Momoko Ueda

Momoko Ueda 上田 桃子
Ueda before 2009 Women's British Open
Personal information
Born	15 June 1986 (1986-06-15) (age 25) Kumamoto, Japan
Height	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Nationality	Japan
Residence	Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Career
College	none
Turned professional	2005
Current tour(s)	LPGA (joined 2008) JLPGA (joined 2005)
Professional wins	9
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	2
LPGA of Japan Tour	9
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	T27: 2010
LPGA Championship	T25: 2008
U.S. Women's Open	T13: 2008
Women's British Open	T7: 2008
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Japan Tour leading money winner	2007

Momoko Ueda (上田 桃子, Ueda Momoko^?, born 15 June 1986) is a female professional golfer who in 2007 at the age of 21 became the youngest player in the history of the Japan LPGA Tour (JLPGA) to finish first on the money list.^[1] She is currently playing on the United State-based LPGA Tour.

Amateur career

Ueda was born in Kumamoto, Japan. 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.^[2]

Professional career

Ueda turned pro in August 2005 and won the JLPGA rookies cup that year.^[3] 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 runner-ups, a 3rd and a 5th. Internationally, she represented Japan in the World Cup, and played in the Women's British Open at St Andrews. In April she won the Life Card Ladies at her home town of Kumamoto. She went on to win the Resort Trust Ladies and the Stanley Ladies, and placed 2nd in the Fujitsu Ladies, before winning the Mizuno Classic in November.^[4] A highlight of her tournament was a double-eagle during the tournament's final round. She became the tournament's first Japanese winner in nine years and only the 16th non-LPGA member in history to win an LPGA event. Two weeks later at the Elleair Ladies she won her fifth tournament and became the youngest money title winner in the history of the JLPGA tour.^[1]

Her win at Mizuno qualified her to play on the LPGA tour in 2008. In her first tournament of the year, the SBS Open at Turtle Bay, she finished fifth.^[5]

Ueda again won the Mizuno Classic in 2011. She birdied the 3rd hole of a sudden death playoff to defeat Shanshen Feng.^[6]

Professional wins (9)

JLPGA Tour (9)

• 2007 (5) Life Card Ladies, Resort Trust Ladies, Stanley Ladies, Mizuno Classic (co-sanctioned with LPGA), Daio Paper Elleair Open
• 2008 (2) Suntory Ladies Open, Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Women's Open
• 2009 (1) AXA Ladies Open
• 2011 (1) Mizuno Classic (co-sanctioned with LPGA)

LPGA Tour (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Nov 4, 2007	Mizuno Classic	-13 (70-67-66=203)	2 strokes	Maria Hjorth, Reilley Rankin
2	Nov 6, 2011	Mizuno Classic	-16 (67-64-69=200)	Playoff	Shanshan Feng

LPGA Tour playoff record (1-0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2011	Mizuno Classic	Shanshan Feng	Won with birdie on third extra hole

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T47	T30	T27	T33
LPGA Championship	T25	T57	CUT	T30
U.S. Women's Open	T13	T40	CUT	CUT
Women's British Open	T7	T55	T9	T22

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Events played	Cuts made	Wins	2nds	3rds	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2006	1	1	0	0	0	1	T9	24,442	N/A	69.67	N/A
2007	4	4	1	0	0	2	1	302,550	N/A	72.07	N/A
2008	19	16	0	0	0	3	5	413,592	45	71.74	23
2009	18	15	0	1	0	2	T2	416,333	33	71.68	28
2010	9	7	0	0	0	1	T6	114,509	45	71.81	31

• Official as of July 11, 2010

JLPGA prize money

• 2005 ¥0(180)　　
• 2006 ¥46,751,163 (13)
• 2007 ¥166,112,232 (1)　
• 2008 ¥54,617,651 (17)
• 2009 ¥32,837,760 (23)

Career total ¥ 300,318,806 (45)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Ueda's fifth victory clinches money title". The Japan Times. Nov. 19, 2007. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sg20071119a1.html. Retrieved 2008-02-17. 
2. ^ "Momoko Ueda". LPGA. http://www.lpga.com/content/2008PlayerBiosPDF/Ueda-08.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-17. 
3. ^ "Momoko Ueda". Egg Times. http://www.eggtimes.jp/people/e_a_ueda.html. Retrieved 2008-02-17. 
4. ^ "Ueda shoots 66 for 2-stroke victory in Mizuno Classic". Associated Press. November 4, 2007. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=golfonline&id=3093844. Retrieved 2008-02-17. 
5. ^ "Sorenstam wins 70th LPGA Tour title, ends long winless streak". Associated Press. Feb 16, 2008. http://cbs.sportsline.com/golf/tournaments/britishopen/story/10648398/rss. Retrieved 2008-02-17. 
6. ^ Momoko Ueda wins Mizuno in playoff

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Momoko Ueda at the LPGA Tour official site
• Momoko Ueda at the LPGA of Japan Tour official site (Japanese)

Persondata
Name	Ueda, Momoko
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	15 June 1986
Place of birth	Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
Date of death
Place of death