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Post by philknj on Mar 7, 2021 23:34:50 GMT
The PRGR gear brand has dropped its sponsorship of this event  ... replaced by an insurance company.  It starts Friday with a field of 120 (twenty of those players will be sponsor picks) ... cut after Round Two will be top-60 plus ties. Natsuka Hori, who hasn't won a dime on Japan's big tour or scrub tour since 2018, will join baby sis Kotone this week. Ayako Uehara and Yui Kawamoto will continue their spring training games ... Uehara is in the field for the Kia Classic and Yui is not.
No TV for Round One ... however, Round Two on Saturday can be seen on YouTube from 9:30 AM thru the end of the round (Japan time) ... for me, that means a 7:30 PM EST start on Friday.  The link is here:
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If you prefer a rogue YouTube link for the early Sunday broadcasts, try this search:
明治安田生命レディス ヨコハマタイヤゴルフトーナメント
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The regular broadcasts for Saturday and Sunday will be here (Japan time) -
Sat - 4 PM Sun - 4 PM
BTW, I just put on TV Tokyo and saw the start of a K-Drama (ep. 53) with Japanese subtitles ... and it sounds like they dubbed it in Japanese, too ... no familiar familiar faces yet, but I haven't watched this stuff in ages.
UPDATE: Okay, I just saw this woman who plays a mother in every K-Drama ever made.  |
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Post by SoYeonFan on Mar 9, 2021 22:23:19 GMT
Yui Kawamoto is listed in the ANA and so is A Lim Kim.
Too bad there will be no fans.
I would make time to follow them and also ex USC Trojan Gabriele Ruffels.
Along with the usual ones that I follow.
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Post by philknj on Mar 11, 2021 11:30:01 GMT
Thursday practice:
Ayaka Matsumori and Sakura Koiwai
Chie Arimura
Ai Suzuki
Minami Katsu
Min Young Lee
Shibuno Fever and Nanako Ueno(A)
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Post by philknj on Mar 12, 2021 0:12:00 GMT
Korda Hori One and Two have has played a combined ten holes on the back nine for a +1 score. 
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Post by philknj on Mar 12, 2021 3:58:48 GMT
Last update before I go to bed ...
Solar, +3 on her first nine, getting eclipsed again. 
Message received, Kana  .... and she's got game too, tied for 2nd at -4 thru 17 holes. |
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Post by philknj on Mar 12, 2021 11:02:08 GMT
The no gallery idiocy is back this week. Spectators will be barred from next week's T-Point/ENEOS event, but they are selling limited numbers of advanced tickets only for the following week's AXA Ladies event.
POS PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL 1T Saki Takeo -5 -5 67 67 1T Yuka Yasuda -5 -5 67 67 3T Kana Nagai -4 -4 68 68 3T Ayako Uehara -4 -4 68 68 3T Mone Inami -4 -4 68 68 3T Haruka Morita -4 -4 68 68 7T Akira Yamaji -3 -3 69 69 7T Min-Young Lee -3 -3 69 69 7T Hinako Yamauchi -3 -3 69 69
Bo Mee Lee (+1) chooses golf
Akira Yamaji
Cover Girl Ghoul Erika Hara (+7)
Chae Young Yoon (+1)
Aoi Ohnishi (+3) and Ritsuko Ryu (+1)
Kana Mikashima (E) and Eimi Koga (+1)
Hinako Shibuno (-2) ... we had 9-11, they had 3-11
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Post by SoYeonFan on Mar 12, 2021 17:57:35 GMT
Good first round for the Hori sisters, Kotone -2 and Natsuka even.
Not so good for Yui Kawamoto, five bogeys and three birdies.
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Post by philknj on Mar 13, 2021 0:50:23 GMT
That stupid YouTube link I posted for the non-stop video doesn't work ... says it is private ... I don't have a login for YT, maybe that's what it wanted. Or, maybe it is just plain geo-blocking. The good news is that a rogue video is running on YT, although it is one hour behind the official broadcast. If it gets taken down, there's the regular broadcast at 2 AM (my time). They just showed Saku-chan on the range ... I wonder if they still use PRGR practice balls, now that PRGR is off the sponsorship of this event.
SW Bae is +2 thru 24 holes, T-60.
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Post by philknj on Mar 13, 2021 11:10:01 GMT
The cut was +3 and 62 players made it. Lots of videos on YouTube. Erika Hara and Serena Aoki dropped out.
POS PLAYER SCORE HOLE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL
1 Mone Inami -10 F -6 68 66 134
2 Kana Nagai -7 F -3 68 69 137
3T Mamiko Higa -6 F -4 70 68 138
3T Haruka Morita -6 F -2 68 70 138
5 Nanoko Hayashi -5 F -4 71 68 139
6T Saki Takeo -4 F +1 67 73 140
6T Miki Sakai -4 F -2 70 70 140
8T Yuka Yasuda -3 F +2 67 74 141
8T Maria Shinohara -3 F -1 70 71 141
10T Asako Fujimoto -2 F -3 73 69 142
10T Sayaka Takahashi -2 F 0 70 72 142
10T Mi-Jeong Jeon -2 F 0 70 72 142
10T Kotone Hori -2 F 0 70 72 142
10T Asuka Kashiwabara -2 *F -3 73 69 142
Clearly, Tom Abbott is giving fashion critiques on the wrong tour. I never saw Kana Nagai play with a yellow ball before ... can't make out the brand ... the most recent info I could find said she was playing a Titleist Pro V1x in 2019.
Miyuki Takeuchi (MC)
Natsuka Hori (+2)
Jae Eun Chung (+1)
Maria Shinohara
Hee Kyeong Bae (+1) and Misuzu Narita (MC)
 
Sayaka Takahashi and Momo Yoshikawa (MC)
 
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Post by SoYeonFan on Mar 13, 2021 16:06:22 GMT
Kotone Hori got to minus four at one time.
Still minus two tied for tenth is a big step forward for her,.
Hope she has a better finish than last time.
Big sister Natsuka will also be in the money which is good..
Yuri Kawamoto made the one birdie on her front nine.
But with the two bogey back nine she just made the cut.
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Post by jlpgafan on Mar 13, 2021 22:54:53 GMT
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Post by philknj on Mar 14, 2021 9:17:32 GMT
Harrumph ... how do you say aigoo in Japanese ... NOT the ending I wanted. On the 3rd playoff hole at #18 ... ugh, instead of writing about it, you can watch it here starting at 47:48 -
POS PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R TOTAL PRIZE
1 Mone Inami -6 68 66 76 210 ¥14,400,000
2 Kana Nagai -6 68 69 73 210 ¥7,040,000
3T Asako Fujimoto -5 73 69 69 211 ¥4,800,000
3T Haruka Morita -5 68 70 73 211 ¥4,800,000
3T Mamiko Higa -5 70 68 73 211 ¥4,800,000
6T Saki Takeo -4 67 73 72 212 ¥3,000,000
6T Nanoko Hayashi -4 71 68 73 212 ¥3,000,000
8T Hina Arakaki -3 70 74 69 213 ¥1,860,000
8T Miyuu Yamashita -3 73 71 69 213 ¥1,860,000
8T Akira Yamaji -3 69 74 70 213 ¥1,860,000
8T Kotone Hori -3 70 72 71 213 ¥1,860,000
They downsized the trophy and stripped off the red paint.  Inami will be tough this year ... has a lot a speed with the driver and is not wild with it.
Low am Yuka Nii (-1)
Hori One (E) and Hori Two got off welfare this week
Shibuno (+7) had bogey fever on the weekend
BML (+7) and Nanoko Hayashi
Kana Nagai
Haruka Morita starts 2021 with a 2nd and T-3 after stinking it up in 2020.
Rumi Yoshiba (+2) and Asako Fujimoto
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Post by SoYeonFan on Mar 14, 2021 15:38:39 GMT
A clean final round for Kotone Hori one birdie no bogeys.
Also a great Tournament tied for eighth.
Natsuka Hori also had a good Tournament, tie for twenty third
She made birdies on two of the last four holes.
Yui Kawamoto her first under par round of the Tournament minus two.
Had four birdies and two bogeys to finish in a tie for twenty-eight.
Could have been sixty nine but one of her bogeys was on eighteen.
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... replaced by an insurance company. 
It starts Friday with a field of 120 (twenty of those players will be sponsor picks) ... cut after Round Two will be top-60 plus ties. Natsuka Hori, who hasn't won a dime on Japan's big tour or scrub tour since 2018, will join baby sis Kotone this week. Ayako Uehara and Yui Kawamoto will continue their spring training games ... Uehara is in the field for the Kia Classic and Yui is not.
The link is here:
.... and she's got game too, tied for 2nd at -4 thru 17 holes. 
Inami will be tough this year ... has a lot a speed with the driver and is not wild with it.
