LPGA of Japan Tour

Overview

• Websitewww.lpga.or.jp

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The LPGA of Japan Tour (Japanese: 日本女子プロゴルフ協会, romanized: Nihon joshi puro gorufu kyōkai) is a professional golf tour for women organised by the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers' Association. The tour was founded in 1968. It is the second richest women's golf tour in the world. The U.S.-based LPGA Tour is the most important women's tour, but the prize money gap has closed markedly since the American tour's total prize fund peaked at just over $60 million in 2008. While the Japan Tour is the second-most lucrative women's tour, two other non-U.S. tours, the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA of Korea Tour, rival the Japan Tour in level of competition. The LPGA of Japan Tour has attracted international players. As of 2022, 120 international golfers from more than 10 countries including Taiwan, Philippines, Korea, China, France, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Brazil and Thailand have come to compete on the tour.²

Timeline

1. 1967Founded Founded¹

Links

• Websitewww.lpga.or.jp¹
• Facebookwww.facebook.com/lpga.or.jp¹
• Instagramwww.instagram.com/jlpga_official¹
• WikipediaLPGA of Japan Tour
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