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Post by philknj on Jul 12, 2021 5:38:16 GMT
This one starts Friday for a field of 120 ... top-70 plus ties make the cut. This event is infamous for the pink bikini contest ... will they still have it?
Regular TV (Japan time) -
SAT 4 pm
SUN 4 PM
aqstream.com/jp/tvt/TV-Tokyo
Try this search on YouTube for any other videos:
GMOインターネット・レディース サマンサタバサグローバルカップ
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jul 13, 2021 2:40:58 GMT
The Hori sisters are in the Field, great.
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Post by philknj on Jul 14, 2021 12:09:03 GMT
Wednesday practice -
Kotono Kozuma and Hori Two/Hori One
Serena Aoki and Kana Nagai
Sakura Koiwai and Mone Inami
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Post by jumpcut on Jul 14, 2021 17:37:46 GMT
This event is infamous for the pink bikini contest ... will they still have it? I'm assuming the annual bikini contest has fallen victim to COVID protocols, or you would have surely posted photos by now. |
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Post by philknj on Jul 14, 2021 18:38:07 GMT
This event is infamous for the pink bikini contest ... will they still have it? I'm assuming the annual bikini contest has fallen victim to COVID protocols, or you would have surely posted photos by now.
It's too early to say ... they usually bring in the girls after the first or second round. The Samantha Thavasa staffers like Kotono Kozuma would be up on a stage with a microphone during the preliminaries tossing out swag to the crowd.
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Post by philknj on Jul 15, 2021 13:39:37 GMT
Thursday prep-
Shibuno Fever
Sakura Koiwai
Kotone Hori
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Post by philknj on Jul 16, 2021 0:42:05 GMT
I know she always wilts by the end, but it's a fact that Eight Head has a one-shot lead at -5 thru nine holes during the early going. 
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Post by philknj on Jul 16, 2021 11:09:27 GMT
Goat tracky scores ... I guess they're entitled once in a while. As usual, this event's YouTube links are geo-blocked. Rogue videos can found with this search (good luck finding one without malware) -
GMOインターネット・レディース サマンサタバサグローバルカップ
I'll stick with the regular broadcasts on TV Tokyo.
POS PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL
1T Mao Nozawa -9 -9 63 63
1T Maiko Wakabayashi -9 -9 63 63
1T Mayu Hamada -9 -9 63 63
4 Asuka Ishikawa -7 -7 65 65
5T Pei-Ying Tsai -6 -6 66 66
5T Chae-Young Yoon -6 -6 66 66
7T Hikari Tanabe -5 -5 67 67
7T Kotone Hori -5 -5 67 67
7T Eri Okayama -5 -5 67 67
10T Lala Anai -4 -4 68 68
10T Asako Fujimoto -4 -4 68 68
10T Sumika Nakasone -4 -4 68 68
10T Yuri Yoshida -4 -4 68 68
10T Sayaka Takahashi -4 -4 68 68
10T Mone Inami -4 -4 68 68
10T Miyu Shinkai -4 -4 68 68
Natsuka Hori (-2)
Shibuno Fever (-1), Mone Inami and Pikachu junk food
Sayaka Takahashi
Kana Mikashima (-3) ... now you know why the '64 Tokyo Olympics were held in October.
Ji Hee Lee (-2)
Chie Arimura (-1)
Hikari Tanabe and Yui (+4)
 
Na Ri Lee (E) and Reika Usui (-2)
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jul 16, 2021 15:37:34 GMT
Great first round by Kotone Hori minus five, six birdies one bogey.
Natsuka minus two had a good round.
Yui Kawamoto still struggling to finish a round.
She had two birdies and two bogeys through fifteen holes, finished with two bogeys, double.
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Post by philknj on Jul 17, 2021 12:30:42 GMT
It appears that the bikini girls are out this year, and I don't think the pandemic is the only reason. It's apparent in the tournament title, and also based on the TV Tokyo commercials, that the GMO Internet Group is very much the lead sponsor of this tournament ... even had a complex spot featuring staffer Hana Wakimoto, who is struggling to keep her card. Samantha Thavasa is relegated to junior partner of this event ... their commercial came across as staid and conservative, as if they're trying to clean up its act (hence, the lack of girls). There were no golf visuals in ST's ad and their staffers are barely visible on the tour these days ... Natsuka Hori almost always trunk slams and Kotono Kozuma, sporting a one-piece fat suit the last couple of years, isn't doing much better.
The cut was Even and 73 players made it.
POS PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL
1 Mao Nozawa -13 -4 63 68 131
2 Maiko Wakabayashi -12 -3 63 69 132
3T Momoko Osato -10 -8 70 64 134
3T Min-Young Lee -10 -7 69 65 134
5T Mone Inami -9 -5 68 67 135
5T Sumika Nakasone -9 -5 68 67 135
5T Asuka Ishikawa -9 -2 65 70 135
8T Ayaka Watanabe -8 -5 69 67 136
8T Mayu Hamada -8 +1 63 73 136
10T Minami Hiruta -7 -6 71 66 137
10T Yuna Nishimura -7 -5 70 67 137
10T Sayaka Takahashi -7 -3 68 69 137
10T Asako Fujimoto -7 -3 68 69 137
Mao Nozawa gunning for her first win on Japan's big tour
Nanoko Hayashi (-2)
Min Young Lee
It appears that Shibuno Fever (MC) is back with Beams Golf apparel, after being with Adidas for a few months.
Queen Shiho (-6)
Karis Davidson (-4) and Kotone Hori
Miyuu Yamashita (-6) and Chae Young Yoon (-5)
Momoko Osato and Miyuki Takeuchi (-1)
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jul 17, 2021 17:50:28 GMT
Kotone Hori fell down the Leaderboard, had five birdies but four bogeys.
Looking for a top ten now.
Yui Kawamoto two birdies no bogeys, missed cut because of the bad finish first round.
Natsuka Hori went from first round minus two, to second round plus eight.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jul 18, 2021 5:01:06 GMT
Kotone Hori got inside the top ten at minus nine after birdie on fifteen.
But she must have talked to Yui about how to finish a round.
She made bogey on two of the last three holes to drop to a fourteenth tie.
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Post by philknj on Jul 18, 2021 9:42:58 GMT
I could not get the TV Tokyo feed to work on Firefox or IE, which was quite unusual.  Two weeks and two playoffs for Wakabayashi, but this time she nailed it down.
POS PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R TOTAL PRIZE
1 Maiko Wakabayashi -15 63 69 69 201 ¥18,000,000
2 Mao Nozawa -15 63 68 70 201 ¥8,800,000
3 Min-Young Lee -14 69 65 68 202 ¥7,000,000
4T Pei-Ying Tsai -12 66 72 66 204 ¥5,000,000
4T Sayaka Takahashi -12 68 69 67 204 ¥5,000,000
4T Mone Inami -12 68 67 69 204 ¥5,000,000
7T Miyuu Yamashita -10 69 69 68 206 ¥3,250,000
7T Sumika Nakasone -10 68 67 71 206 ¥3,250,000
9T Rumi Yoshiba -9 71 67 69 207 ¥2,056,666
9T Yuna Nishimura -9 70 67 70 207 ¥2,056,666
9T Asuka Ishikawa -9 65 70 72 207 ¥2,056,666
12T Karen Tsuruoka -8 70 71 67 208 ¥1,520,000
12T Nozomi Uetake -8 70 68 70 208 ¥1,520,000
Career win #4
SW Bae (-6)
Hikari Tanabe (-7)
Hana Wakimoto (E)
Jae Eun Chung (E)
Momoko Osato (-4) completely gagged with a 78
Eimi Koga (-4) and Yuka Yasuda (-3)
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Post by philknj on Jul 19, 2021 12:42:24 GMT
One of the more interesting winner's WITB - for all you hackers out there (including me), check your egos in the parking lot. Wakabayashi had a streak of 85 straight holes without a bogey covering the last two events.
1W: Yonex EZONE GT 455 (9 ° REXIS KAIZA-M2 5SR 45.75 inches)
3,5W: Tailor-made SIM2 MAX (15,18 ° Speeder NX 50SR)
3,4,5,6U: Yonex EZONE XPG (19,22,25,28 ° MCH 60R, N.S.PRO ZELOS8)
7I-PW: Yonex EZONE CB 501 Forged (N.S.PRO ZELOS8 HB R)
A, SW: Yonex EZONE W 501 (52,58 °)
PT: Tailor Made TP Collection Hydro Blast Juno TB2 Truss Center
BALL: Srixon Z-STAR Diamond
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"Mama-san" put a steel shaft in the 6 UT to make it feel like an iron. The stock lofts on the 7 thru PW are 32, 36, 41 and 46.
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Two weeks and two playoffs for Wakabayashi, but this time she nailed it down.
