(born 27 May 2000) is a Japanese professional golfer. After playing on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has eight wins, she currently plays on the LPGA Tour. She won her first LPGA Tour championship on 31 July 2022, at the Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open. She won her first major at the 2024 Evian Championship.
Early life and amateur career Furue was born in Kobe and started playing golf at the age of 3, coached by her father. She has also been a swimmer since the age of four in parallel with golf.
Furue won the Kansai Elementary School Golf Championship in 2012, and the Kansai Junior High School Golf Championship in 2014 and 2015, and while attending Kobe Municipal Nagata Junior High School she won the National Junior High School Golf Championship in 2015 and the Kansai High School Golf Championship in 2016. She participated in the 2016 Japan Women's Open Golf Championship where she made the cut and finished tied for 28th place.
She played for the Japan National Team in 2017 and 2018. She won the 2018 Junior Golf World Cup with the team and finished 4th individually. She was also 4th individually at the 2018 Asian Games, where the Japan team finished 5th.
Furue won the 2019 Fujitsu Ladies on the LPGA of Japan Tour as an amateur, thus was awarded exemption of the JLPGA Player Certification Test, and turned professional shortly afterwards.
Professional career Furue recorded three victories and two runner-up finishes on the LPGA of Japan Tour in 2020. She shot up to No. 42 in the Women's World Golf Rankings to secure a spot at the 2020 U.S. Women's Open, where she did not make the cut.
In 2021, she won a further three tournaments and rose to No. 14 in the world rankings. She was in contention at the 2021 Evian Championship where she birdied three of the last four holes to claim fourth ahead of Atthaya Thitikul.
At the 2021 Women's British Open, Furue started the final round four shots behind co-leaders Anna Nordqvist and Nanna Koerstz Madsen, but lost ground on the leaders and ended tied for 20th as she carded a level-par round of 72 that featured an eagle, two birdies and four bogeys.
Furue earned her card for the 2022 LPGA Tour through qualifying school.
She won her first LPGA Tour tournament, at the Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open on 31 July 2022, shooting a course record 10-under-par 62 (267, −21) in the final round to win by three strokes over Céline Boutier, after trailing by four strokes after 54 holes to co-leaders Boutier and Lydia Ko.
In 2024, Furue won her first major at the Evian Championship. She scored an eagle on the final hole to win by one stroke over Stephanie Kyriacou.
Amateur wins 2012 Kansai Elementary School Golf Championship 2014 Kansai Junior High School Golf Championship 2015 Kansai Junior High School Golf Championship, National Junior High School Golf Championship 2016 Kansai High School Golf Championship 2018 Kansai Women's Amateur Championship
Professional wins (10) LPGA Tour wins (2) LegendMajor championships (1)Other LPGA Tour (1) No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin ofvictory Runner-up Winner'sshare ($)131 Jul 2022Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open69-68-68-62=267−213 strokes Céline Boutier300,000214 Jul 2024Amundi Evian Championship65-65-70-65=265−191 stroke Stephanie Kyriacou1,200,000 Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.
LPGA of Japan Tour wins (8) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up120 Oct 2019Fujitsu Ladies67-65-67=199−172 strokes Mone Inami Kana Mikashima220 Sep 2020Descente Ladies Tokai Classic66-67-68=201−15Playoff Hiroko Azuma 315 Nov 2020Ito En Ladies Golf Tournament69-65-70=204−12Playoff Miki Sakai422 Nov 2020Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open65-71-64-69=269−153 strokes Lee Min-young517 Oct 2021Fujitsu Ladies65-67=132−12Playoff Minami Katsu624 Oct 2021Nobuta Group Masters GC Ladies69-71-67-69=276−121 stroke Mao Saigo77 Nov 2021Toto Japan Classic68-67-68-69=272−163 strokes Mone Inami816 Oct 2022Fujitsu Ladies66-65-69=200−161 stroke Akie Iwai Ayaka won the 2019 Fujitsu Ladies as an amateur.
Major championships Wins (1) YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner-up 2024 Evian Championship 1 stroke deficit −19 (65-65-70-65=265) 1 stroke Stephanie Kyriacou
Results timeline Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026Chevron ChampionshipT44T52T50T30T49U.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTT6T6CUTT40Women's PGA ChampionshipCUTT8T19CUTT19The Evian ChampionshipNT4T19T361T59T53Women's British OpenT20CUTT21T37T33T53
CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament T = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 3Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 3The Evian Championship 1 0 0 2 2 3 6 6Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 5Totals 1 0 0 2 5 10 28 22 Most consecutive cuts made – 11 (2023 Chevron – 2025 Chevron) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (five times)
LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made* Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings($) Moneylist rank Scoring average Scoringrank2020100000CUTn/an/an/an/a20212200014n/an/an/an/a2022272411141957,8312970.342120232422012821,637,3341370.3016202424231121202,811,824669.993202525200115T21,022,8434170.4425Totals^100 (2022) 89 (2022) 2 4 6 29 1 6,429,832 67 ^ official as of 2025 season *Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.
World ranking Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
Year Ranking Source 2016 768 2017 600 2018 413 2019 82 2020 16 2021 14 2022 22 2023 24 2024 8 2025 29
Team appearances Amateur Neighbors Trophy Team Championship (representing Japan): 2017 Queen Sirikit Cup (representing Japan): 2017, 2018 Junior Golf World Cup (representing Japan): 2017, 2018 (winners) Asian Games (representing Japan): 2018
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Professional International Crown (representing Japan): 2023, 2025
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