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Post by philknj on Sept 16, 2019 13:39:44 GMT
The 50th edition of this event will kick off Friday. It was called Munsingwear for the last few years, but that brand is a subset of Descente Ltd., which also has the Descente and Le Coq Golf brands. I assume the loopers will still wear the belted red Munsingwear jumpsuits. Descente player Dr. Noh is in this one.
Sunday's round will be here at 4:05 PM (Japan time):
aqstream.com/jp/fuji/Fuji-TV
SBS Golf might have, but they haven't posted its sked for this week yet.
YouTube look-up:
第50回デサントレディース東海クラシック
Some trivia: Sandra Palmer won the first Tokai Classic in 1970...a two-round event with a field of 20! She shot 154, +6 on a par-74 course, winning ¥360,000 (only the top five players were paid). It appears that the first 24 versions of this tournament were co-ed. The tournament website has little pics of every winner:
Munsingwear staffer Mika Miyazato in Nagoya Monday to greet the public
Some of the past winners and participants, including Laura Baugh (she never won it):
Chako Higuchi won it seven times:
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Post by 18majors on Sept 16, 2019 14:52:41 GMT
This is one of Yealimi's two tune-up events before Q-School Stage II on October 14-17. Both tournaments are run by her sponsors. She'll next play KLPGA's Hana Financial Group Championship October 3-6. Japan media carried an article about Yealimi earlier; which, consistent with Japanese journalism is factually rigorous. Yealimi Noh
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Post by philknj on Sept 18, 2019 4:16:51 GMT
The first hole will be streamed LIVE starting at 7 AM (Japan time) on Saturday and Sunday...check YouTube.
Dr. Noh will tee off at #10 at 9:25 AM on Friday with Mao Nozawa and Minami Hiruta...hmm, I would NOT call this a red carpet roll out for the LPGA's next superstar...of course, a low score on Friday will put her with the JLPGA 'A' list later on Saturday morning at the first hole.
Meanwhile, super am Yuka Yasuda gets Bo Mee Lee and Yui Kawamoto, while Hinako Shibuno gets Hina Arakaki and Erika Hara.
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Post by philknj on Sept 18, 2019 12:23:38 GMT
Team Descente had a big party at a hotel in Nagoya Wednesday night.
The team is so big that they needed two pics to cover them...and they still skipped Dr. Noh. Stop hating! I hope she shoots 59 on Friday.
Other left outs include Ayaka Watanabe and Asuka Kashiwabara
Spectacular Sky as usual, BML and Chako Higuchi...don't know what's in the box.
Kobayashi, who wears Le Coq Golf when she plays in pro-ams, Ting Ting, and Hina Arakaki
Mika Miyazato and Mi Jeong Jeon
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Post by SoYeonFan on Sept 19, 2019 17:11:14 GMT
Kotone and Natsuka Hori is teeing it up on the Step-Up Tour.
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Post by philknj on Sept 19, 2019 19:44:44 GMT
Thursday Pro-am:
Team Munsingwear and Team Lec Coq Sportif
Team Descente Golf and all of Descente Ltd.
Yuka Yasuda did NOT get into the "team" photos .... harrumph, it's not like she's wearing an Apple watch ... I hope she shoots 58 on Friday.
Shibuno teed it up with Chako Higuchi
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Post by jlpgafan on Sept 19, 2019 21:42:15 GMT
it was ayaka watanabe's birthday on the 19th.. click thru this instagram for the "happy birthday" tribute by some of the jlpga players... http://instagram.com/p/B2lnGx8FPDK
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Post by philknj on Sept 20, 2019 2:11:36 GMT
No luck on finding live streams tonight...maybe something will get posted tomorrow AM.
Karen Gondo and Hee Kyeong Bae
Kana Nagai and Erina Hara
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Post by 18majors on Sept 20, 2019 9:07:07 GMT
Yealimi shot +2; 11 shots behind the leader.
She can’t afford a round like this at Q-School.
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Post by philknj on Sept 20, 2019 11:50:28 GMT
Numerous videos are posted, but they all appear similar...mostly following the Shibuno/Hara/Arakaki group on the back nine.
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL 1T Jiyai Shin -9 -9 63 63 1T Ji-Hee Lee -9 -9 63 63 3 Ayako Kimura -8 -8 64 64 4 Kumiko Kaneda -5 -5 67 67 5T Hiromu Ono -4 -4 68 68 5T Kana Mikashima -4 -4 68 68 5T Hee-Kyung Bae -4 -4 68 68 8T Ritsuko Ryu -3 -3 69 69 8T Ai Suzuki -3 -3 69 69 8T Erika Hara -3 -3 69 69 8T Hinako Shibuno -3 -3 69 69 8T Mao Nozawa -3 -3 69 69 8T Aoi Ohnishi -3 -3 69 69 8T Min-Young Lee -3 -3 69 69
Ji Hee Lee is never too old for an ace (16th hole, 194 yards, 5 UT)...63 is a personal record and this is her 500th JLPGA event.
Hara and Shibuno leading the way
Shibuno teeing off at #9 ... and where is Waldo?
Defending champ Kotono Kozuma (-1)
Ai Suzuki
Shin Ae Ahn (+1) and Momoka Miura (+1) ... the current cut line is Even
Yuting Seki (+5)
Reika Usui (-2) ... don't bet against her wearing a buckskin fringe outfit when it gets colder.
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Post by philknj on Sept 21, 2019 2:01:44 GMT
There are numerous "LIVE" broadcasts of Round Two on YouTube now, but they appear to be just replays of the action at the 1st hole. A lot of good scoring by the players who started on the front nine...the cut line of Even just changed to -1.
Sharon picked up a stroke starting on the back nine and is Even overall.
Dr. Noh also picked up a stroke starting on the back nine and is +1 overall.
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Post by philknj on Sept 21, 2019 10:01:17 GMT
Here's a 2.5-hour video of Round Two range work and interviews from the Descente party and Round One . The broadcasters discover "Noh-san" at 16:43, which includes her post-Round One interview...this segment ran for about four minutes. Regarding her explanation for going OB on a par-5, it's probably good she cut off that sentence, "I think I need a ... " Hmm, what would that be, a new caddie?! They returned to her at 34:19 when she was hitting drivers...the guys seem to like what they saw.
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Post by philknj on Sept 21, 2019 10:49:53 GMT
More than a dozen players outshot JY Shin on Saturday...and it probably won't matter. The cut was -2. Dr. Noh (E) should consult Lee Westwood and the SS Feng on how to slum Asia successfully.
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL 1 Jiyai Shin -13 -4 63 68 131 2 Min-Young Lee -10 -7 69 65 134 3T Teresa Lu -9 -7 70 65 135 3T Ai Suzuki -9 -6 69 66 135 3T Ji-Hee Lee -9 0 63 72 135 6T Mao Nozawa -8 -5 69 67 136 6T Ayako Kimura -8 0 64 72 136 8T Misuzu Narita -7 -6 71 66 137 8T Mayu Hamada -7 -6 71 66 137 8T Reika Usui -7 -5 70 67 137 8T Kana Mikashima -7 -3 68 69 137 8T Hiromu Ono -7 -3 68 69 137 8T Kumiko Kaneda -7 -2 67 70 137
Miura/Anai/Yoshiba at the annual long drive contest...looks like Rumi knocked off all the weight she put on last year and more, but she looked better heavy.
Kumiko Kaneda
JY Shin
Momoko Osato (-4)
Solar Lee (-4)
Hinako Shibuno will be grouped with Yuka Yasuda and Karis Davidson on Sunday
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Post by SoYeonFan on Sept 21, 2019 20:00:00 GMT
Another missed cut by one shot by Shin Ae Ahn. She just can't seem to get that extra birdie, or less bogey.
For what it's worth Kotone Hori is in the top ten. After the second round on the Step-Up Tour.
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Post by philknj on Sept 21, 2019 21:47:13 GMT
The above link just kicked off a stream of the practice areas prior to Round Three...Shibuno is hitting chips. It runs from 6:30 AM to 9 AM (Japan time)...perhaps they'll switch over to the 1st tee when the first group tees off at 7:20 AM.
The same site will have another stream later ... don't know the times yet.
Now they're following Shibuno to the driving range...now they changed cameras...still walking to the range. Now she found her spot on the range...swinging her weighted bat left-handed. Momoko Ueda is on one side and an unknown Srixon/Le Coq player is on the other. Now they're showing her interview after Round Two. It says on the JLPGA website that they brought in extra shuttle buses for this event...I think I know why.
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