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Hisako Higuchi

Japanese professional golfer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Hisako "Chako" Higuchi (Japanese: 樋口久子, born 13 October 1945 in Kawagoe, Saitama) is a Japanese professional golfer.

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Higuchi won the LPGA Championship on 12 June 1977,[1] making her the first Asian-born player to win a major championship for either men or women. (No Asian-born player would win a men's major until Yang Yong-eun won the 2009 PGA Championship.) Alongside Ayako Okamoto, she dominated the 1970s and 1980s in Japanese women's golf.

Higuchi studied golf from Torakichi Nakamura, a member of Japan's winning team at the 1957 World Cup of Golf. She turned pro in 1967 and went on to win 69 titles on the LPGA of Japan Tour. She was 31 when she won her LPGA Championship.

Higuchi became President of the LPGA of Japan Tour in 1996. In 2003, she became the first Japanese golfer to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.[2][3]

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Professional wins

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LPGA of Japan Tour (69)

LPGA Tour (2)

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LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

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ALPG Tour (1)

Other (1)

  • 1983 Sports Nippon Team Match
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Major championships

Wins (1)

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