IDC Otsuka Ladies
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The IDC Otsuka Ladies, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Hisako Higuchi
IDC Otsuka Ladies is an annual golf tournament for professional female golf
ers on LPGA of Japan Tour
. It is usually played in October and in recent years at the Musashigaoka Golf Course, Hannō, Saitama
. It was founded in 1983.
Hisako Higuchi
is a Japanese professional golfer.Higuchi won the LPGA Championship on 12 June 1977, making her the first Asian-born player to win a major championship for either men or women. She remains the only Japanese woman to win an LPGA major championship...
IDC Otsuka Ladies is an annual golf tournament for professional female golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
ers on LPGA of Japan Tour
LPGA of Japan Tour
The Japan LPGA 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...
. It is usually played in October and in recent years at the Musashigaoka Golf Course, Hannō, Saitama
Hanno, Saitama
is a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.As of April 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 82,683 and a population density of 614.29 per km²...
. It was founded in 1983.
Winners
- 2010 Rikako Morita
- 2009 Mi-Jeong Jeon
- 2008 Mayu Hattori
- 2007 Jeon Mi-Jeong
- 2006 Akiko FukushimaAkiko FukushimaAkiko Fukushima is a Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Fukushima won 24 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour.Fukushima won twice on the LPGA Tour both in 1999.-LPGA Tour wins :-LPGA of Japan Tour wins :...
- 2005 Ai MiyazatoAi Miyazatois a Japanese professional golfer who currently competes on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Japan LPGA Tour . She was the top-ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings for three periods of time in 2010.-Early life and amateur career:...
- 2004 Miho Koga
- 2003 non tournament
- 2002 Kasumi Fujii
- 2001 Chieko Amamura
- 2000 Woo-Soon KoWoo-Soon KoWoo-Soon Ko is a South Korean professional golfer.Ko won twice on the LPGA Tour in 1994 and 1995, both as a non-member.-LPGA Tour wins :*1994 Toray Japan Queens Cup...
- 1999 Kumiko Hiyoshi
- 1998 Michiko HattoriMichiko HattoriMichiko Hattori is a Japanese professional golfer and former Player of the Year on the Japan LPGA.Prior to turning professional, Hattori was among the most decorated amateur and collegiate golfers in history. At age 16 in 1985 she became the third youngest, and only Japanese born, champion of the...
- 1997 Annika SörenstamAnnika SörenstamAnnika Sörenstam is a Swedish-American professional golfer whose achievements rank her as one of the most successful golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golfer...
- 1996 Akane Oshiro
- 1995 Hiromi KobayashiHiromi Kobayashiis a Japanese professional golfer. She has won 15 tournaments internationally, including four on the American LPGA Tour.-Professional career:Kobayashi turned pro in 1985. She won six titles on the LPGA of Japan Tour in 1989. In 1990, she joined the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and was named LPGA Rookie of...
- 1994 Woo-Soon KoWoo-Soon KoWoo-Soon Ko is a South Korean professional golfer.Ko won twice on the LPGA Tour in 1994 and 1995, both as a non-member.-LPGA Tour wins :*1994 Toray Japan Queens Cup...
- 1993 Kumiko Hiyoshi
- 1992 Lee Young-Mee
- 1991 Ikue Ota
- 1990 Ai-Yu TuAi-Yu TuAi-Yu Tu is a Taiwanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.Tu won 69 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1974 and 2002, 11 times before becoming a member in 1981, and 58 times afterward...
- 1989 Holly Hartley
- 1988 Nayoko YoshikawaNayoko YoshikawaNayoko Yoshikawa is an Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.Yoshikawa won 29 times on the JLPGA between 1979 and 1995...
- 1987 Chen Li-Ying
- 1986 Ai-Yu TuAi-Yu TuAi-Yu Tu is a Taiwanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.Tu won 69 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1974 and 2002, 11 times before becoming a member in 1981, and 58 times afterward...
- 1985 Ku Ok-Hee
- 1984 Hisako HiguchiHisako Higuchiis a Japanese professional golfer.Higuchi won the LPGA Championship on 12 June 1977, making her the first Asian-born player to win a major championship for either men or women. She remains the only Japanese woman to win an LPGA major championship...
- 1983 Hisako HiguchiHisako Higuchiis a Japanese professional golfer.Higuchi won the LPGA Championship on 12 June 1977, making her the first Asian-born player to win a major championship for either men or women. She remains the only Japanese woman to win an LPGA major championship...