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Post by philknj on Sept 5, 2022 11:36:11 GMT
It starts Thursday for a field of 132 ... top-60 plus ties make the cut. The venue should be no mystery to many of the players, Joyo Country Club, which has been a regular stop for the Kyoto Ladies Open on the Step Up tour. It's been around since 1959:
It has 36 holes ... they'll be playing the East course at 6,555 yards (it was 6,355 for the scrubs last November).
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Advance ticket sales only with a planned max of 8,000 per day ... Thursday and Friday will be about $30 USD each and Saturday and Sunday will be about $44 USD each.
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Regular TV (Japan time) -
SAT - 3:00 - 4:25 PM (Live)
SUN 1:55 - 3:55 PM (Live)
Rogue video search on YouTube:
日本女子プロゴルフ選手権大会コニカミノルタ杯
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Post by jumpcut on Sept 5, 2022 13:52:00 GMT
To honor this tournament, today the NY Times published this puzzle: 10D: Camera brand that merged with Minolta in 2003 |
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Post by philknj on Sept 7, 2022 10:03:07 GMT
Practice -
Bo Mee Lee
Ayaka Matsumori
Hori Two
Sakura Koiwai
Ting Ting
Momoko Ueda ... she lost me on this drill
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Post by philknj on Sept 8, 2022 11:33:22 GMT
The Round One highlight reel was the Nana Suganuma Show, which included a chip-in birdie and a chip-in par from Downtown ... I noticed she had Mr. Shimuzu on her bag, the Steve Williams of Japan.
POS PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL
1 Nana Suganuma -7 -7 65 65
2T Miyuu Yamashita -6 -6 66 66
2T Kana Taneda -6 -6 66 66
4T Yuri Okuyama -5 -5 67 67
4T Rio Ishii -5 -5 67 67
6T Kumiko Kaneda -4 -4 68 68
6T Nanoko Hayashi -4 -4 68 68
6T Ritsuko Ryu -4 -4 68 68
6T Momoko Ueda -4 -4 68 68
6T Mone Inami -4 -4 68 68
6T Mami Fukuda -4 -4 68 68
6T Asako Fujimoto -4 -4 68 68
6T Megumi Kido -4 -4 68 68
6T Fumika Kawagishi -4 -4 68 68
6T Seonwoo Bae -4 -4 68 68
6T Jiyai Shin -4 -4 68 68
6T Miyuu Abe -4 -4 68 68
Minami Katsu (+2) and Yuna Nishimura (+1)
Haruka Kawasaki (-3) ... a rookie, age 19 ... has done nothing on the big tour, but has one win, one 2nd and one T-2 against the scrubs.
Kumiko Kaneda ... is that her on her own yardage book cover? 
Ah Reum Hwang (E)
Miyuki Takeuchi (-2)
Hori One (E)
Kana Taneda, who I never heard of before, has been around for a while ... now 27, she joined the big tour in 2015, but got demoted twice to the scrub tour.
Mone Inami ... uh oh, where is the Masking Bulls*** Police when you need them  ... I see two chin straps, one exposed nose and several out-and-out violators.  |
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Post by SoYeonFan on Sept 9, 2022 3:50:49 GMT
Kotone Hori had a decent second round minus three after even par first round.
Maybe too far out of the lead to make a run for the Title.
Yui Kawamoto minus two today after plus two first round.
At even par she sits on the cut line.
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Post by philknj on Sept 9, 2022 11:03:05 GMT
The cut was Even and 70 players made it.
POS PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL
1T Fumika Kawagishi -9 -5 68 67 135
1T Nana Suganuma -9 -2 65 70 135
1T Miyuu Yamashita -9 -3 66 69 135
4 Seonwoo Bae -8 -4 68 68 136
5T Momoko Osato -7 -5 70 67 137
5T Haruka Morita -7 -4 69 68 137
5T Hana Wakimoto -7 -4 69 68 137
8T Miyuu Abe -6 -2 68 70 138
8T Haruka Kawasaki -6 -3 69 69 138
8T Serena Aoki -6 -3 69 69 138
8T Sae Ogura -6 -3 69 69 138
8T Kana Taneda -6 0 66 72 138
Seonwoo Bae is in perfect position to break the three-year win-less drought ....
... except that Yamashita is relentless every frickin' week. 
The Unknown Korean (E)
Saku-chan (-5)
Hori Two (-3)
Smile Candy (MC)
Yooritsko (-1)
Persimmon Feng (MC)
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Post by philknj on Sept 10, 2022 6:09:57 GMT
This morning's message from TV Asahi:
The video has been blocked at the copyright owner's request.
I can go back to sleep. 
Yamashita up by one stroke with six holes remaining in Round Three ... I expected that.
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Post by philknj on Sept 10, 2022 11:47:42 GMT
I put the whammy on Bae (74, -6). 
POS PLAYER SCORE HOLE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL
1 Miyuu Yamashita -12 F -3 66 69 69 204
2 Haruka Morita -10 F -3 69 68 69 206
3 Kana Mikashima -9 F -5 73 67 67 207
4T Nana Suganuma -8 F +1 65 70 73 208
4T Shoko Sasaki -8 F -3 73 66 69 208
4T Mirai Hamasaki -8 F -3 70 69 69 208
4T Haruka Kawasaki -8 F -2 69 69 70 208
8T Mi-Jeong Jeon -7 F -5 71 71 67 209
8T Mao Saigo -7 *F -6 72 71 66 209
8T Miyu Sato -7 F -4 71 70 68 209
8T Sakura Koiwai -7 F -2 69 70 70 209
8T Miyu Goto -7 F -2 69 70 70 209
8T Asako Fujimoto -7 F -2 68 71 70 209
8T Serena Aoki -7 F -1 69 69 71 209
8T Miyuu Abe -7 F -1 68 70 71 209
I hope Haruka Morita wins ... then the usual sources will post a WITB ... I'm curious to see if ANY of her gear is from Kasco, besides her umbrella and glove ... they have some seriously funky s*** in their 2022 catalog:
Chairwoman Mao
The Shinster (-4) ... what is that belt buckle? Also, I can't recall her NOT having Mizuno irons, until now.
Asako Fujimoto
Hori Two (-6) with a stand bag ... is her mom looping for her?  
Shoko Sasaki
Nanoko Hayashi (E) ... MHL is also with MU Sports, but I don't recall her going for this particular type of outfit.
I saw Fumika Kawagishi (-5) at Bedminster in 2017 ... before she hit rock-bottom about two years later ... will try to complete the circle on Sunday, but she's too far back.
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Post by philknj on Sept 11, 2022 11:01:56 GMT
A Star is Born? At 19, the youngest winner of this event won't have to play against the scrubs anymore ... the mini-Augusta roars she generated on the Back Nine:
Other player highlights, including Hori Two slamming in a par chip at #3:
POS PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL PRIZE
1 Haruka Kawasaki -16 69 69 70 64 272 ¥36,000,000
2 Miyuu Yamashita -13 66 69 69 71 275 ¥17,600,000
3 Nana Suganuma -12 65 70 73 68 276 ¥14,000,000
4T Miyu Sato -11 71 70 68 68 277 ¥10,000,000
4T Shoko Sasaki -11 73 66 69 69 277 ¥10,000,000
4T Haruka Morita -11 69 68 69 71 277 ¥10,000,000
7T Yuting Seki -10 71 72 69 66 278 ¥6,000,000
7T Seonwoo Bae -10 68 68 74 68 278 ¥6,000,000
7T Mao Saigo -10 72 71 66 69 278 ¥6,000,000
10T Sae Ogura -9 69 69 73 68 279 ¥3,166,666
10T Erika Kikuchi -9 71 71 69 68 279 ¥3,166,666
10T Min-Young Lee -9 71 72 67 69 279 ¥3,166,666
10T Yuri Yoshida -9 70 70 70 69 279 ¥3,166,666
10T Mirai Hamasaki -9 70 69 69 71 279 ¥3,166,666
10T Kana Mikashima -9 73 67 67 72 279 ¥3,166,666
Yamashita ... it wasn't supposed to end like this. 
Ting Ting
SW Bae
Saku-chan (-7)
Mi Jeong Jeon (-4)
Ayako Kimura (+1)
Nozomi Uetake (-3)
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Post by SoYeonFan on Sept 11, 2022 15:43:14 GMT
Kotone Hori had a decent Tournament with a tie for twenty fourth place.
Good Final Round for Yui Kawamoto minus four.
Picking up points and money is always good.
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... I see two chin straps, one exposed nose and several out-and-out violators.
