Misuzu Narita

Misuzu Narita (成田 美寿々, Narita Misuzu, born 8 October 1992) is a Japanese professional golfer with over a dozen wins on the LPGA of Japan Tour.

Misuzu Narita
Personal information
Born (1992-10-08) 8 October 1992
Ichihara, Chiba, Japan
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Nationality Japan
Career
CollegeNippon Sport Science University
StatusProfessional
Current tour(s)LPGA of Japan Tour
Professional wins13
Number of wins by tour
LPGA of Japan Tour13
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenT55: 2014
Women's British OpenT50: 2015
Evian ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Japan Tour
Rookie of the Year[1]		2012
JLPGA Shiseido Anessa
Beauty of the Year[2]		2018

Career

Narita was born in Ichihara, Chiba. As an amateur, she won the Kanto Junior Golf and East Japan Women's Public Amateur, and dropped out of Nippon Sport Science University to play golf professionally on the LPGA of Japan Tour. She saw immediate success, winning the 2012 Fujitsu Ladies and the 2012 Rookie of the Year Award.[1] By 2014, after she won her first JLPGA Major, the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup, she featured in the top-50 on the Women's World Golf Rankings.[3]

Narita finished 5th on the JLPGA money list in 2014 and 2018, earning her starts at the U.S. Women's Open and Women's British Open. She made her first JLPGA hole-in-one at the third round of 2016 Nipponham Ladies Classic. By 2019, she became one of 30 golfers with JLPGA career earnings in excess of half a billion yen.[4]

She represented Japan at the 2018 International Crown and on the winning The Queens teams in 2015 and 2017.[5]

In 2018, she was awarded the JLPGA Shiseido Anessa Beauty of the Year.[2]

Professional wins (13)

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (13)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament201420152016201720182019
ANA Inspiration
U.S. Women's Open T55 CUT T62
Women's PGA Championship
The Evian Championship
Women's British Open CUT T50 CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
ANA Inspiration00000000
U.S. Women's Open00000032
Women's PGA Championship00000000
The Evian Championship00000000
Women's British Open00000021
Totals00000053
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 1 (three times)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Team appearances

References
  1. "Awards/prize: Newcomer" (in Japanese). LPGA of Japan. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. "Prize: Beauty" (in Japanese). LPGA of Japan. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  3. "Misuzu Narita". Women's World Golf Rankings. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  4. "Misuzu Narita". LPGA of Japan Tour. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  5. "Japan triumphs in The Queens match play tournament". Japan Times. Retrieved 2 July 2020.


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