006
Women's PGA C'ship	T20: 2006
U.S. Women's Open	T12: 2001
du Maurier Classic	DNP
Women's British Open	T3: 2008
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Japan Tour Player of the Year 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 LPGA of Japan Tour leading money winner 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 LPGA of Japan Tour Rookie of the Year 1998

Yuri Fudoh (不動 裕理, Fudō Yūri, born 14 October 1976 in Kumamoto) is a Japanese golfer. She was the leading money winner on the JLPGA Tour six times in a row from 2000 to 2005. She became the first player on the JLPGA Tour to earn in excess of 100 million yen, a feat she accomplished in 2000, and achieved again in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

In 2003, Fudoh became the first player to win 10 tournaments in a year and she earned more prize money than the leading male player on the Japan Golf Tour. In 2004 Fudoh became the youngest player to earn permanent seeding on the Tour following her 30th career victory at the Golf 5 Ladies Open. In 2005 Fudoh became the first JLPGA Player to earn in excess of 800 million yen.

In 2005, she topped the money list for the sixth consecutive year following her second-place finish at the Ricoh JLPGA Tour Championship. In 2006, she became the youngest player on the JLPGA Tour to win 40 tournaments following her win at the Life Card Ladies Open. In 2008, she became the first player on the JLPGA Tour to break the billion-yen barrier in career winnings with her victory in the Meiji Chocolate Cup, and also took the lead at Sunningdale in the Women's British Open.

Fudoh has stated that her primary goal is to compete in Japan and she has no interest competing on the U.S. LPGA Tour full-time apart from the majors.^{[citation needed]} She was fourth on the debut edition of the Women's World Golf Rankings, released in February 2006.

She currently has endorsement deals with Titleist, Ellesse and Nomura Asset Management

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (50)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	14 Nov 1999		-9 (68–71–68=207)	1 stroke
2	14 May 2000		-4 (70–72–70=212)	3 strokes
3	4 Jun 2000	Resort Trust Ladies	-11 (66–71–68=205)	5 strokes
4	18 Jun 2000		-3 (71–73–69=213)	1 stroke
5	13 Aug 2000	NEC Karuizawa 72	-5 (71–69–71=211)	Playoff
6	17 Sep 2000	Munsingwear Ladies Tokai Classic	-4 (74–68–70=212)	1 stroke
7	8 Oct 2000		-10 (69–71–66=206)	3 strokes
8	4 Mar 2001	Daikin Orchid Ladies	-3 (73–71–69=213)	3 strokes	Woo-Soon Ko
9	5 Aug 2001		-9 (68–66–73=207)	3 strokes
10	26 Aug 2001	Yonex Ladies	-12 (69–68–67=204)	1 stroke
11	14 Oct 2001	Fujitsu Ladies	-13 (68–67–68=203)	1 stroke
12	12 May 2002	Nichirei Cup World Ladies	-17 (65–69–70–67=271)	3 strokes	Karrie Webb
13	4 Aug 2002		-6 (72–70–68=210)	5 strokes
14	1 Sep 2002	Yonex Ladies	-15 (64–69–68=201)	7 strokes
15	17 Nov 2002		-12 (65–71–68=204)	1 stroke	Akiko Fukushima
16	9 Mar 2003	Daikin Orchid Ladies	-8 (72–67–69=208)	Playoff
17	25 May 2003		-9 (65-68-74-207)	1 stroke	Ok-Hee Ku
18	8 Jun 2008	Resort Trust Ladies	-11 (72–66–67=212)	7 strokes
19	20 Jul 2003		-8 (70–70–68=208)	3 stroke	Woo-Soon Ko
20	24 Aug 2003		-11 (67–68–73=208)	3 strokes
21	14 Sep 2003	Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup	-11 (67–68–72–70=277)	4 strokes
22	21 Sep 2003	Munsingwear Ladies Tokai Classic	-10 (67–70–69=206)	1 stroke
23	19 Oct 2003	Fujitsu Ladies	-12 (67–68–69=204)	2 strokes	Ok-Hee Ku
24	16 Nov 2003		-3 (70–69–74=213)	Playoff
25	30 Nov 2003	Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup	-9 (75–68–66–70=279)	5 strokes	Akiko Fukushima
26	18 Apr 2004	Saishunkan Ladies Hinokuni Open	+1 (76–68–73=217)	Playoff	Woo-Soon Ko Sakura Yokomine (amateur)
27	16 May 2004		-2 (72–72–70=214)	1 stroke
28	30 May 2004		-10 (69–68–69=206)	3 strokes
29	18 Jul 2004		-12 (67–69–68=204)	1 stroke
30	25 Jul 2004		+2 (75–72–74=221)	3 strokes
31	3 Oct 2004	Japan Women's Open Golf Championship	-8 (74–70–69–67=280)	11 strokes	Sakura Yokomine
32	28 Nov 2004	Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup	-2 (68–76–71–71=286)	1 stroke	Ai Miyazato
33	8 May 2005	Salonpas World Ladies	-12 (71–71–64–70=276)	Playoff	Shiho Oyama
34	12 Jun 2005	Suntory Ladies Open	-16 (72–69–67–64=272)	2 strokes
35	4 Sep 2005		-11 (72–69–64=205)	2 strokes
36	11 Sep 2005	Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup	-10 (74–67–71–66=278)	2 strokes	Ai Miyazato
37	16 Oct 2005	Fujitsu Ladies	-12 (68–65–71=204)	3 strokes	Sakura Yokomine
38	13 Nov 2005		-7 (71–71–67=209)	2 strokes
39	12 Mar 2006		-5 (71–67–73=211)	1 stroke	Michiko Hattori
40	16 Apr 2006	Life Card Ladies	-8 (68–70–70=208)	2 strokes	Shiho Oyama
41	27 May 2007		-10 (70–68–68=206)	5 strokes	Sakura Yokomine
42	26 Aug 2007	Yonex Ladies	-12 (65–70–69=204)	1 stroke	Momoko Ueda
43	16 Mar 2008		-11 (70–70–65=205)	Playoff
44	13 Jul 2008	Meiji Chocolate Cup	-9 (69–68–70=207)	1 stroke
45	21 Sep 2008	Munsingwear Ladies Tokai Classic	-8 (71–70–67=208)	Playoff	Momoko Ueda
46	19 Oct 2008	Fujitsu Ladies	-13 (69–68–66=203)	Playoff
47	23 May 2010		-13 (66–67–70=203)	2 strokes	Kim Na-ri
48	11 Jul 2010	Meiji Chocolate Cup	-12 (69–67–68=204)	1 stroke
49	17 Apr 2011	Nishijin Ladies Classic	-5 (70–69–72=211)	Playoff
50	1 May 2011		-10 (72–66–68=206)	3 strokes	Jiyai Shin

JLPGA majors are shown in bold.

Results in LPGA majors[]

DNP = did not play
DNS = did not start
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

Summary[]

• Starts – 20
• Wins – 0
• 2nd-place finishes – 0
• 3rd-place finishes – 1
• Top 3 finishes – 1
• Top 5 finishes – 1
• Top 10 finishes – 1
• Top 25 finishes – 6
• Missed cuts – 6
• Most consecutive cuts made – 10
• Longest streak of top-10s – 1

LPGA Tour of Japan summary[]

Source:^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Yuri Fudoh at the LPGA of Japan Tour official site (in Japanese)
• Yuri Fudoh at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
• Profile on Yahoo! Sports