Mika Miyazato

Mika Miyazato (Japanese: 宮里美香, born 10 October 1989) is a professional golfer from Japan who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.

Mika Miyazato 宮里美香
Miyazato at the 2009 LPGA Championship
Personal information
Born	10 October 1989 Okinawa, Japan
Height	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Nationality	Japan
Career
Turned professional	2008
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2009)
Professional wins	3
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	1
LPGA of Japan Tour	2
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration	T7: 2011
Women's PGA C'ship	T2: 2012
U.S. Women's Open	5th: 2011
Women's British Open	4th: 2012
Evian Championship	T19: 2013
Medal record Asian Games 2006 Doha Individual 2006 Doha Women's team

Career

As an amateur, Miyazato won the 2004 Japan Amateur Women's Championship at the age of 14, and was the youngest player to win the event. In the 2006 Asian Games, she won silver medals in the individual and team competitions. Miyazato turned professional in December 2008, after finishing in a tie for 12th in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, a finish that gave her exempt status on the LPGA Tour. The medalist was Stacy Lewis, with Michelle Wie in a tie for seventh.[1][2]

In her first season as a professional at age 19, she had fourth-place finishes at the LPGA Corning Classic and Wegmans LPGA tournaments in 2009.[1] Miyazato's first professional victory came at the Japan Women's Open Golf Championship in October 2010.[3] That year, she also had five top-10 finishes on the LPGA Tour, including two third-place results, and was 17th on the money list with more than $600,000 in earnings.[4]

In 2011, Miyazato held the 36-hole lead at the U.S. Women's Open and finished fifth.[5][6] She had three other top-10s during the season, and won nearly $600,000.[7]

Despite a slow start, 2012 was Miyazato's best season. After missing three successive cuts in the early spring, she lost in the first round of the Sybase Match Play Championship, and did not have a top twenty finish through May.[8][9] Miyazato rebounded the next week in early June with a tie for third at the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Atlantic City. The following week, she tied for second at the LPGA Championship, two strokes behind winner Shanshan Feng.[8][10] At her next start at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, Miyazato again tied for second. After two additional top ten finishes at the U.S. Women's Open and Jamie Farr Toledo Classic,[8] she won her first LPGA Tour event in August at the Safeway Classic in Oregon.[11] For the season, she earned more than $1 million and had nine top-10 finishes.[12]

In October 2013, Miyazato won her second Japan Women's Open title. With a birdie on the last hole of the tournament, she defeated Erika Kikuchi and Miki Saiki by one stroke.[13] Miyazato made less than half of her 2012 earnings during the 2013 LPGA Tour season, with a pair of top-10s.[14] Her earnings on the LPGA dipped to about $105,000 in the 2014 season, before climbing back over $500,000 in 2015.[15] Almost $200,000 of her 2015 total came at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, where she posted a second-place finish.[16] During the 2016 season, Miyazato's earnings dropped to under $300,000, putting her in 68th place on the LPGA money list.[17] She had one top-10 finish in 2016: a tie for sixth at the ShopRite LPGA Classic.[18] In 2017, she played in 10 LPGA tournaments, missing the cut in eight of them.[19] Miyazato ended the year outside the top 150 in season earnings.[17] Her LPGA schedule in 2018 was limited to two events, a missed cut at the Marathon Classic and a tie for 52nd at the Ladies Scottish Open.[20] In Miyazato's only LPGA appearance of 2019, at the Toto Japan Classic, she tied for 69th.[21]

Although both are from Okinawa, she is not related to former LPGA Tour player Ai Miyazato.[22][23]

Professional wins (3)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	19 Aug 2012	Safeway Classic	–13 (65-68-70=203)	2 strokes	Brittany Lincicome Inbee Park

JLPGA wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	3 Oct 2010	Japan Women's Open	–12 (68-67-73-68=276)	6 strokes	Miki Saiki
2	6 Oct 2013	Japan Women's Open	E (70-70-73-75=288)	1 stroke	Erika Kikuchi Miki Saiki

Tournaments in bold denotes JLPGA major championships.

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
ANA Inspiration		T40	T7	CUT	T63	CUT	T29	T56	CUT
Women's PGA Championship	T39	13	T8	T2	T22	CUT	T41	T50
U.S. Women's Open	T57	CUT	5	T7	T31	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
Women's British Open	T11	CUT	T14	4	T59	T38	T7	T58
The Evian Championship ^					T19	T36	T34	T22

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Top 10

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
ANA Inspiration	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	5
Women's PGA Championship	0	1	0	1	2	4	8	7
U.S. Women's Open	0	0	0	1	2	2	9	4
Women's British Open	0	0	0	1	2	4	8	7
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4
Totals	0	1	0	3	7	13	37	27

• Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2012 LPGA – 2013 Evian)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (twice)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	2nds	3rds	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2007	1	1	0	0	0	0	T15	n/a	n/a	70.50	n/a
2009	22	16	0	0	0	3	4	284,788	49	72.70	75
2010	23	19	0	0	2	5	3	608,889	17	71.55	22
2011	20	19	0	0	0	4	5	591,688	22	71.17	12
2012	20	17	1	2	1	9	1	1,098,749	11	70.94	10
2013	21	18	0	0	1	2	3	417,658	36	71.99	50
2014	16	10	0	0	0	0	T21	105,982	91	72.74	104
2015	24	22	0	1	0	5	2	583,141	28	71.18	19
2016	24	21	0	0	0	1	T6	270,663	68	71.72	57
2017	10	2	0	0	0	0	T35	18,390	157	72.29	110
2018	2	1	0	0	0	0	T52	5,298	170	71.50	n/a
2019	1	1	0	0	0	0	T69	0	n/a	73.33	n/a

• official through 2019 season[17][21]

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year	World ranking	Source
2006	246	[24]
2007	256	[25]
2008	303	[26]
2009	60	[27]
2010	22	[28]
2011	24	[29]
2012	10	[30]
2013	22	[31]
2014	82	[32]
2015	37	[33]
2016	79	[34]
2017	243	[35]
2018	390	[36]
2019	148	[37]

Team appearances

Amateur

• Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Japan): 2004, 2006, 2008

Professional

• International Crown (representing Japan): 2014, 2016[38][39]

References

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2. "LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament". LPGA. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
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20. "Mika Miyazato Results: 2018". LPGA. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
21. "Mika Miyazato: Results". LPGA. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
22. "Miyazato Lead U.S. Women's Open As Third Round Suspended". The Sports Network. Associated Press. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
23. "Mika Miyazato turns pro after qualifying for LPGA card". ESPN. Associated Press. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
24. "Women's World Golf Rankings". Rolex Rankings. 26 December 2006.
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37. "Women's World Golf Rankings". Rolex Rankings. 30 December 2019.
38. Goodwin, Cody (21 July 2014). "Meet the golfers in the inaugural International Crown". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
39. Washchyshyn, Marika. "5 Things to Know About the UL International Crown". Golf Magazine. Retrieved 12 January 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Mika Miyazato at the LPGA Tour official site
• Mika Miyazato at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site