# Japan Women's Open Golf Championship

The Japan Women's Open Golf Championship (日本女子オープンゴルフ選手権競技, Nihon Joshi ōpun gorufu senshuken kyōgi) is Japan's national women's open golf championship. From 2006 (as of 2011) it is one of the two richest tournaments on the LPGA of Japan Tour, with a prize fund of 140 million Yen.
Tournament names through the years:
* 1968–1970: TBS Women's Open
* 1971–present: Japan Women's Open Golf Championship

## Winners

| Year | Champion | Venue | Location | Score | To par | Purse (¥) | Winner's share (¥) |
| 2024 | Rio Takeda | Ohtone Country Club | Bandō, Ibaraki | 278 | −10 | 150,000,000 | 30,000,000 |
| 2023 | Erika Hara | Awara Golf Club, Sea Course | Awara, Fukui | 273 | −15 | 150,000,000 | 30,000,000 |
| 2022 | Minami Katsu | Murasaki Country Club, Sumire Course | Noda, Chiba | 285 | −3 | 150,000,000 | 30,000,000 |
| 2021 | Minami Katsu | Tomei Country Club | Susono, Shizuoka | 270 | −14 | 150,000,000 | 30,000,000 |
| 2020 | Erika Hara | Classic Golf Club | Miyawaka, Fukuoka | 272 | −16 | 112,500,000 | 22,500,000 |
| 2019 | Nasa Hataoka | Cocopa Resort Club, Queen's Course | Tsu, Mie | 270 | −18 | 150,000,000 | 30,000,000 |
| 2018 | Ryu So-yeon | Chiba Country Club, Noda Course | Noda, Chiba | 273 | −15 | 140,000,000 | 28,000,000 |
| 2017 | Nasa Hataoka | Abiko Golf Club | Abiko, Chiba | 268 | −20 | 140,000,000 | 28,000,000 |
| 2016 | Nasa Hataoka (a) | Karasuyamajo Country Club, Sannomaru Course | Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi | 280 | −4 | 140,000,000 | 28,000,000 |
| 2015 | Chun In-gee | Katayamazu Golf Club, Hakusan Course | Kaga, Ishikawa | 286 | −2 | 140,000,000 | 28,000,000 |
| 2014 | Teresa Lu | Biwako Country Club | Rittō, Shiga | 280 | −8 | 140,000,000 | 28,000,000 |
| 2013 | Mika Miyazato | Sagamihara Golf Club, East Course | Sagamihara, Kanagawa | 288 | E | 140,000,000 | 28,000,000 |
| 2012 | Shanshan Feng | Yokohama County Club, West Course | Yokohama, Kanagawa | 288 | E | 140,000,000 | 28,000,000 |
| 2011 | Yukari Baba | Nagoya Golf Club | Togo, Aichi | 292 | +12 | 140,000,000 | 28,000,000 |
| 2010 | Mika Miyazato | Otone Country Club, East Course | Bando, Ibaraki | 276 | −12 | 140,000,000 | 28,000,000 |
| 2009 | Song Bo-bae | Abiko Golf Club | Abiko, Chiba | 277 | −11 | 140,000,000 | 28,000,000 |
| 2008 | Lee Ji-hee | Shiun Golf Club, Kajikawa Course | Shibata, Niigata | 284 | −4 | 140,000,000 | 28,000,000 |
| 2007 | Shinobu Moromizato | Tarumae Country Club | Tomakomai, Hokkaido | 282 | −6 | 140,000,000 | 28,000,000 |
| 2006 | Jang Jeong | Ibaraki Country Club | Ibaraki, Osaka | 279 | −9 | 140,000,000 | 28,000,000 |
| 2005 | Ai Miyazato | Totsuka Country Club, West Course | Yokohama, Kanagawa | 283 | −5 | 70,000,000 | 14,000,000 |
| 2004 | Yuri Fudoh | Hiroshima Country Club, Hachihonmatsu Course | Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima | 280 | −8 | 70,000,000 | 14,000,000 |
| 2003 | Michiko Hattori | Chiba Country Club, Noda Course | Noda, Chiba | 287 | −1 | 70,000,000 | 14,000,000 |
| 2002 | Ko Woo-soon | Hakone Country Club | Hakone, Kanagawa | 278 | −14 | 70,000,000 | 14,000,000 |
| 2001 | Miyuki Shimabukuro | Muroran Golf Club | Muroran, Hokkaido | 302 | +14 | 70,000,000 | 14,000,000 |
| 2000 | Kaori Higo | Hanno Golf Club | Hanno, Saitama | 293 | +5 | 70,000,000 | 14,000,000 |
| 1999 | Mayumi Murai | Kasumigaseki Country Club | Kawagoe, Saitama | 281 | −7 | 70,000,000 | 14,000,000 |
| 1998 | Natsuko Noro | Miyoshi Country Club, West Course | Miyoshi, Aichi | 286 | −2 | 70,000,000 | 14,000,000 |
| 1997 | Ayako Okamoto | Higashihirono Golf Club | Miki, Hyōgo | 295 | +7 | 70,000,000 | 14,000,000 |
| 1996 | Aki Takamura | Ryugasaki Country Club | Ryugasaki, Ibaraki | 291 | +3 | 70,000,000 | 14,000,000 |
| 1995 | Ikuyo Shiotani | Ube Country Club, Mannenike West Course | Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi | 285 | −3 | 60,000,000 | 9,720,000 |
| 1994 | Michiko Hattori | Musashi Country Club, Sasai Course | Sayama, Saitama | 287 | −1 | 60,000,000 | 10,800,000 |
| 1993 | Ayako Okamoto | Higashinagoya Country Club | Toyota, Aichi | 288 | E | 60,000,000 | 10,800,000 |
| 1992 | Atsuko Hikage | Meishin Youkaichi Country Club | Higashiomi, Shiga | 287 | −1 | 60,000,000 | 10,800,000 |
| 1991 | Tu Ai-yu | Sapporo Golf Club, Wattsu Course | Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido | 292 | E | 50,000,000 | 9,000,000 |
| 1990 | Yuko Moriguchi | Gifuseki Country Club | Seki, Gifu | 288 | E | 40,000,000 | 8,000,000 |
| 1989 | Hiromi Kobayashi | Musashi Country Club, Toyooka Course | Iruma, Saitama | 289 | +1 | 40,000,000 | 8,000,000 |
| 1988 | Fukumi Tani | Dazaifu Golf Club | Dazaifu, Fukuoka | 295 | −1 | 30,000,000 | 6,000,000 |
| 1987 | Nayoko Yoshikawa | Tsukuba Country Club | Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki | 287 | −1 | 30,000,000 | 6,000,000 |
| 1986 | Tu Ai-yu | Omi Country Club | Konan, Shiga | 293 | −3 | 25,000,000 | 4,000,000 |
| 1985 | Yuko Moriguchi | Sodegaura Country Club | Chiba, Chiba | 293 | −3 | 25,000,000 | 4,000,000 |
| 1984 | Tatsuko Ohsako | Kanra Country Club | Kanra, Gunma | 286 | −2 | 25,000,000 | 4,000,000 |
| 1983 | Tu Ai-yu | Awara Country Club, Sea Course | Awara, Fukui | 218 | −1 | 25,000,000 | 4,000,000 |
| 1982 | Atsuko Hikage | Forest Golf Club, West Course | Shibata, Niigata | 285 | −3 | 25,000,000 | 4,000,000 |
| 1981 | Tatsuko Ohsako | Sohsei Country Club | Narita, Chiba | 213 | −3 | 20,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
| 1980 | Hisako Higuchi | Kasugai Country Club, West Course | Kasugai, Aichi | 216 | −6 | 20,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
| 1979 | Nayoko Yoshikawa | Hiroshima Country Club, Hachihonmatsu Course | Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima | 218 | +2 | 20,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
| 1978 | Takako Kiyomoto | Rose Bay Country Club | Annaka, Gunma | 219 | E | 20,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
| 1977 | Hisako Higuchi | Hanayashiki Golf Club, Hirono Course | Miki, Hyogo | 216 | −6 | 20,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
| 1976 | Hisako Higuchi | Hamamatsu Seaside Golf Club | Iwata, Shizuoka | 220 | +1 | 20,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
| 1975 | Ayako Nihei | Karasuyamajo Country Club | Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi | 225 | +3 | 15,000,000 | 2,500,000 |
| 1974 | Hisako Higuchi | Meishin Youkaichi Country Club | Higashiomi, Shiga | 224 | +8 | 10,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
| 1973 | Noriko Kobayashi | Meiyon Country Club | Yokkaichi, Mie | 219 | +3 | 5,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| 1972 | Masako Sasaki | Hamamatsu Seaside Golf Club | Iwata, Shizuoka | 224 | +5 | 2,390,000 | 600,000 |
| 1971 | Hisako Higuchi | Otone Country Club, West Course | Bando, Ibaraki | 221 | +5 | 2,020,000 | 500,000 |
| 1970 | Hisako Higuchi | TBS Koshigaya Golf Club | Yoshikawa, Saitama | 226 | +4 | 1,440,000 | 500,000 |
| 1969 | Hisako Higuchi | TBS Koshigaya Golf Club | Yoshikawa, Saitama | 142 | −6 | 1,020,000 | 300,000 |
| 1968 | Hisako Higuchi | TBS Koshigaya Golf Club | Yoshikawa, Saitama | 148 | E | 500,000 | 200,000 |