Japanese professional golfer Hinako Shibuno is a sporting icon to her compatriots and has made an impression in such a short time.
Shibuno surprised many when she won the 2019 Women’s British Open, but those who have tailed her career already knew what she was capable of.
Despite her young age, she is currently ranked among the top 30 golfers in the world and has some impressive wins to her name.
Wikipedia, Biography, age & birthday
Hinako Shibuno was born in Okayama, Japan, on November 15, 1998. She is 23 years old. The Japanese was torn between golf and softball when she was young.
She also played baseball in school, but it was in golf that she really excelled, having won the Okayama Prefecture Junior Golf Championship in 2011.
In 2014, she followed it up by winning the Chūgoku Region Women’s Amateur Championship and a year later, she was part of a team that romped to the National High School Golf Championship.
Shibuno’s professional career began in 2018 but 2019 turned out to be her most successful individual year after she swept the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup, the Shiseido Anessa Ladies Open and the AIG Women’s British Open titles.
Height and weight
She is 1.67 meters tall and weighs 62 kilograms.
Nationality and ethnicity
Hinako Shibuno is full Japanese.
College
She attended Joto junior high school and went on to further her education at Sakuyo High School.
Parents and siblings
The Japanese golfer’s parents are Satoru Shibuno and Nobuko Shibuno, and she has two sisters.
Husband and children
She has no husband and no children either.
Caddie
Hinako Shibuno’s caddie is Keisuke Fujino.
World ranking, wins and swings
She is ranked no.29 in the world.
Career earnings
She has total career earnings of $892,773.
Net worth
She is estimated to have a net worth of between $900,000 and $1 million.
Hinako Shibuno has 113,000 followers on Instagram.
