Current season, competition or edition: 2017 LPGA of Japan Tour |
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Sport | Golf |
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Founded | 1968 |
CEO | Hiromi Kobayashi |
Country | Japan |
Most titles | Hisako Higuchi (69) |
Official website | LPGA.or.jp |
The LPGA of Japan Tour is a professional golf tour for women organised by the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan. It is the second richest women's golf tour in the world. The U.S.-based LPGA Tour is the most important women's tour, but the prize money gap has closed markedly since the American tour's total prize fund peaked at just over $60 million in 2008. While the Japan Tour is the second-most lucrative women's tour, two other non-U.S. tours, the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA of Korea Tour, rival the Japan Tour in level of competition.
The 2017 schedule includes 38 official events worth ¥3.715 billion Yen.