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Post by philknj on Aug 21, 2023 9:52:12 GMT
Starts Thursday for a field of 120 ... top-60 plus ties make the cut. The Shinster is back in action and Baba-chan(a) is also playing. One of the washouts who got in was Kotono Kozuma ... three-for-three in trunk slams on the big tour this year, but made the cut in three of four scrub tour events, picking up a cool ¥259,000 ... or about $1,777 USD.   Her brother Jinichiro Kozuma is still in the game ... looks like he quit or got dumped by LIV Golf, because he has played a full schedule in Japan this year ... 6th in driving distance at 305, but needs help everywhere else. He also played the 2023 Kolon Korea Open.
Weekend TV (Japan time) -
■ TV Tokyo
Saturday, August 26, 16:00-17:15 (recording)
August 27th (Sun) 14:00-15:15 (LIVE)
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Post by philknj on Aug 23, 2023 14:31:08 GMT
The Shinster showed up this week and was confused when people were congratulating her for being Number One. She was unaware that the JLPGA issued Mercedes Points for participation in overseas Majors ... thanks to nailing the USWO and the AIG WO, she has a small lead over Yamashita for #1.
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What is Nitori? The answer from Wikipedia:
Nitori Co., Ltd is a Japanese furniture and home accessories retail company. It is the largest furniture and home furnishing chain in Japan. Founded in 1967 by the company's current President Akio Nitori. Nitori currently has more than 400 stores in Japan and more than 50 stores in Taiwan, the United States and China.
Nitori's headquarters are located in Sapporo, Japan.
The company's products are sold in the United States under the Aki-Home brand name.
In November 2010, Nitori Holdings, Inc. was established as a wholly owned subsidiary of Nitori Holdings (holding company) following the transition to a holding company structure, which was established in 2012 and began operating stores under the name "AKi-Home" (after Akio's name) the following year.
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Team Nitori:
Also on Team Nitori is Miroko Suto (turned 12 recently) who was in the pro-am ... per this article from July, 2022 she was already up to 11 sponsors:
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Post by philknj on Aug 24, 2023 11:14:09 GMT
Bad weather suspended Round One.
POS PLAYER SCORE HOLE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL
1 Mizuki Ooide -6 F -6 66 66
2T Jiyai Shin -5 *F -5 67 67
2T Rio Takeda -5 F -5 67 67
2T Hana Wakimoto -5 F -5 67 67
5T Kotoko Uchida -4 F -4 68 68
5T Mone Inami -4 *F -4 68 68
7T Sayaka Takahashi -3 6 -3
7T Mana Shinozaki -3 *14 -3
7T Akie Iwai -3 5 -3
7T Fumika Kawagishi -3 *F -3 69 69
7T Ai Suzuki -3 *F -3 69 69
7T Erika Hara -3 *F -3 69 69
7T Minami Hiruta -3 *F -3 69 69
Chairwoman Mao (E)
Baba-chan (-1)
Sakura Koiwai (+3)
SW Bae (E thru 8 holes)
Ting Ting (E)
Hori Two (+1)
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Post by philknj on Aug 25, 2023 11:47:47 GMT
Round Two suspended due to darkness. The current cut line is +1.
POS PLAYER SCORE HOLE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL
1T Momoko Ueda -6 *F -5 71 67 138
1T Yuri Yoshida -6 *F -4 70 68 138
3T Jiyai Shin -5 11 0 67 67
3T Mirai Hamasaki -5 *1 -3 70 70
3T Ai Suzuki -5 9 -2 69 69
3T Hana Wakimoto -5 *18 0 67 67
3T Minami Hiruta -5 7 -2 69 69
3T Akie Iwai -5 *F -1 68 71 139
9T Erika Hara -4 7 -1 69 69
9T Mone Inami -4 7 0 68 68
9T Erika Kikuchi -4 *F -4 72 68 140
Minami Hiruta ... Google mush caption says, "The evening green, which had been used all day, was quite rough and difficult."
Erika Kikuchi
Yuri Yoshida
Yui (+3 thru 25 holes)
The Shinster
Ayaka Watanabe (+4)
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Post by SoYeonFan on Aug 26, 2023 2:36:33 GMT
Yui Kawamoto made birdies on seventeen and eighteen to make the cut on the number.
Every cut made means she pick up points which helps.
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Post by philknj on Aug 26, 2023 12:03:09 GMT
The cut was +1 and 63 players made it.
POS PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL
1T Erika Kikuchi -9 -5 72 68 67 207
1T Jiyai Shin -9 -4 67 72 68 207
1T Akie Iwai -9 -4 68 71 68 207
4T Yuting Seki -8 -4 72 68 68 208
4T Kotoko Uchida -8 -4 68 72 68 208
4T Fumika Kawagishi -8 -3 69 70 69 208
4T Yuri Yoshida -8 -2 70 68 70 208
4T Momoko Ueda -8 -2 71 67 70 208
9T Miyu Sato -7 -3 74 66 69 209
9T Minami Hiruta -7 -2 69 70 70 209
9T Erika Hara -7 -2 69 70 70 209
9T Rio Takeda -7 -2 67 72 70 209
Momoko Ueda
Ting Ting
Kokona Sakurai (E)
Sakura Koiwai (+1)
The Unknown Korean (-5)
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Post by philknj on Aug 27, 2023 11:28:06 GMT
After a couple of weather delays, they decided to wipe out Round Four and sent three players out in a playoff, which started and ended at the par-3 17th hole:
Erika Kikuchi, Akie Iwai and The Shinster
The result:
Career win #6
The prize money was cut, but not the prizes.
Baba-chan was low am
Sunday was only exercise for Erika Hara, but she's still 4-for-4 in cuts made since coming back from her hip/back medical procedure. I don't know if she stills plans to try LPGA q-school this year, or put it off for another year.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Aug 27, 2023 18:44:54 GMT
Yui Kawamoto wasn't able to pick up many points 2.63 but better than none I guess. She has something in common with Lydia Ko after Lydia second round they both were dead last.  |
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Post by philknj on Aug 29, 2023 10:08:07 GMT
Erika's WITB ... she used to game the Japan-only version of Titleist gear, but it doesn't appear that way now.
Driver: Titleist TSi4 (10 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Composite SPEEDER NX GREEN (Length 44.5 inches, Weight 50g, Hardness SR)
Grip: Iomic Sticky Opus2 1.8
Fairway Wood: Progear RS5 (3rd 15 degrees, 5th 18 degrees)
Utility: Titleist 816 H1 (4th 21st, 5th 25th, 6th 27th)
Irons: Titleist T300 (#7-PW)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM9 (46, 52, 58 degrees)
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG 2 Ball Blade
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
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Her brother Jinichiro Kozuma is still in the game ... looks like he quit or got dumped by LIV Golf, because he has played a full schedule in Japan this year ... 6th in driving distance at 305, but needs help everywhere else. He also played the 2023 Kolon Korea Open.
