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Post by HappyFan on Nov 29, 2016 17:49:38 GMT
I'm creating a new thread for this separate from the Kowa Queens thread. Post your updates here!
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Post by HappyFan on Nov 29, 2016 17:50:53 GMT
Seung Ji Han is a KLPGA player who has struggled to get a foothold on the Korean tour. This year she was mostly on the Dream Tour and didn't do that well there, either. Maybe she will do better in Japan if she can make it through Q-School. Good start!   |
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Post by mr3putt on Nov 30, 2016 6:46:10 GMT
I know we have some Japanese golf experts here.
We all know Japan is golf crazed and it's really expensive to play golf there.
So why has there not been more Japanese golf stars....both men and women at the top of the world golf tours...few and far between?
Is it because they'd culturally would rather have the younger generation aspire to a REAL career vs. playing golf to pay the bills?
On another note....there are a lot of Asian immigrants in North America....but relatively few Japanese?
So why do the Japanese not emigrate in higher numbers?
It's kinda rare for me to play with another Japanese golfer.
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Post by philknj on Nov 30, 2016 12:38:00 GMT
Round Two:
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL
1 Jae-Eun Chung -6 -3 69 69 138
2T Saki Takeo -5 -7 74 65 139
2T Chae-Young Yoon -5 -4 71 68 139
2T Yuting Shi -5 -3 70 69 139
2T Haruka Kudo -5 -3 70 69 139
2T Babe Liu -5 -2 69 70 139
7 Mayu Hamada -4 -3 71 69 140
8T Kana Nagai -3 -3 72 69 141
8T Yuko Fukuda -3 -2 71 70 141
8T Megumi Takahashi -3 -2 71 70 141
8T Miyuki Takeuchi -3 -1 70 71 141
8T Kana Mikashima -3 0 69 72 141
8T Seung-Ji Han -3 0 69 72 141
14T Yeo-Jin Kang -2 -2 72 70 142
26T Kyoka Matsumori 0 -1 73 71 144 (sister of Ayaka M.)
26T Minyoung Lee 0 0 72 72 144
34T Chie Arimura +1 0 73 72 145
34T Shin-Ae Ahn +1 +1 72 73 145
41T Jennifer Hirano +2 0 74 72 146
41T Yuki Ichinose +2 +2 72 74 146
41T Yanhong Pan +2 +2 72 74 146
53T O Sattaya +3 +2 73 74 147
53T Ah-Reum Hwang +3 +1 74 73 147
62T Kotono Kozuma +4 +2 74 74 148
77T Shinobu Moromizato +6 +5 73 77 150
77T Rikako Morita +6 +1 77 73 150
86T Esther Lee +7 +2 77 74 151
99T Cyd Okino +10 +6 76 78 154
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Post by philknj on Nov 30, 2016 13:19:32 GMT
I know we have some Japanese golf experts here. We all know Japan is golf crazed and it's really expensive to play golf there. So why has there not been more Japanese golf stars....both men and women at the top of the world golf tours...few and far between? Is it because they'd culturally would rather have the younger generation aspire to a REAL career vs. playing golf to pay the bills? On another note....there are a lot of Asian immigrants in North America....but relatively few Japanese? So why do the Japanese not emigrate in higher numbers? It's kinda rare for me to play with another Japanese golfer. Regarding the immigrant question, my guess is that Japan has a big head start over China and Korea in acquiring wealth and freedom, so there is less incentive to emigrate. As to why the Japanese men haven't been world-beaters (until Hideki), this excerpt from a 1998 SI article on Jumbo Ozaki might be instructive: Why is he a lesser golfer when he leaves Japan? His detractors
say it's because he can't stretch the rules outside Asia. Others
point out that Ozaki has never made a concerted assault on the
majors. A more intriguing theory--and one that mirrors a common
complaint of many Japanese women about their husbands--is
offered by Ayako Okamoto, the Japanese pro who won 17
tournaments on the LPGA tour. Ozaki and the other men can't win
abroad, she says, because they are victims of the "doting mother
syndrome" prevalent in Japan. That is, they are so spoiled they
can't function on their own. Or as she puts it, "They can't make
it without their Cup Noodles." Ozaki has his own nonexplanation:
"When I get in that atmosphere, I don't get the urge to win as
strongly."
www.si.com/vault/1998/04/06/241182/a-giant-in-japan-in-his-homeland-jumbo-ozaki-is-the-undisputed-king-of-golf-so-why-cant-he-get-respect-anywhere-else |
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Post by argonne69 on Nov 30, 2016 15:40:58 GMT
On another note....there are a lot of Asian immigrants in North America....but relatively few Japanese? So why do the Japanese not emigrate in higher numbers? It's kinda rare for me to play with another Japanese golfer. Immigration is driven by two primary forces: war and economics. Japan has been at peace for 70 years. Their economy has been humming along quite nicely for decades. On top of that they have a low birth rate, and if I'm not mistaken, fairly rigid standards for immigration, so the job market is quite good. In addition, their companies seem to have more of a long term outlook than the U.S., so they don't have the massive layoffs when things get tight. 'Seems to be more loyalty to the company. In a nutshell, there are simply fewer reasons to have to seek education and employment overseas. |
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Post by verdantgarden on Dec 1, 2016 4:11:44 GMT
Many Japanese immigrants came during the late 19th/early 20th Century when laws excluding Chinese immigration were passed. They took over building the railroads and got into farming. Historical OverviewGrowing up in a lily-white neighborhood during the 1960's, a couple of kids of Japanese ancestry provided the only color in my school. |
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Post by philknj on Dec 1, 2016 13:00:26 GMT
Sharon better stop fooling around and get in a good score on Friday to be safe...I don't know if they have a playoff for players tied at the 40th position. Arimura, Moromizato, and Morita have 29 career wins between them, but still have to go through this meat grinder. An article posted earlier this week says Hiromi Mogi (6 career wins) finished 51st on the money list and chose to quit the tour, rather than enter q-school. She had family considerations...child is entering kindergarten.
Round Three:
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL
1 Babe Liu -10 -5 69 70 67 206
2 Yuko Fukuda -6 -3 71 70 69 210
3T Yukiko Nishiki -5 -3 73 69 69 211
3T Saki Takeo -5 0 74 65 72 211
3T Jae-Eun Chung -5 +1 69 69 73 211
6T Minyoung Lee -4 -4 72 72 68 212
6T Narumi Yamada -4 -2 73 69 70 212
6T Chae-Young Yoon -4 +1 71 68 73 212
9T Kana Mikashima -3 0 69 72 72 213
9T Mayu Hamada -3 +1 71 69 73 213
9T Yuting Shi -3 +2 70 69 74 213
12T Yeo-Jin Kang -2 0 72 70 72 214
20T Chie Arimura 0 -1 73 72 71 216
20T Kyoka Matsumori 0 0 73 71 72 216
37T Yuki Ichinose +3 +1 72 74 73 219
37T Jennifer Hirano +3 +1 74 72 73 219
37T Shin-Ae Ahn +3 +2 72 73 74 219
37T Seung-Ji Han +3 +6 69 72 78 219
45T Shinobu Moromizato +4 -2 73 77 70 220
48T Weiwei Zhang +5 +3 73 73 75 221
48T Kotono Kozuma +5 +1 74 74 73 221
57T O Sattaya +6 +3 73 74 75 222
57T Ah-Reum Hwang +6 +3 74 73 75 222
57T Rikako Morita +6 0 77 73 72 222
57T Esther Lee +6 -1 77 74 71 222
80T Rui Kitada +9 +5 73 75 77 225
99T Cyd Okino +15 +5 76 78 77 231
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Post by 18majors on Dec 1, 2016 14:14:16 GMT
Japanese media seem to pay a lot of attention to Chae Young Yoon.
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Post by HappyFan on Dec 1, 2016 19:57:33 GMT
Chae Young Yoon nearly won the event she was invited to play on the Japanese tour earlier this year. I think the Japanese media glommed onto her at that time, because I've noticed several articles about her in Japanese magazines online since then. And she usually gets mentioned when they are profiling Korean golfers.
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Post by HappyFan on Dec 1, 2016 19:58:13 GMT
I also notice that Seung Ji Han came down to Earth in round 3. I hope she rallies or it's back to the Dream Tour for her in 2017.
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Post by 18majors on Dec 1, 2016 20:08:04 GMT
Chae Young Yoon nearly won the event she was invited to play on the Japanese tour earlier this year. I think the Japanese media glommed onto her at that time, because I've noticed several articles about her in Japanese magazines online since then. And she usually gets mentioned when they are profiling Korean golfers. Japanese media called Yoon "an 8-head beauty." That means small head and tall body; that her body length is 8 times the length of her head. |
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Post by argonne69 on Dec 1, 2016 20:39:49 GMT
Japanese media seem to pay a lot of attention to Chae Young Yoon. Wouldn't you?   |
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Post by 18majors on Dec 1, 2016 20:59:58 GMT
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Post by 18majors on Dec 2, 2016 10:01:56 GMT
Both Chae Young Yoon and Yuting Shi look good.
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