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Post by philknj on Jul 24, 2018 8:07:45 GMT
This big one with a field of 120 starts on Thursday at Narusawa Golf Club, about five miles north of Mt. Fuji. There are a couple of vacancies as the SS Feng and Shiho Oyama are WDs. Japan's heat wave is broken as it will get up to a high of only 80F.
At least one of these links should have Sunday's round at 3:30 PM (Japan time):
I don't have a link for Saturday's round, which will be at 4 PM (Japan time) on BS-TBS. but maybe it'll be on Youtube via this search string:
大東建託・いい部屋ネットレディス
You could also search Youtube for the Golf Network live broadcasts of the 1st hole (Japan time):
Thu. 7 AM Fri. 11 AM
Sat. 8 AM
Sun. 7:30 AM
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Bo Mee Lee's first Japan appearance in six weeks and Sakura Koiwai
Momoka Miura and Ayaka Matsumori
Saki Nagamine with a prototype weapon, a Taylormade M Gloire driver (it's not on TM's Japan website)
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Post by philknj on Jul 24, 2018 12:05:23 GMT
Tuesday night party:
Ahn/BML/Yao/Higa and Arimura/Hara
Bae/Sky and Miura/Arakaki/Katsu
Kashiwabara/Ryu and Kaneda/Fujimoto
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Post by philknj on Jul 25, 2018 1:16:46 GMT
Golf junkies can watch the Castrol Ladies 2018 (Step Up tour) tonight and tomorrow night here:
It runs July 25 thru 26. They're showing tee offs at the 1st and 10th tees.
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Post by philknj on Jul 25, 2018 10:27:23 GMT
FYI, Saki's new toy is not on this week's USGA approved driver head list.
Chie Arimura, Sky Kim and Aya Ezawa
Bo Mee Lee's long absence was due to a 4-day stretch in a Korean hospital for diverticulitis (inflammation of the intestines)
Rumi Yoshiba and Erika Kikuchi
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Post by philknj on Jul 26, 2018 5:02:19 GMT
A few of the early Round One finishers:
Kana Nagai (+2) and Saiki Fujita (+2)
BML (+1) and Miyuki Takeuchi (-2)
Big Mama Ahn (-4) and Ayaka Watanabe (+4)
Eight Head (+3) and Kaori Ohe (-2)
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Post by philknj on Jul 26, 2018 12:08:53 GMT
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1 Ah-Reum Hwang -7 -7 65 65 2 @yuka Yasuda -6 -6 66 66 3T Min-Young Lee -5 -5 67 67 3T Mamiko Higa -5 -5 67 67 5T Haruka Morita -4 -4 68 68 5T Sun-Ju Ahn -4 -4 68 68 7T Ayako Kimura -3 -3 69 69 7T Momoko Ueda -3 -3 69 69 7T Fumika Kawagishi -3 -3 69 69 7T Hae-Rym Kim -3 -3 69 69 7T Rie Tsuji -3 -3 69 69 7T Ji-Hee Lee -3 -3 69 69 7T Phoebe Yao -3 -3 69 69
Ah Reum Hwang w/ OnOff Kuro irons, the 2015 version (I think)
Yuka Yasuda is Japan's top amateur (30th on WAGR)...she is not playing the USWA next month
Hae Rym Kim
Ayaka Matsumori (+2) and Kotone Hori (+3)
Serena Aoki (+1) and Ji Hee Lee
Min Young Lee
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Post by philknj on Jul 27, 2018 0:52:51 GMT
Ah Reum Hwang has continued her torrid pace in the early going of Round Two...-4 on her first 10 holes and -11 overall, in first by five shots. Her only win on Japan's big tour was the 2009 Yamaha Ladies Open.
Back in 2009
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Post by philknj on Jul 27, 2018 10:57:37 GMT
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1 Ah-Reum Hwang -12 -5 65 67 132 2 @yuka Yasuda -10 -4 66 68 134 3T Ji-Hee Lee -7 -4 69 68 137 3T Min-Young Lee -7 -2 67 70 137 5 Hae-Rym Kim -6 -3 69 69 138 6 Phoebe Yao -5 -2 69 70 139 7T @yuna Nishimura -4 -6 74 66 140 7T Momoko Ueda -4 -1 69 71 140 7T Mamiko Higa -4 +1 67 73 140 7T Sakura Koiwai -4 -3 71 69 140 7T Teresa Lu -4 -4 72 68 140 12 Sun-Ju Ahn -3 +1 68 73 141 13T Mizuki Ooide -2 -3 73 69 142 13T Erina Hara -2 -3 73 69 142 13T @ayaka Furue -2 -2 72 70 142
The numerologists are going nuts...Mayu Hattori (-1) , who started the day T-77, aced the 7th hole (175 yards) with her 7-iron and a #7 ball...3rd ace of her career.
Yuka Yasuda won't go away...another am to embarrass the pros?
SY Kang (E) and Phoebe Yao
Smile Candy, Sky and Kotono Kozuma are all going home early
Ji Hee Lee
Aya Ezawa (MC)
Sakura Koiwai
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Post by jlpgafan on Jul 27, 2018 16:34:47 GMT
USA's Eimi(amy) Koga is the winner of the jlpga protest for 2018...also qualified is hana wakimoto who currently plays in thailand lpga.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jul 27, 2018 17:28:18 GMT
I checked the scores late last night and saw Ha Neul had finished plus five.
I was really hoping that she would start to play better.
So I decided not to look for any streaming.
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Post by philknj on Jul 27, 2018 21:52:47 GMT
USA's Eimi(amy) Koga is the winner of the jlpga protest for 2018...also qualified is hana wakimoto who currently plays in thailand lpga.
The JLPGA seems to have a variety of playing and teaching qualifiers...all I can keep track of is the 4-stage big tour q-school...Stage One starts next month at four different locations (Aug. 8-10 for two sites and Aug. 29-31 for the other two). It seems obvious that Shin Ae Ahn will have to return to q-school...the only question is which stage does she have to start at. I remember Sun Young Yoo entered last year or the year before, but dropped out with an injury during the 1st stage, I think.
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This link is supposed to have the LIVE broadcast of Round Three by Japan's Golf Network from 7 PM - 11:30 PM EST.
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Post by philknj on Jul 27, 2018 23:24:35 GMT
It's pouring hard over there...don't know who that favors. The last group tee offs now.
Mayu Hattori and Rie Tsuji
Sakura Koiwai and Mamiko Higa
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Post by jlpgafan on Jul 28, 2018 1:21:15 GMT
i was also confused when i saw the jlpga article that Eimi Koga had won the pro-test tournament. i thought the pro-test was for amateurs coming in from highschool (most players in jlpga do not attand college)... anyway the top 21 players in this protest tournament are exempt next year except for few major tournaments.
i believe last years pro-test winner was rei matsuda and year before that was kana nagai who also had played on the symmetra.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jul 28, 2018 3:50:25 GMT
I only watched the leaders play hole number one.
I did recognize most of them.
Looks like Ji He Lee is affected by the rain the most.
She is plus seven thru fifteen holes, to drop back to even par.
I think Ah Reum Hwang has this one won, with a five shot lead thru fifteen.
Edit: Third round my bad, one more round to go.
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Post by philknj on Jul 28, 2018 10:34:15 GMT
Since the 1st hole is a par-3 (160 yards), the ball flight stats they posted in the broadcast aren't too helpful for comparison purposes when everyone hits different clubs. On this subject, the one group that got my attention had Megumi Shimokawa (1:53:08 thru 1:54:20), who spun the ball more with her hybrid (for a near ace) than the other two players with their irons. Additional excitement was provided by Miyu Shinkai (3:03:03 thru 3:04:45) trying to wolf down an ice cream in time for her first putt.
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1 Ah-Reum Hwang -14 -2 65 67 70 202 2 Min-Young Lee -11 -4 67 70 68 205 3 @yuka Yasuda -10 0 66 68 72 206 4T Sakura Koiwai -8 -4 71 69 68 208 4T Phoebe Yao -8 -3 69 70 69 208 6T Sun-Ju Ahn -6 -3 68 73 69 210 6T Mamiko Higa -6 -2 67 73 70 210 6T Momoko Ueda -6 -2 69 71 70 210 9T Erina Hara -4 -2 73 69 70 212 9T Hae-Rym Kim -4 +2 69 69 74 212 11T Kaori Aoyama -2 -1 72 71 71 214 11T Mao Nozawa -2 -1 74 69 71 214
I assume Ah Reum Hwang's looper is from Down Under...proof that Hwang is a Major Leaguer. 
I like Yuka Yasuda's umbrella...I'd want it, except that it doesn't appear to have a separate layer that allows the wind to pass through it, so I'll pass.
Big Mama Ahn...not all players use the full plastic around the bag...Hwang just has a covering over the clubheads
Yuna Nishimura (A, -1) ... Team Japan has a sharp rainsuit.
Hae Rym Kim and Ji Hee Lee (-1)
Haruka Morita (+2) and Yumiko Yoshida (-1)
 
From Round Two, Kaori Aoyama, who is making the most of her parole from the Step Up tour
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