2019 AIG Women’s British Open
Woburn Golf Club (Marquess Course) | Milton Keynes, England | Aug. 1-4, 2019
Hometown/Resides: Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Birthdate: Nov. 15, 1998; currently 20 years, 8 months and 20 days
VICTORIES
LPGA: First career victory
JLPGA: Two victories
ROLEX ANNIKA MAJOR AWARD
With her win, Shibuno earns 60 points and becomes eligible to win the Rolex ANNIKA Major Award (Jin Young Ko clinched the award with her third-place finish)
MONEY
With her win, Shibuno earns $675,000
OF NOTE
- With her win, Shibuno is eligible for LPGA Tour Membership; she can accept immediate Membership, which would count 2019 as her rookie season, or take Membership for the 2020 season
- Shibuno is the second Japanese player to win a women’s major championship, joining Chako Higuchi, who won the 1977 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship; no male player has won a professional major championship
- She is playing in her first LPGA Tour event and for the first time ever outside of Japan
- She is the 26th non-LPGA Member to win an LPGA Tour event and the first since Jin Young Ko won the 2017 LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship
- She is the second player this decade to win in her major debut, joining Hyo Koo Kim (2014 Evian Championship)
- Shibuno is in her rookie year on the JLPGA Tour after spending 2018 on the tour’s developmental Step Up Tour
- In May, she won the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup, a major on the JLPGA Tour, and added a second victory in July at the Shiseido Anessa Ladies Open
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