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Post by philknj on Oct 25, 2021 1:01:12 GMT
No more Sky starting this week.  I'm surprised at the exact timing of her retirement announcement ... couldn't she have gotten into maybe three more 2021 tournaments after the Nobuta? BTW, she did NOT look washed up last week with a T-20.
This one starts Friday for a field of 96 (top-60 plus ties make the cut).
Limited TV for all three days. Sunday's round should be here (Japan time) -
SUN - 4:00 PM (tape)
aqstream.com/jp/tva/TV-Asahi
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Try YouTube for other coverage via this search -
樋口久子 三菱電機レディスゴルフトーナメント
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Post by HappyFan on Oct 25, 2021 15:47:28 GMT
Sky wants to play her final event in Korea, so maybe it worked out better to leave when she did?
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Post by philknj on Oct 26, 2021 2:08:19 GMT
Other JLPGA news: Following 17 straight trunk slams on the LPGA going back to 2020, Suzuka Yamaguchi entered one of the preliminary JLPGA q-school events earlier this month, whipped a field of 81 and won by five shots (280, -8). The final stage of q-school is Nov. 2 thru 5. I think Yonex will be delighted to see the extra exposure she'll give them in 2022.
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Post by philknj on Oct 28, 2021 11:49:52 GMT
Thursday practice -
Shibuno Fever ... how does she decide when to where Adidas vs. Beams Golf apparel?
Ayaka Furue
Yuna Nishimura
Rumi Yoshiba and Sakura Koiwai
Yuka Yasuda and Ai Suzuki
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Post by philknj on Oct 29, 2021 3:40:12 GMT
Eight players were DNS (I'm sure Toto's ¥220,000,000 next week was unrelated  ) ... as a result, bad karma is getting dished out in an old-fashioned bloodbath. Only seven players under par so far:
POS PLAYER SCORE HOLE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL
1T Yui Kawamoto -2 13 -2
1T Seonwoo Bae -2 10 -2
1T Erika Hara -2 9 -2
4T Mao Nozawa -1 15 -1
4T Rumi Yoshiba -1 *3 -1
4T Miyuu Yamashita -1 11 -1
4T Hinako Shibuno -1 8 -1
SW Bae and Erika Hara
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Post by SoYeonFan on Oct 29, 2021 6:34:51 GMT
Good round by Yui Kawamoto minus three.
She actually finished the round with birdies on fifteen and eighteen.
Kotone Hori had five bogeys, however made birdie on eighteen.
That helped.
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Post by philknj on Oct 29, 2021 11:40:34 GMT
If they did the cut now, it would be +4.  A legit video of the last five holes showing several leaders:
POS PLAYER SCORE HOLE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL
1T Seonwoo Bae -4 F -4 68 68
1T Jiyai Shin -4 F -4 68 68
3T Yui Kawamoto -3 F -3 69 69
3T Hinako Shibuno -3 F -3 69 69
5T Shina Kanazawa -1 F -1 71 71
5T Mao Nozawa -1 F -1 71 71
5T Serena Aoki -1 F -1 71 71
5T Miyuu Yamashita -1 F -1 71 71
5T Megumi Kido -1 *F -1 71 71
5T Erika Hara -1 F -1 71 71
5T Ayaka Furue -1 F -1 71 71
The Shinster is an absurdly good chipper
Ayaka Furue was not in the tournament, until she reeled off three birdies in the last five holes. That looks like Mr. Shimuzu on her bag, the Steve Williams Dean Herden of Japan, but no chinstrap.
Reika Usui (+3) with sis on the bag
It was Take Your Sister to Work Day for the threesome of Megumi Kido, Yuzuha Omata (+3) and Ayaka Matsumori (+5)
Eight Head (+1)
Kana Nagai (+2)
Akira Yamaji (+8)
Yui
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Post by jumpcut on Oct 29, 2021 15:33:47 GMT
Temperature's rising, with Shibuno Fever one off the pace. Is she peaking too soon for Q-Series? I may have to check this one out.
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Post by philknj on Oct 30, 2021 12:46:50 GMT
The cut was +6 and 33 corpses were buried afterward ... only 13 players under par.
The last few holes of Round Two ... Bae threw cold water on everyone's Fever ... setting up a barn burner on Sunday, I hope.
POS PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL
1T Hinako Shibuno -7 -4 69 68 137
1T Seonwoo Bae -7 -3 68 69 137
3 Shina Kanazawa -5 -4 71 68 139
4 Yuting Seki -3 -3 72 69 141
5T Sayaka Takahashi -2 -4 74 68 142
5T Nana Suganuma -2 -3 73 69 142
5T Asuka Ishikawa -2 -2 72 70 142
5T Ayaka Furue -2 -1 71 71 142
5T Yui Kawamoto -2 +1 69 73 142
5T Jiyai Shin -2 +2 68 74 142
11T Yuri Yoshida -1 -3 74 69 143
11T Sumika Nakasone -1 -2 73 70 143
11T Mao Saigo -1 -1 72 71 143
Where did Ting Ting come from?
SW Bae
JY Shin
"Limited" attendance and guess where they all went?
Serena Aoki (E)
Kana Mikashima (+4)
Miyuki Takeuchi (+5)
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Post by jumpcut on Oct 30, 2021 13:38:27 GMT
That final hour of coverage was basically the Shibuno-Cam and she didn't deserve it...+1 on the last four holes. Shibuno takes a shot, Shibuno walks the fairway, Shibuno highlights from earlier in the round, Shibuno highlights from last week... Mini Ting Ting hasn't been on the bag for her big sis in awhile. I wonder if she's on one of the development tours or even playing anymore. I'd hate to have to retire one of the best nicknames in golf. From this photo, I guess women have a natural immunity to Shibuno Fever. |
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Post by jlpgafan on Oct 30, 2021 18:53:39 GMT
yuli shi aka mini ting ting did not pass jlpga protest this year she will have to play the step up tour or play the china tour.... only a matter of time that ting ting wins on the jlpga... she has won on the china tour... http://instagram.com/p/CTzVFkDvuuC |
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Post by SoYeonFan on Oct 31, 2021 6:00:28 GMT
Yui Kawamoto with four birdies two bogeys in solo seven place right now.
Kotone Hori made some pocket money.
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Post by philknj on Oct 31, 2021 12:59:39 GMT
Seon Woo Bae had a two-stroke lead going into the par-5 18th hole (485 yards) during regulation ... and LOST. I won't use the 'c' or 'g' word to explain it, but I think I figured it out:
Ping woods > Titleist woods 
Someone was kind enough to record the 72nd and 1st playoff holes from a big screen TV:
POS PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R TOTAL PRIZE
1 Hinako Shibuno -9 69 68 70 207 ¥14,400,000
2 Seonwoo Bae -9 68 69 70 207 ¥7,040,000
3T Ayaka Furue -6 71 71 68 210 ¥5,200,000
3T Nana Suganuma -6 73 69 68 210 ¥5,200,000
5T Ayaka Watanabe -5 76 69 66 211 ¥3,600,000
5T Mao Saigo -5 72 71 68 211 ¥3,600,000
7 Yui Kawamoto -4 69 73 70 212 ¥2,800,000
8T Erika Hara -3 71 74 68 213 ¥1,858,000
8T Saki Nagamine -3 72 72 69 213 ¥1,858,000
8T Sayaka Takahashi -3 74 68 71 213 ¥1,858,000
8T Yuting Seki -3 72 69 72 213 ¥1,858,000
12 Mizuki Ooide -2 72 73 69 214 ¥1,352,000
Bae doesn't know how to do the Minjee Lee fake hug after losing. 
Momoko Osato (+3) aced #8 ... that's NOT how you do it, you're also supposed to display the sole of the club used.  
Unless the Google mush was wrong, the Mitsubishi cheapskates paid out only ¥100,000 for that ace.
Best of buddies
Chako, Shibuno and low am Minami Kiyomoto (E)
Saki Nagamine
Sayaka Takahashi
Hee Kyeong Bae (+2)
Yui and Asuka Ishikawa (E)
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Post by jumpcut on Oct 31, 2021 15:29:32 GMT
Shibuno knew she was gifted a lifeline on the regulation 18th. She didn't wait for that to happen again on the playoff hole. She went out and grabbed it with an eagle.
She's overhyped in Japan but 80% of that hype is justified.
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Post by philknj on Oct 31, 2021 17:55:29 GMT
She went out and grabbed it with an eagle.
You are so right. I was wondering if Shibuno carrying her FW over the edge of the bunker on the left to a left flag was an accident. Per a Google mushed article, that WAS her plan.
The article says that hole was set to 473 on Sunday. I'm surprised that Bae was short of the dance floor after two shots both times. I saw her at Bedminster in 2017 ... she is NOT frail or scrawny, that's for sure, and has full athletic swing. I can think of only one solution: an off-season appointment in Scottsdale with "Mr. Kaboom, Baby." Come to think of it, I can't remember anyone on the JLPGA with Parsons. I'll post an update later if I find someone.
Almost forgot: that little video I posted has almost 171K views in about a half a day.   |
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I'm surprised at the exact timing of her retirement announcement ... couldn't she have gotten into maybe three more 2021 tournaments after the Nobuta? BTW, she did NOT look washed up last week with a T-20.
) ... as a result, bad karma is getting dished out in an old-fashioned bloodbath. Only seven players under par so far:
A legit video of the last five holes showing several leaders:
