Nayoko Yoshikawa

Nayoko Yoshikawa
吉川なよ子
 Golfer 
Personal information
Born (1949-02-18) 18 February 1949
Sapporo, Japan
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Nationality  Japan
Career
Status Professional
Former tour(s) LPGA of Japan Tour (1973-2004)
LPGA Tour (1978-1980)
Professional wins 29
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 1
LPGA of Japan Tour 29
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration DNP
Women's PGA C'ship DNP
U.S. Women's Open CUT: 1989
du Maurier Classic DNP
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Japan Tour
leading money winner
1988

Nayoko Yoshikawa (Japanese: 吉川なよ子, born 18 February 1949) is a Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA) and the LPGA Tour.

Yoshikawa won 29 times on the JLPGA between 1979 and 1995. She was the leading money winner on JLPGA in 1988.

One of Yoshikawa's JLPGA wins was co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour, the 1984 Mazda Japan Classic.[1][2]

Yoshikawa finished third at the LPGA Tour's qualifying school tournament in January 1978[3] and played sparingly on the LPGA Tour from 1978 to 1980. Her 1984 win was as a non-member.[4]

Professional wins

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (29)

Tournament in bold denotes major championships on LPGA of Japan Tour.

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 4 Nov 1984 Mazda Japan Classic −6 (74-70-66=210) 2 strokes Japan Ayako Okamoto
United States Lauri Peterson

Team appearances

Professional

References


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