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In 2011, Miyazato held the 36-hole lead at the United States. Women"s Open and finished fifth.
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In 2011, Miyazato held the 36-hole lead at the United States. Women"s Open and finished fifth.
Miyazato turned professional in December 2008, after finishing in a tie for 12th in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, a finish that gave her exempt status on the LPGA Tour. The medalist was Stacy Lewis, with Michelle Wie in a tie for seventh. In her first season as a professional at age 19, she had fourth-place finishes at the LPGA Corning Classic and Wegmans LPGA tournaments in 2009.
Miyazato"s first professional victory came at the Japan Women"s Open Golf Championship in October 2010.
That year, she also had five top-10 finishes on the LPGA Tour, including two third-place results, and was 17th on the money list with more than $600,000 in earnings. Despite a slow start, 2012 was Miyazato"s best season.
After missing three successive cuts in the early spring, she lost in the first round of the Sybase Match Play Championship, and did not have a top twenty finish through May. Miyazato rebounded the next week in early June with a tie for third at the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Atlantic City.
At her next start at the Walmart Northwest Arkansas Championship, Miyazato again tied for second.
Foreign the season, she earned more than $1 million and had nine top-10 finishes. With a birdie on the last hole of the tournament, she defeated Erika Kikuchi and Miki Saiki by one stroke. Miyazato made less than half of her 2012 earnings during the 2013 LPGA Tour season, with a pair of top-10s.
Her earnings on the LPGA dipped to about $105,000 in the 2014 season, before climbing back over $500,000 in 2015.
Almost $200,000 of her 2015 total came at the Walmart Northwest Arkansas Championship, where she posted a second-place finish. Although both are from Okinawa, she is not related to fellow LPGA Tour player Ai Miyazato.
LPGA Tour wins (1) JLPGA wins (2) Results not in chronological order before 2015. The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013 DNP = did not play "T" = tied CUT = missed the half-way cut Yellow background for top-10s.
Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2012 LPGA – 2013 Evian) Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (twice) official through 22 November 2015 Position in Women"s World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
Professional International Crown (representing Japan): 2014.