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Post by philknj on Nov 1, 2020 23:37:46 GMT
This one is now a JLPGA-only event in 2020 for a field of 78 (including BML and no cut) and has a huge payout of ¥160,000,000. They'll have live TV Nov. 6 thru 8 (Noon, 11:00 AM and 10:30 AM Japan time), so check YT with this search:
TOTOジャパンクラシック
TBS will carry the delayed broadcasts for Rounds Two and Three (Japan time):
Sat. - 2 PM Sun. - 3 PM
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Post by jlpgafan on Nov 3, 2020 15:22:49 GMT
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Post by philknj on Nov 4, 2020 3:20:03 GMT
Wednesday practice:
Team Yokomine
Ah Reum Hwang and Bo Mee Lee check out Queen Shiho's newlywed husband ....
.... with approval, I think.
BML and Momko Ueda
NASA
Ting Ting and Shibuno
Yui, Serena Aoki and Yuni Nishimura
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Post by philknj on Nov 5, 2020 11:31:18 GMT
Thursday practice:
Sakura Koiwai
Bo Mee Lee
Kana Nagai
Mone Inami and Sayaka Takahashi
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Post by SoYeonFan on Nov 5, 2020 19:55:57 GMT
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Post by philknj on Nov 6, 2020 0:13:29 GMT
Several phony "live" videos are set up on YouTube ... in reality, the earliest possible broadcast will be in about three hours at 10 PM EST.
JLPGA gear queen Saiki Fujita leads at -2 thru three holes.   
Ayako Kimura (-1 thru two holes) and SW Bae (-2 thru two holes)
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Post by philknj on Nov 6, 2020 13:04:52 GMT
Plenty of scoring holes ... the exception being #18, 420 yards with a massive pond in front the green's right side. The replay I watched included water balls from Oyama, Yokomine, Katsu and NASA (really surprising as her drive was perfect). They mentioned the scoring average there being 4.22 and it was probably higher by the end of the day. Yuri Yoshida was a DQ for signing off for five at #9 instead of a six.
I assume a video of less than one minute won't get taken down ... Reika Usui bucked the odds with an eagle hole-out at #18:
POS PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL 1T Saiki Fujita -7 -7 65 65 1T Seonwoo Bae -7 -7 65 65 3T Momoko Osato -6 -6 66 66 3T Jiyai Shin -6 -6 66 66 5T Min-Young Lee -5 -5 67 67 5T Maiko Wakabayashi -5 -5 67 67 5T Minami Katsu -5 -5 67 67 5T Reika Usui -5 -5 67 67 5T Nozomi Uetake -5 -5 67 67 10T Mao Saigo -4 -4 68 68 10T Ayako Kimura -4 -4 68 68 10T Sayaka Takahashi -4 -4 68 68 10T Erika Hara -4 -4 68 68 10T Ai Suzuki -4 -4 68 68 10T Mami Fukuda -4 -4 68 68
JY Shin and Queen Shiho (E)
NASA (-3) and Shibuno (-1)
Smile Candy (+1)
Reika Usui
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Post by jumpcut on Nov 6, 2020 13:52:56 GMT
I assume a video of less than one minute won't get taken down ... Reika Usui bucked the odds with an eagle hole-out at #18:
That caddie was great. Zero reaction. No high five. Wouldn't even make eye contact with her. |
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Post by philknj on Nov 6, 2020 15:08:47 GMT
I assume a video of less than one minute won't get taken down ... Reika Usui bucked the odds with an eagle hole-out at #18: That caddie was great. Zero reaction. No high five. Wouldn't even make eye contact with her.
Although he had a mask on, that might have been Shigenori Shimuzu (the Steve Williams of Japan) ... I guess he has seen enough hole-outs in his life ... he's been bouncing from player to player this year.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Nov 6, 2020 16:00:59 GMT
Yui Kawamoto five birdies and an eagle.
It's too bad that the four bogeys cancelled out four birdies.
Still minus three is good and it's great that she is making birdies.
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Post by philknj on Nov 7, 2020 10:51:58 GMT
POS PLAYER SCORE HOLE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL 1 Jiyai Shin -13 F -7 66 65 131 2 Ayako Kimura -12 F -8 68 64 132 3 Min-Young Lee -11 F -6 67 66 133 4T Seonwoo Bae -9 F -2 65 70 135 4T Saiki Fujita -9 F -2 65 70 135 4T Mao Saigo -9 F -5 68 67 135 7T Nasa Hataoka -8 F -5 69 67 136 7T Rumi Yoshiba -8 F -5 69 67 136 7T Yuna Nishimura -8 F -5 69 67 136 7T Minami Katsu -8 F -3 67 69 136 7T Maiko Wakabayashi -8 F -3 67 69 136
Eight Head (+1)
NASA
Hikari Tanabe (-6)
Ah Reum Hwang (-5)
Momoko Osato (-5)
Na Ri Lee (E)
Ting Ting (-6)
Minami Katsu and Reika Usui (-5)
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Post by SoYeonFan on Nov 7, 2020 16:05:58 GMT
Yui Kawamoto had four birdies, but the two double bogeys and two bogeys.
Still a good sign that she is making birdies, but needs less bogeys.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Nov 8, 2020 4:11:59 GMT
Clean score card for Yui Kawamoto, four birdies no bogeys.
Pretty nice!!!!!
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Post by philknj on Nov 8, 2020 8:12:52 GMT
Here's the last hour of the TBS broadcast I just watched ... I won't spoil it in case you're in blackout mode:
This tournament was brought to you repeatedly by commercials with two little kids dressed like tiny demons holding pitchforks and standing on the rim of our sponsor's Neorest product line:
Retails for $4,025 at Home Depot (currently out of stock)
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Post by philknj on Nov 8, 2020 12:15:31 GMT
Really disappointed on how they set up #18 this week ... on Sunday, the flag was in a far-right bail-out area, making it way too easy. Friday's splish-splash pin position should have used on Sunday.
POS PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R TOTAL PRIZE
1 Jiyai Shin -19 66 65 66 197 ¥24,000,000
2 Yuka Saso -16 70 67 63 200 ¥14,637,920
3T Mi-Jeong Jeon -14 69 68 65 202 ¥8,481,066
3T Maiko Wakabayashi -14 67 69 66 202 ¥8,481,066
3T Nasa Hataoka -14 69 67 66 202 ¥8,481,066
6T Ai Suzuki -13 68 70 65 203 ¥4,634,666
6T Min-Young Lee -13 67 66 70 203 ¥4,634,666
6T Ayako Kimura -13 68 64 71 203 ¥4,634,666
9T Yuna Nishimura -12 69 67 68 204 ¥3,272,000
9T Saiki Fujita -12 65 70 69 204 ¥3,272,000
9T Seonwoo Bae -12 65 70 69 204 ¥3,272,000
Sealed the deal with an eagle putt from Okinawa on the par-5 17th.
Ayako Kimura will need a weak-field event to get her first win on the big tour. She hits a sacrifice bunt with her driver ... look how far ahead Shin's ball is on #18 (and Shin is no long knocker).
Maiko Wakabayashi received a prize after the tournament, for what I don't know.
Sakura Koiwai (-8)
Mika Miyazato (-3)
Yuka Yasuda (-9)
Serena Aoki (-5) |
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