is a Japanese professional golfer with over a dozen wins on the LPGA of Japan Tour.
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. 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.
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.
She represented Japan at the 2018 International Crown and on the winning The Queens teams in 2015 and 2017.
In 2018, she was awarded the JLPGA Shiseido Anessa Beauty of the Year.
Professional wins (13) LPGA of Japan Tour wins (13) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up114 Oct 2012Fujitsu Ladies71-69-67=207−92 strokes Lala Anai218 Aug 2013NEC Karuizawa 7272-65-65=202−14Playoff Esther Lee 311 May 2014World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup74-72-66-67=279−91 stroke Shanshan Feng48 Jun 2014Yonex Ladies Golf Tournament68-68-72=208−8Playoff Shiho Oyama Erina Yamato520 Jul 2014Samantha Thavasa Girls Collection Ladies Tournament66-67-67=200−16Playoff Kotono Kozuma612 April 2015Studio Alice Ladies Open73-70-64=207−92 strokes Hikari Fujita714 Jun 2015Suntory Ladies Open63-71-68-70=272−162 strokes Lee Bo-mee830 Jul 2017Daito Kentaku Eheyanet Ladies70-65-65-67=267−214 strokes Teresa Lu910 Jun 2018 Suntory Ladies Open70-69-67-66=272−16Playoff Chie Arimura1024 Jun 2018Earth Mondahmin Cup68-65-71-67=271−173 strokes Ai Suzuki1114 Oct 2018Fujitsu Ladies71-69-68=208−81 stroke Ahn Sun-ju127 Apr 2019Yamaha Ladies Open Katsuragi73-74-69-67=283−51 stroke Ahn Sun-ju134 Aug 2019Daito Kentaku Eheyanet Ladies70-70-67-70=277−111 stroke Chie Arimura Bae Seon-woo Tournaments in bold denotes major tournaments in LPGA of Japan Tour.
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order before 2019. Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019ANA InspirationU.S. Women's OpenT55CUTT62Women's PGA ChampionshipThe Evian ChampionshipWomen's British OpenCUTT50CUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut T = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeANA Inspiration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 Most consecutive cuts made – 1 (three times) Longest streak of top-10s – 0
Team appearances The Queens (representing Japan): 2015 (winners), 2017 (winners) International Crown (representing Japan): 2018 Hitachi 3Tours Championship (representing LPGA of Japan Tour): 2014 (winners)
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