| Misuzu Narita | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||||
| Born | (1992-10-08)8 October 1992 (age 32) Ichihara, Chiba, Japan | ||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Sporting nationality |  Japan | ||||
| Career | |||||
| College | Nippon Sport Science University | ||||
| Status | Professional | ||||
| Current tour(s) | LPGA of Japan Tour | ||||
| Professional wins | 13 | ||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||
| LPGA of Japan Tour | 13 | ||||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||||
| Chevron Championship | DNP | ||||
| Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||||
| U.S. Women's Open | T55: 2014 | ||||
| Women's British Open | T50: 2015 | ||||
| Evian Championship | DNP | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
| |||||
Misuzu Narita (成田 美寿々,Narita Misuzu, born 8 October 1992) is a Japaneseprofessional golfer with over a dozen wins on theLPGA of Japan Tour.
Narita was born inIchihara, Chiba. As an amateur, she won the Kanto Junior Golf and East Japan Women's Public Amateur, and dropped out ofNippon Sport Science University to play golf professionally on theLPGA of Japan Tour. She saw immediate success, winning the 2012Fujitsu Ladies and the 2012 Rookie of the Year Award.[1] By 2014, after she won her first JLPGA Major, theWorld Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup, she featured in the top-50 on theWomen's World Golf Rankings.[3]
Narita finished 5th on the JLPGA money list in 2014 and 2018, earning her starts at theU.S. Women's Open andWomen'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 billionyen.[4]
She represented Japan at the2018 International Crown and on the winningThe Queens teams in 2015 and 2017.[5]
In 2018, she was awarded the JLPGA Shiseido Anessa Beauty of the Year.[2]
Tournaments inbold denotes major tournaments in LPGA of Japan Tour.
Results not in chronological order before 2019.
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | ||||||
| U.S. Women's Open | T55 | CUT | T62 | |||
| Women's PGA Championship | ||||||
| The Evian Championship | ||||||
| Women's British Open | CUT | T50 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
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