Recorded five top-10 finishes including a season-best runner-up result at the LOTTE Championship
Career Highlights
2021:
In 2021, she competed in eight LPGA Tour events, recording a season-best tie for 31st at the Pure Silk Championship
Notable Highlights
She has played in 18 LPGA Tour events since 2019, making the cut 14 times
In 2019, Shibuno won the AIG Women’s Open in her first start outside her home country of Japan; she was the second Japanese player to win a women’s major championship after Hisako Higuchi (1977 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship) as well as the second player this decade to win in her major debut after Hyo Joo Kim (2014 Amundi Evian Championship)
Shibuno has won six times on the JLPGA, including twice in 2021 at the Stanley Ladies Golf Tournament and the Mitsubishi Electric/Hisako Higuchi Ladies Golf Tournament