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Post by philknj on Aug 6, 2018 11:35:10 GMT
Mamiko Higa will defend her title starting Friday, Aug. 10.
The link below will carry the regular broadcast (Japan time):
Round Two - Sat. 3 PM Round Three - Sun. 4 PM
If it's on Youtube, try this search:
NEC軽井沢72ゴルフトーナメント
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Post by philknj on Aug 9, 2018 10:13:53 GMT
They'll have broadcasts for all three rounds on a couple of channels I don't have, BS Fuji and Fuji TV ONE...check Youtube later.
Thursday prep:
Ayako Uehara and NEC stafer Erina Hara
Mamiko Higa and Chie Arimura
Erika Hara and Rumi Yoshiba
 
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Post by philknj on Aug 9, 2018 23:36:44 GMT
Several unknows (to me) have teed off early...like these two:   FYI - BML, Sky and CY Yoon are skipping this one. |
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Post by philknj on Aug 10, 2018 10:56:14 GMT
Stage One of JLPGA Q-school started on Friday at two locations...most of the "names" were at one location:
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL
1T Yejin Kim -6 -6 66 66
1T Anna Kono -6 -6 66 66
1T Sei Takahashi -6 -6 66 66
4T Kanna Ito -5 -5 67 67
4T Seonwoo Bae -5 -5 67 67
6T Yu Ureshino -4 -4 68 68
6T Yuna Takagi -4 -4 68 68
6T Kurumi Kawamura -4 -4 68 68
9T Yui Noritomi -2 -2 70 70
9T Minami Levonowich -2 -2 70 70
9T Momo Sakuragi -2 -2 70 70
18T Seonhwa Lee 0 0 72 72 18T Cyd Okino 0 0 72 72
48T Rebecca Kay +3 +3 75 75
58T Shi Hyun Ahn +4 +4 76 76
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As for the big tour...
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL 1 Ah-Reum Hwang -9 -9 63 63 (tournament course record) 2T Megumi Kido -6 -6 66 66 2T Asuka Ishikawa -6 -6 66 66 2T Shiho Oyama -6 -6 66 66 5T Naruha Miyata -5 -5 67 67 5T Hiromu Ono -5 -5 67 67 5T Sakura Koiwai -5 -5 67 67 5T Misuzu Narita -5 -5 67 67 9T Jae-Eun Chung -4 -4 68 68 9T Karen Gondo -4 -4 68 68 9T Mizuki Ooide -4 -4 68 68 9T Sumika Nakasone -4 -4 68 68 9T Saki Nagamine -4 -4 68 68 9T Momoko Ueda -4 -4 68 68 9T Teresa Lu -4 -4 68 68 9T Saki Takeo -4 -4 68 68 9T Jiyai Shin -4 -4 68 68
I have one of the "unknowns" identified now, Naruha Miyata...has picked up 4 checks in 19 starts this season.
Akiko Fukushima (+1) was the LPGA's longest driver in 2002 at 269.3...now 45, she averaged 273.5 on the drive measuring holes (#2 & #9) in Round One.
Miyuki Takeuchi (+1) sent her shades flying like Charley Hull
Kotone Hori (+4)
Ah Reum Hwang and Kaori Aoyama (-3)
Ji Hee Lee (-1) and Karis Davidson (-3)
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Post by 18majors on Aug 10, 2018 13:55:13 GMT
Karis Davidson is T18; she's a shot at another Top 10.
A win has been illusive, and may not be achievable.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Aug 10, 2018 17:26:06 GMT
I guess Seon Woo Bae will be the latest KLPGA player to leave for the LPGA of Japan.
Kotone Hori plus 4 no surprise, Mamiko Higa plus 2 is.
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Post by philknj on Aug 10, 2018 23:54:25 GMT
Early starters in Round Two:
Serena Aoki and Kumiko Kaneda
Kana Nagai and Ji Hee Lee
Ayaka Matsumori, Kaori Ohe and Ayako Uehara
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Post by philknj on Aug 11, 2018 11:07:09 GMT
Round Two of q-school...it's not clear to me which Seon Hwa Lee is playing here, since neither is in the field at Jeju Island.
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL
1T Yuna Takagi -7 -3 68 69 137
1T Seonwoo Bae -7 -2 67 70 137
3 Yejin Kim -6 0 66 72 138
4 Kanna Ito -5 0 67 72 139
5 Kurumi Kawamura -3 +1 68 73 141
6T Megumi Tada -2 -3 73 69 142
6T Kotowa Hatoh -2 -2 72 70 142
6T Eri Tobita -2 -2 72 70 142
6T Seonhwa Lee -2 -2 72 70 142
6T Yui Noritomi -2 0 70 72 142
15T Cyd Okino 0 0 72 72 144
18T Solra Lee +1 +2 71 74 145 (this may be the player known as Solar Lee)
30T Rebecca Kay +4 +1 75 73 148
34T Shi Hyun Ahn +5 +1 76 73 149
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RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL
1 Ah-Reum Hwang -14 -5 63 67 130
2 Jiyai Shin -8 -4 68 68 136
3T Maiko Wakabayashi -7 -4 69 68 137
3T Saki Takeo -7 -3 68 69 137
3T Karen Gondo -7 -3 68 69 137
3T Megumi Kido -7 -1 66 71 137
7T Ji-Hee Lee -6 -5 71 67 138
7T Seira Oki -6 -5 71 67 138
7T Mami Fukuda -6 -4 70 68 138
7T Rei Matsuda -6 -4 70 68 138
7T Minami Katsu -6 -4 70 68 138
7T Erika Hara -6 -7 73 65 138
7T Asako Fujimoto -6 -3 69 69 138
7T Saki Nagamine -6 -2 68 70 138
7T Sakura Koiwai -6 -1 67 71 138
7T Shiho Oyama -6 0 66 72 138
7T Asuka Ishikawa -6 0 66 72 138
-14, this is crazy
Momoka Miura (-5) and Asako Fujimoto
Megumi Kido
Shiho Oyama found time to switch over to a Yamaha driver, but she still has Ping irons for now.
Jae Eun Chung (-4), Momoko Ueda (-4) and JY Shin
Erika Hara and her fanboys
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Post by HappyFan on Aug 11, 2018 16:35:47 GMT
Wow, Hwang is really playing well all of a sudden!
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Post by SoYeonFan on Aug 11, 2018 20:17:15 GMT
Mamiko Higa after shooting plus two the first round, shot minus seven the second round.
Kotone Hori shot a minus four the second to get to even.
Looks like she missed the cut by one shot.
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Post by philknj on Aug 11, 2018 21:15:12 GMT
Video below from Round One...focused mostly on the group of Higa/Arimura/Oyama. Queen Shiho is amazing...her upright swing looks a little unsteady on the follow-thru, but her putting is absurdly good for a 41-year-old...and she can still rock the Kappa fashion brand. She is the JLPGA's Crusty Grrr, but without the spare tire and the b*t**iness.  I saw one swing of Oyama at the 2009 USWO...imagine an LPGA rookie at age 32.  I seem to recall a scene on TV of Shiho climbing over a chain link fence to search for her ball in the driving range left of a fairway...that might have been the 10th hole at the old Sybase at Upper Montclair CC. I don't think I saw her at Lancaster CC in 2015 where she played super...it's too bad her USWO days are probably over.
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Post by jlpgafan on Aug 11, 2018 22:03:13 GMT
phil, this is a nice video, at the beginning it shows some of the pro-test with eimi koga and also some of the proam...... the video is over an hour long but has many of my favs... shiho oyama is still not only playing very well but is still very attractive...
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Post by philknj on Aug 11, 2018 23:00:24 GMT
Fifty-nine players are going off split tees on Sunday with the last group starting at 8:40 AM. Hmm, that should leave Fuji TV a lot of time to edit fit the action into the 85-minute time slot at 4 PM to the second!!!
Early starters:
Rumi Yoshiba and Yuki Ichinose
Saiki Fujita and Teresa Lu
Kana Nagai and Momoka Miura
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Post by philknj on Aug 12, 2018 0:26:55 GMT
"We're gonna need a bigger boat."
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Post by philknj on Aug 12, 2018 1:19:43 GMT
Half of Stage One q-school is finished. The top-18 plus ties from Groups 'B' and 'D' will advance to Stage Two. I'll be shocked if Bae doesn't make it all the way through.
Group 'B'
RANK PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R TOTAL
1 Seonwoo Bae -9 67 70 70 207
2 Kotowa Hatoh -6 72 70 68 210
3 Yejin Kim -5 66 72 73 211
4T Seonhwa Lee -4 72 70 70 212
4T Kanna Ito -4 67 72 73 212
4T Yuna Takagi -4 68 69 75 212
7T Akari Horiuchi -3 72 73 68 213
7T Kotona Izumida -3 71 74 68 213
7T Sei Takahashi -3 66 77 70 213
7T Kurumi Kawamura -3 68 73 72 213
11T Mizuki Suzuki -2 73 72 69 214
11T Risa Iwachika -2 72 71 71 214
11T Chanmee Kim -2 71 72 71 214
11T Eri Tobita -2 72 70 72 214
15 Yui Noritomi -1 70 72 73 215
16T Solra Lee 0 71 74 71 216
16T Rui Hiraoka 0 71 74 71 216
16T Anna Kono 0 66 78 72 216
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21T Cyd Okino +2 72 72 74 218
32T Rebecca Kay +6 75 73 74 222
34T Shi Hyun Ahn +7 76 73 74 223
The players in Group 'D' are total unknowns to me.
RANK PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R TOTAL
1 Nao Obayashi -8 71 68 69 208
2T Erika Nakano -5 74 69 68 211
2T Kanako Nishimura -5 69 72 70 211
4 Yuna Kaki -4 72 71 69 212
5T Tomoko Eguchi -3 73 72 68 213
5T Tomomi Shimada -3 73 70 70 213
5T Sakura Wakimoto -3 72 70 71 213
8T Urara Onuki -2 73 70 71 214
8T Mahiro Nishida -2 70 73 71 214
8T Tzu-Chi Lin -2 72 70 72 214
8T Mizuki Tanaka -2 70 72 72 214
12T Nanako Yoshihara -1 71 73 71 215
12T Mayu Ando -1 72 71 72 215
14T Wakana Kinjo 0 74 71 71 216
14T Yuki Nitta 0 71 74 71 216
14T Kanyanat Saithip 0 74 70 72 216
14T Chohee Park 0 73 71 72 216
18T Momoko Uete +1 75 71 71 217
18T Yumi Narisawa +1 73 72 72 217
18T Yuika Sue +1 76 68 73 217
18T Fuuka Higashi +1 71 73 73 217
18T Sarina Sonoda +1 71 72 74 217
18T Ami Kumazawa +1 70 73 74 217
18T Mizuyo Tanaka +1 71 71 75 217
18T Nene Gotohda +1 70 70 77 217
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The rest of Stage One will played by Groups 'A' and 'C' on Aug. 29-31.
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I saw one swing of Oyama at the 2009 USWO...imagine an LPGA rookie at age 32. 
I seem to recall a scene on TV of Shiho climbing over a chain link fence to search for her ball in the driving range left of a fairway...that might have been the 10th hole at the old Sybase at Upper Montclair CC. I don't think I saw her at Lancaster CC in 2015 where she played super...it's too bad her USWO days are probably over.
