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Post by philknj on Jul 17, 2023 11:27:11 GMT
Starts Thursday for a field of 120 ... top-60 make the cut. Erika Hara has been out for the last several weeks recovering from hip surgery, but will return to the tour in early August.
TV on the weekend (Japan time) -
■ TV Tokyo
July 22 (Sat) 16:00-17:15 (LIVE)
July 23 (Sun) 14:00-15:15 (LIVE)
Rogue YT video lookup -
大東建託・いい部屋ネットレディス
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Post by philknj on Jul 19, 2023 7:33:30 GMT
The Queens Hill GC is a new venue for this event ... opened in 1992 in Itoshima City, which is roughly the same latitude as Jeju Island ... it will be mid to high 80s this week and they'll be dodging t-storms. The course map has blue stuff on most of the holes ... par-4 18th is 435 yards:
Tuesday prep:
Mi Jeon Jeong
Hana Lee
Saiki Fujita
On the town Tuesday night:
Nanoko Hayashi, Rumi Yoshiba and Yui Kawamoto
Chisato and Aki Iwai .,.. you can tell them apart by noticing that Aki is always the more butch-looking of the two.
Mamiko Higa and Kana Nagai
Wednesday prep -
Erika Kikuchi
Back from making some $ at the USWO, Kana Mikashima ...
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Post by philknj on Jul 19, 2023 12:08:39 GMT
Starting this week, the JLPGA will use Yamato Transport to send everyone's golf bag on a dedicated flight to the next tournament and continue doing this through the end of the season in November ... not clear if that also includes the players regular luggage. The increase in 4-day events helped prompt this change. I thought they already had a service like this, but I guess not. From the JLPGA press release:
The Women's Professional Golfers' Association of Japan will continue to aim for the continuous growth and development of the tour by streamlining operations and realizing unified hospitality for players by connecting the entire tour horizontally.
Handle with care Sunday night ... especially the RomaRo bag with the weird unknown (to me) irons.
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Post by jumpcut on Jul 19, 2023 12:58:27 GMT
The Women's Professional Golfers' Association of Japan will continue to aim for the continuous growth and development of the tour by streamlining operations and realizing unified hospitality for players by connecting the entire tour horizontally. That is some impressive corporate doublespeak. They could use it to announce just about anything. I guess it's better to be horizontal than vertical. |
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jul 20, 2023 4:12:13 GMT
Good start Kotone is minus three through eighth hole.
Yui Kawamoto made birdie on her first hole, a long way to go but at least she made a birdie.
She said that she was going to try harder on her Instagram
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Post by philknj on Jul 20, 2023 13:37:49 GMT
As usual, the Korean Golf News IG has nothing posted on The Unknown Korean. 
BTY, only 8 birdies in 120 tries at the par-4 18th with a GIR percentage of 45.8 ... the LPGA would blow up this hole.
POS PLAYER SCORE HOLE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL
1T Hana Lee -7 *F -7 65 65
1T Yuri Yoshida -7 F -7 65 65
3T Yuka Yasuda -6 *F -6 66 66
3T Miyuu Yamashita -6 *F -6 66 66
3T Miyu Goto -6 F -6 66 66
3T Seira Oki -6 *F -6 66 66
7T Rio Takeda -5 *F -5 67 67
7T Sayaka Takahashi -5 *F -5 67 67
7T Miyuu Abe -5 *F -5 67 67
7T Nana Suganuma -5 *F -5 67 67
7T Chisato Iwai -5 *F -5 67 67
7T Kotone Hori -5 F -5 67 67
7T Hikaru Yoshimoto -5 F -5 67 67
7T Mio Kotaki -5 *F -5 67 67
7T Shuri Sakuma -5 F -5 67 67
7T Miyu Shinkai -5 *F -5 67 67
The Unknown Korean was not shown in the two JLPGA highlight YT videos from Round One ... that will change soon, her swing is too pure to be denied forever.
Hori Two
Yuri Yoshida
Yuka Yasuda with older sis on bag
Kana Nagai (-1)
She does five hits with one of these pads and records it every day.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jul 20, 2023 15:04:57 GMT
Great first round by Kotone Hori minus five, good start by Yui Kawamoto minus two.
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Post by philknj on Jul 21, 2023 11:36:50 GMT
The score of -4 tied the tour record for lowest cut line and 60 players made it. An article says they had heavy rain there ten days ago and have restricted the cutting of the greens, which are stimping only 9.25.
POS PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL
1 Mio Kotaki -12 -7 67 65 132
2 Yuri Yoshida -11 -4 65 68 133
3T Miyu Goto -10 -4 66 68 134
3T Saki Nagamine -10 -6 68 66 134
3T Nana Suganuma -10 -5 67 67 134
6T Yuka Nii -9 -6 69 66 135
6T Miyuu Yamashita -9 -3 66 69 135
8T Hana Lee -8 -1 65 71 136
8T Shuri Sakuma -8 -3 67 69 136
8T Seira Oki -8 -2 66 70 136
8T Akie Iwai -8 -5 69 67 136
8T Sakura Koiwai -8 -6 70 66 136
8T Mizuki Ooide -8 -6 70 66 136
8T Yui Kawamoto -8 -6 70 66 136
8T Saiki Fujita -8 -6 70 66 136
8T Yuting Seki -8 -6 70 66 136
8T Eri Fukuyama -8 -7 71 65 136
8T Mami Fukuda -8 -4 68 68 136
8T Miyuu Abe -8 -3 67 69 136
8T Yuka Yasuda -8 -2 66 70 136
Nana Suganuma
Momoko Ueda (-4) still gaming those old shovels
Yui
Saku-chan and Akie Iwai
Two Yoshida's might be on the red carpet on Sunday:
Yuri Yoshida
Rin Yoshida (-4) trails by one shot for low am
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jul 21, 2023 15:35:40 GMT
Really good round by Yui Kawamoto sixty-six and a tie for eight place.
Kotone Hori ok round of minus one she is maybe getting her game back.
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Post by philknj on Jul 22, 2023 11:59:24 GMT
Saturday's broadcast didn't hold my interest from the start as they announced it was a rain-shortened 54-hole event.
POS PLAYER SCORE HOLE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL
1 Mio Kotaki -12 12:50 67 65 132
2 Yuri Yoshida -11 12:50 65 68 133
3T Mi-Jeong Jeon -10 10 -5 70 69 139
3T Mami Fukuda -10 3 -2 68 68 136
3T Sakura Koiwai -10 2 -2 70 66 136
3T Nana Suganuma -10 12:40 67 67 134
3T Saki Nagamine -10 12:40 68 66 134
3T Miyu Goto -10 12:50 66 68 134
9T Mone Inami -9 10 -4 69 70 139
9T Kotoko Uchida -9 9 -4 69 70 139
9T Chisato Iwai -9 6 -2 67 70 137
9T Sayaka Takahashi -9 6 -2 67 70 137
9T Hinako Yamauchi -9 4 -2 69 68 137
9T Yuting Seki -9 3 -1 70 66 136
9T Saiki Fujita -9 2 -1 70 66 136
9T Yui Kawamoto -9 2 -1 70 66 136
9T Akie Iwai -9 2 -1 69 67 136
9T Miyuu Yamashita -9 1 0 66 69 135
9T Yuka Nii -9 12:40 69 66 135
Miyuu Abe (-8)
Hikaru Yoshimoto (-6)
Yui
Kana Mikashima (-4)
Rumi Yoshiba (-6) and Mi Jeong Jeon
Sakura Koiwai
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jul 23, 2023 3:42:19 GMT
Great round by Yui Kawamoto minus five, tied for eight place at minus thirteen.
Kotone Hori also had a really good round of minus four a twenty fifth tie at minus ten.
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Post by philknj on Jul 23, 2023 12:47:44 GMT
POS PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R TOTAL PRIZE
1 Mio Kotaki -18 67 65 66 198 ¥16,200,000 2T Sakura Koiwai -16 70 66 64 200 ¥7,110,000 2T Yuri Yoshida -16 65 68 67 200 ¥7,110,000 4 Akie Iwai -15 69 67 65 201 ¥5,400,000 5T Hana Lee -14 65 71 66 202 ¥3,750,000 5T Miyuu Yamashita -14 66 69 67 202 ¥3,750,000 5T Yuka Nii -14 69 66 67 202 ¥3,750,000 8T Yui Kawamoto -13 70 66 67 203 ¥2,250,000 8T Shuri Sakuma -13 67 69 67 203 ¥2,250,000 8T Saki Nagamine -13 68 66 69 203 ¥2,250,000
Gear geeks are on the edge of their seats waiting for the WITB data of an Akira staffer.   ...
... and it's not just the irons.
Low am Hinano Muguruma (-7)
Ting Ting (-12)
Mami Fukuda (-5)
The Unknown Korean still banging on the door. 
The uninviting path to the 18th green
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Post by philknj on Jul 24, 2023 10:32:18 GMT
Mio Kotaki's WITB ... she bought the 2012 Rocketbalz FWs while in high school:
Driver: Akira ADR PLATINUM (9.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical VANQUISH (Length 46 inches, Weight 50g, Hardness SR)
3,5W: Taylormade RBZ (15,19° genuine RB-50 SR,S)
UT: AKIRA ADR Platinum (21,24°Tour AD HY65 SR)
6I-PW: AKIRA prototype KS-901FH (NS850 neo R)
A, SW: AKIRA Tour Wedge IV (48, 52, 58° NS950 neo S)
PT: Odyssey 2-BALL TEN Triple Track
BALL: Titleist Pro V1
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Older pics of Kotaki indicate some interesting gear choices ... turned pro in 2017 gaming Nike woods and probably a Bridgestone ball (she wore a 'B' glove). In 2018 she wore a Maruman or Majesty visor and played a Maruman Majesty driver. She switched to Akira in 2019.
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