Mina Harigae (born November 1, 1989) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.

As an amateur golfer, she won the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links. Harigae won the California Women's Amateur Championship for four consecutive years (2001–2005); her first victory came as a 12-year-old.

Childhood and family life Born to Japanese parents, Harigae attended the Stevenson School. Her parents run a sushi restaurant in Pacific Grove, California called Takara Sushi. She attended Duke University, leaving after a year to pursue a professional golf career.

Amateur career Harigae is the youngest winner of the California Women's Amateur Championship, accomplishing the feat in 2001 at the age of 12.

Won the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Reached the Semifinals at the 2003 and 2006 U.S. Girls' Junior. Was the stroke-play medalist at the 2006 U.S. Girls' Junior. Reached third round of the U.S. Women's Amateur in 2004 and 2006; advanced to the first round of match play at the 2008. Four-time winner of the California Women's Amateur Championship (2001–2004). Member of the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team in 2004 and Junior Solheim Cup team in 2007. Member of the 2008 U.S. Curtis Cup Team. Three-time Rolex AJGA Junior All-American First Team selection.

Professional career In 2009, Harigae played on the Futures Tour, the LPGA Tour's developmental tour. She won three tournaments and was the tour's leading money winner, which earned her membership on the LPGA Tour for the 2010 season. She won her largest payday, $1,080,000 for a second-place finish at the U.S. Women's Open on June 5, 2022, losing by 4 strokes to Minjee Lee. Lee won the largest purse to date in women's history $1.8 million in that tournament's largest prize total ever, $10 million.

Personal life Harigae married Travis Kreiter, her caddie, in March 2023. She has competed as Mina Kreiter since 2024

Professional wins (8) Futures Tour wins (3) 2009 (3) Ladies Titan Tire Challenge, Michelob Ultra Duramed Futures Players Championship, Falls Auto Group Classic

Cactus Tour wins (4) 2020 (4) Longbow Golf Club, Desert Canyon Golf Club, Orange Tree, Talking Stick North Course

Other wins (1) 2025 TaylorMade Pebble Beach Invitational

Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024Chevron ChampionshipCUTCUTT38T32T67T51CUTCUTCUTU.S. Women's OpenT66CUTT67CUTT34T28CUTT38CUTT30T61T302T33Women's PGA ChampionshipT59CUTT15T22T69T65CUTCUTCUTCUTT13T46CUTT24CUTThe Evian Championship ^ T27T24T64CUTCUTCUTNTT29CUTCUTWomen's British OpenCUTCUTCUTT29T69CUTT28T13CUTT44 ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament "T" = tied

Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 8U.S. Women's Open 0 1 0 1 1 1 13 9The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 4Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 5Totals 0 1 0 1 1 7 56 30 Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2013 Evian – 2015 WPGA) Longest streak of top-10s – 1

LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings ($) Money list rank Scoring average Scoringrank2007110000T66n/an/a76.25n/a2008200000MCn/an/a77.25n/a20101590001T890,2057772.6458201117130001T6178,6834972.5441201226190001T7304,0574472.3347201326200001T5285,1954971.9847201427240002T8324,4395071.8852201525170000T16130,7038272.739020161990000T3146,50812072.7410820171770001T1079,63611671.7474201821120002T7188,2798371.5958201921110001T9103,60810972.27114202011900044327,3763471.0316202121180115T2791,7572270.763720222315010121,293,4711571.3571202323110000T24269,6898571.788720241440000T2740,92316773.291542025740000T4933,84515571.90n/aTotals^316 203 0 2 1 20 2 4,488,373 115 ^ Official as of 2025 season * Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

Futures Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made Wins Top 10s Best finish Earnings ($) Money list rank Scoring average Scoring rank20091615310188,386170.892

World ranking Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year Worldranking Source 2012 81 2013 93 2014 89 2015 163 2016 349 2017 293 2018 161 2019 230 2020 91 2021 48 2022 51 2023 124 2024 417 2025 688

Team appearances Amateur Junior Ryder Cup (representing the United States): 2004 Junior Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2007 Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 2008 (winners)

Professional Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2021

Solheim Cup record Year Totalmatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H Pointswon Points%Career31–2–00–1–00–0–01–1–0133.3202131–2–00–1–0 lost to C. Boutier 5&41–1–0 lost w/ L. Thompson 5&4won w/ Y. Noh 3&1133.3

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