Momoko Ueda

Momoko Ueda 上田 桃子
Ueda before 2009 Women's British Open
Personal information
Born	(1986-06-15) 15 June 1986 (age 38) Kumamoto, Japan
Height	5 ft 3.5 in (1.61 m)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Residence	Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Career
Turned professional	2005
Current tour(s)	LPGA of Japan Tour (2005−2024)
Former tour(s)	LPGA Tour (2008–2013)
Professional wins	17
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	2
LPGA of Japan Tour	17
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship	T27: 2010
Women's PGA C'ship	T25: 2008
U.S. Women's Open	T13: 2008
Women's British Open	6th: 2020
Evian Championship	T27: 2013
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Japan Tour Player of the Year 2007 LPGA of Japan Tour leading money winner 2007 LPGA of Japan Tour Rookie of the Year 2007

Momoko Ueda (上田 桃子, Ueda Momoko, born 15 June 1986) is a Japanese female professional golfer who in 2007 at the age of 21 became the youngest player in the history of the LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA) to finish first on the money list.^[1] She also played on the United States–based LPGA Tour for six years.

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]

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 runners-up, 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 Shanshan Feng.^[6]

At the conclusion of the second round of the 2024 Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open on 15 November 2024, Ueda retired from the JLPGA Tour.

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	15 Apr 2007	Life Card Ladies	70-71-70=211	−5	6 strokes	Erina Hara
2	3 Jun 2007	Resort Trust Ladies	69-68-68=205	–11	Playoff	Yuri Fudoh
3	15 July 2007	Stanley Ladies Golf Tournament	71-35=106	–2	Playoff	Chie Arimura Sakura Yokomine
4	4 Nov 2007	Mizuno Classica	70-67-66=203	–13	2 strokes	Maria Hjorth Reilley Rankin
5	18 Nov 2007	Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open	66-71-72=209	–7	3 strokes	Erina Hara Yui Kawahara Shinobu Moromizato Mikiyo Nishizuka
6	15 Jun 2008	Suntory Ladies Open	70-69-70-72=281	–7	1 stroke	Lim Eun-a Song Bo-bae
7	28 Sep 2008	Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Women's Open	70-72-69=211	–5	1 stroke	Akane Iijima Julie Lu Yuko Mitsuka
8	9 Aug 2009	AXA Ladies	68-69-68=205	–11	Playoff	Chie Arimura Lee Ji-hee
9	6 Nov 2011	Mizuno Classica	67-64-69=200	–16	Playoff	Shanshan Feng
10	24 Aug 2014	CAT Ladies	70-71-69=210	–9	1 stroke	Rikako Morita
11	2 Nov 2014	Hisako Higuchi – Morinaga Ladies	68-69-69=206	–10	1 stroke	Junko Omote
12	21 May 2017	Chukyo TV Bridgestone Ladies Open	66-69-65=200	–16	2 strokes	Teresa Lu
13	22 Oct 2017	Nobuta Group Masters GC Ladies	73-65-67=205	–11	2 strokes	Asako Fujimoto Nasa Hataoka Jiyai Shin
14	24 Mar 2019	T-Point ENEOS Golf Tournament	69-69-69=207	–6	2 strokes	Minami Katsu Jiyai Shin
15	9 Jun 2019	Yonex Ladies Golf Tournament	70-68-65=203	–13	6 strokes	Yuki Ichinose Kim Hyo-joo Rumi Yoshiba
16	2 May 2021	Panasonic Open Ladies Golf Tournament	70-68-73=202	–5	Playoff	Momoko Osato
17	10 Apr 2022	Fujifilm Studio Alice Ladies Open	69-69-69=207	–9	3 strokes	Eri Fukuyama Mone Inami Seira Oki Mao Saigo

^a Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour.

Legend
Major championships (0)
Other LPGA Tour (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	4 Nov 2007	Mizuno Classica	70-67-66=203	–13	2 strokes	Maria Hjorth Reilley Rankin
2	6 Nov 2011	Mizuno Classica	67-64-69=200	–16	Playoff	Shanshan Feng

^a Co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Japan Tour.

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

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

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Chevron Championship	T47	T30	T27	T33	T66	T41
Women's PGA Championship	T25	T57	CUT	T30	CUT	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	T13	T40	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT							CUT		CUT	CUT
The Evian Championship ^						T27							NT
Women's British Open	T7	T55	T9	T22	CUT	CUT			CUT			T51	6

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

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

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
2011	16	13	1	0	0	1	1	333,494	34	72.19	31
2012	19	14	0	0	0	0	T12	210,197	58	71.85	33
2013	17	12	0	0	0	0	T27	83,283	88	72.66	76

• Official as of the 2013 season

Year	Earnings (¥)	Rank
2005	0	–
2006	46,751,163	13
2007	166,112,232	1
2008	54,617,651	17
2009	42,380,260	21
2010	21,771,999	39
2011	35,710,800	22
2012	6,383,200	80
2013	19,256,000	48
2014	74,315,585	10
2015	88,731,118	7
2016	31,085,815	35
2017	101,820,977	6
2018	49,337,685	21
2019	81,089,991	9
2020–21*	57,140,302	13
Total*	876,504,778	9

* As of 13 June 2021

Professional

• World Cup (representing Japan): 2007
• The Queens (representing Japan): 2015 (winners), 2017 (winners)

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Momoko Ueda at the LPGA Tour official site
• Momoko Ueda at the LPGA of Japan Tour official site
• Momoko Ueda at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site