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Post by philknj on Jun 23, 2015 19:08:00 GMT
It's not a major, but it's a biggie...four days and a total purse of 140M Yen. SBS Golf will have two hours per day on Sat. & Sun., 5PM local time. I tried looking up "Earth Mondahmin" and got pictures of mouthwash bottles made by a Japanese company called Earth-Chem, I think. Clean must be the theme...I never attended a golf tournament that went THIS far:   |
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Post by mr3putt on Jun 24, 2015 2:59:08 GMT
And the Japanese also have too much respect for other's property...there won't be any graffiti in that outhouse.
Someone told me that if a Japanese person finds money on public transit in Japan...they'll turn it over to the lost and found.
Talk about porta potties...I was at the Beijing Olympics Bird's Nest Stadium site in 2011....there were rows of PP's and they were all void of any maintenance...it was disgusting.
Supposedly the Bird's Nest is falling apart.
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Post by philknj on Jun 24, 2015 12:40:51 GMT
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Post by IceCat on Jun 24, 2015 22:33:30 GMT
Supposedly the Bird's Nest is falling apart.
Given that it was designed by Ai Weiwei the current powers that be in Beijing probably don't put too high a priority on it. It supposedly costs around $9m a year to maintain, but despite the lack of major events the venue is profitable as it remains a major domestic tourist attraction charging about 50RMB per person and about 20,000 to 30,000 people a day stop by.
Practically the only events the National Stadium (to use its formal name) hosts are the occasional exhibition international soccer match or concert; it is due to host the 2015 IAAF World Championships later this summer. If Beijing were to be successful in its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics (the Kazakh capital Almaty is their only challenger) it would be host for the opening ceremony just as it did for the 2008 summer Olympics.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_National_Stadium
Kevin
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Post by mr3putt on Jun 25, 2015 7:43:48 GMT
Prep for Bo Mee Lee BML & Erika fanboy.  ....Phil you're SO PREDICTABLE. |
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Post by mr3putt on Jun 25, 2015 7:53:56 GMT
Supposedly the Bird's Nest is falling apart.
Given that it was designed by Ai Weiwei the current powers that be in Beijing probably don't put too high a priority on it. It supposedly costs around $9m a year to maintain, but despite the lack of major events the venue is profitable as it remains a major domestic tourist attraction charging about 50RMB per person and about 20,000 to 30,000 people a day stop by.
Practically the only events the National Stadium (to use its formal name) hosts are the occasional exhibition international soccer match or concert; it is due to host the 2015 IAAF World Championships later this summer. If Beijing were to be successful in its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics (the Kazakh capital Almaty is their only challenger) it would be host for the opening ceremony just as it did for the 2008 summer Olympics.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_National_Stadium
Kevin
Our tour bus only dropped by the Olympic site for about an hour around 8pm after our dinner. There were hundreds of people selling souvenirs....I'm now the proud owner of a 2008 Beijing Olympic Gold medal...it only cost me 15 RMB's.....lol. I didn't know that many people toured the stadium per day....50 RMB is a lot for an admission fee. How far away and what city would host the alpine events? Ice...you know more about China than I...and you're a white guy....I knew I should have listened to my Momma and married a Chinese gal....lol. |
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Post by philknj on Jun 25, 2015 11:26:25 GMT
RANK PLAYER SCORE HOLE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1T Misuzu Narita -5 F -5 67 67 1T Hiromi Mogi -5 F -5 67 67 1T Momoko Ueda -5 F -5 67 67 1T Asako Fujimoto -5 *F -5 67 67 5T Serena Aoki -4 F -4 68 68 5T Nana Yamashiro -4 *F -4 68 68 5T Da-Ye Na -4 F -4 68 68 5T Yasuko Satoh -4 F -4 68 68 Others (including a couple of obvious cash grabbers): Young Kim 70 JY Shin 70 Ji Hee Lee 70 SY Kang 70 T. Lu 71 S.S. Feng 71 Erika Kikuchi Even Rikako Morita 73 Jee Young Lee 79 Jae Eun Chung skipped this one, as she is playing for her sponsor BC Card on KLPGA tour this week. Bo Mee Lee shot 70   Sky Kim shot 71   Momoko Ueda   In case you are wondering, I assume they poured balls into metal pyramid frames...that's how I saw it done at Trump National/Bedminster a few years ago.  |
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Post by mr3putt on Jun 25, 2015 16:34:56 GMT
Why does SS Feng play the JLPGA, especially when the Walmart event is this week?
Trying to gain some confidence to get a win against lower ranked players....or maybe wants to take advantage of some all you can eat sushi restaurants.
Actually AYCE sushi can be redundant and often not great quality....often you can't order sashimi, though the family went to a great one called August 8 in Burlington, Ont.....I suspect it might be Chinese owned based on the name.
I don't believe there are many Japanese owned Chinese restaurants except in Japan.
There are many Korean owned Japanese restaurants in Van City.
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Post by mr3putt on Jun 25, 2015 16:37:17 GMT
If I won the lottery I'd attend a KLPGA and JLPGA events and fanboy Sharon and Sky....heck I might even buy a Dumbo hat from one of In Gee's fan club members.
Does anyone have a video of Sharon speaking English?....I heard Sharon's English is quite competent.
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Post by mr3putt on Jun 25, 2015 16:39:43 GMT
What happened to the Construcvist?
Did he cancel his internet, like he did his TV cable?
Isn't his wife Japanese?
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Post by philknj on Jun 26, 2015 11:05:31 GMT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjMERo2k44AThe above link is still the only English-speaking video I know of for Shin Ae Ahn. RANK PLAYER SCORE HOLE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1 Yasuko Satoh -9 *F -5 68 67 135 2 Da-Ye Na -8 *F -4 68 68 136 3T Ji-Hee Lee -7 *F -5 70 67 137 3T Yukari Baba -7 *F -5 70 67 137 3T Serena Aoki -7 *F -3 68 69 137 3T Hiromi Mogi -7 *F -2 67 70 137 7T Kaori Ohe -6 F -3 69 69 138 7T Kumiko Kaneda -6 *F -4 70 68 138 7T Soo-Yun Kang -6 *F -4 70 68 138 7T Megumi Kido -6 *F -5 71 67 138 7T Momoko Ueda -6 *F -1 67 71 138 12T Shiho Oyama -5 F -3 70 69 139 12T Bo-Mee Lee -5 *F -3 70 69 139 12T Asako Fujimoto -5 F 0 67 72 139 12T Hikari Fujita -5 *F -2 69 70 139 12T Young Kim -5 F -3 70 69 139 Assuming the cut was top-50 plus ties, S.S. Feng, Erika Kikuchi, and Ha Neul Kim got in under the wire at -1. Another new bag w/ matching headcovers for Bo Mee Lee! I assume Honma is driving this constant turnover...why? She began the year with a white one w/ blue & gold trim. Then she changed to white w/ green & black trim. Now we have hot pink w/ sky blue & white trim. Is there a huge market for the giant pro golf bags?   So Yeon Ryu had a white bag w/ green & black trim at the KPMG. I'll be curious to see if this color change filters down to Honma players on other tours. JY Shin (-3) and Teresa Lu (-2)   Asami Kikuchi (+7)...chronic trunk slammer...I think she is the older sister of Erika by about three years...both use Titleist VG3 drivers...the S.S. Feng is moored in the background. 
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Post by Sean on Jun 26, 2015 12:23:42 GMT
Sharon speaks fluent English with a kiwi accent - quite cute actually!
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Post by Sean on Jun 26, 2015 12:25:58 GMT
Why does SS Feng play the JLPGA, especially when the Walmart event is this week? Trying to gain some confidence to get a win against lower ranked players....or maybe wants to take advantage of some all you can eat sushi restaurants. Actually AYCE sushi can be redundant and often not great quality....often you can't order sashimi, though the family went to a great one called August 8 in Burlington, Ont.....I suspect it might be Chinese owned based on the name. I don't believe there are many Japanese owned Chinese restaurants except in Japan. There are many Korean owned Japanese restaurants in Van City. SS Feng is sponsored by Japanese equipment maker Honma Golf so i presume she is requited to play a few times of the year there, next weeks she plays in the KLPGA/CLPGA event in China - Kumho Tires Ladies Open because again she is sponsored by Korean tire make Kumho Tires |
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Post by philknj on Jun 27, 2015 3:57:10 GMT
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Post by philknj on Jun 27, 2015 10:56:43 GMT
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1T Bo-Mee Lee -10 -5 70 69 67 206 1T Kaori Ohe -10 -4 69 69 68 206 1T Ji-Hee Lee -10 -3 70 67 69 206 1T Da-Ye Na -10 -2 68 68 70 206 1T Yasuko Satoh -10 -1 68 67 71 206 6T Rikako Morita -9 -7 73 69 65 207 6T Kumiko Kaneda -9 -3 70 68 69 207 6T Serena Aoki -9 -2 68 69 70 207 9T Yukari Nishiyama -8 -5 71 70 67 208 9T Hiromi Mogi -8 -1 67 70 71 208 11T Miki Sakai -7 -3 72 68 69 209 11T Hikari Fujita -7 -2 69 70 70 209 11T Shiho Oyama -7 -2 70 69 70 209 11T Soo-Yun Kang -7 -1 70 68 71 209 11T Yukari Baba -7 0 70 67 72 209 A victory by Rikako Morita would be crazy huge over there...she hasn't won in the last 15 months.   Ji Hee Lee, SY Kang, and Fan Girl    |
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....Phil you're SO PREDICTABLE.
