Background
Ueda was born in Kumamoto, Japan.
上田 桃子
Ueda was born in Kumamoto, Japan.
She is currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour. She started playing golf at the age of nine, and entered the prestigious Sakata School at ten. In twenty three amateur events, she placed in the top 10 fifteen times, including three wins, and five second-place finishes.
In 2006 she placed 4th in two JLPGA events, and tied for 9th in the Mizuno Classic, a joint JLPGA and LPGA event.
2007 was her breakout year on the JLPGA, with five wins, six runners-up, a 3rd and a 5th. Internationally, she represented Japan in the World Cup, and played in the Women"s British Open at Street Andrews.
A highlight of her tournament was a double-eagle during the tournament"s final round. In her first tournament of the year, the Business School Open at Turtle Bay, she finished fifth.
She birdied the 3rd hole of a sudden death playoff to defeat Shanshan Feng.
JLPGA Tour (11) 2007 (5) Life Card Ladies, Resort Trust Ladies, Stanley Ladies, Mizuno Classic (co-sanctioned with LPGA), Daio Paper Elleair Open LPGA Tour (2) The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013. DNP = did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" tied Yellow background for a top-10 finish. Summary Starts – 25 Wins – 0 2nd-place finishes – 0 3rd-place finishes – 0 Top 3 finishes – 0 Top 5 finishes – 0 Top 10 finishes – 2 Top 25 finishes – 5 Missed cuts – 8 Most consecutive cuts made – 9 Longest streak of top-10s – 1 Official as of the 2013 season Professional World Cup (representing Japan): 2007 The Queens (representing Japan): 2015 (winners).