- Mamiko Higa, 2013 Yamaha Ladies Open Katsuragi
It’s been an exciting JLPGA season so far. For the third time in five tournaments, victory was decided in a playoff. For the third week in row, there has been a first time winner. Honors for the 2013 Yamaha Ladies Open Katsuragi go to 19-year old Mamiko Higa, who won with a birdie on the second playoff hole. She emerged victorious after a three-way regulation tie with Kaori Ohe and Teresa Lu. Mamiko began her fourth and final round in 12th place, but creeped up the leaderboard as players like 3rd round leader Bo-Mee Lee (78) and 3rd round bridesmaid Shiho Oyama (76) faltered, among others. Higa takes home 18 million yen, or about 184,511 USD by exchange rates on 4-7-2013. Not sure if she can play, but she also won a nice Yamaha piano.
| Dates | Tournament | Location | Prize fund (¥) | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8–10 | Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament |  Okinawa |
80,000,000 | Rikako Morita (3) |
| Mar 15–17 | Yokohama Tire Golf Tournament PRGR Ladies Cup | Kochi |
80,000,000 |  Jeon Mi-jeong (22) |
| Mar 22–24 | T-Point Ladies Golf Tournament | Kagoshima |
70,000,000 | Yuki Ichinose (1) |
| Mar 29–31 | AXA Ladies Golf Tournament in Miyazaki | Miyazaki |
80,000,000 | Natsuka Hori (1) |
| Apr 4–7 | Yamaha Ladies Open Katsuragi | Shizuoka |
100,000,000 | Mamiko Higa (1) |
MAMIKO HIGA
- with sister, Kumiko, and mother, Akiko
BO-MEE LEE
KAORI OHE
RIKAKO MORITA
SHIHO OYAMA
TERESA LU
| Position | Player | ToPar | Thru | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mamiko Higa | -4 | F | -2 |
| 2T | Kaori Ohe | -4 | F | -2 |
| Teresa Lu | -4 | F | -1 | |
| 4T | Yukari Baba | -3 | F | -2 |
| Miki Saiki | -3 | F | +1 | |
| 6T | Li-Ying Ye | -2 | F | -3 |
| Hiromi Mogi | -2 | F | -2 | |
| Ritsuko Ryu | -2 | F | -1 | |
| Yumiko Yoshida | -2 | F | -1 | |
| Rikako Morita | -2 | F | E | |
| Esther Lee | -2 | F | +2 | |
| Sakura Yokomine | -2 | F | +2 | |
| 13T | Mayu Hattori | -1 | F | +1 |
| O.Sattaya | -1 | F | +2 | |
| Shiho Oyama | -1 | F | +4 | |
| Bo-Mee Lee | -1 | F | +6 | |
| 17 | Da-Ye Na | E | F | +3 |
| 18T | Mami Fukuda | +1 | F | -1 |
| Rui Kitada | +1 | F | +1 | |
| Na-Ri Lee | +1 | F | +1 | |
| Hyo-Joo Kim | +1 | F | +2 | |
| Mi-Jeong Jeon | +1 | F | +3 | |
| Yan-Hong Pan | +1 | F | +4 | |
| Soo-Yun Kang | +1 | F | +4 | |
| 25T | Saiki Fujita | +2 | F | -3 |
| Megumi Kido | +2 | F | -1 | |
| Jessica Speechley | +2 | F | -1 | |
| Mikiko Nishi | +2 | F | E | |
| Natsuka Hori | +2 | F | +1 | |
| Yuki Ichinose | +2 | F | +2 | |
| Satsuki Oshiro | +2 | F | +3 | |
| Asako Fujimoto | +2 | F | +4 | |
| Ah-Reum Hwang | +2 | F | +6 | |
| 34T | Akane Iijima | +3 | F | -1 |
| Yuko Saitoh | +3 | F | +1 | |
| Bo-Bae Song | +3 | F | +2 | |
| Ayaka Watanabe | +3 | F | +3 | |
| So-Hee Kim | +3 | F | +3 | |
| Chiharu Tsunekawa | +3 | F | +3 | |
| 40T | Junko Omote | +4 | F | -1 |
| Rui Yokomine | +4 | F | E | |
| Mihoko Iseri | +4 | F | +1 | |
| Pei-Lin Yu | +4 | F | +1 | |
| Yuki Sakurai | +4 | F | +3 | |
| Maiko Wakabayashi | +4 | F | +4 | |
| 46T | Shiho Toyonaga | +5 | F | +1 |
| Yuri Fudoh | +5 | F | +2 | |
| P.Chutichai | +5 | F | +2 | |
| Airi Saitoh | +5 | F | +3 | |
| Mayumi Nakajima | +5 | F | +3 | |
| Natsu Nagai | +5 | F | +4 | |
| Megumi Shimokawa | +5 | F | +5 | |
| 53T | Yumiko Baba | +6 | F | E |
| Eun-Bi Jang | +6 | F | +1 | |
| 55T | Asuka Tsujimura | +7 | F | E |
| Miki Sakai | +7 | F | +2 | |
| Ji-Woo Lee | +7 | F | +3 | |
| Misuzu Narita | +7 | F | +7 | |
| Ji-Hee Lee | +7 | F | +7 | |
| 60T | Ikue Asama | +8 | F | +3 |
| Kaori Aoyama | +8 | F | +6 | |
| Erika Kikuchi | +8 | F | +6 | |
| 63T | Hyun-Ju Shin | +9 | F | +1 |
| Erina Hara | +9 | F | +6 | |
| 65 | Yuko Shinsakaue | +10 | F | +9 |
| 66T | Hiroko Azuma | +11 | F | +3 |
| Yui Mukaiyama | +11 | F | +8 | |
| 68T | Yun-Jye Wei | +12 | F | +3 |
| Azumi Katoh | +12 | F | +3 | |
| Rie Tsuji | +12 | F | +6 | |
| 71 | Chieko Amanuma | +13 | F | +5 |
| 72 | Hiroko Fukushima | +17 | F | +7 |
Fairways and Forehands 