Yuna Nishimura
| Yuna Nishimura 西村 優菜 | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Born | 4 August 2000 | ||
| Height | 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | ||
| Sporting nationality | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2019 | ||
| Current tours | LPGA Tour (joined 2023) LPGA of Japan Tour (joined 2020) | ||
| Professional wins | 6 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| LPGA of Japan Tour | 6 | ||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
| Chevron Championship | T44: 2025 | ||
| Women's PGA C'ship | T39: 2023 | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | T39: 2024 | ||
| Women's British Open | T21: 2023 | ||
| Evian Championship | T15: 2022 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Yuna Nishimura (西村 優菜, Nishimura Yuna) (born 4 August 2000) is a Japanese professional golfer. After playing on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has six wins, she joined the LPGA Tour in 2023.[1]
Early life and amateur career
[edit | edit source]Nishimura attended Osaka University of Commerce High School.[1] As an amateur, she finished 6th at the 2016 Japan Women's Open, four strokes behind winner Nasa Hataoka. In 2017, she was runner-up at the Japan Junior Championship and individually at the Junior Golf World Cup.[2]
In 2018, she was runner-up in the Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific and individually at the Queen Sirikit Cup, both times behind Atthaya Thitikul. She led her team to a win at the 2018 Junior Golf World Cup and a runner-up finish at the 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy in Ireland, behind the United States. In 2019, she won the Riversdale Cup in Australia.[2]
Professional career
[edit | edit source]Nishimura turned professional in November 2019 and joined the LPGA of Japan Tour in January 2020. She recorded four victories in the combined 2020–21 LPGA of Japan Tour season and rose into the top-100 in the Women's World Golf Rankings after her maiden win at Mitsubishi Electric/Hisako Higuchi Ladies Golf Tournament. That secured a spot in her first major, the 2020 U.S. Women's Open.[3]
In 2021, she won three tournaments and in 2022 a further two, to rise to No. 34 in the world rankings and finish second on the 2022 JLPGA money list. She was in contention at the 2022 Evian Championship where she was tied 5th after the first round and ultimately finished tied 15th.
Nishimura earned her card for the 2023 LPGA Tour through qualifying school.[4] In her rookie season, her best result was a tie for 3rd at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship and she finished 48th in the rankings.[5]
Amateur wins
[edit | edit source]- 2019 Riversdale Cup
Source:[2]
Professional wins (6)
[edit | edit source]LPGA of Japan Tour wins (6)
[edit | edit source]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Nov 2020 | Mitsubishi Electric/Hisako Higuchi Ladies Golf Tournament | 69-71-65=205 | −11 | 1 stroke | Japan Minami Katsu |
| 2 | 9 May 2021 | World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup | 69-65-70=204 | −12 | 3 strokes | Japan Mone Inami Japan Momoko Osato Japan Reika Usui |
| 3 | 19 Sep 2021 | Sumitomo Life Vitality Ladies Tokai Classic | 71-63=134 | −10 | 2 strokes | Japan Momoko Osato Japan Nozomi Uetake |
| 4 | 26 Sep 2021 | Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Ladies Open Golf Tournament | 66-65-70=201 | −15 | 3 strokes | Japan Saki Asai |
| 5 | 19 Jun 2022 | Nichirei Ladies | 65-68-66=199 | −17 | 3 strokes | Japan Haruka Morita |
| 6 | 10 Jul 2022 | Nippon Ham Ladies Classic | 67-67-66-70=270 | −18 | 1 stroke | Japan Mao Nozawa |
Tournaments in bold denotes major tournaments in LPGA of Japan Tour.
Results in LPGA majors
[edit | edit source]Results not in chronological order.
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | T56 | T67 | T44 | |||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | T39 | CUT | |
| Women's PGA Championship | T39 | CUT | T61 | |||
| The Evian Championship | NT | T15 | CUT | T44 | ||
| Women's British Open | CUT | T21 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied
Summary
[edit | edit source]| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2023 Women's British Open – 2024 U.S. Women's Open)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 0
Team appearances
[edit | edit source]Amateur
- Queen Sirikit Cup (representing Japan): 2017, 2018
- Junior Golf World Cup (representing Japan): 2017, 2018 (winners)
- Patsy Hankins Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2018
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Japan): 2018
Source:[2]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Yuna Nishimura at the LPGA Tour official site
- Yuna Nishimura at the LPGA of Japan Tour official site
- Yuna Nishimura at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site