Sakura Koiwai 小祝 さくら | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Born | Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, Japan | 15 April 1998||||
Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) | ||||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||||
Career | |||||
Turned professional | 2017 | ||||
Current tour(s) | LPGA of Japan Tour (joined 2017) | ||||
Professional wins | 11 | ||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||
LPGA of Japan Tour | 11 | ||||
Best results in LPGA major championships | |||||
Chevron Championship | DNP | ||||
Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||||
U.S. Women's Open | T9: 2024 | ||||
Women's British Open | DNP | ||||
Evian Championship | DNP | ||||
Achievements and awards | |||||
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Sakura Koiwai (小祝 さくら, Koiwai Sakura) (born 15 April 1998) is a Japanese professional golfer. She plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has 11 victories. [1]
Koiwai was born in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido in 1998 and started playing golf when she was 8 years old. [1] She won the Hokkaido Amateur Championship in 2014 and 2016. [2]
Koiwai turned professional and joined the LPGA of Japan Tour in 2017. In 2018, she recorded four runner-up finishes to rank 8th on the money list, and won the PGA Rookie of the Year award and the Japan Professional Sports Rookie of the Year award. [3]
She captured the 2019 Samantha Thavasa Girls Collection Ladies Tournament for her maiden win on the JLPGA. Her lone victory in 2020 was the Golf5 Ladies. [4]
In 2021, Koiwai recorded four wins and three second-place finishes, to finish 3rd on the 2020–21 money list with over 200 million yen in season earnings. [1]
In mid-2021, she rose into the top-50 in the Women's World Golf Rankings for the first time. [5]
Source: [2]
^Tournament shortened due to adverse conditions.
Sakura Koiwai 小祝 さくら | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Born | Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, Japan | 15 April 1998||||
Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) | ||||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||||
Career | |||||
Turned professional | 2017 | ||||
Current tour(s) | LPGA of Japan Tour (joined 2017) | ||||
Professional wins | 11 | ||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||
LPGA of Japan Tour | 11 | ||||
Best results in LPGA major championships | |||||
Chevron Championship | DNP | ||||
Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||||
U.S. Women's Open | T9: 2024 | ||||
Women's British Open | DNP | ||||
Evian Championship | DNP | ||||
Achievements and awards | |||||
|
Sakura Koiwai (小祝 さくら, Koiwai Sakura) (born 15 April 1998) is a Japanese professional golfer. She plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has 11 victories. [1]
Koiwai was born in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido in 1998 and started playing golf when she was 8 years old. [1] She won the Hokkaido Amateur Championship in 2014 and 2016. [2]
Koiwai turned professional and joined the LPGA of Japan Tour in 2017. In 2018, she recorded four runner-up finishes to rank 8th on the money list, and won the PGA Rookie of the Year award and the Japan Professional Sports Rookie of the Year award. [3]
She captured the 2019 Samantha Thavasa Girls Collection Ladies Tournament for her maiden win on the JLPGA. Her lone victory in 2020 was the Golf5 Ladies. [4]
In 2021, Koiwai recorded four wins and three second-place finishes, to finish 3rd on the 2020–21 money list with over 200 million yen in season earnings. [1]
In mid-2021, she rose into the top-50 in the Women's World Golf Rankings for the first time. [5]
Source: [2]
^Tournament shortened due to adverse conditions.