(born 4 August 2000) is a Japanese professional golfer. After playing on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has six wins, she joined the LPGA Tour in 2023.
Early life and amateur career Nishimura attended Osaka University of Commerce High School. As an amateur, she finished 6th at the 2016 Japan Women's Open, four strokes behind winner Nasa Hataoka. In 2017, she was runner-up at the Japan Junior Championship and individually at the Junior Golf World Cup.
In 2018, she was runner-up in the Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific and individually at the Queen Sirikit Cup, both times behind Atthaya Thitikul. She led her team to a win at the 2018 Junior Golf World Cup and a runner-up finish at the 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy in Ireland, behind the United States. In 2019, she won the Riversdale Cup in Australia.
Professional career Nishimura turned professional in November 2019 and joined the LPGA of Japan Tour in January 2020. She recorded four victories in the combined 2020–21 LPGA of Japan Tour season and rose into the top-100 in the Women's World Golf Rankings after her maiden win at Mitsubishi Electric/Hisako Higuchi Ladies Golf Tournament. That secured a spot in her first major, the 2020 U.S. Women's Open.
In 2021, she won three tournaments and in 2022 a further two, to rise to No. 34 in the world rankings and finish second on the 2022 JLPGA money list. She was in contention at the 2022 Evian Championship where she was tied 5th after the first round and ultimately finished tied 15th.
Nishimura earned her card for the 2023 LPGA Tour through qualifying school. In her rookie season, her best result was a tie for 3rd at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship and she finished 48th in the rankings.
Amateur wins 2019 Riversdale Cup
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Professional wins (7) LPGA Tour wins (1) LegendMajor championships (0)Other LPGA Tour (1) No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin ofvictory Runner(s)-up1 27 Sep 2026Walmart NW Arkansas Championship63-63-66=192−215 strokes Chun In-gee Akie Iwai Chanettee Wannasaen
LPGA of Japan Tour wins (6) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up11 Nov 2020Mitsubishi Electric/Hisako Higuchi Ladies Golf Tournament69-71-65=205−111 stroke Minami Katsu 29 May 2021World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup69-65-70=204−123 strokes Mone Inami Momoko Osato Reika Usui319 Sep 2021Sumitomo Life Vitality Ladies Tokai Classic71-63=134−102 strokes Momoko Osato Nozomi Uetake426 Sep 2021Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Ladies Open Golf Tournament66-65-70=201−153 strokes Saki Asai519 Jun 2022Nichirei Ladies65-68-66=199−173 strokes Haruka Morita610 Jul 2022Nippon Ham Ladies Classic67-67-66-70=270−181 stroke Mao Nozawa Tournaments in bold denotes major tournaments in LPGA of Japan Tour.
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026Chevron ChampionshipT56T67T44CUTU.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTCUTT39CUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipT39CUTT61CUTThe Evian ChampionshipNTT15CUTT44CUTWomen's British OpenCUTT21CUT
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 4 3U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1Totals 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 9 Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2023 Women's British Open – 2024 U.S. Women's Open)
Team appearances Amateur Queen Sirikit Cup (representing Japan): 2017, 2018 Junior Golf World Cup (representing Japan): 2017, 2018 (winners) Patsy Hankins Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Japan): 2018
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