Momoka Kobori

Momoka Kobori (born 21 March 1999) is a New Zealand professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She has two WPGA Tour of Australasia titles, including the 2023 Women's NSW Open, and two LET Access Series titles in Europe.

Early life and amateur career Kobori was born in Karuizawa, Japan and moved to Canterbury, New Zealand with her family when she was eight. Her younger brother Kazuma is also a golfer. He won the New Zealand PGA Championship on the PGA Tour of Australasia as an amateur.

Kobori was a member of the New Zealand national golf academy, and won the 2014 and 2015 Liz Douglas Trophy for the lowest women's stroke average in Canterbury. In 2015, she was runner-up at the Srixon International Junior Classic in Australia and won four times: the U16 Victorian Junior Masters, the Faldo Series Asia New Zealand Qualifying event, the South Island Stroke Play Championship, and the South Island U19 Championship.

Professional career Kobori turned professional in January 2021 and soon finished tied for first at the two-day 36-hole Whitford Park Pro-Am in Auckland at eight-under.

In 2022, Kobori played on the WPGA Tour of Australasia where she was runner-up female at the TPS Victoria and TPS Murray River before placing first at the TPS Hunter Valley in March, losing a playoff to Aaron Pike for the overall title.

Kobori then finished T14 at the Australian Ladies Classic – Bonville and T12 at the Women's NSW Open, both Ladies European Tour co-sanctioned events, before turning her attention to the LET Access Series where she finished runner-up once and won twice in her first four starts. She finished 3rd on the 2022 LETAS Order of Merit to secure an LET card for 2023.

In 2023, she won the Women's NSW Open, an WPGA Tour of Australasia event, in a playoff.

Amateur wins 2015 South Island Stroke Play Championship, South Island U19 Championship 2016 South Island Stroke Play Championship, Queensland Girls Amateur, Victorian Junior Masters 2019 Branch Law Firm-Dick McGuire Invitational 2020 Muriwai Open

Source:

Professional wins (5) WPGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

LET Access Series wins (2)

Charles Tour wins (1) 2021 Whitford Park Pro-Am (tie)

Results in LPGA majors Tournament 2025Chevron ChampionshipU.S. Women's OpenWomen's PGA ChampionshipThe Evian ChampionshipWomen's British OpenCUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances Amateur New Zealand Interprovincial (representing Canterbury): 2015 (winners), 2020 The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship (representing New Zealand): 2019