Ayako Uehara (golfer)
| Ayako Uehara 上原 彩子 | |
|---|---|
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| Personal information | |
| Born |
23 December 1983 Naha, Okinawa, Japan |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Nationality |
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| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2004 |
| Current tour(s) |
LPGA of Japan Tour LPGA Tour (joined 2013) |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA of Japan Tour | 3 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |
| ANA Inspiration | 8th: 2018 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T44: 2013 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T20: 2015 |
| Women's British Open | T17: 2013 |
| Evian Championship | T10: 2017 |
Ayako Uehara (上原 彩子 うえはら あやこ, born 23 December 1983 in Naha, Okinawa) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Uehara started playing golf at age 12, turned professional in 2003, and made her way onto the LPGA Tour on her first attempt. Together with Ai Miyazato and Sakura Yokomine, she was a member of the Japanese team that won a silver medal at the 2002 Asian Games.[1]
In 2016, Uehara made two holes-in-one during the Canadian Pacific Women's Open, tying the LPGA record for most holes-in-one in a single tournament.[1] In November the same year, she set another record when she posted a score of 141 during round one of the Ito En Ladies Golf Tournament on the LPGA of Japan Tour. Uehara mistakenly applied the local rule of "lift, clean, and place" (common on the LPGA) when it should have been "lift, clean, and replace", earning her 68 penalties, two for each of the 19 violations and one for each of the 15 holes with an incorrect score on her scorecard.[2]
Uehara, in solo second place just one shot off of the lead, played in the final group at a major championship for the first time in her career at the 2017 Evian Championship.[3]
Professional wins (3)
LPGA of Japan Tour (3)
- 2008 Fujisankei Ladies Classic
- 2009 Yokohama Tire PRGR Ladies Cup
- 2011 Nichi-Iko Ladies Open
Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order before 2018.
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | T19 | CUT | T35 | T56 | T27 | 8 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T36 | CUT | T20 | DNP | DNP | CUT |
| Women's PGA Championship | T44 | T53 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T60 |
| Women's British Open | T17 | T54 | DNP | DNP | T63 | CUT |
| The Evian Championship | T27 | T32 | T46 | 70 | T10 | CUT |
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for a top-10 finish
Summary
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 18 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2013 Kraft Nabisco – 2013 Evian)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2017 Evian – 2018 ANA)
Team appearances
Amateur
- Asian Games (representing Japan): 2002
Professional
- Lexus Cup (representing Asia team): 2007 (winners)
- International Crown (representing Japan): 2018
References
- 1 2 "Ayako Uehara Bio". LPGA. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ↑ "史上ワーストの「141」 上原彩子に前代未聞の68罰打" (in Japanese). Golf Digest Japan. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ↑ "Feng In The Mix, New Ground for Uehara And More from Evian". LPGA. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
External links
- Official website
- Ayako Uehara at the LPGA of Japan Tour official site (in Japanese)
- Ayako Uehara at the LPGA Tour official site
- Ayako Uehara at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site