World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup

Updated on Dec 11, 2023

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Location Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki Course(s) Ibaraki Golf Club Length 6,655 yards (6,085 m)		Established 1973 Par 72 Tour(s) LPGA of Japan Tour

The World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup is one of the four major golf tournaments for women on the LPGA of Japan Tour. It was founded in 1973 by Nippon Television and has been classified as a major since 2008. The annual tournament is held at the Ibaraki Golf Club in Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki, and Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical serves as the title sponsor.

Tournament names through the years:

1973–84 World Ladies Golf Tournament

1985–86 Roku Konishi Cup World Ladies Golf Tournament

1987–92 Konica Cup World Ladies Golf Tournament

1993 World Ladies Golf Tournament

1994–99 Gunze Cup World Ladies Golf Tournament

2000–04 Nichirei Cup World Ladies Golf Tournament

2005–07 Salonpas World Ladies Golf Tournament

2008–present World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup

Winners

2016 Lexi Thompson

2015 Chun In-gee

2014 Misuzu Narita

2013 Hiromi Mogi

2012 Ahn Sun-ju

2011 Ahn Sun-ju

2010 Morgan Pressel

2009 Shinobu Moromizato

2008 Akiko Fukushima

2007 Mi-Jeong Jeon

2006 Shiho Oyama

2005 Yuri Fudoh

2004 Rui Kitada

2003 Annika Sörenstam

2002 Yuri Fudoh

2001 Karrie Webb

2000 Karrie Webb

1999 Yoko Inoue

1998 Liselotte Neumann

1997 Tseng Hsiu-feng

1996 Haga Yukiyo

1995 Kaori Higo

1994 Yuan Zaishu

1993 Mayumi Hirase

1992 Yuuko Moriguchi

1991 Beth Daniel

1990 Beth Daniel

1989 Fukumi Tani

1988 Kayoko Ikoma

1987 Ayako Okamoto

1986 Casey Chan

1985 Ai-Yu Tu

1984 Cai Lixiang

1983 Tomiko Ikebuchi

1982 Ai-Yu Tu

1981 Jan Stephenson

1980 Masako Sasaki

1979 Beth Daniel

1978 Yuko Moriguchi

1977 Ayako Okamoto

1976 Jane Blalock

1975 Jane Blalock

1974 Hisako Higuchi

1973 Hisako Higuchi

References

World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup Wikipedia

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