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Ayaka Furue
Japanese professional golfer

Ayaka Furue

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Japanese professional golfer
A.K.A.
Furue Ayaka
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Place of birth
Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Age
24 years
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Biography

Ayaka Furue (古江 彩佳, Furue Ayaka) (born 27 May 2000) is a Japanese professional golfer. After playing on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has eight wins, she currently plays on the LPGA Tour. She won her first LPGA Tour championship on 31 July 2022, at the Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open. She won her first major at the 2024 Evian Championship.

Early life and amateur career

Furue was born in Kobe and started playing golf at the age of 3, coached by her father. She has also been a swimmer since the age of four in parallel with golf.

Furue won the Kansai Elementary School Golf Championship in 2012, and the Kansai Junior High School Golf Championship in 2014 and 2015, and while attending Kobe Municipal Nagata Junior High School she won the National Junior High School Golf Championship in 2015 and the Kansai High School Golf Championship in 2016. She participated in the 2016 Japan Women's Open Golf Championship where she made the cut and finished tied for 28th place.

She played for the Japan National Team in 2017 and 2018. She won the 2018 Junior Golf World Cup with the team and finished 4th individually. She was also 4th individually at the 2018 Asian Games, where the Japan team finished 5th.

Furue won the 2019 Fujitsu Ladies on the LPGA of Japan Tour as an amateur, thus was awarded exemption of the JLPGA Player Certification Test, and turned professional shortly afterwards.

Professional career

Furue recorded three victories and two runner-up finishes on the LPGA of Japan Tour in 2020. She shot up to No. 42 in the Women's World Golf Rankings to secure a spot at the 2020 U.S. Women's Open, where she did not make the cut.

In 2021, she won a further three tournaments and rose to No. 14 in the world rankings. She was in contention at the 2021 Evian Championship where she birdied three of the last four holes to claim fourth ahead of Atthaya Thitikul.

At the 2021 Women's British Open, Furue started the final round four shots behind co-leaders Anna Nordqvist and Nanna Koerstz Madsen, but lost ground on the leaders and ended tied for 20th as she carded a level-par round of 72 that featured an eagle, two birdies and four bogeys.

Furue earned her card for the 2022 LPGA Tour through qualifying school.

She won her first LPGA Tour tournament, at the Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open on 31 July 2022, shooting a course record 10-under-par 62 (267, −21) in the final round to win by three strokes over Céline Boutier, after trailing by four strokes after 54 holes to co-leaders Boutier and Lydia Ko.

In 2024, Furue won her first major at the Evian Championship. She scored an eagle on the final hole to win by one stroke over Stephanie Kyriacou.

Amateur wins

  • 2012 Kansai Elementary School Golf Championship
  • 2014 Kansai Junior High School Golf Championship
  • 2015 Kansai Junior High School Golf Championship, National Junior High School Golf Championship
  • 2016 Kansai High School Golf Championship
  • 2018 Kansai Women's Amateur Championship

Professional wins (10)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

Legend
Major championships (2)
Other LPGA Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-upWinner's
share ($)
131 Jul 2022Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open69-68-68-62=267−213 strokes Céline Boutier300,000
214 Jul 2024Amundi Evian Championship65-65-70-65=265−191 stroke Stephanie Kyriacou1,200,000

Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (8)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
120 Oct 2019Fujitsu Ladies67-65-67=199−172 strokes Mone Inami
Kana Mikashima
220 Sep 2020Descente Ladies Tokai Classic66-67-68=201−15Playoff Hiroko Azuma
315 Nov 2020Ito En Ladies Golf Tournament69-65-70=204−12Playoff Miki Sakai
422 Nov 2020Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open65-71-64-69=269−153 strokes Lee Min-young
517 Oct 2021Fujitsu Ladies65-67=132−12Playoff Minami Katsu
624 Oct 2021Nobuta Group Masters GC Ladies69-71-67-69=276−121 stroke Mao Saigo
77 Nov 2021Toto Japan Classic68-67-68-69=272−163 strokes Mone Inami
816 Oct 2022Fujitsu Ladies66-65-69=200−161 stroke Akie Iwai

Ayaka won the 2019 Fujitsu Ladies as an amateur.

Major championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner-up
2024Evian Championship1 stroke deficit−19 (65-65-70-65=265)1 stroke Stephanie Kyriacou

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament20202021202220232024
Chevron ChampionshipT44T52T50
U.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTT6T6
Women's PGA ChampionshipCUTT8T19
The Evian ChampionshipNT4T19T361
Women's British OpenT20CUTT21
  Won
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship00000033
U.S. Women's Open00002242
Women's PGA Championship00001232
The Evian Championship10022344
Women's British Open00000232
Totals1002591713

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made*
Wins2nd3rdTop
10s
Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
00000CUTn/an/an/an/a
00014n/an/an/an/a
2022272411141957,8312970.3421
20232422012821,637,3341370.3016
Totals^51461231212,595,165164

^ official as of 2023 season
*

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearRankingSource
2016768
2017600
2018413
201982
202016
202114
202222
202324

Team appearances

Amateur

  • Neighbors Trophy Team Championship (representing Japan): 2017
  • Queen Sirikit Cup (representing Japan): 2017, 2018
  • Junior Golf World Cup (representing Japan): 2017, 2018 (winners)
  • Asian Games (representing Japan): 2018

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Professional

  • International Crown (representing Japan): 2023

References

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