2011 LPGA of Japan Tour

The 2011 LPGA of Japan Tour was the 44th season of the LPGA of Japan Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan. It consisted of 34 golf tournaments, all played in Japan. Four events were canceled due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Ahn Sun-ju won four events and the Order of Merit title.

Tournament results

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund (JPY)	Winner
Mar 4–6	Daikin Orchid Ladies	Okinawa	80,000,000	Inbee Park (3)
Mar 11–13	Yokohama Tire PRGR Ladies Cup	Kōchi	80,000,000	Canceled because of earthquake
Mar 18–20	T-Point Ladies	Kagoshima	70,000,000
Apr 1–3	Yamaha Ladies Open	Shizuoka	80,000,000
Apr 8–10	Studio Alice Ladies Open	Hyogo	60,000,000
Apr 15–17	Nishijin Ladies Classic	Kumamoto	70,000,000	Yuri Fudoh (49)
Apr 22–24	Fujisankei Ladies Classic	Shizuoka	80,000,000	Kumiko Kaneda (1)
Apr 29 – May 1	Cyber Agent Ladies	Chiba	70,000,000	Yuri Fudoh (50)
May 5–8	World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup	Ibaraki	120,000,000	Ahn Sun-ju (5)
May 13–15	Fundokin Ladies	Fukuoka	80,000,000	Miki Saiki (3)
May 20–22	Chukyo TV Bridgestone Ladies Open	Aichi	70,000,000	Harukyo Nomura (1)
May 27–29	Yonex Ladies	Niigata	60,000,000	Hiromi Mogi (5)
Jun 3–5	Resort Trust Ladies	Nagano	70,000,000	Sakura Yokomine (18)
Jun 9–12	Suntory Ladies Open	Hyogo	100,000,000	Ahn Sun-ju (6)
Jun 17–19	Nichirei Ladies	Chiba	80,000,000	Lee Ji-hee (14)
Jul 1–3	Nichi-Iko Ladies Open	Toyama	60,000,000	Ayako Uehara (3)
Jul 15–17	Stanley Ladies	Shizuoka	90,000,000	Chie Arimura (8)
Aug 5–7	Meiji Cup	Hokkaido	90,000,000	Shanshan Feng (1)
Aug 12–14	NEC Karuizawa 72	Nagano	70,000,000	Ahn Sun-ju (7)
Aug 19–21	CAT Ladies	Kanagawa	60,000,000	Chie Arimura (9)
Aug 26–28	Nitori Ladies	Hokkaido	90,000,000	Ritsuko Ryu (1)
Sep 2–4	Golf5 Ladies	Gifu	60,000,000	Ye Liying (1)
Sep 8–11	Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup	Chiba	140,000,000	Yuko Mitsuka (4)
Sep 16–18	Munsingwear Ladies Tokai Classic	Aichi	80,000,000	Mayu Hattori (3)
Sep 23–25	Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Ladies Open	Miyagi	70,000,000	Shanshan Feng (2)
Sep 29 – Oct 2	Japan Women's Open Golf Championship	Aichi	140,000,000	Yukari Baba (3)
Oct 7–9	Sankyo Ladies Open	Gunma	100,000,000	Ahn Sun-ju (8)
Oct 14–16	Fujitsu Ladies	Chiba	80,000,000	Saiki Fujita (5)
Oct 21–23	Masters GC Ladies	Hyogo	123,000,000	Shiho Oyama (12)
Oct 28–30	Hisako Higuchi – Morinaga Weider Ladies	Chiba	70,000,000	Chie Arimura (10)
Nov 4–6	Mizuno Classic	Mie	US$1,200,000	Momoko Ueda (9)
Nov 11–13	Ito En Ladies	Chiba	90,000,000	Asako Fujimoto (1)
Nov 18–20	Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open	Kagawa	100,000,000	Lee Ji-hee (15)
Nov 24–27	Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup	Miyazaki	100,000,000	Jeon Mi-jeong (17)
Dec 11	Hitachi 3Tours Championship	Chiba	57,000,000	LPGA of Japan Tour

For the official tour schedule on the LPGA of Japan Tour's website, including links to full results, click here.

Events in bold are majors.

The Mizuno Classic is co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour.

Leading money winners

Rank	Player	Country	Prize money (¥)
1	Ahn Sun-ju	South Korea	127,926,893
2	Lee Ji-hee	South Korea	102,317,057
3	Chie Arimura	Japan	88,689,388
4	Sakura Yokomine	Japan	87,304,130
5	Yukari Baba	Japan	76,293,839
6	Jeon Mi-jeong	South Korea	67,777,540
7	Shan-Shan Feng	China	67,139,194
8	Miki Saiki	Japan	62,729,018
9	Yuri Fudoh	Japan	60,518,023
10	Ritsuko Ryu	Japan	57,560,409

There is a complete list on the official site here.

See also

• 2011 in golf

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)