Yuri Fudoh

Yuri Fudoh 不動 裕理
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born	(1976-10-14) 14 October 1976 Kumamoto, Japan
Height
Nationality	Japan
Career
Turned professional	1996
Current tour(s)	LPGA of Japan Tour
Professional wins	50
Number of wins by tour
LPGA of Japan Tour	50
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration	T15: 2006
Women's PGA C'ship	T20: 2006
U.S. Women's Open	T12: 2001
du Maurier Classic	DNP
Women's British Open	T3: 2008
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Japan Tour leading money winner	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Yuri Fudoh (Japanese: 不動 裕理, born 14 October 1976 in Kumamoto) is a Japanese golfer. She was the leading money winner on the JLPGA Tour six times in a row from 2000 to 2005. She became the first player on the JLPGA Tour to earn in excess of 100 million yen, a feat she accomplished in 2000, and achieved again in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

In 2003, Fudoh became the first player to win 10 tournaments in a year and she earned 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 she has no interest competing on the U.S. LPGA Tour full-time 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 Titleist, Ellesse and Nomura Asset Management

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (50)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	14 Nov 1999	Itoen Ladies	-9 (68–71–68=207)	1 stroke	Aki Nakano
2	14 May 2000	Vernal Cup RKB Ladies	-4 (70–72–70=212)	3 strokes	Aki Takamura
3	4 Jun 2000	Resort Trust Ladies	-11 (66–71–68=205)	5 strokes	Yuriko Ohtsuka
4	18 Jun 2000	APiTa Circle K Sunkus Ladies	-3 (71–73–69=213)	1 stroke	Midori Yoneyama
5	13 Aug 2000	NEC Karuizawa 72	-5 (71–69–71=211)	Playoff	Chieko Amanuma
6	17 Sep 2000	Munsingwear Ladies Tokai Classic	-4 (74–68–70=212)	1 stroke	Lee Young-me Midori Yoneyama
7	8 Oct 2000	Sankyo Ladies Open	-10 (69–71–66=206)	3 strokes	Kasumi Fujii
8	4 Mar 2001	Daikin Orchid Ladies	-3 (73–71–69=213)	3 strokes	Tomoko Ueda Woo-Soon Ko Kasumi Fujii
9	5 Aug 2001	Vernal Open	-9 (68–66–73=207)	3 strokes	Hisako Ohgane
10	26 Aug 2001	Yonex Ladies	-12 (69–68–67=204)	1 stroke	Tseng Hsiu-feng
11	14 Oct 2001	Fujitsu Ladies	-13 (68–67–68=203)	1 stroke	Michie Ohba
12	12 May 2002	Nichirei Cup World Ladies	-17 (65–69–70–67=271)	3 strokes	Karrie Webb
13	4 Aug 2002	Vernal Open	-6 (72–70–68=210)	5 strokes	Chieko Amanuma Julie Lu
14	1 Sep 2002	Yonex Ladies	-15 (64–69–68=201)	7 strokes	Kaori Higo
15	17 Nov 2002	Itoen Ladies	-12 (65–71–68=204)	1 stroke	Akiko Fukushima
16	9 Mar 2003	Daikin Orchid Ladies	-8 (72–67–69=208)	Playoff	Aki Nakano
17	25 May 2003	Chukyo TV Bridgestone Ladies Open	-9 (65-68-74-207)	1 stroke	Toshimi Kimura Ok-Hee Ku
18	8 Jun 2008	Resort Trust Ladies	-11 (72–66–67=212)	7 strokes	Kaori Higo Lee Ji-hee
19	20 Jul 2003	Stanley Ladies	-8 (70–70–68=208)	3 stroke	Woo-Soon Ko Mihoko Takahashi Mitsui Michiko Fumiko Muraguchi
20	24 Aug 2003	New Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ladies	-11 (67–68–73=208)	3 strokes	Junko Omote
21	14 Sep 2003	Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup	-11 (67–68–72–70=277)	4 strokes	Michie Ohba Miho Koga
22	21 Sep 2003	Munsingwear Ladies Tokai Classic	-10 (67–70–69=206)	1 stroke	Kaori Harada
23	19 Oct 2003	Fujitsu Ladies	-12 (67–68–69=204)	2 strokes	Ok-Hee Ku
24	16 Nov 2003	Itoen Ladies	-3 (70–69–74=213)	Playoff	Junko Omote
25	30 Nov 2003	Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup	-9 (75–68–66–70=279)	5 strokes	Akiko Fukushima Lee Ji-hee
26	18 Apr 2004	Saishunkan Ladies Hinokuni Open	+1 (76–68–73=217)	Playoff	Woo-Soon Ko Sakura Yokomine (amateur)
27	16 May 2004	Vernal Ladies	-2 (72–72–70=214)	1 stroke	Toshimi Kimura
28	30 May 2004	Kosaido Ladies Golf Cup	-10 (69–68–69=206)	3 strokes	Tseng Hsiu-feng
29	18 Jul 2004	Stanley Ladies	-12 (67–69–68=204)	1 stroke	Hattori Michiko
30	25 Jul 2004	Golf5 Ladies	+2 (75–72–74=221)	3 strokes	Wei Yun-jye
31	3 Oct 2004	Japan Women's Open Golf Championship	-8 (74–70–69–67=280)	11 strokes	Kaori Higo Sakura Yokomine
32	28 Nov 2004	Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup	-2 (68–76–71–71=286)	1 stroke	Michie Ohba Ai Miyazato
33	8 May 2005	Salonpas World Ladies	-12 (71–71–64–70=276)	Playoff	Shiho Oyama
34	12 Jun 2005	Suntory Ladies Open	-16 (72–69–67–64=272)	2 strokes	Michie Ohba
35	4 Sep 2005	Golf5 Ladies	-11 (72–69–64=205)	2 strokes	Akane Iijima Wei Yun-jye Shin Hyun-ju
36	11 Sep 2005	Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup	-10 (74–67–71–66=278)	2 strokes	Ai Miyazato
37	16 Oct 2005	Fujitsu Ladies	-12 (68–65–71=204)	3 strokes	Sakura Yokomine
38	13 Nov 2005	Itoen Ladies	-7 (71–71–67=209)	2 strokes	Yuko Saitoh Hiroko Yamaguchi
39	12 Mar 2006	Accordia Golf Ladies	-5 (71–67–73=211)	1 stroke	Michiko Hattori Hiromi Mogi
40	16 Apr 2006	Life Card Ladies	-8 (68–70–70=208)	2 strokes	Shiho Oyama
41	27 May 2007	Kosaido Ladies Golf Cup	-10 (70–68–68=206)	5 strokes	Noriko Aso Jeon Mi-jeong Shinobu Moromizato Sakura Yokomine
42	26 Aug 2007	Yonex Ladies	-12 (65–70–69=204)	1 stroke	Momoko Ueda
43	16 Mar 2008	Accordia Golf Ladies	-11 (70–70–65=205)	Playoff	Wei Yun-jye
44	13 Jul 2008	Meiji Chocolate Cup	-9 (69–68–70=207)	1 stroke	Chie Arimura Saiki Fujita Shin Hyun-ju
45	21 Sep 2008	Munsingwear Ladies Tokai Classic	-8 (71–70–67=208)	Playoff	Momoko Ueda Yayoi Arasaki
46	19 Oct 2008	Fujitsu Ladies	-13 (69–68–66=203)	Playoff	Yuko Mitsuka
47	23 May 2010	Chukyo TV Bridgestone Ladies Open	-13 (66–67–70=203)	2 strokes	Kim Na-ri
48	11 Jul 2010	Meiji Chocolate Cup	-12 (69–67–68=204)	1 stroke	Lee Ji-woo
49	17 Apr 2011	Nishijin Ladies Classic	-5 (70–69–72=211)	Playoff	Lee Ji-woo Yukari Baba
50	1 May 2011	Cyber Agent Ladies	-10 (72–66–68=206)	3 strokes	Jiyai Shin

JLPGA majors are shown in bold.

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Kraft Nabisco Championship	CUT	T45	DNP	DNP	T39	T15	T37	DNP	T36
LPGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T20	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Women's Open	T12	CUT	T20	CUT	CUT	T46	DNP	DNP	T57
Women's British Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T16	T42	DNP	T3	T33

Tournament	2010	2011
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	CUT
LPGA Championship	DNP	DNP
U.S. Women's Open	DNP	DNP
Women's British Open	DNP	CUT

DNP = did not play
DNS = did not start
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

Summary

• Starts – 20
• Wins – 0
• 2nd-place finishes – 0
• 3rd-place finishes – 1
• Top 3 finishes – 1
• Top 5 finishes – 1
• Top 10 finishes – 1
• Top 25 finishes – 6
• Missed cuts – 6
• Most consecutive cuts made – 10
• Longest streak of top-10s – 1

LPGA Tour of Japan summary

Year	Wins	Earnings (¥)	Rank
1997	0	22,400,175	34
1998	0	40,027,445	10
1999	1	56,386,976	4
2000	6	120,443,924	1
2001	4	89,248,793	1
2002	4	95,690,917	1
2003	10	149,325,679	1
2004	7	142,774,000	1
2005	6	122,460,908	1
2006	2	46,010,000	15
2007	2	87,061,631	6
2008	4	91,857,367	5
2009	0	43,978,276	17
2010	2	69,701,733	7
2011	2	60,518,023	9
2012	0	45,283,900	16
2013	0	35,566,959	30
2014	0	17,190,725	52
Career	50	1,335,927,431	1

Sourrce:

External links

• Yuri Fudoh at the LPGA of Japan Tour official site (Japanese)
• Profile on Yahoo! Sports