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Post by philknj on Sept 26, 2022 0:22:41 GMT
Kicks off Thursday for a field of 120 players ... and 27 of them are amateurs  ... and a couple of big amateurs are NOT here, Rin Yoshida (#4 on WAGR) and Tsubasa Kajitani (#11). Excluding JLPGAers, the only foreigner here is Kelsey Bennett(a) of Australia ... #79 on WAGR ... she must have the full backing of Oz Golf ... played four big amateur events in the U.S. this summer, along with the world team amateur in France. The cut is top-60 plus ties.
As usual, a couple of NHK channels will handle the TV ... this stream MIGHT work (Japan time) -
THU 3:10 PM - 5:00 PM
FRI 3:10 PM - 5:00 PM
SAT 1:50 PM - 4:00 PM
SUN 1:05 PM - 4:00 PM
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I don't know if the JGA is nutso about cracking down on YouTube ... regardless, you could try this query:
日本女子オープンゴルフ選手権
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Post by jlpgafan on Sept 27, 2022 2:25:37 GMT
Saki baba is on the player list
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Post by philknj on Sept 27, 2022 10:51:32 GMT
The annual past winners group shot.
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Tuesday practice:
Chairwoman Mao and Yuri Yoshida
Miyuu Yamashita and Hori Two
Baba-chan, Ting Ting and Hina Arakaki
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Post by philknj on Sept 28, 2022 10:37:35 GMT
Wednesday prep -
Chairwoman Mao
Erika Hara
Yuna Nishimura
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They're so gonzo about women's golf over there ... the JLPGA is concurrently running a scrub tour event Tuesday thru Friday this week ... the field includes The Unknown Korean:
KATO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 27: Hana Lee of South Korea hits her tee shot on the 6th hole during the first round of the Sky Ladies ABC Cup at ABC Golf Club on September 27, 2022 in Kato, Hyogo, Japan. (Photo by Yoshimasa Nakano/Getty Images)
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Post by philknj on Sept 29, 2022 1:21:58 GMT
The link above is the LIVE leaderboard ... only 8 of 60 players from the morning wave are under par so far.
Along with Henrik Stenson, this is the other Callaway dinosaur ... still gaming Callaway Apex CF 16 ("rubbish") irons ... probably still bagging Cally X-Hot FWs, too.
NODA, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 29: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Momoko Ueda of Japan hits her tee shot on the 11th hole during the first round of the Japan Women's Open Golf Championship at Murasaki Country Club Sumire Course on September 29, 2022 in Noda, Chiba, Japan. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)
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Post by johnboy on Sept 29, 2022 9:51:44 GMT
Full First Round TV Coverage - not sure how long it will last on Youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki8xXYWnmF4Holes 6 - 18, main group Saki Baba, Mao Saigo & Defending Champ Minami Katsu In the commentary box is Michiko Hattori who used to date Phil Mickelson during her college years at the University of Texas |
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Post by philknj on Sept 29, 2022 11:19:51 GMT
I almost slept through my alarm, but the NHK-G link I posted had the golf.  Eight players (below) broke par in Round One ... record 6,839 yards for the minor leaguers, but the JGA doesn't care. No eagles on the par-5s or anywhere else ... the flag was three yards from the left edge on the par-5 18th (572 yards) ... if you're third shot was a little too far right, it rolled down a hill.
POS NAME SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R
1 Haruka Morita -5 -5 67
2 Sakura Koiwai -4 -4 68
3 Teresa Lu -3 -3 69
4T Yuri Yoshida -2 -2 70
4T Min-Young Lee -2 -2 70
4T Ayako Kimura -2 -2 70
4T Akie Iwai -2 -2 70
8 Miyuu Yamashita -1 -1 71
LUV Saku-chan ... no career majors, but that has to change NOW. 
Ting Ting (+7) ... also, I had no idea that Mini Ting Ting was here and NOT as a caddie ... can't find a pic of her ... she also shot 79 ... they can share a ride home Friday night. 
Great round by Haruka Morita ... she has come a long way since looking completely lost playing with Cyborg at the 2017 USWO.
Yuri Yoshida
USWA winners, 2022 and 1985
 
Haruka Kawasaki (E)
Min Young Lee
Momoko Osato (+6)
Ai Suzuki (+2) and Momoko Ueda (E) ... clever architecture for a place called Murasaki CC ... or maybe AXA Insurance owns the place.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Sept 29, 2022 18:56:30 GMT
Nice comeback for Yui Kawamoto, plus two front nine minus one back nine.
Kotone Hori went the other way even front nine four bogeys back nine.
However tied at sixty two she just need at least a minus two or three second round.
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Post by philknj on Sept 30, 2022 11:58:59 GMT
Watched some of the Round Two broadcast before dozing off ... Koiwai (+1) was on the miss a green/get punished treadmill ... the cut was +7. Most memorable was Momoko Ueda, one of the best full-wedge players on either side of the Pacific. The par-5 12th is a theoretical pushover at 485 yards ... so what if the green is slanted from right-to-left, she can just stiff a wedge pin-high to the right of the stick for a kick-in birdie, right? Well, that's what she almost did ... except the ball kicked left, ran off the green, down the bank and into the water. She took it quite well ... I would have flipped out  ... rogue video has it starting at 9:59 -
POS PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL
1 Ayako Kimura -2 0 70 72 142
2T Haruka Morita -1 +4 67 76 143
2T Nana Suganuma -1 -1 72 71 143
4T Shuri Sakuma 0 0 72 72 144
4T Min-Young Lee 0 +2 70 74 144
4T Haruka Kawasaki 0 0 72 72 144
4T Momoko Ueda 0 0 72 72 144
4T Miyu Sato 0 -1 73 71 144
The Little Engine That Could (89th in JLPGA driving distance) somehow dodged the wreckage all the way to first place.
Hori Two (+4) will play two more days.
Wear spot alert - Minami Katsu (+3)
Ayaka Watanabe (+7) would like to skip this hole ... the field has 11 birdies in 238 tries, so far.
Baba-chan (+2) tops the six amateurs who made the cut.
What darkness? Here, we got a flashlight for you ... suck it up!
NODA, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 30: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Au-reum Hwang of South Korea attempts a putt on the 18th green during the second round of the Japan Women's Open Golf Championship at Murasaki Country Club Sumire Course on September 30, 2022 in Noda, Chiba, Japan. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)
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Post by SoYeonFan on Sept 30, 2022 16:40:46 GMT
Yui Kawamoto look for a good weekend to get closer to in side the fifty Ranking.
I guess Kotone Hori didn't need to go under par on day two to make the cut.
I didn't notice how hard the course was playing, so even par was a really good round.
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Post by philknj on Oct 1, 2022 12:43:01 GMT
The NHK-G broadcast started with four players at -1 and four players at +1 ... that didn't last long.
POS PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL
1 Jiyai Shin -2 -3 72 73 69 214
2 Yuri Yoshida -1 -2 70 75 70 215
3T Miyuu Yamashita +1 -2 71 76 70 217
3T Minami Katsu +1 -2 72 75 70 217
3T Haruka Morita +1 +2 67 76 74 217
6 Haruka Kawasaki +2 +2 72 72 74 218
7T Au-Reum Hwang +3 +1 72 74 73 219
7T Sakura Koiwai +3 +2 68 77 74 219
7T Shuri Sakuma +3 +3 72 72 75 219
Only 11 greens hit on Saturday, but The Shinster scrambled like crazy
My apologies to Ting Ting (+9) ... she did make the cut after shooting 71 on Friday.
Yui (+9)
Seonwoo Bae (+5)
Wake up, did you forget her putter on the practice green?! The black & yellow logo on the bib is a famous delivery service in Japan ... I forget the name ... I think a lot of players use it to send their gear from tournament to tournament.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Oct 1, 2022 16:47:49 GMT
Kotone Hori good score of plus one to move up up the Leader Board
I am always surprised at what Yui Kawamoto do on the golf course.
She had one birdie no bogeys on the front nine, but three double bogeys and two bogeys on back nine.
It's almost like a switch turned on in her head and she forgot hoe to play golf.
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Post by philknj on Oct 2, 2022 11:17:02 GMT
Minami Katsu ran off five birdies on the front nine and now she has bookends:
POS PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL PRIZE
1 Minami Katsu -3 72 75 70 68 285 ¥30,000,000
2 Jiyai Shin -2 72 73 69 72 286 ¥16,500,000
3T Yuna Nishimura 0 72 76 72 68 288 ¥8,450,000
3T Miyuu Yamashita 0 71 76 70 71 288 ¥8,450,000
3T Yuri Yoshida 0 70 75 70 73 288 ¥8,450,000
6 Shuri Sakuma +2 72 72 75 71 290 ¥5,250,000
7T Seonwoo Bae +4 72 73 76 71 292 ¥3,637,500
7T Kotone Hori +4 76 72 73 71 292 ¥3,637,500
7T Teresa Lu +4 69 77 74 72 292 ¥3,637,500
7T Sakura Koiwai +4 68 77 74 73 292 ¥3,637,500
11T Saiki Fujita +5 72 75 74 72 293 ¥2,350,000
11T Mami Fukuda +5 76 74 71 72 293 ¥2,350,000
11T @saki Baba +5 73 73 74 73 293 ¥0
11T Kotona Izumida +5 78 69 73 73 293 ¥2,350,000
Low am ... it says so on the trophy
Erika Hara (+9)
Teresa Lu
Eight Head (+19)
Pei Ying Tsai (+8)
Amiyu Ozeki (+10)
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Post by SoYeonFan on Oct 2, 2022 15:30:22 GMT
Great Tournament by Kotone Hori with a seventh place tie.
After the plus four tie first round she kept it there and finished with three really good rounds.
Yui Kawamoto missed a chance to pick up some needed points.
She really needs to take advantage of made cuts on Major Tournaments.
Main thing is to stay away from those double bogeys.
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... and a couple of big amateurs are NOT here, Rin Yoshida (#4 on WAGR) and Tsubasa Kajitani (#11). Excluding JLPGAers, the only foreigner here is Kelsey Bennett(a) of Australia ... #79 on WAGR ... she must have the full backing of Oz Golf ... played four big amateur events in the U.S. this summer, along with the world team amateur in France. The cut is top-60 plus ties.
Eight players (below) broke par in Round One ... record 6,839 yards for the minor leaguers, but the JGA doesn't care. No eagles on the par-5s or anywhere else ... the flag was three yards from the left edge on the par-5 18th (572 yards) ... if you're third shot was a little too far right, it rolled down a hill.
... rogue video has it starting at 9:59 -
