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Post by philknj on Mar 29, 2022 0:12:14 GMT
Starts Thursday for a field of 120 ... top-60 plus ties make the cut. Na Ri Lee will make her 2022 debut this week ..,. the same news for Simin Feng, although she doesn't have good status for Japan's big tour. They'll have a max of 3,000 spectators per day.
This used to be the tournament that had more FREE YouTube streaming than all the others ... those days are history.  The BS Asahi channel will broadcast all four days LIVE, but I don't know if this link will have it:
aqstream.com/jp/tva/TV-Asahi
If yes, the Japan times would be 1:55 PM (Thu & Fri) and 1:00 PM (Sat & Sun).
Or, try rogue videos on YouTube via this search:
ヤマハレディースオープン葛城
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Post by philknj on Mar 30, 2022 0:50:19 GMT
The obligatory Team Yamaha photo ... they usually do it in front of the Yamaha gear van.
My best guess on the names (L-R) - ?, Maria Shinohara, Kana Nagai, Nozomi Uetake, Chie Arimura, ?, Mami Fukuda, Eight Head, ?, ?
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Post by philknj on Mar 30, 2022 5:06:15 GMT
Wednesday prep:
Hori Two missed her calling as a baseball manager.
Bo Mee Lee
Ayaka Watanabe
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Post by philknj on Mar 31, 2022 3:33:57 GMT
Really surprised that a LIVE feed (above) is working ... Eight Head made a short birdie putt to tie for the lead at -5 and has four holes remaining ... and she just left herself about a fifteen-foot birdie attempt at #6 ... missed it, but still tied for first. Bae and Saigo finished their rounds at -5. The par-3 4th has water at the front and left of the green, but it's only 150 yards ... yet, Inami and Saku-chan hit dreadful shots way left and made doubles ... and Momoko Ueda just hit the same lousy shot.
No flip by Yui.
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Post by philknj on Mar 31, 2022 10:58:44 GMT
POS PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL
1T Mao Saigo -5 -5 67 67
1T Seonwoo Bae -5 -5 67 67
3T Kotoko Uchida -4 -4 68 68
3T Rumi Yoshiba -4 -4 68 68
3T Fumika Kawagishi -4 -4 68 68
3T Chae-Young Yoon -4 -4 68 68
3T Simin Feng -4 -4 68 68
3T Nana Suganuma -4 -4 68 68
3T Eri Fukuyama -4 -4 68 68
10 Mi-Jeong Jeon -3 -3 69 69
Persimmon Feng
Seonwoo Bae ... that's the first Titleist belt I've seen.
Reika Usui (E)
Rumi Yoshiba
Akira Yamaji (+12, DFL)
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Post by SoYeonFan on Mar 31, 2022 18:58:39 GMT
Kotone Hori had her worse start in quite a while, four bogeys no birdies.
Yui Kawamoto is near the cut line again at plus one.
Made bogey on sixteen and seventeen which has become a habit with her.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Apr 1, 2022 3:45:50 GMT
Great bounce bad round by Kotone Hori six birdies two bogeys.
At even par she climbed a long way up the Leaderboard
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Post by philknj on Apr 1, 2022 11:31:52 GMT
The cut was +3 and 69 players made it.
POS PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1T Mao Saigo -8 -3 67 69 136 1T Seonwoo Bae -8 -3 67 69 136 3T Nana Suganuma -7 -3 68 69 137 3T @miku Ueta -7 -8 73 64 137 5T Simin Feng -5 -1 68 71 139 5T Mi-Jeong Jeon -5 -2 69 70 139 7T Yuri Yoshida -4 -2 70 70 140 7T Nozomi Uetake -4 -2 70 70 140 7T Rie Tsuji -4 -2 70 70 140 7T Chae-Young Yoon -4 0 68 72 140
Mone Inami (trunk slam) ... "2022 wasn't supposed to be like this."
Hori Two (E)
BML (MC, T-111)
Eight Head
Serena Aoki (-3)
Yui(MC) will find her golf game at the end of this rainbow
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Post by SoYeonFan on Apr 1, 2022 18:52:16 GMT
Yui Kawamoto made two bogeys late again to end the round.
She made bogey on sixteen and seventeen to miss the cut by one shot.
She only hit twenty of thirty six greens.
It's early maybe she will figure it out.
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Post by philknj on Apr 2, 2022 12:46:51 GMT
While going through the Getty pics this week, I noticed a definite uptick in players wearing masks while playing ... particularly players I've never seen do this before, like Ting Ting, Rie Tsuji and Nozomi Uetake. I hope this is just a temporary pollen thing and NOT resurgent Covid Idiocy. 
POS PLAYER SCORE HOLE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1 Mao Saigo -12 F -4 67 69 68 204 2 Seonwoo Bae -7 F +1 67 69 73 209 3T Serena Aoki -6 F -3 72 69 69 210 3T Simin Feng -6 F -1 68 71 71 210 3T Nana Suganuma -6 F +1 68 69 73 210 6 Mi-Jeong Jeon -5 F 0 69 70 72 211 7T Mami Fukuda -4 F -1 72 69 71 212 7T Sayaka Takahashi -4 F -1 72 69 71 212 7T Nozomi Uetake -4 F 0 70 70 72 212 7T Yuri Yoshida -4 F 0 70 70 72 212 7T @miku Ueta -4 F +3 73 64 75 212
Sakura Koiwai (+1)
Erika Hara (+4)
Yuri Yoshida has to set her alarm for 1 AM Sunday to watch baby sis play Augusta.
Persimmon Feng
Mi Jeong Jeon
Mami Fukuda is leading the Yamaha staffer mini-tournament
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Post by SoYeonFan on Apr 2, 2022 18:21:01 GMT
Kotone Hori minus three third round moving up the Leaderboard.
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Post by philknj on Apr 2, 2022 21:07:15 GMT
Hori Two sits at 80th on the Rolex Rankings ... I doubt she'll be in the top-75 after Sunday, which is where you need to be to avoid qualifying for the USWO. That's the April 6 deadline ... however, she can also avoid qualifying if she's in the top-75 by May 16. This assumes she wants to play the USWO ... which is almost impossible to know since the USGA took down the Entrant Lookup button from its website a few weeks ago. SW Bae (#72) and Sayaka Takahashi (#76) are straddling the line going into Sunday.
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Post by philknj on Apr 3, 2022 14:13:20 GMT
The highlight on Sunday was Hori Two making a hole-out three at the par-5 15th ... begins at 3:04 -
POS PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL PRIZE
1 Mao Saigo -8 67 69 68 76 280 ¥18,000,000
2 Kotone Hori -7 76 68 69 68 281 ¥8,800,000
3T Nana Suganuma -6 68 69 73 72 282 ¥6,500,000
3T Seonwoo Bae -6 67 69 73 73 282 ¥6,500,000
5 @miku Ueta -4 73 64 75 72 284 ¥0
6T Ayaka Watanabe -3 70 72 73 70 285 ¥4,166,666
6T Sayaka Takahashi -3 72 69 71 73 285 ¥4,166,666
6T Mami Fukuda -3 72 69 71 73 285 ¥4,166,666
9T Shuri Sakuma -2 73 74 71 68 286 ¥2,312,500
9T Yuri Yoshida -2 70 70 72 74 286 ¥2,312,500
9T Mi-Jeong Jeon -2 69 70 72 75 286 ¥2,312,500
9T Serena Aoki -2 72 69 69 76 286 ¥2,312,500
It's early, but Chairwoman Mao leads the tour in wins, money, points, scoring average and top-tens. Drove it OB on #18, but had a big enough cushion to skate by.
w/ low am Miku Ueta
Eight Head (+2)
Nana Suganuma ... is that a divot-fill bag? Usually only the amateurs carry that.
Chie Arimura (+4)
Hori Two
Persimmon Feng (E)
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Post by SoYeonFan on Apr 3, 2022 15:43:07 GMT
Really great comeback for Kotone Hori a solo second after the first round seventy six.
The only downer was the bogey on seventeen which caused her a tie for the lead.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Apr 3, 2022 18:05:04 GMT
Kotone Hori is second in Mercedes Ranking, Money, Scoring Avg and Top Tens.
So great.
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The BS Asahi channel will broadcast all four days LIVE, but I don't know if this link will have it:
