Mizuno Classic
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The Mizuno Classic is an annual women's 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....

 tournament, jointly sanctioned by the two richest women's professional tours: the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the 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 was an unofficial money event on the LPGA Tour from 1973 to 1975. It has taken place every year since 1973 at various locations in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, and is typically held in early November.

The tournament has had various names and sponsors throughout its history. Its current title sponsor is Mizuno
Mizuno Corp.
is a Japanese sports equipment and sportswear company, founded in Osaka in 1906 by Rihachi Mizuno. Today, Mizuno is a global corporation which makes a wide variety of sports equipment and sportswear, for golf, tennis, baseball, volleyball, football, running, rugby, skiing, cycling, judo, table...

, a Japanese sports equipment and sportswear company.

Annika Sörenstam
Annika Sörenstam
Annika 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...

 won five consecutive Mizuno Classics from 2001
2001 LPGA Tour
The 2001 LPGA Tour was the 52nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 12 to November 18. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $2,105,868.This was...

 to 2005
2005 LPGA Tour
The 2005 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2005. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association...

.

At the 2007 Mizuno Classic, Momoko Ueda
Momoko Ueda
is a female professional golfer who in 2007 at the age of 21 became the youngest player in the history of the Japan LPGA Tour to finish first on the money list. She is currently playing on the United State-based LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:...

 of Japan scored a final round double eagle on her way to a two-shot victory over Maria Hjorth
Maria Hjorth
Maria Anna "Mimmi" Hjorth is a Swedish professional golfer. She attended the University of Stirling in Scotland. She won more than twenty amateur titles including the 1995 European Ladies Amateur Championship. She turned professional in 1996 and played mainly on the Ladies European Tour that year...

 and Reilley Rankin
Reilley Rankin
Reilley Rankin is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Rankin was a three-time American Junior Golf Association Rolex All-American from 1995 to 1997...

.

Tournament names

  • 1973-1974: LPGA Japan Classic
  • 1975: Japan Classic
  • 1976: LPGA/Japan Mizuno
    Mizuno
    Mizuno may refer to:* Mizuno Corp., a Japanese sportswear and sports equipment manufacturer* Mizuno , a political family in Japanese history* Mizuno , a World War II aircraft manufacturer, see also Mizuno Shinryu...

     Classic
  • 1977-1979: Mizuno Japan Classic
  • 1980-1992: Mazda
    Mazda
    is a Japanese automotive manufacturer based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.In 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales...

     Japan Classic
  • 1993-1997: Toray
    Toray
    is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan that specializes in industrial products centered around technologies in organic synthetic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and biochemistry. Its founding business areas were fibers and textiles, as well as plastics and chemicals...

     Japan Queens Cup
  • 1998: Japan Classic
  • 1999-present: Mizuno Classic

Winners

Year Dates Champion Country Score Venue Purse
($
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....

)
Winner's
share
2011
2011 LPGA Tour
The 2011 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 17, 2011 and had its last official event end on November 20, 2011 in Florida...

Nov 4-6 Momoko Ueda
Momoko Ueda
is a female professional golfer who in 2007 at the age of 21 became the youngest player in the history of the Japan LPGA Tour to finish first on the money list. She is currently playing on the United State-based LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:...

 (2)
200 (-16)PO Kashikojima Country Club in Shima 1,200,000 180,000
2010
2010 LPGA Tour
The 2010 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 13, 2010 and ended in Florida on December 5, 2010...

Nov 5-7 Jiyai Shin (2) 198 (-18) Kashikojima Country Club in Shima 1,200,000 180,000
2009
2009 LPGA Tour
The 2009 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through November 2009. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association ....

Nov 6-8 Bo Bae Song
Bo Bae Song
Bo-Bae Song is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour and LPGA of Korea Tour.Song has won several times on the LPGA of Korea Tour and LPGA of Japan Tour including the 2005 Samsung Ladies Masters co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour and the 2009 Mizuno Classic...

 
201 (-15) Kashikojima Country Club in Shima 1,400,000 210,000
2008
2008 LPGA Tour
The 2008 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through December 2008. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association...

Nov 7-9 Jiyai Shin  201 (-15) Kashikojima Country Club in Shima 1,400,000 210,000
2007
2007 LPGA Tour
The 2007 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through December 2007. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association...

Nov 2-4 Momoko Ueda
Momoko Ueda
is a female professional golfer who in 2007 at the age of 21 became the youngest player in the history of the Japan LPGA Tour to finish first on the money list. She is currently playing on the United State-based LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:...

 
203 (-13) Kashikojima Country Club in Shima 1,400,000 210,000
2006
2006 LPGA Tour
The 2006 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2006. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association...

Nov 3-5 Karrie Webb
Karrie Webb
Karrie Ann Webb AM is Australia's most successful female professional golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of...

 
202 (-14) Kashikojima Country Club in Shima 1,200,000 180,000
2005
2005 LPGA Tour
The 2005 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2005. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association...

Nov 4-6 Annika Sörenstam
Annika Sörenstam
Annika 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...

 (5)
195 (-21) Seta Golf Course 1,000,000 150,000
2004
2004 LPGA Tour
The 2004 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from March through December 2004. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association . This was the 55th season since the LPGA Tour...

Nov 5-7 Annika Sörenstam
Annika Sörenstam
Annika 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...

 (4)
194 (-22) Seta Golf Course 1,000,000 150,000
2003
2003 LPGA Tour
The 2003 LPGA Tour was the 54th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 13 to November 23. The season consisted of 31 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, six...

Oct 7-9 Annika Sörenstam
Annika Sörenstam
Annika 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...

 (3)
192 (-24) Seta Golf Course 1,130,000 169,500
2002
2002 LPGA Tour
The 2002 LPGA Tour was the 53rd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 28 to November 24. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, 11. She also led the money list with earnings of $2,863,904.The season...

Nov 8-10 Annika Sörenstam
Annika Sörenstam
Annika 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...

 (2)
201 (-15) Seta Golf Course 1,130,000 169,500
2001
2001 LPGA Tour
The 2001 LPGA Tour was the 52nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 12 to November 18. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $2,105,868.This was...

Nov 2-4 Annika Sörenstam
Annika Sörenstam
Annika 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...

 
203 (-13) Musashigaoka Golf Course 1,080,000 162,000
2000
2000 LPGA Tour
The 2000 LPGA Tour was the 51st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 13 to November 19. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Karrie Webb won the most tournaments, seven. She also led the money list with earnings of $1,876,853.The U.S...

Nov 3-5 Lorie Kane
Lorie Kane
Lorie Kane, CM is a professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. She began her career on the LPGA Tour in 1996 and has four career victories on the tour...

 
204 (-12)PO Seta Golf Course 850,000 127,500
1999
1999 LPGA Tour
The 1999 LPGA Tour was the 50th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to November 14. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Karrie Webb won the most tournaments, six. She also led the money list with earnings of $1,591,959.The season saw the...

Nov 5-7 Maria Hjorth
Maria Hjorth
Maria Anna "Mimmi" Hjorth is a Swedish professional golfer. She attended the University of Stirling in Scotland. She won more than twenty amateur titles including the 1995 European Ladies Amateur Championship. She turned professional in 1996 and played mainly on the Ladies European Tour that year...

 
201 (-15) Seta Golf Course 800,000 120,000
1998
1998 LPGA Tour
The 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...

Nov 6-8 Hiromi Kobayashi
Hiromi Kobayashi
is 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...

 
205 (-11)PO Musashigaoka Golf Course 800,000 120,000
1997
1997 LPGA Tour
The 1997 LPGA Tour was the 48th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 9 to November 23. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, six...

Nov 7-9 Liselotte Neumann
Liselotte Neumann
Liselotte Maria "Lotta" Neumann is a Swedish professional golfer. She currently plays primarily on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:...

 
205 (-11) Seta Golf Course 750,000 112,500
1996
1996 LPGA Tour
The 1996 LPGA Tour was the 47th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 11 to November 24. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Laura Davies, Dottie Pepper and Karrie Webb won the most tournaments, four each...

Nov 1-3 Mayumi Hirase
Mayumi Hirase
Mayumi Hirase is an Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.Hirase won 18 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1989 and 2000.Hirase won once on the LPGA Tour in 1996.-LPGA of Japan Tour :...

 
212 (-4)PO Tone Golf Club 750,000 112,500
1995
1995 LPGA Tour
The 1995 LPGA Tour was the 46th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 12 to November 5. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, three. She also led the money list with earnings of $666,533.The season saw...

Nov 3-5 Woo-Soon Ko
Woo-Soon Ko
Woo-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...

 (2)
207 (-9) Seta Golf Course 700,000 105,000
1994
1994 LPGA Tour
The 1994 LPGA Tour was the 45th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 4 to November 6. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, four...

Nov 4-6 Woo-Soon Ko
Woo-Soon Ko
Woo-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...

 
206 (-7) Oak Hills Country Club 700,000 105,000
1993
1993 LPGA Tour
The 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...

Nov 5-7 Betsy King
Betsy King
Betsy King is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won six major championships and 34 LPGA Tour victories in all.-Career:...

 (2)
205 (-11) Lions Country Club 650,000 97,500
1992
1992 LPGA Tour
The 1992 LPGA Tour was the 43rd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 30 to November 8. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Dottie Mochrie won the most tournaments, four...

Nov 6-8 Betsy King
Betsy King
Betsy King is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won six major championships and 34 LPGA Tour victories in all.-Career:...

 
205 (-11) Musashigaoka Golf Course 650,000 97,500
1991
1991 LPGA Tour
The 1991 LPGA Tour was the 42nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 18 to November 10. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Pat Bradley and Meg Mallon won the most tournaments, four each. Bradley led the money list with earnings of...

Nov 8-10 Liselotte Neumann
Liselotte Neumann
Liselotte Maria "Lotta" Neumann is a Swedish professional golfer. She currently plays primarily on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:...

 
211 (-5) Seta Golf Course 550,000 82,500
1990
1990 LPGA Tour
The 1990 LPGA Tour was the 41st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 19 to November 4. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, seven...

Nov 2-4 Debbie Massey
Debbie Massey
Debbie Massey is an American professional golfer.Massey won three events on the LPGA Tour, not including back-to-back victories in the Women's British Open, which is now one of the LPGA's major championships...

 
1331 (-11) Musashigaoka Golf Course 550,000 82,500
1989
1989 LPGA Tour
The 1989 LPGA Tour was the 40th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 13 to November 5. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Betsy King won the most tournaments, six...

Nov 3-5 Elaine Crosby
Elaine Crosby
Elaine Crosby is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Crosby won twice on the LPGA Tour in 1989 and 1994.Crosby was elected to the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1996....

 
205 (-11) Seta Golf Course 500,000 75,000
1988
1988 LPGA Tour
The 1988 LPGA Tour was the 39th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 4 to November 6. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Juli Inkster, Rosie Jones, Betsy King, Nancy Lopez, and Ayako Okamoto won the most tournaments, three each...

Nov 4-6 Patty Sheehan
Patty Sheehan
Patty Sheehan is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1980 and won six major championships and 35 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame....

 
206 (-10)PO Musashigaoka Golf Course 450,000 67,500
1987
1987 LPGA Tour
The 1987 LPGA Tour was the 38th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 29 to November 8. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Jane Geddes won the most tournaments, five...

Nov 6-8 Yuko Moriguchi
Yuko Moriguchi
Yuko Moriguchi is a Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.Moriguchi won 41 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1978 and 1994 and one of those events, the 1987 Mazda Japan Classic, was an LPGA Tour co-sanctioned tournament.Moriguchi won the LPGA...

 
206 (-10)PO Musashigaoka Golf Course 350,000 52,500
1986
1986 LPGA Tour
The 1986 LPGA Tour was the 37th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 23 to November 9. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Pat Bradley won the most tournaments, five. She also led the money list with earnings of $492,021.There were five...

Nov 7-9 Ai-Yu Tu
Ai-Yu Tu
Ai-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...

 
213 (-3)PO Lions Country Club 300,000 45,000
1985
1985 LPGA Tour
The 1985 LPGA Tour was the 36th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 24 to November 10. The season consisted of 35 official money events. Nancy Lopez won the most tournaments, five...

Nov 8-10 Jane Blalock
Jane Blalock
Jane Blalock is a retired American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1969 and won 27 LPGA Tour events in all.-Amateur career:...

 
206 (-10) Musashigaoka Golf Course 300,000 45,000
1984
1984 LPGA Tour
The 1984 LPGA Tour was the 35th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 26 to November 4. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Amy Alcott and Patty Sheehan won the most tournaments, four each...

Nov 2-4 Nayoko Yoshikawa
Nayoko Yoshikawa
Nayoko 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...

 
210 (-6)PO Hiroshima Country Club 300,000 41,250
1983
1983 LPGA Tour
The 1983 LPGA Tour was the 34th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 27 to November 13. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Pat Bradley and Patty Sheehan won the most tournaments, four each...

Nov 11-13 Pat Bradley  206 (-10) Musashigaoka Golf Course 250,000 37,500
1982 Nov 5-6 Nancy Lopez
Nancy Lopez
Nancy Marie Lopez is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events during her LPGA career, including three major championships.-Amateur career:...

207 (-9) Melshin-Yokaichi Country Club 250,000 30,000
1981 Nov 6-8 Patty Sheehan
Patty Sheehan
Patty Sheehan is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1980 and won six major championships and 35 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame....

 
213 (-9) Sagamihara Golf Club 250,000 30,000
1980 Nov 7-9 Tatsuko Ohsako
Tatsuko Ohsako
Tatsuko Ohsako is an Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.Ohsako won 45 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1975 and 1991...

 
213 (-9)PO Hanayashiki Golf Club 225,000 26,250
1979 Nov 1-3 Amy Alcott
Amy Alcott
Amy Alcott is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1975, and won five major championships and 29 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame....

211 (-11) Hanayashiki Golf Club 125,000 18,750
1978 Nov 1-3 Michiko Okada
Michiko Okada
Michiko Okada is an Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour .Okada won 10 times on the JLPGA between 1975 and 1995...

 
216 (-6)PO Hanayashiki Golf Club Club 125,000 18,750
1977 Nov 1-3 Debbie Massey
Debbie Massey
Debbie Massey is an American professional golfer.Massey won three events on the LPGA Tour, not including back-to-back victories in the Women's British Open, which is now one of the LPGA's major championships...

 
220 (-2) Hanayashiki Golf Club 100,000 15,000
1976 Nov 1-3 Donna Caponi
Donna Caponi
Donna Caponi-Byrnes is an American professional golfer.Caponi was born in Detroit, Michigan. The daughter of a club pro, Caponi began playing golf at the age of eight and joined the LPGA Tour at 20. Caponi captured her first win on the Tour four years later in 1970, winning the U.S. Women's Open...

 
217 (-5) Hanayashiki Golf Club 100,000 15,000
1975 Oct 17-19 Shelley Hamlin
Shelley Hamlin
Shelley Lee Hamlin is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Hamlin was born in San Mateo, California. As an amateur golfer she won the California Women's Amateur four times. She played at Stanford University and won the 1971 AIAW National Collegiate Championship...

 
218 (-1) Ibaraki Kokusai Golf Club 100,000 15,000
1974 Nov 1-3 Chako Higuchi  218 (-4) Horyuju Country Club 100,000 15,000
1973 Nov 29-Dec1 Jan Ferraris
Jan Ferraris
Janis Jean Ferraris is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Ferraris won the 1963 U.S. Girls' Junior and the Women's Western Junior in 1963 and 1964. She was LPGA Rookie of the Year in 1966....

216 (E) Shin Sode-Gahara Country Club 50,000 7,500

PO Won sudden-death playoff

1 The 1990 tournament was shortened to 36 holes holes due to rain.

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