Erika Kikuchi Wins 2015 KKT Cup Vantelin Ladies Open (JLPGA)

Erika Kikuchi (click to enlarge)

Erika Kikuchi won her first LPGA of Japan (JLPGA) title in style, leading from wire to wire to capture the 2015 KKT Vantelin Ladies Open at 9-under over three rounds. That was good enough to outpace Bo-Mee Lee and Maiko Wakabayashi, who tied for 2nd at 4-under. Since her rookie year in 2008, Erika has been improving but still struggled to find her stride until finally cracking the top 20 on the year end money list in 2013. It’s only April, but the ¥18,000,000 (around 151,375 USD) she won has Kikuchi atop the JLPGA Money List. In the first seven events of the season, Erika has finished in the top 7 five times and the top 3 three times. Bo-Mee Lee remains atop the Mercedes Player of the Year points race.

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1 ERIKA KIKUCHI (-9)

T2 BO-MEE LEE (-4)

with Jiyai Shin and Ji-Hee Lee

T2 MAIKO WAKABAYASHI (-4)

T4 HIKARI FUJITA (-3)

T4 MOMOKO UEDA (-3)

T4 AYAKA WATANABE (-3)

LOW AMATEUR

T14 KANA NAGAI (+1)

RANK PLAYER SCORE TOTAL 1R 2R 3R 4R PRIZE ¥0

RANK PLAYER SCORE TOTAL 1R 2R 3R 4R PRIZE 優勝 Erika Kikuchi -9 207 68 70 69 ¥18,000,000 2T Bo-Mee Lee -4 212 73 72 67 ¥8,000,000 2T Maiko Wakabayashi -4 212 69 71 72 ¥8,000,000 4T Hikari Fujita -3 213 73 71 69 ¥5,066,666 4T Momoko Ueda -3 213 73 69 71 ¥5,066,666 4T Ayaka Watanabe -3 213 69 72 72 ¥5,066,666 7T Ji-Yai Shin -2 214 70 75 69 ¥3,250,000 7T Da-Ye Na -2 214 71 72 71 ¥3,250,000 9T Chie Arimura -1 215 77 71 67 ¥2,250,000 9T Sun-Ju Ahn -1 215 72 71 72 ¥2,250,000 11T Yuki Ichinose 0 216 71 76 69 ¥1,820,000 11T Kana Taneda 0 216 75 73 68 ¥1,820,000 11T Saiki Fujita 0 216 74 71 71 ¥1,820,000 14T Ritsuko Ryu +1 217 71 76 70 ¥1,370,000 14T Miki Sakai +1 217 72 74 71 ¥1,370,000 14T Hee-Kyung Bae +1 217 72 74 71 ¥1,370,000 14T Yukari Baba +1 217 75 74 68 ¥1,370,000 14T @Kana Nagai +1 217 70 74 73 ¥0 14T Misuzu Narita +1 217 74 70 73 ¥1,370,000 14T Hikari Kawamitsu +1 217 69 74 74 ¥1,370,000 21T Mami Fukuda +2 218 75 73 70 ¥970,000 21T Junko Omote +2 218 75 73 70 ¥970,000 21T Megumi Shimokawa +2 218 73 73 72 ¥970,000 21T Nachiyo Ohtani +2 218 74 74 70 ¥970,000 21T Nobuko Kizawa +2 218 74 72 72 ¥970,000 21T Hiromi Mogi +2 218 70 73 75 ¥970,000 27T Asako Fujimoto +3 219 75 73 71 ¥870,000 27T Na-Ri Lee +3 219 75 72 72 ¥870,000 27T Miyuki Takeuchi +3 219 72 76 71 ¥870,000 27T Akane Iijima +3 219 72 76 71 ¥870,000 31T Kotono Kozuma +4 220 69 78 73 ¥793,333 31T Yuko Mitsuka +4 220 76 70 74 ¥793,333 31T Shiho Toyonaga +4 220 74 72 74 ¥793,333 34T Soo-Yun Kang +5 221 76 71 74 ¥690,000 34T Misaki Hama +5 221 74 73 74 ¥690,000 34T Yeon-Ju Jung +5 221 72 76 73 ¥690,000 34T Ha-Neul Kim +5 221 71 77 73 ¥690,000 34T Yayoi Arasaki +5 221 76 73 72 ¥690,000 34T Ai Suzuki +5 221 74 75 72 ¥690,000 40T Kaori Ohe +7 223 70 77 76 ¥580,000 40T Mamiko Higa +7 223 71 76 76 ¥580,000 40T Erika Kuwahara +7 223 75 73 75 ¥580,000 40T Kumiko Kaneda +7 223 74 74 75 ¥580,000 40T Ji-Hee Lee +7 223 74 72 77 ¥580,000 45T Yumiko Yoshida +8 224 75 73 76 ¥510,000 45T Ah-Reum Hwang +8 224 74 75 75 ¥510,000 47T Saki Nagamine +9 225 76 73 76 ¥480,000 47T @Minami Katsu +9 225 76 73 76 ¥0 49T Yeo-Jin Kang +10 226 74 75 77 ¥450,000 49T Rui Kitada +10 226 76 73 77 ¥450,000 以上、予選通過 Yasuko Satoh +6 150 75 75 ¥0 Tomoko Kanai +6 150 78 72 ¥0 Mikiko Nishi +6 150 73 77 ¥0 Haruka Kudo +6 150 74 76 ¥0 Rumi Yoshiba +6 150 71 79 ¥0 Mi-Jeong Jeon +6 150 77 73 ¥0 Ji-Woo Lee +6 150 74 76 ¥0 Yuko Saitoh +7 151 75 76 ¥0 Shinobu Moromizato +7 151 77 74 ¥0 Miki Saiki +7 151 76 75 ¥0 Nozomi Sato +7 151 73 78 ¥0 Yoko Maeda +7 151 77 74 ¥0 Erina Hara +7 151 72 79 ¥0 Asami Kikuchi +7 151 78 73 ¥0 Young Kim +7 151 78 73 ¥0 Esther Lee +7 151 76 75 ¥0 Ji-Min Lee +7 151 75 76 ¥0 Minami Oshiro +7 151 79 72 ¥0 Saki Takeo +7 151 74 77 ¥0 Kaori Aoyama +8 152 76 76 ¥0 Mayu Hattori +8 152 76 76 ¥0 Lala Anai +8 152 70 82 ¥0 @Momoko Oosato +8 152 73 79 ¥0 Eun-Bi Jang +8 152 76 76 ¥0 Erina Yamato +9 153 70 83 ¥0 Mihoko Iseri +9 153 75 78 ¥0 Natsuka Hori +9 153 78 75 ¥0 Hiroko Azuma +9 153 78 75 ¥0 Ayaka Matsumori +9 153 78 75 ¥0 Yun-Jye Wei +9 153 76 77 ¥0 O Sattaya +9 153 77 76 ¥0 Miyako Tanaka +10 154 76 78 ¥0 Mina Nakayama +10 154 76 78 ¥0 Serena Aoki +10 154 77 77 ¥0 Jia-Yun Li +10 154 78 76 ¥0 Hiroko Fukushima +10 154 75 79 ¥0 @Kiri Onitsuka +10 154 80 74 ¥0 Aki Takamura +11 155 77 78 ¥0 Mika Takushima +11 155 79 76 ¥0 Yuko Fukuda +11 155 75 80 ¥0 Aiko Ueno +11 155 78 77 ¥0 Yukari Nishiyama +11 155 73 82 ¥0 Airi Saitoh +11 155 77 78 ¥0 Eri Joma +11 155 79 76 ¥0 Na-Ri Kim +11 155 78 77 ¥0 @Ichika Zoza +11 155 76 79 ¥0 @Tsugumi Miyazaki +11 155 78 77 ¥0 Megumi Kido +12 156 75 81 ¥0 Aoi Ohnishi +12 156 77 79 ¥0 Aya Ezawa +13 157 78 79 ¥0 Sumika Nakasone +13 157 77 80 ¥0 Kaori Yamamoto +14 158 79 79 ¥0 Motomi Aoki +14 158 82 76 ¥0 Makoto Takemura +15 159 80 79 ¥0 @Hana Wakimoto +18 162 80 82 ¥0 Noriko Kubo +24 168 83 85 ¥0 Kurumi Ohtsu +28 172 86 86 ¥0 棄権 Kurumi Dohi +7 79 79 ¥0