Mizuno Classic

FIRST ROUND

WELCOME. Balabill is participating for the first time. He wrote in his entry:"This is my first time on this contest, I just hope I don’t embarrass myself , and if I should somehow come up the winner, I promise you it wasn’t intentional." The good and bad news Balabill. First the bad news: It is not easy to win a contest, will probably take you a few attempts. The good news: It is very hard to get a wooden spoon as we seem to have a few specialists in that regard (LOL). Yet, as per First Round results, you have a good chance of joining that very select group. Anyway, we all hope you enjoy the contest and keep participating.

ALTERNATES. Mamoko Ueda WD (replaced by Mamiko Higa), she had six selections. In addition a contestant had Se Yeon Ryu (?). So 7 alternates moved into the 12th position including what centurion calls: "the mysterious Phatlum Phatlum"

SELECTIONS. As a group (18 contestants) we selected 36 players out of 78 participants. 13 of those selections are from the JLPGA. Stacy was an unanimous selection with 13 First place and 2 Second place selections, an overwhelming favorite. Here is the list by number of selections, JLPGA players with an asterisk after their name and in parenthesis the position for those T12 or better.

18 Stacy Lewis (8)
17 Na Yeon Choi
16 Chella Choi (2)
16 Jessica Korda
15 Mirim Lee
15 Karrie Webb (8)
14 Sun-Ju Ahn*
14 Teresa Lu*
14 Jiyai Shin*
11 Bo-Mee Lee*
7 Pornanong Phatlum (4)
6 Catriona Matthew
5 Beatriz Recari
5 Eun-Hee Ji
5 Sandra Gal
4 Ilhee Lee (4)
4 Ayako Uehara (8)
3 Angela Stanford
3 Danielle Kang
3 Shiho Oyama*
2 Sakura Yokomine* (8)
2 Pernilla Lindberg
2 Yani Tseng
2 Morgan Pressel (1)
2 Miki Sakai*
1 Mina Harigae
1 Rikako Morita*
1 Erina Hara*
1 Yumiko Yoshida*
1 Haru Nomura (8)
1 Belen Mozo
1 Na Ri Kim*
1 Hikari Fujita*
1 Misuzu Narita *
1 Hee Young Park
1 Christina Kim

STANDINGS. cannuck with 5 selections including Morgan, Chella, and Ilhee takes a commanding lead.

1 cannuck 51.00 (5)
2 tonyj5 47.25 (5)
3 Centurion 46.75 (5)
4 Schoolteacher Cindy 44.75 (5)
5 Friar Mike 42.25 (5)
6 Blue 41.00 (4)
7 benchjockey 39.50 (4)
8 IceCat 38.00 (4)
9 Verdant Garden 35.50 (4)
10 Elf 35.00 (4)
10 The Constructivist 35.00 (4)
12 GDSmyth 31.75 (3)
13 ghinhee 30.25 (3)
14 shung 29.25 (3)
15 Golfing Grammy 28.75 (3)
16 baggerbob 26.50 (3)
17 Balabill 24.25 (3)
18 Saint-Just X 20.00 (2)

FINAL ROUND
An incredible finish with the top 12 players between one shot. Was pulling for Dame Laura Davies for a birdie on the 18th. And then such dramatic Play Off. Congratulations to My Hyang Lee who has great future.

TOP TWELVE. Lots of changes. Here is the list with asterisks after the JLPGA players and number of selections in parenthesis of the players in our selections.
1 LEE, Mi Hyang
T2 KOZUMA, Kotono*
T2, LEE, Ilhee (4)
T4 FUJITA, Saiki*
T4 YOKOMINE, Sakura* (2)
T4 PRESSEL, Morgan (2)
T4 KORDA, Jessica (16)
T4 UEHARA, Ayako (4)
T4 WEBB, Karrie (15)
T4 LEE, Na-Ri*
T4 CHOI, Chella (16)
T4 DAVIES, Laura

STANDINGS.
Friar Mark was always near the top. He has Sakura, Chella, Ayako, and Jessica from 2 to 5 for a bunch of placement points. In addition he had Karrie as his 12th selection to lock the win. cannuck edged tonyj5 for 2nd place.
1 Friar Mike 57.75 (5)
2 cannuck 55.75 (5)
3 tonyj5 53.75 (5)
4 Schoolteacher Cindy 45.50 (4)
5 Centurion 43.00 (4)
6 IceCat 35.25 (3)
6 GDSmyth 35.25 (3)
8 Golfing Grammy 34.75 (3)
9 Elf 33.75 (3)
9 Verdant Garden 33.75 (3)
11 baggerbob 32.75 (3)
12 ghinhee 31.75 (3)
12 shung 31.75 (3)
12 benchjockey 31.75 (3)
15 The Constructivist 30.25 (3)
15 Blue 30.25 (3)
17 Balabill 22.50 (2)
18 Saint-Just X 9.25 (1)

I enjoy the contest and will be available to participate next year in the scoring. Sincerely, Elf.
EDIT: Oops, An error with GDSmyth score. Has been corrected