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Yuko Moriguchi

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Yuko Moriguchi
森口祐子
Personal information
Born (1955-04-13) 13 April 1955 (age 69)
Toyama, Toyama, Japan
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s)LPGA of Japan Tour (1974-2007)
LPGA Tour (1981-1983)
Professional wins41
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
LPGA of Japan Tour41
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenT25: 1982
du Maurier ClassicDNP
Women's British OpenDNP

Yuko Moriguchi (Japanese: 森口祐子, born 13 April 1955) 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.[1][2]

Moriguchi won the LPGA qualifying school tournament in January 1981[3] and played sparingly on the LPGA Tour from 1981 to 1983. Her 1987 win was as a non-member.[4]

Professional wins

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LPGA of Japan Tour (41)

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  • 1978 (4) World Ladies Golf Tournament, Japan LPGA Championship, Miyagi TV Cup Ladies Open, Mizuno Golf Tournament
  • 1979 (2) Saikai National Park Ladies Open, Pioneer Cup
  • 1980 (3) Hiroshima Women's Open, Mizuno Golf Tournament, Isuzu Ladies Cup
  • 1981 (6) Yakult Mirumiru Ladies, Northeast Queens, Kumamoto Cyuoh Ladies, Junon Women's Open, Mizuno Golf Tournament, JLPGA Lady Borden Cup
  • 1982 (4) Tokushima Tsukinomiya Ladies Open, Junon Women's Open, Northeast Queens, Elleair Ladies Open
  • 1983 (4) Tohato Ladies, Yakult Mirumiru Ladies, Mitsubishi Fanta Database Ladies, Northeast Queens
  • 1985 (5) Mizuno Open, Japan Women's Open, Isuzu Ladies Cup, Miyagi TV Cup Women's Open, JLPGA Lady Borden Cup
  • 1987 (2) Mazda Japan Classic (co-sanctioned with LPGA Tour), JLPGA Lady Borden Cup
  • 1989 (2) Yamaha Cup Ladies Open, an Queens
  • 1990 (2) Japan Women's Open, Miyagi TV Cup Women's Open
  • 1991 (3) Sky Court Ladies, Yakult Mirumiru Ladies, Takara Invitational
  • 1992 (1) Konica Cup World Ladies
  • 1993 (1) Stanley Ladies
  • 1994 (2) Mitsukoshi Cup Ladies Open, Consulting Inc. Ladies

Tournament in bold denotes major championships in LPGA of Japan Tour.

LPGA Tour (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 8 Nov 1987 Mazda Japan Classic −10 (68-66-72=206) 3 strokes Japan Ayako Okamoto

References

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  1. ^ "LPGA All-Time Winners List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 29, 2010.
  2. ^ "LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2011.
  3. ^ LPGA Tour Qualifying School
  4. ^ "LPGA All-Time Records" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 15, 2007.
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