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Nationality
  
Japan

Ladies Asian Golf Tour
  
1

Weight
  
51 kg

Turned professional
  
2004

Name
  
Sakura Yokomine

Spouse
  
Morikawa Yotaro


Professional wins
  
25

Role
  
Golfer

Parents
  
Yoshiro Yokomine

LPGA of Japan Tour
  
23

Height
  
1.55 m

Siblings
  
Rui Yokomine

Sakura Yokomine Sakura Yokomine Photos 2012 US Women39s Open Round

Born
  
13 December 1985 (age 38) Kanoya, Japan (
1985-12-13
)

Current tour(s)
  
LPGA of Japan TourLPGA Tour (joined 2015)

Similar People
  
Ai Miyazato, Momoko Ueda, Mika Miyazato, Ryo Ishikawa, Yoshiro Yokomine

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Japan's Ai Miyazato and Sakura Yokomine win 2 up over Sweden's Lindberg and Parmlid


Sakura Yokomine (横峯さくら, Yokomine Sakura, born 13 December 1985 in Kanoya, Kagoshima) is a Japanese professional golfer. She is one of the leading players on the LPGA of Japan Tour and was in the top twenty of the February 2006 debut edition of the Women's World Golf Rankings. She finished T-11 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn her tour card for 2015.

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Sakura Yokomine Momoko Ueda and Sakura Yokomine Photos Zimbio

Yokomine has endorsement deals with Epson, Srixon, Asahi Soft Drinks, Le Coq Sportif, ANA and Sato.

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Other

Sakura Yokomine Sakura Yokomine Photos Kraft Nabisco Championship

  • 2006 Hitachi 3Tours Championship (with Shin Hyun-Ju, Wei Yun-Jye, Ai Miyazato, Akane Iijima)
  • Results in LPGA majors

    Sakura Yokomine Miyazato tied for lead after first round of Miyagi TV Cup

    Results not in chronological order before 2015.

    ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
    DNP = did not play
    CUT = missed the half-way cut
    T = tied
    Yellow background for top-10.

    Summary

  • Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (2008 ANA – 2011 U.S. Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)
  • Team appearances

    Professional

  • Lexus Cup (representing Asia team): 2006 (winners)
  • World Cup (representing Japan): 2006
  • International Crown (representing Japan): 2014
  • References

    Sakura Yokomine Wikipedia