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Post by philknj on Feb 10, 2016 17:42:35 GMT
The JLGPA marathon kicks off in three weeks (March 3 thru 6) at the Ryukyu GC in Okinawa. The event was changed from three days to four days and the course was lengthened from 6529 to 6649. Extra play means extra money...the purse increased from Y100M to Y120M. The field hasn't been posted, but a press announcement listed a few big names who will show up, including defending champ Lu, Bo Mee, JY Shin, Kikuchi, Morita, Oyama, Narita, Watanabe, O Sattaya, and U.S.-based C. Arimura & A. Uehara.
The LPGA will be in Singapore the same week, but with only a field of 63 (unless they plan to increase it this year).
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Post by philknj on Feb 28, 2016 2:36:24 GMT
The final field hasn't been posted yet. However, if you visit Haneda airport (half-way between Tokyo and Yokohama), you'll be clued in on the entire 2016 JLPGA schedule. Maybe this is the tour that should be saying "see why it's different out here".  |
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Post by 18majors on Feb 28, 2016 17:19:27 GMT
Bo Mee Lee is skipping Singapore to play here.
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Post by mr3putt on Feb 28, 2016 18:29:27 GMT
Was Smile Candy indeed qualified or invited to the HSBC??
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Post by 18majors on Feb 28, 2016 19:47:44 GMT
Was Smile Candy indeed qualified or invited to the HSBC?? Any Rolex top 20 at end of 2015 is automatically qualified, but 2 out 20 declined including Bo Mee. |
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Post by philknj on Mar 2, 2016 22:01:57 GMT
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Post by philknj on Mar 3, 2016 4:26:45 GMT
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Post by philknj on Mar 3, 2016 13:12:38 GMT
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1 Ayaka Matsumori -6 -6 66 66 2 Ritsuko Ryu -3 -3 69 69 3T Saki Nagamine -2 -2 70 70 3T Teresa Lu -2 -2 70 70 3T Mio Kono -2 -2 70 70 6T Lala Anai -1 -1 71 71 6T Ji-Hee Lee -1 -1 71 71 6T Junko Omote -1 -1 71 71 6T Makoto Takemura -1 -1 71 71 6T Kotono Kozuma -1 -1 71 71 6T Yukari Nishiyama -1 -1 71 71 6T Shiho Oyama -1 -1 71 71 6T Eri Okayama -1 -1 71 71 6T Mamiko Higa -1 -1 71 71 6T Jiyai Shin -1 -1 71 71 Others: Bo Mee Lee E Momoko Ueda +1 Sky Kim +2 Soo Yun Kang +3 Wow, good looks AND talent!  Six birdies and no bogeys. A.M. received a one million Yen prize for her round. Her bag man is John Bennett, who was with Sakura Yokomine at the last tourney of her 2009 record-breaking JLPGA season.    |
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Post by philknj on Mar 4, 2016 10:26:00 GMT
Round Two: RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1T Teresa Lu -4 -2 70 70 140 1T Yukari Nishiyama -4 -3 71 69 140 1T Ayaka Matsumori -4 +2 66 74 140 4T Jiyai Shin -3 -2 71 70 141 4T Mio Kono -3 -1 70 71 141 4T Saki Nagamine -3 -1 70 71 141 7T Ritsuko Ryu -2 +1 69 73 142 7T Junko Omote -2 -1 71 71 142 9T Kotono Kozuma -1 0 71 72 143 9T Momoko Ueda -1 -2 73 70 143 Others: Bo Mee Lee E Esther Lee E Erika Kikuchi +1 Ji Hee Lee +2 Sky Kim +3 Ayaka Watanabe +4 Jae Eun Chung MC Hee Kyeong Bae MC Yuri Fudoh MC Ayako Uehara MC Bo Mee Lee  Erika Kikuch and Sky Kim   Jae Eun Chung and Ji Hee Lee   Ayaka Matsumori and JY Shin (w/ A. Uehara in background)   Teresa Lu  |
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Post by HappyFan on Mar 4, 2016 18:05:26 GMT
Go Jiyai! In an interview in the Korean press earlier this week, she said her big goal this year is to win the JLPGA money list title. She's coming to get you, Smile Candy!
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Post by sigcfan on Mar 4, 2016 23:50:29 GMT
So Jiai stays in JLPGA not back to LPGA?
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Post by philknj on Mar 5, 2016 3:42:51 GMT
JY Shin will try to take advantage when BML is away playing the ANA or some other big foreign event. My Japanese source took forever to post early pix from Round Three, but they're coming through now. Erika Kikuchi appears to be using the 2016 model of the Titleist VG3 driver.   Akane Iijima signed with OnOff this year...maybe for the irons only, as she is holding a Honma driver   Bo Mee Lee and Kotono Kozuma   |
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Post by philknj on Mar 5, 2016 10:56:24 GMT
RANK PLAYER SCORE TODAY 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL 1 Yukari Nishiyama -6 -2 71 69 70 210 2T Jiyai Shin -4 -1 71 70 71 212 2T Ayaka Matsumori -4 0 66 74 72 212 2T Teresa Lu -4 0 70 70 72 212 5T Saiki Fujita -3 -3 72 72 69 213 5T Ritsuko Ryu -3 -1 69 73 71 213 7T Bo-Mee Lee -1 -1 72 72 71 215 7T Junko Omote -1 +1 71 71 73 215 9 Saki Nagamine 0 +3 70 71 75 216 10T Ha-Neul Kim +1 -2 74 73 70 217 10T Erika Kikuchi +1 0 75 70 72 217 10T Yeo-Jin Kang +1 +1 72 72 73 217 10T Momoko Ueda +1 +2 73 70 74 217 10T Kotono Kozuma +1 +2 71 72 74 217 10T Mio Kono +1 +4 70 71 76 217 Others: Esther Lee +3 SY Kang +4 Shiho Oyama +4 Erina Hara +5 Akane Iijima +8 Ayaka Matsumori and Teresa Lu   Yukari Nishiyama and JY Shin   Never saw this before: Esther Lee & caddie with matching rain outfits   |
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Post by philknj on Mar 6, 2016 4:34:04 GMT
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Post by philknj on Mar 6, 2016 12:03:55 GMT
Teresa Lu broke out of the pack with birdies on 16 thru 18 to become a repeat champion. RANK PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R 4R TOTAL PRIZE 優勝 Teresa Lu -8 70 70 72 68 280 ¥21,600,000 2 Ritsuko Ryu -5 69 73 71 70 283 ¥10,560,000 3T Ayaka Matsumori -4 66 74 72 72 284 ¥7,200,000 3T Jiyai Shin -4 71 70 71 72 284 ¥7,200,000 3T Yukari Nishiyama -4 71 69 70 74 284 ¥7,200,000 6 Bo-Mee Lee -2 72 72 71 71 286 ¥4,800,000 7T Haruka Morita +1 72 75 73 69 289 ¥3,600,000 7T Yuko Mitsuka +1 77 68 73 71 289 ¥3,600,000 7T Ha-Neul Kim +1 74 73 70 72 289 ¥3,600,000 10T Serena Aoki +2 72 72 75 71 290 ¥2,220,000 10T Kotono Kozuma +2 71 72 74 73 290 ¥2,220,000 10T Erika Kikuchi +2 75 70 72 73 290 ¥2,220,000 10T Junko Omote +2 71 71 73 75 290 ¥2,220,000 Lu with low am Hina Arakaki  Ritsuko Ryu and Yukari Nishiyama   KLPGA veteran So Young Kim...a permanent move to Japan? No hat logo...did Volvik drop her? She finished +10, T-42.  Sky Kim  JY Shin warns Lu to not to allow Bo Mee Lee with several large suitcases to get ahead of her on the airport escalator.   |
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Six birdies and no bogeys. A.M. received a one million Yen prize for her round. Her bag man is John Bennett, who was with Sakura Yokomine at the last tourney of her 2009 record-breaking JLPGA season.
