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Post by philknj on Aug 8, 2020 4:55:31 GMT
The Ground Hog Tour resumes with a reasonable amount persistence for the rest of the year starting on Friday, Aug. 14 at the Karuizawa 72 Golf North course (about 70 miles NW of Tokyo). Ji Hee Lee appears to be the only Korean in the field of 108. Looking ahead, the JLPGA big tour is off the following week. After that, they play 12 times in 14 weeks to complete 2020.
Fuji TV will carry Rounds Two and Three (Japan time) -
Sat. 8/15 3 PM Sun. 8/16 4 PM
Other channels will have all three days. Try this search on YouTube:
NEC軽井沢72ゴルフトーナメント
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Post by SoYeonFan on Aug 9, 2020 0:24:12 GMT
Kotone Hori is in this one, I hope she sneaks into more.
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Post by philknj on Aug 12, 2020 19:05:17 GMT
Wed. practice:
Ayaka Matsumori and Momoko Ueda
Chie Arimura
Yuka Yasuda
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Post by philknj on Aug 13, 2020 10:11:06 GMT
Wed. practice:
Mika Miyazato
Sakura Koiwai
Kana Nagai
Thursday practice:
Ji Hee Lee
Serena Aoki
Miki Sakai and Mamiko Higa
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Post by SoYeonFan on Aug 14, 2020 6:10:55 GMT
All the other Golfers better look out.
Kotone Hori made birdie on eighteen to finish minus one.
Pretty solid round, two birdies one bogey.
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Post by philknj on Aug 14, 2020 9:17:28 GMT
Now for the REAL warning ... they all better look out for the Philippina Sung Hung, who showed me raw, but scary qualities at a USWO qualifier in 2016.
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL
1 Yuka Saso -7 -7 65 65
2T Yoko Maeda -5 -5 67 67
2T Haruka Kudo -5 -5 67 67
2T Serena Aoki -5 -5 67 67
5T Fumika Kawagishi -4 -4 68 68
5T Saki Asai -4 -4 68 68
5T Pei-Ying Tsai -4 -4 68 68
5T Shina Kanazawa -4 -4 68 68
5T Miyuki Takeuchi -4 -4 68 68
5T Mao Saigo -4 -4 68 68
5T Ayano Yasuda -4 -4 68 68
5T Saki Nagamine -4 -4 68 68
5T Mika Miyazato -4 -4 68 68
5T Tsugumi Miyazaki -4 -4 68 68
5T Kana Nagai -4 -4 68 68
Lots of videos posted on YouTube. I got up at 4 AM and watched the finish of Kana Nagai (-4 thru 17 holes) ... dropped a beautiful hybrid from 175 at the par-4 18th to set herself up for an easy birdie, especially since Teresa Lu was further away on the same line. Go to school, Kana, but no, she was sleeping in class and missed her putt. 
Yuka Yasuda (E)
Rei Matsuda (-3) leads the Mutant Ninja Turtle division. 
Rare slacks look for Pei Ying Tsai
Erina Hara (E)
While Sharon is AWOL, Miyuki Takeuchi is on top of the cheesecake division.
Mika Miyazato earlier in the week ... a good pick-up for Yonex, she had Mizuno irons last year.
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Post by jumpcut on Aug 14, 2020 12:43:25 GMT
Rei Matsuda (-3) leads the Mutant Ninja Turtle division. My generation would call that look 'Mort' from Bazooka Joe.  |
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Post by philknj on Aug 14, 2020 23:33:58 GMT
I was a rare bubble gum chewer 45-50 years ago, but yes, I remember Mort (but only after seeing the comic).
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LIVE video of first tee offs and driving range for Round Two:
Ayaka Matsumori hit a perfect drive at #1 and a superb approach shot ... but only made par. 
The comeback kid(?) Kotone Hori just hit the fairway on her opening drive of 257 yards (Mamiko Higo was six yards shorter with a 3W). The third in the group is Sakura Koiwai.
Yuka Yasuda and Erina Hara opened with pars at #10
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Post by SoYeonFan on Aug 15, 2020 4:40:26 GMT
Kotone Hori couldn't get the horse to the Barn.
She was on her way to at least making the cut at minus one.
She had three birdies and three bogeys, before hole seventeen.
But a triple bogey on hole seventeen, probably ended her Tournament.
I don't think two over will make the cut.
It's tough, but you just have to hang in there.
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Post by philknj on Aug 15, 2020 10:54:06 GMT
The cut was at -1 and 55 players made it. The only Korean in the field, Ji Hee Lee, bombed out. I don't know why players like Jae Eun Chung, Ah Reum Hwang, Seung Ji Han and Sharon are sitting around doing nothing.
RANK PLAYER SCORE HOLE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL
1T Miyu Goto -8 F -6 70 66 136
1T Mao Saigo -8 F -4 68 68 136
3T Rumi Yoshiba -7 F -5 70 67 137
3T Ayano Yasuda -7 F -3 68 69 137
3T Pei-Ying Tsai -7 F -3 68 69 137
3T Fumika Kawagishi -7 F -3 68 69 137
3T Yuka Saso -7 F 0 65 72 137
8T Saiki Fujita -6 F -4 70 68 138
8T Karen Tsuruoka -6 F -3 69 69 138
8T Shina Kanazawa -6 F -2 68 70 138
8T Yoko Maeda -6 F -1 67 71 138
Ting Ting (-3)
Queen Shiho (-3)
Minami Katsu (-2) is playing the WBO next week.
From Round One, Satsuki Oshiro (MC) topped the ghoul division
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Post by jumpcut on Aug 15, 2020 16:35:55 GMT
The only Korean in the field, Ji Hee Lee, bombed out. I don't know why players like Jae Eun Chung, Ah Reum Hwang, Seung Ji Han and Sharon are sitting around doing nothing. Solar Lee is also MIA, not playing here or the Dream event in Korea this week, where she was a Top 10 money earner on her way to a KLPGA card. And she's been off social media since early June. Is this any way to treat her two fans? |
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Post by philknj on Aug 15, 2020 22:40:14 GMT
Either of these two links is showing the 1st hole and the range from Round Three ... at 8 PM EST, another channel will pick up these areas for another 90 minutes, but don't know if either of these URLs will continue working.
Sunday practice green
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Post by philknj on Aug 16, 2020 9:51:55 GMT
When Shibuno Fever comes home in mid-October, it won't be her tour anymore ... maybe.  I doubt any of the Korean JLPGA regulars hiding under their beds this week would have changed this outcome.
Videos are getting posted and taken down as I write this. If the Fuji TV broadcast survives, it was GAME, SET & MATCH at the par-5 16th hole (480 yards) where Saso hammered her drive down the left side of the fairway at 283 yards. With an iron from 195 yards, she swung so hard that her feet recoiled ... dropped the ball stone dead about 8 feet from the cup and made the putt for eagle. The 30-somethings played great and still got buried.
RANK PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R TOTAL PRIZE
優勝 Yuka Saso -16 65 72 63 200 ¥14,400,000
2T Maiko Wakabayashi -12 71 69 64 204 ¥6,320,000
2T Saiki Fujita -12 70 68 66 204 ¥6,320,000
4 Chie Arimura -11 69 70 66 205 ¥4,800,000
5 Mao Saigo -10 68 68 70 206 ¥4,000,000
6T Minami Hiruta -9 69 70 68 207 ¥3,000,000
6T Ayano Yasuda -9 68 69 70 207 ¥3,000,000
8T Asako Fujimoto -8 75 64 69 208 ¥2,200,000
8T Rumi Yoshiba -8 70 67 71 208 ¥2,200,000
10T Yuna Takagi -7 69 71 69 209 ¥1,456,000
10T Mamiko Higa -7 71 69 69 209 ¥1,456,000
10T Yoko Maeda -7 67 71 71 209 ¥1,456,000
10T Karen Tsuruoka -7 69 69 71 209 ¥1,456,000
The notion of playing for the U. of Georgia was pretty ridiculous, wasn't it?
She had an American looper who I did not recognize.
Second round co-leader Miyu Goto (-6) ate everyone's dust.
Rio Ishii (E) chokes down like the ECP
Reika Usui (+1)
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Post by 18majors on Aug 16, 2020 18:46:59 GMT
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Post by philknj on Aug 17, 2020 8:36:26 GMT
I'm assuming this video won't get taken down ... starting at the 49-second mark, that's a six-iron (Miura TC-101) Saso nuked at a 195-yard flag. Her driver swing speed is 46.5 m/s (about 104 MPH).
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I doubt any of the Korean JLPGA regulars hiding under their beds this week would have changed this outcome.
