Hisako “Chako” Higuchi won the 1977 LPGA Championship (now KPMG Women’s PGA) to become the first Japanese player to win an LPGA major. There wasn’t another until Hinako Shibuno stunned the world by ...

Japanese golfers Nasa Hataoka and Miyu Yamashita each shot 7-under 65 to stand atop the leaderboard after the first round of the LPGA's Toto Japan Classic.

Miyu Yamashita and Rio Takeda are giving Japan the best chance to have a countrywoman win another major this season, this time at the AIG Women’s British Open. MORE: Former Ole Miss star 'hates' links ...

Nasa Hataoka won a rain-shortened Toto Japan Classic in a playoff, but the tournament's chaotic finish raises questions about golf's weather contingencies.

With just three events remaining before the season finale, players are battling for CME qualification spots while Miyu Yamashita eyes Player of the Year glory in front of her home fans. Only three ...

PORTHCAWL, Wales — Rio Takeda overcame a double bogey at the turn with four birdies over her final seven holes Thursday for a 5-under 67 to share the lead with Eri Okayama in an AIG Women’s Open that ...

After three rounds, Nasa Hataoka and Yuna Araki shared the lead at the LPGA's Toto Japan Classic, a position Hataoka is ...

Not long after Hiromi Kobayashi became chairman of the JLPGA, she told her staff that a Japanese player would win a major on an international level. The JLPGA hosts its own majors, of course, but ...