Hiromi Kobayashi
Encyclopedia
is a Japan
ese professional golf
er. She has won 15 tournaments internationally, including four on the American
LPGA Tour
.
in 1989. In 1990, she joined the U.S.-based LPGA Tour
and was named LPGA Rookie of the Year. She won four tournaments between 1993 and 1998. She also won one title on the Ladies European Tour
, the Evian Masters
in 1997.
Tournament in bold denotes major championships in LPGA of Japan Tour.
Japan
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ese professional 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....
er. She has won 15 tournaments internationally, including four on the American
United States
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LPGA Tour
LPGA
The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...
.
Professional career
Kobayashi turned pro in 1985. She won six titles on the LPGA of Japan TourLPGA 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...
in 1989. In 1990, she joined the U.S.-based LPGA Tour
LPGA
The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...
and was named LPGA Rookie of the Year. She won four tournaments between 1993 and 1998. She also won one title on the Ladies European Tour
Ladies European Tour
The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1979. It is based in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal structure which enables it to focus on maximising returns to its members through prize money,...
, the Evian Masters
Evian Masters
The Evian Masters is a women's professional golf tournament played at the Evian Masters Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France each July.Founded in 1994 on the Ladies European Tour, it is one of two major championships on the LET. Not a major on the LPGA Tour, it became an LPGA co-sanctioned event in...
in 1997.
LPGA of Japan Tour (11)
- 1989 (6) Daio Paper Eli Yale Open, Junon Ladies Open, Japan Women's Open Golf ChampionshipJapan Women's Open Golf ChampionshipThe is Japan's national women's open golf championship. From 2006 it is one of the two richest tournaments on the LPGA of Japan Tour, with a prize fund of 140 million Yen.Tournament names through the years:*1968-1970: TBS Women's Open...
, Mizuno Corporation Golf Tournament, Tohoku Queens, Chiyoda Ladies - 1991 (1) Itsuki Classic
- 1995 (2) Kibun Ladies ClassicIDC Otsuka LadiesThe IDC Otsuka Ladies, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Hisako Higuchi IDC Otsuka Ladies is an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on LPGA of Japan Tour. It is usually played in October and in recent years at the Musashigaoka Golf Course, Hannō, Saitama...
, Fujitsu LadiesFujitsu LadiesThe Fujitsu Ladies is an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on LPGA of Japan Tour. It is generally played in October and in recent years at the Tokyu Seven Hundred Club, Chiba, Chiba... - 1998 (1) Japan Classic (co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour)
- 2002 (1) Daio Paper Open
Tournament in bold denotes major championships in LPGA of Japan Tour.
LPGA Tour (4)
- 19931993 LPGA TourThe 1993 LPGA Tour was the 44th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 5 to November 7. The season consisted of 31 official money events. Brandie Burton won the most tournaments, three...
(2) JAL Big Apple Classic, Minnesota LPGA Classic - 19981998 LPGA TourThe 1998 LPGA Tour was the 49th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 16 to November 22. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Se Ri Pak and Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, four each...
(2) Rainbow Foods LPGA ClassicRainbow Foods LPGA ClassicThe Rainbow Foods LPGA Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1990 to 1998. It was played in the Minneapolis – Saint Paul, Minnesota area: at the Edinburgh USA Golf Course in Brooklyn Park from 1990 to 1996 and at the Rush Creek Golf Club in Maple Grove in 1997 and...
, Japan Classic (co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Japan Tour)