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Post by philknj on Apr 10, 2018 11:26:45 GMT
This one starts Friday at Kumamoto Kuko CC. Round Three will be televised here on Sunday at 3 pm (Japan time): aqstream.com/jp/ntv/NTVA local station will carry Rounds 1 & 2, which I don't have. They'll also have 1st hole coverage...it's easier to watch it on replay, assuming it keeps getting posted on Youtube...use this character string to find it: KKT杯バンテリンレディスオープン ******* Practice: Shin Ae Ahn   Weiwei Zhang and Ritsuko Ryu   Minami Katsu, Chie Arimura,Yuki Ichinose and Bo Mee Lee     |
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Post by philknj on Apr 11, 2018 14:39:56 GMT
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Post by philknj on Apr 12, 2018 12:42:43 GMT
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Post by philknj on Apr 13, 2018 1:26:36 GMT
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Post by philknj on Apr 13, 2018 11:44:50 GMT
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL 1 Rumi Yoshiba -3 -3 69 69 2T Risa Ogusu -2 -2 70 70 2T Saki Nagamine -2 -2 70 70 4T Phoebe Yao -1 -1 71 71 4T Karen Gondo -1 -1 71 71 4T Sayaka Tsuchida -1 -1 71 71 4T Saiki Fujita -1 -1 71 71 4T Mamiko Higa -1 -1 71 71 4T Chae-Young Yoon -1 -1 71 71 4T Misuzu Narita -1 -1 71 71 4T Satsuki Oshiro -1 -1 71 71 4T Yuki Ichinose -1 -1 71 71 4T Ai Suzuki -1 -1 71 71 Shin Ae Ahn (+5) is still fighting gravity and Big Mama Ahn dropped out (neck pain)    Sakura Koiwai (+1) aced #3 (167 yards)  Misuzu Narita, Yuki Ichinose and Sky Kim(+3)    Kumamon and Bo Mee Lee (+3)  Ayaka Matsumori (+4) and Kumamon  Rumi Yoshiba  |
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Post by philknj on Apr 14, 2018 2:12:15 GMT
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Post by SoYeonFan on Apr 14, 2018 2:57:55 GMT
One of my all time favorites, Yuri Fudoh is minus one through nine.
Great to see her still plugging along.
On the other hand Kotone Hori is almost dead last at +14.
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Post by philknj on Apr 14, 2018 11:50:23 GMT
The top-52 made the cut at +4, which eliminated Sky and Sharon by two shots each. Hee Kyeong Bae and JY Shin needed 69 and 67 respectively to get to Even par...probably too many players to hurdle for a Sunday charge. ANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL 1T Misuzu Narita -4 -3 71 69 140 1T Saiki Fujita -4 -3 71 69 140 1T Sayaka Tsuchida -4 -3 71 69 140 4T Momoka Miura -3 -5 74 67 141 4T Karen Gondo -3 -2 71 70 141 6T Yuri Fudoh -2 -2 72 70 142 6T Mami Fukuda -2 -2 72 70 142 6T Phoebe Yao -2 -1 71 71 142 6T Rumi Yoshiba -2 +1 69 73 142 10T Fumika Kawagishi -1 -1 72 71 143 10T Ai Suzuki -1 0 71 72 143 In case you're wondering, the last of Yuri Fudoh's 50 wins was in 2011...and Fumika Kawagishi must bow to her.   After a two-week lull, Miura Mania is running wild again. At 40:05, watch her rip a driver through a patch of rough separating two parts of the fairway on the first hole: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLyRaJQHXLg  Kumamoto locals Momoko Ueda and Chie Arimura were sent packing.  Weiwei Zhang (MC) and Miyuki Takeuchi (MC)   Bo Mee Lee (+1) and Kana Nagai (E)   Saiki Fujita hasn't won since 2011  |
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Post by philknj on Apr 15, 2018 0:19:37 GMT
I looked up co-leader Sayaka Tsuchida, who I never heard of before...until this week, she's a total scrub....has made no money in six previous starts. She had 20 trunk slams in 30 starts in 2017...best finish was T-12. She did well enough in q-school to retain her card. Maybe it's her week as she aced #13 on Friday. UPDATE: This video has the ace at 0:09:17 - she reacted like a hit-and-giggle amateur.  : www.youtube.com/watch?v=Viq-NUyABc0Hae Rym Kim and Minami Katsu are both -1 on their first five holes. Katsu won this event in 2014 as a 15-year-old am by one shot over Bo Mee Lee.   JY Shin and Kana Nagai   |
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Post by philknj on Apr 15, 2018 13:27:28 GMT
JY Shin barely made it into the top-ten. I'm guessing the Koreans haven't had anyone outside the top-ten on this tour in years, but I'll check that later. Miho Koga returned from The Masters to do the TV color commentary, but her husband Satoshi Kodaira made a pit stop at Harbour Town Golf Links and is doing quite well this week. RANK PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R TOTAL PRIZE 優勝 Mamiko Higa -6 71 73 66 210 ¥18,000,000 2 Misuzu Narita -5 71 69 71 211 ¥8,800,000 3T Shoko Sasaki -4 77 67 68 212 ¥6,500,000 3T Karen Gondo -4 71 70 71 212 ¥6,500,000 5T Rumi Yoshiba -3 69 73 71 213 ¥4,166,666 5T Phoebe Yao -3 71 71 71 213 ¥4,166,666 5T Saiki Fujita -3 71 69 73 213 ¥4,166,666 8T Minami Katsu -2 74 72 68 214 ¥2,232,000 8T Satsuki Oshiro -2 71 74 69 214 ¥2,232,000 8T Saki Nagamine -2 70 74 70 214 ¥2,232,000 8T Kana Nagai -2 72 72 70 214 ¥2,232,000 8T Jiyai Shin -2 77 67 70 214 ¥2,232,000 Mamiko Higa posted the best score early and it held up.   It's too bad Saiki Fujita finished T-5...a win would have sent Japan's golf bums into a tizzy looking to shop for her ridiculous Jean-Baptiste gear brand.  BML (+2, T-24)...Mr. Shimuzu may have to start scraping by like most caddies.  Rumi Yoshiba  Momoka Miura(+4) gagged with a 79, but there is lightning in her game.  Teresa Lu(+4) and Hee Kyeong Bae(+5)   Mami Fukuda(E) aced #8    |
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Post by SoYeonFan on Apr 15, 2018 20:16:03 GMT
Really great win for Mamiko Higa.
She played in the first International Crown.
I think she lost or won on seventeen or eighteen.
After that year her game went down hill.
Maybe because of an injury.
She has been playing better the last two years.
Glad to see Uri Fudoh finish even par for a top twenty.
When I first saw her at the Kraft Nabisco.
I had seen the Japanese lady golfers play in Hawaii, with a swing like hers.
So I decided to follow her, and was fascinated at how well she played.
That is one of the reasons that I like the ANA so much.
Because you may get to see a great golfer from another country in person.
That you may not see otherwise.
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Post by jlpgafan on Apr 16, 2018 0:27:02 GMT
btw, satoshi kodaira just won the pga rbc heritage !! he will have exempt status thru 2019. another player besides hideki to follow on the pga.....
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Post by philknj on Apr 16, 2018 15:12:42 GMT
btw, satoshi kodaira just won the pga rbc heritage !! he will have exempt status thru 2019. another player besides hideki to follow on the pga..... Jim Nantz of CBS said Miho Koga was there to watch her man. WHERE? HOW? She was on the JLPGA broadcast for the Sunday round. She must have jumped on a plane at the next-door Kumamoto airport. Or, was she doing a remote broadcast from the U.S., similar to what GC does for some Asian tournaments? I couldn't find any pics of her at The RBC Heritage. |
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....which caused her to lose power on the backswing. This is being addressed now via PT and swing adjustments.
