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Post by philknj on Mar 10, 2024 17:37:59 GMT
It runs March 15-17. Has the KLPGA been in Thailand before? I'm guessing yes, but I'm too lazy to confirm that.
Blue Canyon GC (Blue Canyon course) is rated #6 in Thailand by the top-100 golf course website. Quite a few comments posted about it ... the general drift is that it used to be top-notch long ago, but has noticeably gone downhill since then.
Only a field of 72, which includes 12 invites (11 of them are Thais). A few of the Thais are ex-LPGA washouts ... that does NOT include Yubol ... she could win here ... why not, she beat China's 'A' list on its home turf (and everyone else) at the Asian Games.
Ga Eun Song wasn't kidding when she said she planned to play the JLPGA and KLPGA this year ... she'll fly in from Singapore for this one, then go to Japan the following week.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Mar 11, 2024 2:54:04 GMT
Schedule: 03.15~03.17 Venue: Blue Canyon Sponsor: Blue Canyon Cc Purse: 650,000 Format: 54Hole Stroke Play Par 72 Yard 6491 Broadcast: SBS (Korean Time) aqstream.com/sbsg/SBS-Golf-Stream-21R,2R,3R 15.00~18:00 First Tournament Invite Pornanong Phatlum |
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Post by klpgaenglish on Mar 11, 2024 11:20:36 GMT
No time for anything.
Players in Singapore flew straight to Thailand surely.
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Post by HappyFan on Mar 11, 2024 17:38:07 GMT
To be clear, Yubol beat a team of three teenage Korean amateurs at the Asian Games. Here she will be facing the full cream of the KLPGA pros. Night and day difference.
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Post by HappyFan on Mar 12, 2024 13:52:12 GMT
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Post by HappyFan on Mar 12, 2024 14:42:44 GMT
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Post by SoYeonFan on Mar 13, 2024 3:16:09 GMT
Pairings (Notables)
1H
09:00
Hae Rym Kim
Kabin Choi
Ga Eun Song
09:20
Ye Sung Jun
Seung Hui Roe
Thanita
09:30
Ye Rim Choi
Ga Young Lee
Meesom Phan
09:40
Jung Min Hong
Ju Young Park
Onkanok Suisuwan
09:50
Ji Won Hong
Yun Ji Jeong
Sherman
10:10
Ma Da Som
So Young Lee
Budsabakom
10:20
Su Ji Kim
Min Ji Park
Arpichaya Yubol
10:30
Shin Sil Bang
Ji U Ko
Wassawan
10:40
Hyun Kyung Park
Min Byeol Kim
Kornkamol
10:50
Ji Young Park
You Min Hwang
Patcharajutar
11:00
Jae Hee Kim
Yewon Lee
Pornanong Phatlum
10H
09:10
Sun Ju Ahn
Je Yeong Lee
Hyo Ju You
09:20
Jin Seon Han
Gyeol Park
Da Been Heo
10:10
Do Eun Park
So Hyun Bae
Jeong Mee Hwang
10:20
Han Sol Ji
Min Ju Kim
Hee Jeong Lim
10:30
Eun Woo Choi
A Yean Cho
Min Kyung Choi
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Post by HappyFan on Mar 14, 2024 3:46:17 GMT
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Post by philknj on Mar 15, 2024 7:29:48 GMT
Jae Hee Kim spent strokes and money trying to get out of a bunker at the par-5 11th ... where she just made a triple ... the pond near this green has brown water (maybe an optical illusion?).
Kongraphran is being shown ... an ex-LPGA hustler who plays the Asian pineapple tours.
Jeong Mi Hwang and Iron Cho are tied for first at -5, but haven't received any TV time ... I can't wait for that, I'm going back to bed ... some of us have to get up in the morning.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Mar 15, 2024 15:34:52 GMT
Hee Jeong Lim had another over par first round.
She will be just fine, I hope soon.
She needs to start contending, that's the only way that she will get on the broadcast.
I didn't watch the first round but will watch the second because of A Yean Cho and Jeong Mee Hwang
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Post by HappyFan on Mar 15, 2024 17:15:57 GMT
They showed Ayean on the final hole (they pronounced her name ehh-on (like the Risk Reward), not the correct way, which is EYE-on; see what happens when we don't correct A Lim Kim's pronunciation?). Great to see her on a leaderboard. Jeong Mee Hwang was also shown playing 9, her final hole, but she kind of bungled that one and made bogey.
Min Byeol Kim got a lot of coverage. It's hard to see why she didn't play better. Tee to green she looked good, although she did end up in a few fairway bunkers. She was missing a lot of makeable birdie putts by a smidge (makeable = less than 8 feet). Then she would miss a green and not get up and down. So I guess I'm saying she needs to work on her short game a little. But I'm not too concerned; she has only played outside of Korea so far this year, and she's still learning how to do that.
On 11, Jae Hee took two shots to get out of the bunker, and when she did, the ball went straight up in the air and landed about five feet past the bunker, still not on the green. Ouch!
The mystery Thai woman commentator was asked by Kate Burton what impressed her the most about the Koreans? She replied, "well, the way they look". LOL. She then credited their uncanny accuracy off the tee.
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Post by HappyFan on Mar 15, 2024 17:26:30 GMT
Scores:
1 Hee Ji Kim -6 66(1) 66
T2 Jeong Mee Hwang -5 67(2) 67
- Ayean Cho -5 67(2) 67
- Jin Seon Han -5 67(2) 67
- Hye Lim Jo -5 67(2) 67
T6 Shin Sil Bang -4 68(6) 68
- Min Kyung Choi -4 68(6) 68
- Yewon Lee -4 68(6) 68
- Phannarai Meesum-US -4 68(6) 68
Notables:
T10 So Young Lee -3 69(10) 69
- Gyeol Park -3 69(10) 69
- Youmin Hwang -3 69(10) 69
- Min A Yoon -3 69(10) 69
T16 Su Ji Kim -2 70(16) 70
- Pornanong Phatlum -2 70(16) 70
- PK Konkraphan -2 70(16) 70
- Sun Ju Ahn -2 70(16) 70
T22 Hyun Kyung Park -1 71(22) 71
T34 Min Byeol Kim Even 72(34) 72
T41 Hyo Ju You +1 73(41) 73
T45 Min Ji Park +2 74(45) 74
- Ji Young Park +2 74(45) 74
- Hee Jeong Lim +2 74(45) 74
T49 Se Lin Hyun +3 75(49) 75
- Ga Young Lee +3 75(49) 75
- Jeongmin Moon +3 75(49) 75
- Jae Hee Kim +3 75(49) 75
- Song Yi Ahn +3 75(49) 75
- Ga Eun Song +3 75(49) 75
62 Da Been Heo +5 77(62) 77
72 Ha Na Jang +15 87(72) 87
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Post by HappyFan on Mar 15, 2024 18:31:22 GMT
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Post by SoYeonFan on Mar 16, 2024 7:14:29 GMT
Hee Jeong Lim didn't do much better than first round at plus one today.
Hopefully she can have a really good Final Round.
Min Ji Park rebounded with a great round of minus seven.
Min Byeol Kim got worst with two birdies an eagle and six bogeys.
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Post by philknj on Mar 16, 2024 7:58:24 GMT
Woke up on my own, so I turned on SBS Golf ... Cho and Hwang in the spotlight and they are going right down the drain.  That par-3 14th "island" green is nothing like #17 at Sawgrass, but it's just as tough. Actually, #14 is superior because you have a chance to recover from the water if you're ball is close enough to the green ... Hye Lim Jo got a face wash with two hacks out of the water, but did get the ball on the green.
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That par-3 14th "island" green is nothing like #17 at Sawgrass, but it's just as tough. Actually, #14 is superior because you have a chance to recover from the water if you're ball is close enough to the green ... Hye Lim Jo got a face wash with two hacks out of the water, but did get the ball on the green.