The Japan Ladies Professional Golf Association (JLPGA) Tour will hold 37 competitions next year for the same amount of 4.33 billion yen (40.5 billion won) as this year’s number and prize money.
The JLPGA recently held a press conference and announced its 2025 tour schedule. There has been no increase or decrease in prize money for the 37 championships as of this year. The first event will be held in Okinawa on March 6, one week later than this year. There is no change in order except that the Meiji Yasuda Ladies, which was held for the second time this season in Kochi Prefecture at the end of March every year, has changed its schedule to the Sendai Classic course in Miyagi Prefecture in July.
“The 2024 season marked the growth of players who broke various records in the past,” said JLPGA President Hiromi Kobayashi. “This momentum can be said to have appealed not only to Japan but also to the world.” As he said, two Japanese players won major tournaments in the U.S. Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour and won the Toto Japan Classic, earning three wins.
The second part of the step-up tour, which was announced simultaneously on the day, will host 22 matches, up three from the previous year, and the leggings championship for athletes aged 45 and over will host five matches. At the same time, the JLPGA decided to use the JLPGA Stadium to promote the promotion of junior golf as “Hello Golf!” Efforts and campaigns to attract children’s interest in golf to the golfing population deserve our reference.
Takeda Rio, who won eight games this year and is heading to the LPGA Tour next year [Photo = JLPGA]
In Japan, Takeda Rio, who achieved eight wins this season amid no increase in prize money or a tendency to decrease in competitions, will advance to the LPGA next year, and the two-year prize money winners, Miyu Yamashita, Chisato Iwai, and the popular Akie twin sisters, will be active on the U.S. tour starting next year.
The JLPGA had 37 championships last year, but it should be noted that there was no increase in prize money. Amid the impact of the economy and the shrinking Japanese economy, a large number of potential golf talents in Japan are joining the LPGA tour as the prize money has increased significantly.
The Korean player only won two JLPGA titles this year. Amateur Lee Hyo-song won the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup in May and Lee Min-young won the Novuta Group Masters in October. Shin Ji-ae missed the record for the top prize money award by a hair and pushed it back to next season. 메이저놀이터
