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Post by philknj on Apr 18, 2022 11:43:05 GMT
The 40th edition of this event will star the Kawana Hotel - Fuji golf course, ranked #2 in Japan, #2 in Asia and #42 in the world ... all the people there are incidental. It starts Friday for a field of 108 with the top-50 plus ties making the cut. The field was completed with a Monday qualifier ... 12 players (including seven amateurs) made it from a field of 45.
Regular TV (Japan time) -
SAT 3:30 PM
SUN 1:00 PM
aqstream.com/jp/fuji/Fuji-TV
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There are other channels involved, of course ... try YouTube search:
40th フジサンケイレディスクラシック
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Post by philknj on Apr 21, 2022 11:32:36 GMT
Thursday prep:
Sakura Koiwai
Looking to pull out of a nosedive, Mone Inami switched back to her old driver shaft this week
Hori Two
Kana Nagai and Yui
 
"The Pebble Beach of Japan"
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Post by philknj on Apr 22, 2022 11:00:42 GMT
Chairwoman Mao is out for the second straight week with neck pain and The Shinster is still AWOL.
POS PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL
1 Sayaka Takahashi -8 -8 63 63
2T Ayaka Matsumori -4 -4 67 67
2T Saiki Fujita -4 -4 67 67
2T Mayu Hamada -4 -4 67 67
2T Karin Takeyama -4 -4 67 67
6T Minami Hiruta -3 -3 68 68
6T Yuka Yasuda -3 -3 68 68
6T Hikari Tanabe -3 -3 68 68
6T Nozomi Uetake -3 -3 68 68
6T Asumi Teruyama -3 -3 68 68
6T Nanako Ueno -3 -3 68 68
Saiki Fujita picked up her sixth career ace at #17 (172 yards), worth 5 million Yen. I guess the cameraman was on lunch, because it's not included in the JLPGA official highlight reel or in a couple of rogue videos.
Sayaka Takahashi
Reika Usui (E)
Saku-chan (+3)
Ayaka Matsumori and Yui (E)
Kana Nagai (-2) and Queen Shiho (+1)
Mi Jeong Jeon (-2)
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Post by SoYeonFan on Apr 22, 2022 18:19:33 GMT
Both Yui Kawamoto and Kotone Hori finished even par.
Neither had good back nines Kotone two birdies one bogey front, one bogey back.
Yui needs to get over her phobia about finishing rounds.
She had three birdies one bogey front nine, finished with bogeys on seventeen and eighteen.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Apr 23, 2022 4:49:28 GMT
Kotone Hori had an ok round, needs to go low the final round.
Yui Kawamoto had a WQ, didn't matter the last time I checked she was five over.
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Post by philknj on Apr 23, 2022 11:48:35 GMT
Didn't feel like getting up at 2:30 AM for the regular broadcast, so I watched a couple of rogue videos later ... covered mostly the middle holes with the final group of Takahashi, Fujita and Matsumori. The course didn't play hard for them and the weather was perfectly benign. The cut was Even and 50 players made it.
A day late, but not a dollar short ... worth almost $39K USD ... Saiki Fujita's ace on Friday:
POS PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL
1 Sayaka Takahashi -10 -2 63 69 132
2 Aya Kinoshita -9 -8 70 63 133
3T Yuka Yasuda -8 -5 68 66 134
3T Saiki Fujita -8 -4 67 67 134
3T Ayaka Matsumori -8 -4 67 67 134
6T Nozomi Uetake -6 -3 68 68 136
6T Hikari Tanabe -6 -3 68 68 136
8T Mao Nozawa -5 -6 72 65 137
8T Miyu Goto -5 -4 70 67 137
8T Shuri Sakuma -5 -3 69 68 137
8T Nanako Ueno -5 -2 68 69 137
8T Mayu Hamada -5 -1 67 70 137
The Unknown Korean (MC)
Aya Kinoshita at #16
Miyuki Takeuchi (MC)
Haruka Kawasaki (MC) ... I have no idea what all that writing is about.
Hori Two (E)
Eimi Koga (MC)
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Post by rlspore on Apr 24, 2022 2:39:33 GMT
You need to sign up for GolfTV, then tune a VPN to Japan - they've been showing every JLPGA tournament. Guess you might need a VPN to sign up for GolfTV from US anyway...
Cloudy, cool day today, but this seaside course is gorgeous. As is Miyuki Takeuchi above, hmm, gotta investigate her a bit. JLPGA fashions are the best.
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Post by philknj on Apr 24, 2022 3:18:51 GMT
Seaside weather is a new element Sunday for Kana Nagai and everyone else ... to what degree, I don't know ... I'm in scoreboard blackout mode. 
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Post by philknj on Apr 24, 2022 11:47:19 GMT
Nice to see Sayaka hold it together wire-to-wire for her first win.
POS PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R TOTAL PRIZE
1 Sayaka Takahashi -12 63 69 69 201 ¥14,400,000
2 Saiki Fujita -10 67 67 69 203 ¥7,200,000
3T Mayu Hamada -7 67 70 69 206 ¥4,800,000
3T Miyu Goto -7 70 67 69 206 ¥4,800,000
3T Yuka Yasuda -7 68 66 72 206 ¥4,800,000
6T Sakura Koiwai -6 74 66 67 207 ¥2,600,000
6T Hikari Tanabe -6 68 68 71 207 ¥2,600,000
6T Nozomi Uetake -6 68 68 71 207 ¥2,600,000
6T Aya Kinoshita -6 70 63 74 207 ¥2,600,000
10T Nana Suganuma -5 69 71 68 208 ¥1,525,333
10T Mone Inami -5 71 68 69 208 ¥1,525,333
10T Ayaka Matsumori -5 67 67 74 208 ¥1,525,333
Ayaka Matsumori
Hikari Tanabe
Shoko Sasaki (-1)
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I don't know THE DIRT on this situation ... Queen Shiho (+1) dug up her old looper, Dana Derouaux, who is really old (w/ Jan Stephenson in 1976) ... here he is on Thursday ...
... and there he is during Round One ...
... but by Sunday, Old Dana must have been out on the street, because the Queen had scooped up Lionel Matichuk (ex-Saso).
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