Misuzu Narita
Misuzu Narita (成田 美寿々, Narita Misuzu, born 8 October 1992) is a Japanese professional golfer with over a dozen wins on the LPGA of Japan Tour.
Misuzu Narita | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Born | Ichihara, Chiba, Japan | 8 October 1992||||
Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||
Nationality | |||||
Career | |||||
College | Nippon Sport Science University | ||||
Status | Professional | ||||
Current tour(s) | LPGA of Japan Tour | ||||
Professional wins | 13 | ||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||
LPGA of Japan Tour | 13 | ||||
Best results in LPGA major championships | |||||
ANA Inspiration | DNP | ||||
Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||||
U.S. Women's Open | T55: 2014 | ||||
Women's British Open | T50: 2015 | ||||
Evian Championship | DNP | ||||
Achievements and awards | |||||
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Career
Narita was born in Ichihara, Chiba. As an amateur, she won the Kanto Junior Golf and East Japan Women's Public Amateur, and dropped out of Nippon Sport Science University to play golf professionally on the LPGA of Japan Tour. She saw immediate success, winning the 2012 Fujitsu Ladies and the 2012 Rookie of the Year Award.[1] By 2014, after she won her first JLPGA Major, the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup, she featured in the top-50 on the Women's World Golf Rankings.[3]
Narita finished 5th on the JLPGA money list in 2014 and 2018, earning her starts at the U.S. Women's Open and Women's British Open. She made her first JLPGA hole-in-one at the third round of 2016 Nipponham Ladies Classic. By 2019, she became one of 30 golfers with JLPGA career earnings in excess of half a billion yen.[4]
She represented Japan at the 2018 International Crown and on the winning The Queens teams in 2015 and 2017.[5]
In 2018, she was awarded the JLPGA Shiseido Anessa Beauty of the Year.[2]
Professional wins (13)
LPGA of Japan Tour wins (13)
- 2012 (1) Fujitsu Ladies
- 2013 (1) NEC Karuizawa 72 Golf Tournament
- 2014 (3) World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup, Yonex Ladies Golf Tournament, Samantha Thavasa Girls Collection Ladies Tournament
- 2015 (2) Studio Alice Women's Open, Suntory Ladies Open
- 2017 (1) Daito Kentaku Eheyanet Ladies
- 2018 (3) Suntory Ladies Open, Earth Mondahmin Cup, Fujitsu Ladies
- 2019 (2) Yamaha Ladies Open Katsuragi, Daito Kentaku Eheyanet Ladies
Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order before 2019.
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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ANA Inspiration | ||||||
U.S. Women's Open | T55 | CUT | T62 | |||
Women's PGA Championship | ||||||
The Evian Championship | ||||||
Women's British Open | CUT | T50 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Summary
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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ANA Inspiration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 1 (three times)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 0
Team appearances
- The Queens (representing Japan): 2015 (winners), 2017 (winners)
- International Crown (representing Japan): 2018
- Hitachi 3Tours Championship (representing LPGA of Japan Tour): 2014 (winners)
References
- "Awards/prize: Newcomer" (in Japanese). LPGA of Japan. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- "Prize: Beauty" (in Japanese). LPGA of Japan. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- "Misuzu Narita". Women's World Golf Rankings. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- "Misuzu Narita". LPGA of Japan Tour. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- "Japan triumphs in The Queens match play tournament". Japan Times. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
External links
- Misuzu Narita at the LPGA of Japan Tour official site (in Japanese)
- Misuzu Narita at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site