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Post by philknj on Aug 17, 2021 4:57:07 GMT
Only a field of 96 will tee it up Friday ... top-50 plus ties make the cut.
Regular TV (Japan time) -
Sunday: 4:00 PM - 5:25 PM (tape)
aqstream.com/jp/tva/TV-Asahi
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There will be LIVE coverage all three days, try YT search with tourney title in English for rogue videos.
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Post by philknj on Aug 19, 2021 10:38:57 GMT
Thursday practice -
That's two weeks and two flower bouquets for Mone Inami.
Kotone Hori and Sayaka Takahashi
 
Ting Ting and Reika Usui
I don't see any hardware, but Mika-chin announced on her IG that she married a race car driver.
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Post by philknj on Aug 20, 2021 10:07:32 GMT
Numerous DNS and WD players, including JY Shin and Yui.
POS PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL
1 Mone Inami -7 -7 65 65
2T Reika Usui -5 -5 67 67
2T Yuri Yoshida -5 -5 67 67
2T Seira Oki -5 -5 67 67
5T Chae-Young Yoon -4 -4 68 68
5T Ayako Kimura -4 -4 68 68
5T Sayaka Takahashi -4 -4 68 68
5T Sakura Koiwai -4 -4 68 68
9T Haruka Morita -3 -3 69 69
9T Shiho Oyama -3 -3 69 69
9T Kotone Hori -3 -3 69 69
9T Ayano Yasuda -3 -3 69 69
9T Momoko Osato -3 -3 69 69
9T Mao Saigo -3 -3 69 69
Chae Young Yoon
Reika Usui
Kana Nagai (+2)
Mone Inami and Momoko Osato
Sakura Koiwai and Yuna Nishimura (-2)
MY Lee (+1)
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Post by philknj on Aug 21, 2021 10:37:19 GMT
The cut was +2 and 60 players made it.
POS PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL
1 Mone Inami -10 -3 65 69 134
2 Sayaka Takahashi -9 -5 68 67 135
3 Yuri Yoshida -8 -3 67 69 136
4 Ayako Kimura -7 -3 68 69 137
5T Hana Wakimoto -6 -4 70 68 138
5T Sakura Koiwai -6 -2 68 70 138
5T Reika Usui -6 -1 67 71 138
8T Mao Saigo -5 -2 69 70 139
8T Shiho Oyama -5 -2 69 70 139
10T Mio Kotaki -4 -5 73 67 140
10T Chae-Young Yoon -4 0 68 72 140
The leader is about 15 miles SE of Mt. Fuji
Mi Jeong Jeon (-3)
Hikari Tanabe (MC)
Ayako Kimura
Momo Yoshikawa (+2) and Yuka Yasuda (+1)
Eight Head, Kana Mikashima (-3) and Eimi Koga (+2)
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Post by SoYeonFan on Aug 21, 2021 17:14:58 GMT
Kotone Hori plus three fell back to even par.
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Post by philknj on Aug 22, 2021 11:36:25 GMT
Saku-chan avoided round three's Smash-up on Interstate Five to pick up her 5th win of 2020-21.
POS PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R TOTAL PRIZE
1 Sakura Koiwai -7 68 70 71 209 ¥10,800,000
2T Kana Mikashima -5 70 71 70 211 ¥4,360,000
2T Sayaka Takahashi -5 68 67 76 211 ¥4,360,000
2T Mone Inami -5 65 69 77 211 ¥4,360,000
5 Yuna Nishimura -4 70 71 71 212 ¥3,000,000
6T Reika Usui -3 67 71 75 213 ¥2,250,000
6T Yuri Yoshida -3 67 69 77 213 ¥2,250,000
8T Nana Suganuma -2 70 71 73 214 ¥1,320,000
8T Mio Kotaki -2 73 67 74 214 ¥1,320,000
8T Shiho Oyama -2 69 70 75 214 ¥1,320,000
8T Mao Saigo -2 69 70 75 214 ¥1,320,000
8T Hana Wakimoto -2 70 68 76 214 ¥1,320,000
Mone Inami and the scoreboard that listed the carnage.
Koiwai extended her lead in points and money over Inami, but still trails her in scoring average, 70.3719 to 70.2121.
Yukari Nishiyama (+7) bagged ¥264,000 for 46th place and ¥5,000,000 for the ace at #17.
Mika Miyazato (E) ... where are the HoJo clam strips?
Sayaka Takahashi ... wait until next week ... or the week after that ... or the week after that... 
Chae Young Yoon (+1)
Reika Usui
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Post by jumpcut on Aug 22, 2021 14:27:11 GMT
Did Saku-chan really win that earth mover? She's holding the giant key for it. I can only imagine seeing her dig out an in-ground pool in her backyard on her day off. |
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Post by philknj on Aug 23, 2021 0:30:29 GMT
The winner of this event is always awarded CAT construction equipment. However, I assume that Koiwai has the option to accept the cash equivalent behind the scenes. I mean, really, what is she supposed to do with that dumb thing and where?! Over there, you have to prove to the authorities that you have a parking space before you can buy a car, so I've heard.
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Meanwhile, it appears that Karis Davidson has had her fill of Japan ... didn't play this week and is not in the next two events. Instead, she will take a stab at Monday qualifying in Portland, Arkansas and AC. I'm guessing that she entered herself in LPGA q-school and will go directly to Stage Two, since she had a RR of # 334 as of August 9. I don't know how she'll manage this ... I'll bet she'll sleep on Greeny's couch ... I didn't realize until later that they were the two superfans in costume following Webby around at the 2017 USWO.
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Post by jlpgafan on Aug 23, 2021 0:47:45 GMT
i remember one year the winner donated the cat tractor to a country club
for their use on the club grounds...
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Post by philknj on Aug 23, 2021 7:20:32 GMT
Here is a working video of the final round broadcast, starting with Koiwai hitting her 3rd shot at the par-5 15th and Inami walking the 14th green. Check it out before the authorities take it down. Nishiyama's ace at #17 is at 35:26. You'll see that the Nichols Propaganda was banned here ... No. 15 was 563 yards, the par-4 16th was 421 yards and the par-5 18th was 517 yards with a pin position just beyond a downward ridge on the green. Inami's mediocre iron shots and lousy chipping were relentlessly punished.
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Post by jumpcut on Aug 23, 2021 17:11:57 GMT
I don't speak Japanese but Sakura may be saying here what she's going to do with her brand new earth mover.
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