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Post by philknj on Aug 22, 2018 1:32:37 GMT
This four-rounder starts Thursday, but they'll have no TV for Thursday and Friday.
TV Tokyo will have the regular broadcast on the weekend (local time):
Sat. 4 PM Sun. 4 PM
They'll have some 1st Hole coverage for Saturday and Sunday...try this search string on Youtube:
ニトリレディスゴルフトーナメント
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Japan's Step Up Tour is playing Aug. 22-24...the link below has the usual 7 hours per day:
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Post by awhson on Aug 22, 2018 2:21:11 GMT
I really appreciate the links given. They have proved a very suitable alternative to me while the KLPGA stream was being geo-blocked. It was so annoying to be watching the PGA on SBS, and then right at 10:00 PM CDT, The KLPGA would come on and then zap, only watchable in S. Korea. However I am now familiar with the Japanese players and enjoy watching them.
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Post by philknj on Aug 22, 2018 10:26:24 GMT
Practice:
Minami Katsu, Sky Kim and Hikari Fujita
Erika Kikuchi and Serena Aoki
Momoka Miura
Bo Mee Lee and Mizuki Ooide/Karis Davidson
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Post by philknj on Aug 23, 2018 2:45:58 GMT
The Step Up Tour broadcast is on a 90-minute break. The first 30 minutes was a Maruman infomercial for its Dangan 7 driver. Now they're showing BuzzGolf TV.
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Only 16 out of 77 players under par during the early going at Nitori. Min Young Lee dropped out after six holes with right wrist pain.
Eight Head, Rie Tsuji and Jae Eun Chung
Momoko Ueda, Sky Kim and Misuzu Narita
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Post by philknj on Aug 23, 2018 11:09:26 GMT
With a field of 120, I assume the cut will be the top-60 plus ties (currently +2).
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL
1 Kana Mikashima -5 -5 67 67
2 Serena Aoki -4 -4 68 68
3T Saki Takeo -3 -3 69 69
3T Ah-Reum Hwang -3 -3 69 69
3T Naruha Miyata -3 -3 69 69
3T Chie Arimura -3 -3 69 69
7T Pei-Ying Tsai -2 -2 70 70
7T Haruka Morita -2 -2 70 70
7T Sun-Ju Ahn -2 -2 70 70
7T Miki Sakai -2 -2 70 70
7T Karen Gondo -2 -2 70 70
7T Ayaka Watanabe -2 -2 70 70
7T Jiyai Shin -2 -2 70 70
7T Hana Wakimoto -2 -2 70 70
7T Eri Okayama -2 -2 70 70
Pei Ying Tsai is off to a good start again...its her finishes that are a problem.
Big Mama Ahn
It's her again, Ah Reum Hwang
Saki Nagamine (+5)
Kana Mikashima
Aigoo, +7
Kotone Hori (+1), Eri Okayama and Mamiko Higa (E)
Weiwei Zhang (+2)
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Post by philknj on Aug 24, 2018 2:35:55 GMT
Chie Arimura had an early tee-off and charged to the front at -7, ahead by two shots with three holes remaining. I'm intrigued by her current brand of shoe, New Balance. I love NB walking shoes...are the NB golf shoes just as good? I went to the PGA Superstore website and they have only three models of NB (two colors for each model)...and if you're a woman, forget it, they have nothing!
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Post by philknj on Aug 24, 2018 11:16:34 GMT
The top-63, +4 or better, survived. They had another incorrect scorecard ejection, Kumiko Kaneda, who opened with a 77.
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL
1 Serena Aoki -8 -4 68 68 136
2 Chie Arimura -7 -4 69 68 137
3 Kana Mikashima -6 -1 67 71 138
4T Teresa Lu -5 -4 71 68 139
4T Haruka Morita -5 -3 70 69 139
4T Ayaka Watanabe -5 -3 70 69 139
4T Ah-Reum Hwang -5 -2 69 70 139
8T Sun-Ju Ahn -4 -2 70 70 140
8T Mamiko Higa -4 -4 72 68 140
8T Jiyai Shin -4 -2 70 70 140
Do not adjust your TV screeens...never mind, it wasn't televised. I'm convinced Weiwei Zhang (MC) looked great before putting on a Mediheal mask...but her right hand doesn't look so hot.
Does Ayaka Watanabe have her groove back?
Haruka Morita
Sky Kim (+1)
Sakura Koiwai (MC)
Bo Mee Lee (MC) and Miyuki Takeuchi (+3)
Jae Eun Chung (-2) and Shoko Sasaki (+1)
Ah Reum Hwang and her putting guru Saiki Fujita (+4)
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Post by 18majors on Aug 24, 2018 12:17:10 GMT
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Post by SoYeonFan on Aug 24, 2018 18:53:11 GMT
If the cut is top sixty, that means Kotone Hori is back to missing cuts.
Plus four second round would put he one stroke over the cut, tied for sixty four.
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Post by philknj on Aug 25, 2018 0:00:45 GMT
Maybe they received that bad weather from Korea, too. The first tee times for Saturday have been pushed to 10:45 AM.
Update: Now the first group starts at 11:30 AM.
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Post by awhson on Aug 25, 2018 5:47:01 GMT
https://www.instagram.com/p/BmnmrJMgtl6 Just checked the scoreboard. Believe it or not Ms Hwang is right back in the thick of it again. Another victory would propel her right up the money list! Unfortunately she dropped to a +4 for the roumd and is 4 strokes off the pace. I was watching the SBS edition of the JLPGA. |
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Post by philknj on Aug 25, 2018 8:53:09 GMT
They will complete Round Three among the puddles.
Some 1st hole tee shots of Round Three:
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Post by philknj on Aug 25, 2018 12:27:53 GMT
Round Three was suspended. Regular broadcast:
RANK PLAYER SCORE HOLE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL
1T Sun-Ju Ahn -5 17 -1 70 70 140
1T Kana Mikashima -5 15 +1 67 71 138
1T Chie Arimura -5 15 +2 69 68 137
4T Haruka Morita -4 16 +1 70 69 139
4T Serena Aoki -4 15 +4 68 68 136
6T Ayaka Watanabe -3 16 +2 70 69 139
6T Shina Kanazawa -3 F -2 71 72 70 213
6T Pei-Ying Tsai -3 F -1 70 72 71 213
9T Erika Hara -2 F +1 71 70 73 214
9T Jiyai Shin -2 F +2 70 70 74 214
9T Mamiko Higa -2 17 +2 72 68 140
9T Ah-Reum Hwang -2 17 +3 69 70 139
13 Hiroko Azuma -1 *F -2 73 72 70 215
14 Teresa Lu 0 16 +5 71 68 139
Ayaka Watanabe and Kana Mikashima
Pei Ying Tsai
JY Shin
Chie Arimura...New Balance golf shoes can have pizazz, too.
Teresa Lu
A Hwang fanboy with an old pic on the flag...she left Yamaha after 2015
Kotono Kozuma struck out more times than Mickey Mantle, 72-72-82, +10
Serena Aoki and Mamiko Higa staring down on Mamiko Higa
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Post by philknj on Aug 26, 2018 0:42:19 GMT
Round Three was completed on Sunday (below) and Round Four has started. This looks like Big Mama Ahn's week, but it's still close enough for a handful of other players to sneak in there for the win.
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL
1 Sun-Ju Ahn -5 -1 70 70 71 211
2T Haruka Morita -4 +1 70 69 73 212
2T Kana Mikashima -4 +2 67 71 74 212
2T Chie Arimura -4 +3 69 68 75 212
5T Shina Kanazawa -3 -2 71 72 70 213
5T Pei-Ying Tsai -3 -1 70 72 71 213
5T Ayaka Watanabe -3 +2 70 69 74 213
8T Erika Hara -2 +1 71 70 73 214
8T Jiyai Shin -2 +2 70 70 74 214
8T Mamiko Higa -2 +2 72 68 74 214
8T Serena Aoki -2 +6 68 68 78 214
Miyuki Takeuchi and Karis Davidson
Chae Young Yoon and Mi Jeong Jeon
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Post by philknj on Aug 26, 2018 8:44:41 GMT
Sun Ju Ahn hit three lousy drives on the last four holes and still couldn't lose...that's #4 this year and #27 overall. More pics later.
First hole tee shots...set it to 720p to get the full effect of Erika Hara's outfit at 2:09:55.
RANK PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL PRIZE
優勝 Sun-Ju Ahn -7 70 70 71 70 281 ¥18,000,000
2 Ayaka Watanabe -4 70 69 74 71 284 ¥8,800,000
3T Hiroko Azuma -3 73 72 70 70 285 ¥5,100,000
3T Mamiko Higa -3 72 68 74 71 285 ¥5,100,000
3T Jiyai Shin -3 70 70 74 71 285 ¥5,100,000
3T Erika Hara -3 71 70 73 71 285 ¥5,100,000
3T Kana Mikashima -3 67 71 74 73 285 ¥5,100,000
8T Ah-Reum Hwang -1 69 70 76 72 287 ¥2,750,000
8T Chie Arimura -1 69 68 75 75 287 ¥2,750,000
10T Kaori Ohe 0 73 72 74 69 288 ¥1,760,000
10T Erika Kikuchi 0 72 69 76 71 288 ¥1,760,000
10T Jae-Eun Chung 0 71 71 75 71 288 ¥1,760,000
10T Serena Aoki 0 68 68 78 74 288 ¥1,760,000
14 Mayu Hamada +1 71 75 72 71 289 ¥1,480,000
15T Miki Sakai +2 70 75 75 70 290 ¥1,280,000
15T Pei-Ying Tsai +2 70 72 71 77 290 ¥1,280,000
15T Shina Kanazawa +2 71 72 70 77 290 ¥1,280,000
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