Yuri Fudoh

is a Japanese golfer. She was the leading money winner on the JLPGA Tour six times in a row 2000-2005. She became the first player on the JLPGA Tour to earn in excess of 100 million yen in 2000, she has subsequently achieved that in 2003, 2004 and 2005

In 2003, Fudoh became the first player to win 10 tournaments in a year and had the distinction of earning more prize money than the leading male player on the Japan Golf Tour. In 2004 Fudoh became the youngest player to earn permanent seeding on the Tour following her 30th career victory at the Golf 5 Ladies Open. In 2005 Fudoh became the first JLPGA Player to earn in excess of 800 million yen.

In 2005, she topped the money list for the sixth consecutive year following her second place finish at the Ricoh JLPGA Tour Championship. In 2006, she became the youngest player on the JLPGA Tour to win 40 tournaments following her win at the Life Card Ladies Open. In 2008, she became the first player on the JLPGA Tour to break the billion-yen barrier in career winnings with her victory in the Meiji Chocolate Cup, and also took the lead at Sunningdale in the Women's British Open.

Fudoh has stated that her primary goal is to compete in Japan and has no interest competing on the U.S. LPGA Tour fulltime apart from the majors. She was fourth on the debut edition of the Women's World Golf Rankings, released in February 2006.

She currently has endorsement deals with Callaway Golf, Ellesse, Nomura Asset Management & Citizen.

Prize money

"Year Prize Money

*1997 ¥22,400,175(34)　　
*1998 ¥40,027,445(10)　
*1999 ¥56,386,976(4)　　
*2000 ¥120,443,924(1)　
*2001 ¥89,248,793(1)
*2002 ¥95,690,917(1)
*2003 ¥149,325,679(1)　　 　
*2004 ¥142,774,000(1)　　
*2005 ¥122,460,908(1)
*2006 ¥46,100,000(15)　
*2007 ¥87,061,631(6)
*2008 ¥58,828,611(7)　

Career total ¥1,030,659,059(1)

Tournament Wins

*1999 Ito En Ladies Open
*2000 Vernal Open, Resort Trust Ladies Open, Circle K Sunkus Ladies Open, NEC Ladies Open, Munsingwear-Tokai Classic, Sankyo Open,
*2001 Daikin Ladies Open, Vernal Classic, Yonex Open, Fujitsu Ladies Open
*2002 Nichirei World Ladies Cup, Vernal Open, Yonex Open ,Ito En Ladies Open
*2003 Daikin Ladies Open, Bridgestone Open, Resort Trust Ladies Open, Stanley Ladies Open, New Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ladies Open, Konica Japan LPGA Championship, Munsingwear-Tokai Classic, Fujitsu Ladies Open, Ito En Ladies Classic, Ricoh JLPGA Tour Championship,
*2004 Saishunkan Ladies Classic, Vernal Open, Kosaido Cup, Stanley Ladies Open, Golf 5 Ladies Open, Japan Women's Open Championship, Ricoh JLPGA Tour Championship
*2005 Salonpas World Ladies Cup, Suntory Open, Golf 5 Ladies Open, Konica Japan LPGA Championship, Fujitsu Ladies Open, Ito En Ladies Open
*2006 Accordia Golf Ladies Cup, Life Card Ladies Open
*2007 Kosaido Cup, Yonex Open,
*2008 Accordia Golf Ladies Cup, Meiji Chocolate Cup, Munsingwear-Tokai Classic

Total wins: 45

External links

* [http://homepage2.nifty.com/happy64/yuuri-club/index.html Yuuri Club] - in Japanese deadlink|date=July 2008
* [http://www.lpga.or.jp/profile/profile.asp?yyyy=2007&cd=539 LPGA Japan profile] ja