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Post by philknj on Mar 18, 2018 14:01:37 GMT
Starts Friday, March 23 at UMK CC in Miyazaki...maybe far enough south for the ladies to take off their parkas this season. Japan TV (local time): Terrestrial wave 3/23 (Fri) 15: 00 ~ 16: 00 TV Miyazaki 3/24 (Sat) 15: 00 ~ 16: 25 TV Miyazaki 3/25 (Sunday) 16: 05 - 17: 20 Fuji TV series 28 nationwide nets 【BS broadcast】 3/23 (Friday) 15: 00 ~ 16: 00 BS Fuji 3/24 (Sat) 15: 00 ~ 16: 25 BS Fuji 3/25 (Sunday) 20: 00 ~ 21: 15 BS Fuji ※ The broadcasting time may change. Please note. These links are working for me now: Fuji TV: aqstream.com/jp/fuji/Fuji-TVBS Fuji: nooblive.com/node/1276 |
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Post by philknj on Mar 21, 2018 9:52:18 GMT
Shiho Oyama (born in Miyazaki) is making her first start in six months...to protect her bad neck, she dropped the weight in her driver shaft from 50g to 40g...also took weight out of her iron heads.  ********* Three members of the '92' club, Rumi Yoshiba, Min Young Lee, and Misuzu Narita, who all just turned 26. There was a mass birthday party recently for JLPGAers born in 1992.  |
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Post by philknj on Mar 21, 2018 13:26:57 GMT
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Post by philknj on Mar 22, 2018 11:24:59 GMT
Shiho Oyama's neck problem flared up again during the pro-am, so she walked the course the rest of the day...will decide Friday AM if she will play or not.  Momoka Miura is another hometown favorite...was a walking scorekeeper for three years at this tournament while in high school.   |
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Post by philknj on Mar 23, 2018 1:34:29 GMT
Shiho Oyama was a WD.
The big surprise among the early starters is Kotono Kozuma (no earnings in 2018) shooting -2 on her first nine holes and is one shot behind the leader.
 
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Post by philknj on Mar 23, 2018 3:12:49 GMT
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Post by philknj on Mar 23, 2018 12:05:27 GMT
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL 1T Rumi Yoshiba -6 -6 66 66 1T Miki Saiki -6 -6 66 66 1T Rie Tsuji -6 -6 66 66 1T Momoka Miura -6 -6 66 66 5T Phoebe Yao -5 -5 67 67 5T Minami Katsu -5 -5 67 67 5T Momoko Ueda -5 -5 67 67 5T Sayaka Takahashi -5 -5 67 67 5T Himawari Ogura -5 -5 67 67 10T Jae-Eun Chung -4 -4 68 68 10T Mamiko Higa -4 -4 68 68 10T Hee-Kyung Bae -4 -4 68 68 10T Hiromu Ono -4 -4 68 68 10T Ayaka Matsumori -4 -4 68 68 10T Erika Kikuchi -4 -4 68 68 10T Sakura Kito -4 -4 68 68 10T Kana Nagai -4 -4 68 68 I stayed up for the one-hour broadcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=94YTcVewsG4Japan's Golf Network also had the par-5 1st hole and the range, but I don't have a working stream for that (for now): www.youtube.com/watch?v=imTR-YeWCmQMiura Mania is now at a fever pitch...missed an eagle-2 by a couple of inches at the par-4 17th...settled for birdie and made birdie at #18 to tie for lead.  Ayaka Matsumori  Ritsuko Ryu (E) aced #2 (153 yards, 7-iron)...her first in competition since 2008.   Hae Rym Kim(-1) and Big Mama Ahn(+1)   |
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Post by philknj on Mar 24, 2018 3:18:37 GMT
I'm staying in blackout mode regarding the scores until the broadcast starts...if I wake up for it. Fortunately, someone has been posted the broadcasts soon afterward on Youtube. Ritsuko Ryu's prize for Friday's ace...give Bo Mee Lee a prize if she makes the cut.   SY Kang and Haruka Morita   Pei Ying Tsai and Chae Young Yoon   |
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Post by philknj on Mar 24, 2018 13:24:14 GMT
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL 1 Momoka Miura -10 -4 66 68 134 2 Hee-Kyung Bae -9 -5 68 67 135 3T Haruka Morita -8 -5 69 67 136 3T Mamiko Higa -8 -4 68 68 136 3T Rumi Yoshiba -8 -2 66 70 136 6T Erika Hara -7 -4 69 68 137 6T Hina Arakaki -7 -4 69 68 137 6T Himawari Ogura -7 -2 67 70 137 6T Miki Saiki -7 -1 66 71 137 10T Yuki Ichinose -6 -3 69 69 138 10T Miki Sakai -6 -3 69 69 138 10T Kana Nagai -6 -2 68 70 138 10T Minami Katsu -6 -1 67 71 138 10T Phoebe Yao -6 -1 67 71 138 Round Two: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti8L_JC_ULMFirst hole and range: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWbjUQld9BII said Miura would get her first mag cover within six months...hmm, should have said six weeks.   Miura's doppelgänger, Sakura Koiwai(+1, MC)   Kotono Kozuma (-1) had 18 straight pars.  Rumi Yoshiba and Minami Katsu butchered the par-5 18th hole (water!)   This isn't the strongest field, so Hee Kyeong Bae will never have a better chance of getting her first win in Japan. Jae Eun Chung(-3) will have to wait for her first win.   Erika Hara is Japan's new rookie giraffe.  BML (-2)  |
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Post by philknj on Mar 25, 2018 1:21:13 GMT
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Post by philknj on Mar 25, 2018 13:25:20 GMT
Once again in women's golf, Taiwan > ChinaRANK PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R TOTAL PRIZE 優勝 Phoebe Yao -12 67 71 66 204 ¥14,400,000 2 Mamiko Higa -12 68 68 68 204 ¥7,040,000 3T Ayaka Watanabe -9 69 72 66 207 ¥4,080,000 3T Chae-Young Yoon -9 71 70 66 207 ¥4,080,000 3T Minami Katsu -9 67 71 69 207 ¥4,080,000 3T Miki Sakai -9 69 69 69 207 ¥4,080,000 3T Haruka Morita -9 69 67 71 207 ¥4,080,000 8T Miki Saiki -8 66 71 71 208 ¥2,200,000 8T Rumi Yoshiba -8 66 70 72 208 ¥2,200,000 10T Momoko Ueda -7 67 72 70 209 ¥1,477,333 10T Hee-Kyung Bae -7 68 67 74 209 ¥1,477,333 10T Momoka Miura -7 66 68 75 209 ¥1,477,333 Round Three: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vTPRmXk7FY1st hole & range: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY_sUNjvdsQThis was Yao's second JLPGA win after a three-hole playoff at #18...the first win was in 2014. I seem to recall that she once worked with Dr. Won Park a few years. I thought I posted that info on this board somewhere, but I can't find it. Assuming I'm right, I'm sure the good doctor is patting himself on the back with both hands while one of his students is holding a parasol over his head. They're quite creative on prizes in Japan, but I never saw caviar before. They keep handing out the same car ever week...CLA Shooting Brake, what a terrible name for a car...sounds like it should be on an auto recall list.   Miura Mania was derailed as she fell apart on the last five holes...missed the green badly here on the par-3 16th.  Ji Hee Lee(-1) and Ah Reum Hwang(+1)   Off-season changes on display: Mami Fukuda (-2), Honma to Yamaha...Mamiko Higa, Callaway to Ping   Hee Kyeong Bae gagged again...Rumi Yoshiba quoted as saying she ate too much in the off-season; I'm not complaining and it would be no impediment on the LPGA tour.   |
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Post by HappyFan on Mar 26, 2018 2:41:23 GMT
It feels like Chae Young Yoon is having a pretty good start to the season. Am I remembering correctly that she's had some other good finishes this year besides this top three?
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Post by philknj on Mar 26, 2018 14:41:23 GMT
It feels like Chae Young Yoon is having a pretty good start to the season. Am I remembering correctly that she's had some other good finishes this year besides this top three? Yoon had a 2nd place in Okinawa to start the season. ******** While driving yesterday, the name Babe Liu popped into my head. That's the Taiwanese player that once attended one of Dr. Park's boot camps, not Phoebe Yao. Liu trunk slammed in Miyazaki. |
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