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279:Achievements and awards
989:Hisako “Chako” Higuchi
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323:Hisako "Chako" Higuchi
169:Number of wins by tour
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308:leading money winner
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1077:Betsy Rawls
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297:member page
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929:References
747:Tournament
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81:1945-10-13
1371:Se-ri Pak
1346:Se-ri Pak
1320:Se-ri Pak
1037:champions
888:3 strokes
836:Other (1)
750:Opponents
619:Margin of
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264:T13: 1976
208:(wins: 1)
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52:Full name
1488:Amy Yang
851:Wins (1)
621:victory
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327:Japanese
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753:Result
677:12 Jun
588:Legend
93:, Japan
867:Margin
632:7 Aug
348:until
128:Career
119:
99:Height
828:1974
761:1979
610:Date
293:2003
198:Other
122:Japan
67:Chako
876:1977
858:Year
744:Year
679:1977
634:1976
607:No.
331:樋口久子
253:1977
138:1967
74:Born
39:樋口久子
741:No.
274:DNP
249:Won
238:DNP
228:DNP
218:DNP
1513::
1136:†‡
912:,
901:,
758:1
674:2
629:1
522:,
518:,
504:,
487:,
483:,
479:,
464:,
439:,
428:,
418:,
408:,
390:.
379:.
329::
251::
185:69
164:73
83:)
1459:‡
1452:†
1439:†
1426:†
1419:†
1406:‡
1399:‡
1386:†
1373:†
1354:†
1335:†
1322:‡
1315:†
1284:‡
1241:‡
1222:‡
1149:†
1129:‡
1098:‡
1091:‡
1072:‡
1059:†
1052:‡
1026:e
1019:t
1012:v
325:(
299:)
295:(
201:1
193:1
177:2
79:(
20:)
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