Nayoko Yoshikawa

Nayoko Yoshikawa 吉川なよ子
Personal information
Born	18 February 1949 (1949-02-18) (age 62) Sapporo, Japan
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Nationality	Japan
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	LPGA of Japan Tour (1973-2004) LPGA Tour (1978-1980)
Professional wins	29
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	1
LPGA of Japan Tour	29
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	DNP
LPGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Women's Open	CUT: 1989
du Maurier Classic	DNP
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Japan Tour leading money winner	1988

Nayoko Yoshikawa (Japanese: 吉川なよ子, born 18 February 1949) is an Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA) and the LPGA Tour.

Yoshikawa won 29 times on the JLPGA between 1979 and 1995. She was the leading money winner on JLPGA in 1988.

One of Yoshikawa's JLPGA wins was co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour, the 1984 Mazda Japan Classic.^[1][2]

Yoshikawa finished third at the LPGA Tour's qualifying school tournament in January 1978^[3] and played sparingly on the LPGA Tour from 1978 to 1980. Her 1984 win was as a non-member.^[4]

Professional wins

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (29)

• 1979 (3) Japan Women's Open, two other wins
• 1980 (3) JLPGA Lady Borden Cup, two other wins
• 1982 (4) Pioneer Cup, three other wins
• 1983 (4) Fujitsu Ladies, three other wins
• 1984 (3) Fujitsu Ladies, Mazda Japan Classic (co-sanctioned with LPGA Tour), one other win
• 1985 (1) one win
• 1986 (1) one win
• 1987 (3) Japan Women's Open, two other wins
• 1988 (5) IDC Otsuka Ladies, four other wins
• 1990 (1) one win
• 1995 (1) one win

LPGA Tour wins

• 1984 Mazda Japan Classic (co-sanctioned with LPGA of Japan Tour)

References

1. ^ LPGA All-Time Winners List
2. ^ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89
3. ^ LPGA Tour Qualifying School 1973-1979
4. ^ LPGA All-Time Records

External links

• Nayoko Yoshikawa at the LPGA of Japan Tour official site (Japanese)

Persondata
Name	Yoshikawa, Nayoko
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	18 February 1949
Place of birth	Sapporo, Japan
Date of death
Place of death