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Post by philknj on Aug 15, 2023 10:47:14 GMT
This el cheapo event has drawn a pretty good field ... almost all the JLPGAers from the AIG WO are here, plus Minami Katsu. They really want to sit up in the excavator on Sunday afternoon. The field is 108 ... top-50 plus ties make the cut. No working streams this week.
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Post by philknj on Aug 17, 2023 11:05:30 GMT
Thursday prep -
Minami Katsu
Ran Yamashita (left), baby sis by seven years, will be on Miyuu Yamashita's bag.
Hina (The Face) Arakaki
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Post by philknj on Aug 18, 2023 10:48:59 GMT
There are 102 players in the field with no DQs or WDs, leaving 6 vacancies which is quite unusual for this tour. The scrub tour was off this week and the big tour usually don't have trouble finding warm bodies to fill out a field.
POS PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL 1 Mao Saigo -9 -9 63 63 2 Momoko Osato -7 -7 65 65 3T Mamiko Higa -6 -6 66 66 3T Minami Hiruta -6 -6 66 66 3T Fumika Kawagishi -6 -6 66 66 3T Lala Anai -6 -6 66 66 3T Kokona Sakurai -6 -6 66 66 8 Miyuu Yamashita -5 -5 67 67 9T Reika Arakawa -4 -4 68 68 9T Haruka Amamoto -4 -4 68 68 9T Haruka Morita -4 -4 68 68 9T Ritsuko Ryu -4 -4 68 68 9T Rio Takeda -4 -4 68 68 9T Nana Suganuma -4 -4 68 68 9T Sakura Koiwai -4 -4 68 68 9T Shiho Kuwaki -4 -4 68 68 9T Chisato Iwai -4 -4 68 68
Personal-best 63 for Chairwoman Mao, also broke the tournament course record.
Haruka Amamoto aced #12
Hori Two
The Unknown Korean (-2)
Momoko Osato ... her first big tour win was here in 2018.
Reika Usui (+1)
Yui (E)
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Post by philknj on Aug 19, 2023 11:31:07 GMT
The cut was -2 and 50 players made it.
POS PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R TOTAL 1T Minami Hiruta -10 -4 66 68 134 1T Mao Saigo -10 -1 63 71 134 3 Kokona Sakurai -9 -3 66 69 135 4T Minami Katsu -8 -5 69 67 136 4T Sumika Nakasone -8 -5 69 67 136 4T Rio Takeda -8 -4 68 68 136 4T Miyuu Yamashita -8 -3 67 69 136 4T Fumika Kawagishi -8 -2 66 70 136 9T Kana Nagai -7 -5 70 67 137 9T Shiho Kuwaki -7 -3 68 69 137 9T Haruka Amamoto -7 -3 68 69 137 9T Reika Arakawa -7 -3 68 69 137 9T Mamiko Higa -7 -1 66 71 137 9T Momoko Osato -7 0 65 72 137
Rumi Yoshiba (MC)
Erika Hara (-4)
Miyuu Yamashita
Kana Nagai
Minami Katsu
The Unknown Korean (-4)
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Post by philknj on Aug 20, 2023 10:34:19 GMT
Two weeks and two first-time winners on the big tour ... Minami Hiruta took it on the first playoff hole.
POS PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R TOTAL PRIZE
1 Minami Hiruta -13 66 68 69 203 ¥10,800,000 2 Mao Saigo -13 63 71 69 203 ¥5,400,000 3 Shiho Kuwaki -12 68 69 67 204 ¥4,200,000 4T Kotoko Uchida -11 70 69 66 205 ¥3,300,000 4T Rio Takeda -11 68 68 69 205 ¥3,300,000 6T Chisato Iwai -10 68 70 68 206 ¥2,250,000 6T Fumika Kawagishi -10 66 70 70 206 ¥2,250,000 8T Rio Ishii -9 71 68 68 207 ¥1,500,000 8T Sumika Nakasone -9 69 67 71 207 ¥1,500,000 8T Kokona Sakurai -9 66 69 72 207 ¥1,500,000
11T Chia Yen Wu -8 69 70 69 208 ¥1,026,000 11T Mi-Jeong Jeon -8 70 69 69 208 ¥1,026,000 11T Nana Suganuma -8 68 70 70 208 ¥1,026,000 11T Haruka Amamoto -8 68 69 71 208 ¥1,026,000 11T Kana Nagai -8 70 67 71 208 ¥1,026,000
Sakuira Koiwai (-6) and Chisato Iwai
Shiho Kuwaki
Erika Hara (-3) and Asako Fujimoto (-6)
Mi Jeong Jeon
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Post by philknj on Aug 22, 2023 12:27:35 GMT
Minami Hiruta is contract-free, but still wears a Honma cap (she signed up with them at the start of 2021). Daddy is her caddie and she relies on him regarding choices for WITB -
1W: Ping G430 MAX (9 degrees/Tensei Pro White 1K 50S, 44.75") 3W: Yamaha RMX VD (15 degrees / Tensei Pro White 1K 50S) 7W: Callaway MAVRIK SUB ZERO (Tensei Pro White 1K 60S) 5U: Ping G410 (26 degrees / Tensei CK Pro Orange Hybrid 70S) 5I-PW: Ping i210 50 degrees: Ping GLIDE 4.0 52 degrees: Titleist Vokey Design SM8 58 degrees: Ping GLIDE FORGED PRO PT: Scotty Cameron Prototype BALL: Titleist Pro V1x
Hiruta has been hanging around the big-time golf scene for a while.
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