Post by philknj on Apr 14, 2018 1:40:52 GMT
JGTO is the Japan men's tour...April 12-15 is the first week both tours will go head-to-head in Japan. The men haven't played since January, when they were in Singapore and Myanmar. How do the galleries compare by tour? I'll find out later if I can get up and stay awake for JGTO:
aqstream.com/jp/tvt/TV-Tokyo
Rounds 3 & 4 will be on Saturday and Sunday at 4 PM (Japan time).
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There is a big social media difference. Gettyimages has been posting JLPGA pics from all its events for the last few years, but they have NOTHING this week for the men, who are playing the Token Homemate Cup. The ALBA golf website had 419 pics for JLPGA on Friday, but only 218 and 236 for the men's Thursday and Friday rounds...and the men have a bigger field, 132 vs. 108.
The men play for more money, but the women will have about 50% more tournaments by year-end.
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The men have one huge needle-mover this week, Japan's original teen wunderkind, Ryo Ishikawa. He shot 63-68 and leads by four shots going into Saturday. Here's a somewhat crude video from this course's strange-looking range on Thursday. Ryo has the white vest and yellow pants...they showed some of the other players, but the camera kept returning to Ryo, and I don't blame them. The only other familiar face I saw was Y.E. Yang (17:44 thru 17:48), who missed the cut by one stroke.
aqstream.com/jp/tvt/TV-Tokyo
Rounds 3 & 4 will be on Saturday and Sunday at 4 PM (Japan time).
*******
There is a big social media difference. Gettyimages has been posting JLPGA pics from all its events for the last few years, but they have NOTHING this week for the men, who are playing the Token Homemate Cup. The ALBA golf website had 419 pics for JLPGA on Friday, but only 218 and 236 for the men's Thursday and Friday rounds...and the men have a bigger field, 132 vs. 108.
The men play for more money, but the women will have about 50% more tournaments by year-end.
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The men have one huge needle-mover this week, Japan's original teen wunderkind, Ryo Ishikawa. He shot 63-68 and leads by four shots going into Saturday. Here's a somewhat crude video from this course's strange-looking range on Thursday. Ryo has the white vest and yellow pants...they showed some of the other players, but the camera kept returning to Ryo, and I don't blame them. The only other familiar face I saw was Y.E. Yang (17:44 thru 17:48), who missed the cut by one stroke.
However, someone posted the broadcast on Youtube:
