Birthplace/Hometown – Kanagawa, Japan/Honolulu, Hawaii
Birthdate – November 25, 1992 – currently 23 years, 4 months, and 29 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour – Finished tied for 39th at the Final Qualifying Tournament to earn Priority List Category 20 for the 2011 LPGA Tour season
Turned Professional – December 2010
VICTORIES
- LPGA: Second career LPGA victory; second this season
- PREVIOUS WINS: 2016 ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open
- Made only 6 starts in between her two victories
- Joins Lydia Ko and Ha Na Jang as the only players with multiple wins this season
ROLEX RANKINGS
- With her victory, Haru is projected to move from 36th to 23rd in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings
RACE TO THE CME GLOBE
- Earns 500 points toward the Race to the CME Globe standings and moves from 4th to 3rd in the race with 1,442 points
MONEY
- CAREER: With the $300,000 first-place check, Nomura moves from 210th to 169th on the LPGA Career Money List with $1,373,110
- SEASON: Haru moves from 7th to 2nd on the LPGA Tour Official Money List with $680,484
TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC
Previous finishes at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic:
- 2015 WD
- 2014 T21 (+2)
2016 IN A NUTSHELL
- 10 events played, 10 cuts made, $680,484, 2 victories, 1 additional top-5 finish
OF NOTE
- Becomes the first Japanese winner to record two wins in a season since Ai Miyazato in 2012
- Is the highest-ranked Japanese player in the world
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