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Post by philknj on Nov 25, 2019 11:50:42 GMT
Stage One starts Tuesday at three locations nowhere near each other. Stage Two is at Kodama GC, Dec. 3-6.
Bosa CC - 'A'
Yuri Yoshida
Aya Ezawa Hiroko Fukushima
Ise CC - 'B'
Yuka Yasuda Ayaka Matsumori Yuna Nishimura
Shunan CC - 'C'
Ayaka Watanabe Mayu Hattori
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Post by 18majors on Nov 25, 2019 13:35:14 GMT
'A': Yuka Saso
"B': Princess Superal
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Post by jlpgafan on Nov 25, 2019 17:41:34 GMT
phil: thanks for the info about ayaka watanabe, hope she does well in qschool... she had many missed cuts this year, hope it was not due to injury. she was the first japanese player that i noticed many many years ago during a british womens open (forgot what year) ... http://instagram.com/p/BypgUttFeBU
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Post by SoYeonFan on Nov 25, 2019 22:01:09 GMT
Natsuka and Kotone Hori are in Group A. Good luck to both of them.
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Post by philknj on Nov 26, 2019 10:19:33 GMT
I don't know how many players advance from each site.
GROUP A
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1 Yiyi Liu -2 -2 70 70 2T Yoko Ogawa -1 -1 71 71 2T Aya Ezawa -1 -1 71 71 2T Yuri Yoshida -1 -1 71 71 5T Rie Tsuji 0 0 72 72 5T Nozomi Uetake 0 0 72 72 5T Yumika Adachi 0 0 72 72 5T Mio Kotaki 0 0 72 72 5T Mao Saigo 0 0 72 72 5T Sarina Kobayashi 0 0 72 72 5T Himawari Ogura 0 0 72 72 5T Yoshimi Koda 0 0 72 72 5T Hiroko Fukushima 0 0 72 72 5T Haruka Kudo 0 0 72 72
15T Rio Ishii +1 +1 73 73 15T Yukari Nishiyama +1 +1 73 73 15T Shin-Ae Ahn +1 +1 73 73
22T Akira Yamaji +2 +2 74 74 22T Yuka Saso +2 +2 74 74
39T Megumi Shimokawa +4 +4 76 76 39T Kotone Hori +4 +4 76 76
62T Jennifer Hirano +6 +6 78 78
71T Natsuka Hori +7 +7 79 79 71T Asami Kikuchi +7 +7 79 79
GROUP B
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1T Karen Tsuruoka -3 -3 69 69 1T Hana Lee -3 -3 69 69 1T Hikari Kawamitsu -3 -3 69 69 4T Chiaki Ishiyama -2 -2 70 70 4T Yuko Fukuda -2 -2 70 70 6T Mei Takagi -1 -1 71 71 6T Megumi Kisanuki -1 -1 71 71 6T Yuna Nishimura -1 -1 71 71 6T Yuka Yasuda -1 -1 71 71 6T Moeka Nishihata -1 -1 71 71 6T Miyu Yamashita -1 -1 71 71 12T Ayaka Matsumori 0 0 72 72
15T Princess Superal +1 +1 73 73
29T O Sattaya +3 +3 75 75
59T Kacie Komoto +6 +6 78 78
GROUP C
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1 Ayano Yasuda -6 -6 66 66 2T Mizuki Tanaka -1 -1 71 71 2T Kokone Yoshimoto -1 -1 71 71 4T Hikari Tanabe 0 0 72 72 4T Mihoko Iseri 0 0 72 72 4T Yuko Kogasaki 0 0 72 72 4T Simin Feng 0 0 72 72 4T Tsugumi Miyazaki 0 0 72 72 9T Akane Saeki +1 +1 73 73 9T Yu-Ling Hsieh +1 +1 73 73 9T Miyu Goto +1 +1 73 73 9T Erina Nakanishi +1 +1 73 73 9T Ayaka Watanabe +1 +1 73 73 9T Mika Saito +1 +1 73 73
15T Kumiko Kaneda +2 +2 74 74
23T Mayu Hattori +3 +3 75 75 23T Kaori Aoyama +3 +3 75 75 23T Miyuki Takeuchi +3 +3 75 75
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Post by jlpgafan on Nov 26, 2019 16:55:33 GMT
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Post by philknj on Nov 27, 2019 9:53:53 GMT
Naturally, the better names like Solar Lee will be in Stage Two.
GROUP A
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1 Rie Tsuji -4 -4 72 68 140 2T Haruka Kudo -2 -2 72 70 142 2T Himawari Ogura -2 -2 72 70 142 2T Yuri Yoshida -2 -1 71 71 142 5T Momoko Kishibe -1 -2 73 70 143 5T Nozomi Uetake -1 -1 72 71 143 5T Yiyi Liu -1 +1 70 73 143 8T Chie Sakai 0 -2 74 70 144 8T Mao Saigo 0 0 72 72 144 10T Akira Yamaji +1 -1 74 71 145 10T Yukari Nishiyama +1 0 73 72 145
12T Yuka Saso +2 0 74 72 146
16T Megumi Shimokawa +3 -1 76 71 147
21T Shin-Ae Ahn +4 +3 73 75 148 21T Aya Ezawa +4 +5 71 77 148
38T Rio Ishii +7 +6 73 78 151 54T Junko Omote +10 +4 78 76 154
63T Kotone Hori +12 +8 76 80 156
73T Jennifer Hirano +13 +7 78 79 157
85T Natsuka Hori +18 +11 79 83 162
GROUP B
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1T Miyu Yamashita -3 -2 71 70 141 1T Hana Lee -3 0 69 72 141 1T Karen Tsuruoka -3 0 69 72 141 4T Moeka Nishihata -2 -1 71 71 142 4T Yuka Yasuda -2 -1 71 71 142 4T Yuna Nishimura -2 -1 71 71 142 4T Hikari Kawamitsu -2 +1 69 73 142 8 Mei Takagi -1 0 71 72 143 9T Yumi Matsubara 0 0 72 72 144 9T Megumi Kisanuki 0 +1 71 73 144 11T Princess Superal +1 0 73 72 145
14T O Sattaya +2 -1 75 71 146
19T Ayaka Matsumori +4 +4 72 76 148
43T Kacie Komoto +9 +3 78 75 153
GROUP C
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1 Mizuki Tanaka -6 -5 71 67 138 2 Ayano Yasuda -4 +2 66 74 140 3T Narumi Yamada -1 -4 75 68 143 3T Kokone Yoshimoto -1 0 71 72 143 5T Yoko Maeda 0 -4 76 68 144 5T Ayaka Watanabe 0 -1 73 71 144 5T Akane Saeki 0 -1 73 71 144 8T Yu-Ling Hsieh +1 0 73 72 145 8T Simin Feng +1 +1 72 73 145 10T Szu-Han Chen +2 -2 76 70 146 10T Ririna Staiano +2 -3 77 69 146 10T Mikiko Nishi +2 0 74 72 146 10T Miyu Goto +2 +1 73 73 146 10T Tsugumi Miyazaki +2 +2 72 74 146
15T Kaori Aoyama +3 0 75 72 147 19T Miyuki Takeuchi +4 +1 75 73 148
27T Mayu Hattori +5 +2 75 74 149
38T Kumiko Kaneda +7 +5 74 77 151
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Post by SoYeonFan on Nov 27, 2019 19:09:20 GMT
Maybe Kotone Hori will give the Step-Up Tour another try. She is still young and has some good rounds on occasion.
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Post by philknj on Nov 28, 2019 9:31:58 GMT
No media coverage at all among my usual sources ... they're all at the tour championship, but next week's Stage Two should get a lot of action.
GROUP A
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1 Rie Tsuji -7 -3 72 68 69 209 2 Nozomi Uetake -1 0 72 71 72 215 3T Mao Saigo 0 0 72 72 72 216 3T Yiyi Liu 0 +1 70 73 73 216 3T Himawari Ogura 0 +2 72 70 74 216 6T Chie Sakai +1 +1 74 70 73 217 6T Yuri Yoshida +1 +3 71 71 75 217 6T Haruka Kudo +1 +3 72 70 75 217 9 Eri Joma +2 0 76 70 72 218 10T Megumi Shimokawa +3 0 76 71 72 219 10T Yuka Saso +3 +1 74 72 73 219 10T Akira Yamaji +3 +2 74 71 74 219
16T Shin-Ae Ahn +6 +2 73 75 74 222 16T Yukari Nishiyama +6 +5 73 72 77 222
24T Aya Ezawa +7 +3 71 77 75 223
31T Rio Ishii +8 +1 73 78 73 224
40T Junko Omote +10 0 78 76 72 226
42T Hiroko Fukushima +11 +5 72 78 77 227
55T Kotone Hori +14 +2 76 80 74 230
68T Jennifer Hirano +18 +5 78 79 77 234
71T Asami Kikuchi +19 +6 79 78 78 235
87T Natsuka Hori +33 +15 79 83 87 249
GROUP B
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1 Yuna Nishimura -6 -4 71 71 68 210 2 Miyu Yamashita -2 +1 71 70 73 214 3T Yuka Yasuda -1 +1 71 71 73 215 3T Karen Tsuruoka -1 +2 69 72 74 215 3T Hana Lee -1 +2 69 72 74 215 6T Ayaka Matsumori 0 -4 72 76 68 216 6T Chiaki Ishiyama 0 -1 70 75 71 216 6T Mei Takagi 0 +1 71 72 73 216 9T Hikari Kawamitsu +1 +3 69 73 75 217 9T Moeka Nishihata +1 +3 71 71 75 217
11T Princess Superal +3 +2 73 72 74 219
21T O Sattaya +7 +5 75 71 77 223
36T Kacie Komoto +12 +3 78 75 75 228
GROUP C
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1 Mizuki Tanaka -4 +2 71 67 74 212 2T Akane Saeki -1 -1 73 71 71 215 2T Ayano Yasuda -1 +3 66 74 75 215 4 Kokone Yoshimoto 0 +1 71 72 73 216 5 Narumi Yamada +1 +2 75 68 74 217 6T Szu-Han Chen +2 0 76 70 72 218 6T Simin Feng +2 +1 72 73 73 218 8T Miyu Shinkai +3 -1 76 72 71 219 8T Mami Kagasono +3 0 74 73 72 219 8T Rieru Shibusawa +3 0 74 73 72 219 8T Miyu Goto +3 +1 73 73 73 219 8T Ayaka Watanabe +3 +3 73 71 75 219 8T Yoko Maeda +3 +3 76 68 75 219
14T Miyuki Takeuchi +4 0 75 73 72 220
16T Kaori Aoyama +5 +2 75 72 74 221
28T Kumiko Kaneda +10 +3 74 77 75 226
45T Mayu Hattori +14 +9 75 74 81 230
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Post by philknj on Nov 29, 2019 11:54:47 GMT
GROUP A
RANK PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1 Rie Tsuji -11 72 68 69 68 277 2 Nozomi Uetake -4 72 71 72 69 284 3 Yiyi Liu 0 70 73 73 72 288 4 Chie Sakai +1 74 70 73 72 289 5 Yuri Yoshida +1 71 71 75 72 289 6 Mao Saigo +3 72 72 72 75 291 7 Megumi Shimokawa +4 76 71 72 73 292 8 Yuka Saso +4 74 72 73 73 292 9 Momoko Kishibe +5 73 70 79 71 293 10 Emi Sato +6 74 76 75 69 294 11 Shin-Ae Ahn +6 73 75 74 72 294 12 Haruka Kudo +6 72 70 75 77 294 13 Eri Joma +7 76 70 72 77 295 14 Akane Yoshino +8 76 75 74 71 296 15 Nana Yamashiro +8 75 74 76 71 296 16 Miyu Yamato +8 79 74 70 73 296 17 Anna Kono +8 77 71 74 74 296 18 Sarina Kobayashi +8 72 76 74 74 296 19 Kaori Yamamoto +8 75 71 74 76 296 20 Himawari Ogura +8 72 70 74 80 296 21 Yoko Ishikawa +9 79 75 70 73 297 22 Misae Yanagisawa +9 78 70 75 74 297
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26 Akira Yamaji +10 74 71 74 79 298
32 Yukari Nishiyama +12 73 72 77 78 300
36 Rio Ishii +13 73 78 73 77 301
39 Hiroko Fukushima +14 72 78 77 75 302 41 Aya Ezawa +14 71 77 75 79 302
47 Kotone Hori +16 76 80 74 74 304 50 Junko Omote +16 78 76 72 78 304
66 Asami Kikuchi +25 79 78 78 78 313 (Two words of advice for Erika's older sis: Brittany Henderson) 67 Jennifer Hirano +25 78 79 77 79 313
87 Natsuka Hori +41 79 83 87 80 329
GROUP B
RANK PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1 Yuna Nishimura -7 71 71 68 71 281 2 Miyu Yamashita -5 71 70 73 69 283 3 Hana Lee 0 69 72 74 73 288 4 Moeka Nishihata +1 71 71 75 72 289 5 Chiaki Ishiyama +2 70 75 71 74 290 6 Yuka Yasuda +2 71 71 73 75 290 7 Karen Tsuruoka +2 69 72 74 75 290 8 Princess Superal +4 73 72 74 73 292 9 Ayaka Matsumori +4 72 76 68 76 292 10 Airi Kameda +5 74 75 72 72 293 11 Tomoko Kanai +5 74 71 74 74 293 12 Rena Ishikawa +6 75 74 75 70 294 13 Yumi Matsubara +6 72 72 78 72 294 14 Yuko Fukuda +6 70 78 73 73 294 15 Yoshie Kobayashi +7 74 75 73 73 295 16 Hikari Kawamitsu +7 69 73 75 78 295 17 Eri Fukuyama +8 76 72 76 72 296 18 J.H Lee +8 77 73 73 73 296 19 Shiho Kawasaki +8 73 75 74 74 296 20 Ayano Nitta +8 73 76 72 75 296 21 Rui Aratake +9 75 73 75 74 297 22 Megumi Kisanuki +9 71 73 79 74 297
*****CUT********** 25 O Sattaya +10 75 71 77 75 298
43 Kacie Komoto +17 78 75 75 77 305 (might be time to put that Northwestern U sheepskin to good use)
GROUP C
RANK PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1 Mizuki Tanaka -5 71 67 74 71 283 2 Ayano Yasuda -2 66 74 75 71 286 3 Kokone Yoshimoto 0 71 72 73 72 288 4 Narumi Yamada +1 75 68 74 72 289 5 Tsugumi Miyazaki +2 72 74 74 70 290 6 Rieru Shibusawa +2 74 73 72 71 290 7 Miyu Goto +3 73 73 73 72 291 8 Yoko Maeda +3 76 68 75 72 291 9 Miyuki Takeuchi +4 75 73 72 72 292 10 Miyu Shinkai +4 76 72 71 73 292 11 Mami Kagasono +4 74 73 72 73 292 12 Akane Saeki +4 73 71 71 77 292 13 Ayaka Watanabe +5 73 71 75 74 293 14 Hikari Tanabe +6 72 76 75 71 294 15 Szu-Han Chen +6 76 70 72 76 294 16 Simin Feng +6 72 73 73 76 294
***CUT***** 18 Kaori Aoyama +7 75 72 74 74 295
21 Kumiko Kaneda +10 74 77 75 72 298
33 Mayu Hattori +14 75 74 81 72 302
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Post by SoYeonFan on Nov 29, 2019 21:18:10 GMT
Shin Ae Ahn didn't do anything spectacular but on to the next Tournament
Kotone Hori kept trying with last two rounds of seventy four.
Princess Mary Superal good to see her moving on as well.
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Post by philknj on Dec 2, 2019 4:02:20 GMT
They just posted the tee times for Tuesday, woo-hoo! Such an awesome event ... who will be crying on Friday? I assume it will be DARK for TV coverage and spectator attendance (again), which is a real shame.
JLPGA stands for "What Have You Done Lately?" Shoko Sasaki and Kotono Kozuma had three wins between them in 2018 and they are playing here in the same group! They'll look each other over at the 1st hole and say, "What the hell happened to us?" Solar Lee and Sharon are in separate groups with unknowns (to me). Ayaka Matsumori and Miyuki Takeuchi will be in a group I'd follow. Another good one is Yuka Yasuda with her royal majesty Princess Mary Superal.
Kodama GC is about 50 miles NW of Tokyo. Considering the calendar and location, the weather conditions will bearable with highs of 58F, 57F, 53F and 49F Tue. thru Fri. with no precip.
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While doing a look-up on Solar, I stumbled over this guy and his collection of golf videos ... quite interesting. Earlier this year, he was in Japan and got to play with Kacie Komoto, who bombed out of Stage One last week. I know I implied that she should quit touring golf, but I take that back after watching this. American women golfers need all the support they can get, regardless of what stage they are on. Oh, and I saw her at the 2016 USWA ... no shame in getting walloped by Hye Jin Choi.
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Post by philknj on Dec 3, 2019 10:27:51 GMT
I don't know this year's magic number ... it was top-33 last year, which didn't stop Shibuno who was ranked 40th. Thumbs up to Getty Images for covering all four rounds.
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1T Anna Kono -6 -6 66 66 1T Megumi Kido -6 -6 66 66 3T Kokone Yoshimoto -4 -4 68 68 3T Hiroko Azuma -4 -4 68 68 5 Fumika Kawagishi -3 -3 69 69 6T Yuka Yasuda -2 -2 70 70 6T Seira Oki -2 -2 70 70 6T Seungji Han -2 -2 70 70 6T Miki Uehara -2 -2 70 70 6T Ayano Yasuda -2 -2 70 70 6T Miyuki Takeuchi -2 -2 70 70 6T Sumika Nakasone -2 -2 70 70 6T Ayako Kimura -2 -2 70 70 6T Phoebe Yao -2 -2 70 70 15T Solar Lee -1 -1 71 71 15T Yuting Seki -1 -1 71 71 15T Shin-Ae Ahn -1 -1 71 71 15T Reika Usui -1 -1 71 71
28T Rie Tsuji 0 0 72 72 28T Asako Fujimoto 0 0 72 72 28T Yuri Yoshida 0 0 72 72 28T Megumi Shimokawa 0 0 72 72 28T Shoko Sasaki 0 0 72 72
41T Simin Feng +1 +1 73 73 41T Jae-Eun Chung +1 +1 73 73 41T Hikari Fujita +1 +1 73 73 41T Yuka Saso +1 +1 73 73
41T Saiki Fujita +1 +1 73 73 41T Karen Gondo +1 +1 73 73
57T Princess Superal +2 +2 74 74 57T Yuna Nishimura +2 +2 74 74 57T Ayaka Matsumori +2 +2 74 74 57T Ayaka Watanabe +2 +2 74 74
73T Erina Hara +3 +3 75 75
90T Yumiko Yoshida +6 +6 78 78 90T Kotono Kozuma +6 +6 78 78
Sharon
Yuka Yasuda
Ting Ting
Ayako Kimura
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Post by jumpcut on Dec 3, 2019 14:18:31 GMT
Solar & Ting Ting in same group for Round 2. Pairing of the year.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Dec 3, 2019 18:17:43 GMT
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