JLPGA: 2019 AXA Ladies Golf Tournament in Miyazaki

I didn't see Kotone Hori name on the final list.
Maybe she decided to skip it and practice some more.
Or she wasn't eligible for the tournament. 

phil: thats definitely hikari fujita in your pic.. notice the pink bandage on her left wrist... it is in all her media pics since her surgery early in 2018.

in your pic that looks like her sister (also a golfer, and model) and has been her caddie in the past. she also suffered a loss few years back when their father, who they both learned golf from passed.

on the jlpga player list for this tournament for whatever reason her first name is spelled differently. a few years back she won the fujisankai tournament in a dramatic finish.

i think this pic shows the same golf bag with her wrist in that pink support bandage, that injury was the reason for her poor play the last couple of years and she is in her recovery stage now.  she must have recieved and excemption for this tournament.

http://instagr.am/p/Bt7mpUklM7E

RANK PLAYER SCORE HOLE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL
1 Hana Wakimoto -7 F -7 65 65
2 Yui Kawamoto -6 F -6 66 66
3T Chae-Young Yoon -5 F -5 67 67
3T S Langkul -5 *F -5 67 67
5T Hikaru Yoshimoto -4 F -4 68 68
5T Reika Usui -4 F -4 68 68
5T Teresa Lu -4 F -4 68 68
8T @kiri Onitsuka -3 F -3 69 69
8T Akira Yamaji -3 *F -3 69 69
8T Lala Anai -3 *F -3 69 69
8T Karen Gondo -3 *F -3 69 69
8T Seonwoo Bae -3 F -3 69 69
8T Shoko Sasaki -3 F -3 69 69
8T Momoko Ueda -3 F -3 69 69
8T Momoka Miura -3 F -3 69 69
8T Moeno Tan -3 *F -3 69 69

yui kawamoto seems for real... she won 4 times last year on the step up tour, she is -11 after round two with no bogeys...  there is a nice video on the jlpga website (the very last video posted) where she won over hana wakimoto who was the runnerup.

wakimoto is 5 back after round two, her knowledge of her home course may not be enough to overcome kawamoto.