Yuri Yoshida 吉田 優利 | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan | 17 April 2000
Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
College | Japan Wellness Sports University |
Turned professional | 2019 |
Current tour(s) |
LPGA Tour (joined 2024) LPGA of Japan Tour (joined 2020) |
Professional wins | 3 |
Number of wins by tour | |
LPGA of Japan Tour | 3 |
Best results in LPGA major championships | |
Chevron Championship | DNP |
Women's PGA C'ship | DNP |
U.S. Women's Open | T51: 2024 |
Women's British Open | CUT: 2023 |
Evian Championship | DNP |
Yuri Yoshida (吉田優利, Yoshida Yuri) (born 17 April 2000) is a Japanese professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She won three times on the LPGA of Japan Tour 2021–2023. [1]
Yoshida had a successful amateur career and in 2018 she won both the Japan Junior Championship and the Japan Women's Amateur Championship. [2] In 2019, she was medalist at the Australian Women's Amateur. [3]
She represented Japan internationally, and led her team to a runner-up finish behind the United States at the 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy in Ireland, where she finished third individually behind Cho Ayean and Jennifer Kupcho. [2]
Yoshida turned professional in late 2019 and joined the 2020 LPGA of Japan Tour. She won twice on the 2020–21 LPGA of Japan Tour season, and rose to a Women's World Golf Rankings of 77 by September 2021. [4] In 2023, she won the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup, one of the four majors of the JLPGA. [5]
Yoshida earned her card for the 2024 LPGA Tour through qualifying school, where she tied for 7th. [6]
Source: [2]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 31 Jul 2021 | Rakuten Super Ladies | 65-67-66=198 | −18 | 3 stroke |
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2 | 5 Sep 2021 | Golf5 Ladies | 69-68-65=202 | −14 | Playoff |
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3 | 7 May 2023 | World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup | 71-69-76-73=289 | +1 | 3 strokes |
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Tournaments in bold denotes major tournaments in LPGA of Japan Tour.
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Chevron Championship | ||||||
U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | T51 | |||
Women's PGA Championship | ||||||
The Evian Championship | NT | |||||
Women's British Open | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
Amateur
Source: [2]