Chie Arimura

She made her professional golf debut in 2006 at 18 years old and played 11 tournaments. She earned her JLPGA Tour card at the end of the season with a third-place finish in the qualifying tournament. It wasn?t long before she claimed her first professional title at the 2008 Promise Ladies Golf Tournament. Twelve victories and three years later, Arimura stood in the winner?s circle at the 2012 Japan Championship Konica Minolta Cup, her first professional major championship title. With this win, she broke into the top 20 in the Rolex Women?s World Golf Rankings and started to think about taking her career to the LPGA Tour.
Was the highest-ranked player in the world (19th) at the 2012 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, finishing T5 to get her LPGA card. Arimura opened her rookie season with a T28 at the HSBC Women?s Champions, where she nearly clinched her first LPGA title as a non-member just two years earlier. Her best finish for 2013 was T5 at the Shoprite Classic and she finished 61st on the money list.
Best LPGA finish is a second at the 2011 HSBC Women's Champions.
In 2014, her best finish is T18 at the Kingsmill Championship.
Earned the nickname Archie in 2012, when her Twitter handle was written on the back of her caddie?s bib. The handle, @arimurachie, was misspelled ?arichie,? and people skimming it read ?Archie.?