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Post by philknj on Dec 28, 2019 17:11:25 GMT
This takes place Jan. 17 thru 19 at Orient Golf & CC in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. With Hitachi's involvement and a purse of NT$10,000,000 (about $332K USD), they'll have one of the better fields for this tour ... includes: Parinda Phokan (defending champ), Pei Ying Tsai, Babe Liu, Jessica Peng, Min Lee, SC Cheng, Supamas Sangchan, Doris Chen, Kyoka Matsumori, Teresa Lu, Phoebe Yao, Mamiko Higa, Eri Okayama, Saki Asai, Miki Sakai and You Sang Hou (71.33 avg. during three fall events of 2019-20 U of Arizona season as a junior). The total field will be 108 with a cut at top-60 plus ties. There are also seven unfilled sponsor invites ... the better-known candidates might include Candie Kung, Wei Ling Hsu, Vivian Hou (70.33 avg. during five fall events of 2019-20 U of Arizona season as a freshman) and Yani Tseng. BTW, did you know Yani bought Annika's old house?
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Post by philknj on Jan 3, 2020 10:22:17 GMT
All the open invite spots have been filled and Vivian (Yu-Chiang) Hou is the only notable player among them.
One other player worth mentioning is Tzu-Chi Lin, age 29, who won last month in Taiwan, her 8th pro win. She wants to give the LPGA a shot by returning to the Symetra Tour in 2020, which she played sporadically going back to 2009 ($76K in career earnings). She finished T-74 at the 2019 Taiwan Swinging Skirts.
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Post by philknj on Jan 14, 2020 16:16:08 GMT
The site above will have a LIVE broadcast for Rounds Two and Three (Taiwan time) -
Saturday - 1 PM Sunday - 1 PM
They are 13 hours ahead of the US east coast.
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Searched around for postings on this event and came across an obscure Japanese pro, Hikaru Teranishi, age 19, plays the Asian scrub tours I assume (has no profile on the JLPGA website).
Departed Japan ...
... and arrived safely.
With Ting Ting last May
This might be a world record - nine unique logos on a golf shirt (front and back)
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Post by philknj on Jan 16, 2020 11:26:38 GMT
Team JLPGA showed up -
Eri Okayama, Saki Asai, Phoebe Yao, Mamiko Higa, Miki Sakai and Ayaka Watanabe.
Saki Asai (right) with U of Arizona Wildcat Ya Chun Chang (center) ... don't know the one on the left.
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Post by philknj on Jan 16, 2020 21:46:48 GMT
Teresa Lu and Parinda Phokan
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Post by philknj on Jan 17, 2020 9:15:58 GMT
Round One -
1 - CHEN, Chih-Min * -5 67
T2 - Punpaka PHUNTUMABAMRUNG -4 68
T2 - LIU, Babe -4 68
T2 - Haruka AMAMOTO * -4 68
T5 - Li-Ning WANG * -3 69
T5 - YAO, Phoebe -3 69
T5 - LIN, Tzu-Chi -3 69
8 - Miyu ARAKI * -2 70
T9 - TSAI, Hsin-En * -1 71
T9 - CHEN Yu-Ju -1 71
T9 - CHEN Szu-Han -1 71
T9 - Yu-Chiang,HOU (A) -1 71
T9 - Chonlada CHAYANUN -1 71
T9 - Yumi Sasahara * -1 71
T9 - Sayaka SHIMURA * -1 71
T16 - Jessica PENG E 72
T16 - CHENG Ssu-Chia E 72
T16 - Mamiko HIGA E 72
T27 - Min LEE +1 73
T27 - TSAI Pei-Ying +1 73
T27 - Teresa LU +1 73
T27 - PARK Jin Hee2 +1 73
T37 - Ya-Chun,CHANG (A) +2 74
T37 - Supamas SANGCHAN +2 74
T37 - Kyoka MATSUMORI * +2 74
T37 - Eri OKAYAMA +2 74
T37 - Hikaru TERANISHI * +2 74
T48 - SAKAI, Miki +3 75
T48 - Saki Asai +3 75
T75 - Parinda PHOKAN +5 77
T101 - Hou, Yu-sang (A) +9 81
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Post by philknj on Jan 17, 2020 23:39:40 GMT
Besides the website link I posted earlier in the week, YouTube will also carry Rounds 2 and 3, starting at 1 PM (Taiwan time) -
Saturday -
Sunday -
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Pei Ying Tsai
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Post by philknj on Jan 18, 2020 13:18:11 GMT
I skimmed through the replay on YouTube. It was 14C (about 57F), but many players wore ski caps and earmuffs.  I was wondering when one of the JLPGAers was finally going to assert herself here in the minor minor leagues and the best one did so.
T1 - CHEN Yu-Ju -7 - - - 71 66 137
T1 - Mamiko HIGA -7 - - - 72 65 137
3 - Yu-Chiang,HOU (A) -5 - - - 71 68 139
T4 - Hanna CHEN -4 - - - 73 67 140
T4 - LIU, Babe -4 - - - 68 72 140
T6 - Li-Ning WANG -3 - - - 69 72 141
T6 - CHEN, Chih-Min -3 - - - 67 74 141
T6 - Haruka AMAMOTO -3 - - - 68 73 141
T9 - Punpaka PHUNTUMABAMRUNG -2 - - - 68 74 142
T9 - CHOU, Yi-Tsen -2 - - - 73 69 142
T9 - YAO, Phoebe -2 - - - 69 73 142
T9 - CHENG Ssu-Chia -2 - - - 72 70 142
T9 - CHEN Szu-Han -2 - - - 71 71 142
T14 - TSAI Pei-Ying -1 - - - 73 70 143
T22 - Min LEE +1 - - - 73 72 145
T22 - Ya-Chun,CHANG (A) +1 - - - 74 71 145
T31 - Teresa LU +2 - - - 73 73 146
T39 - Eri OKAYAMA +3 - - - 74 73 147
T46 - SAKAI, Miki +4 - - - 75 73 148
T46 - PARK Jin Hee2 +4 - - - 73 75 148
T46 - Kyoka MATSUMORI +4 - - - 74 74 148
T62 - Supamas SANGCHAN +6 - - - 74 76 150
T62 - Saki Asai +6 - - - 75 75 150
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Jessica PENG +7 72 79 151
Parinda PHOKAN * +7 77 74 151
Hikaru TERANISHI +8 74 78 152
Hou, Yu-sang * (A) +11 81 74 155
Yu-Chiang Hou (A) during first round ... forget about promoting U. of Arizona, she's in Asia trying to make friends with CTBC bank (cap) and the Descente group (sweater). In round two, she wore a Hilfiger sweater. I'm glad she made the final group for round three ... curious to see how good she really is.
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Post by philknj on Jan 22, 2020 13:51:14 GMT
You might be hearing more about this Taiwanese Namdalla, who drove the green at the par-4 15th (306 yards) on Sunday. She won last year on Korea's Dream tour and will be a regular on Korea's big tour in 2020.
 
Mamiko Higa and low am Yu-Chiang Hou
Pos Player Hole Today ToPar R1 R2 R3 Total
1 CHEN Yu-Ju F -3 -10 71 66 69 206
2 Yu-Chiang,HOU(A) F -4 -9 71 68 68 207
T3 LIU, Babe F -4 -8 68 72 68 208
T3 Haruka AMAMOTO F -5 -8 68 73 67 208
T5 CHEN, Chih-Min F -4 -7 67 74 68 209
T5 CHANG, Hsuan-Ping F -6 -7 72 71 66 209
T5 Mamiko HIGA F E -7 72 65 72 209
8 Hanna CHEN F -2 -6 73 67 70 210
T9 Li-Ning WANG F -1 -4 69 72 71 212
T9 TSAI Pei-Ying F -3 -4 73 70 69 212
T11 2 YAO, Phoebe -3 69 73 71 213
T11 2 CHENG Ssu-Chia -3 72 70 71 213
T15 7 Min LEE -1 73 72 70 215
T15 16 Teresa LU * -1 73 73 69 215
T23 16 Eri OKAYAMA * +1 74 73 70 217
T32 14 PARK Jin Hee2 * +3 73 75 71 219
T40 6 SAKAI, Miki * +4 75 73 72 220
T40 22 Supamas SANGCHAN * +4 74 76 70 220
T50 28 Ya-Chun,CHANG (A) +5 74 71 76 221
T53 7 Kyoka MATSUMORI * +6 74 74 74 222
T61 1 Saki Asai * +7 75 75 73 223
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I was wondering when one of the JLPGAers was finally going to assert herself here in the minor minor leagues and the best one did so.
