|
|
Post by philknj on Mar 27, 2016 10:30:07 GMT
Yes, a 13-hour time difference between Tokyo and NYC, and this time Sky finished like Secretariat at Belmont. RANK PLAYER SCORE 1R 2R 3R TOTAL PRIZE 優勝 Ha-Neul Kim -9 67 71 69 207 ¥14,400,000 2 Jiyai Shin -4 67 72 73 212 ¥7,040,000 3T Aoi Nagata -2 69 75 70 214 ¥3,300,000 3T Teresa Lu -2 70 74 70 214 ¥3,300,000 3T Mami Fukuda -2 72 71 71 214 ¥3,300,000 3T Sun-Ju Ahn -2 72 71 71 214 ¥3,300,000 3T Ritsuko Ryu -2 72 70 72 214 ¥3,300,000 3T Kotone Hori -2 71 70 73 214 ¥3,300,000 3T Erika Kikuchi -2 73 68 73 214 ¥3,300,000 3T Yumiko Yoshida -2 69 70 75 214 ¥3,300,000 11T Momoko Ueda -1 73 72 70 215 ¥1,376,000 11T @minami Katsu -1 70 74 71 215 ¥0 11T Esther Lee -1 72 71 72 215 ¥1,376,000 11T Mayu Hosaka -1 69 73 73 215 ¥1,376,000 11T Mi-Jeong Jeon -1 72 68 75 215 ¥1,376,000      Erika Kikuchi and JY Shin   |
|
|
|
Post by bangkokbobby on Mar 28, 2016 4:27:43 GMT
more pics on my blog: Ha-Neul Kim Wins 2016 AXA Ladies Golf Tournament (JLPGA)Ha-Neul Kim For the third straight tournament, South Korea’s Ha-Neul Kim was either alone or had a share of first place after rounds 1 and 2. Unfortunately for her, she was unable to finish the job at Yokohama or T-Point. But at the 2016 AXA Ladies Golf Tournament, she left the field in her wake with a 9-under 5 shot victory. Kim’s 5 birdie, 2 bogey 3-under 69 final round was enough to leave international star Jiyai Shin settling for second. It’s her second JLPGA tournament title, following the 2015 Munsingwear Ladies Tokai Classic. It might be a bit premature to say this, but maybe Ha-Neul is the one to challenge Bo-Mee Lee for JLPGA Player of the Year honors in 2016. Through 4 events, she has finished no worse than T7, with 3 top 5s and a win. An argument could be made that two shaky finishing rounds are all that stand between her having 3 wins in 4 events. With her style and charisma, the 27-year old Kim, an 8-time winner and 2-time Money List leader on the LPGA of Korea (KLPGA), could be an enormous star on the JLPGA if she keeps playing like this. Besides Shin being 5 shots back in second, nobody else was closer than 7 shots off the winning score. That’s a very impressive win for Ha-Neul Kim. 1 HA-NEUL KIM (-9)    |
|
|
|
Post by HappyFan on Mar 28, 2016 6:26:08 GMT
WAY TO GO HA NEUL KIM!!!!  I actually caught the end of this, and the final score is a bit deceptive. With four holes to go, Ha Neul had a three shot lead over Jiyai, who was in her group. But Shin birdied 15 to cut the lead to two. Ha Neul put her shot on 16 onto the green, but about 35 feet away. This is about the point when she shot herself in the foot in her previous losses. No problem this time: she drilled the birdie, pumping her fist. This was really the moment she put this thing away. On 18, she bunkered in two, then hit an exquisite sand shot to three feet for a final birdie. But it was long over by then. Congrats to her on an excellent start to her year! (send her good wishes on her instagram page:) Ha Neul with her trophy on instagram |
|
|
|
Post by johnboy on Mar 28, 2016 8:51:10 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by HappyFan on Mar 28, 2016 16:43:26 GMT
I'm on the watch for the first Japanese golf magazine that features Ha Neul on the cover. Whoever digs it up will get a big thumbs up from the collected cognoscenti around here!
|
|
|
|
Post by HappyFan on Mar 28, 2016 17:13:32 GMT
Here's a Japanese newspaper article I found on twitter.
And another nice trophy shot:
|
|
|
|
Post by 18majors on Mar 28, 2016 17:22:54 GMT
Congratulations, Ha Neul!
I follow her on Instagram; she's such a down to earth, sweet as a button lady.
|
|
|
|
Post by HappyFan on Mar 29, 2016 2:24:28 GMT
Ha Neul is one of my top faves, too. Here's hoping she can keep it up all season!   |
|
|
|
Post by mr3putt on Mar 29, 2016 4:57:47 GMT
LUV SKY.
So do these gals win the Benz or a 3 yr lease to the Benz?
OK....passive brag.
We some times play with a Korean lady....an older version of SKY....she has game, ultra competitive, she's addicted to golf, has SKY's personality and even dresses like SKY...she's a unicorn.
|
|
|
|
Post by 18majors on Mar 29, 2016 10:01:36 GMT
Ha Neul is one of my top faves, too. Here's hoping she can keep it up all season! They're all nice people, but So Yeon and In Gee seem to know who they are and Ha Neul knows nothing about it. |
|
|
|
Post by philknj on Mar 30, 2016 1:26:02 GMT
Sky's winning bag:  1 W Honma Golf TW727 455 driver 9 degree Honma Golf VIZARD YA55/R/44.75 inches (shaft) 3 W: Honma Golf TW727 FW 15 ° Honma Golf VIZARD TZ65/SR (shaft) UT: Honma Golf TW727 UT 19 ° Honma Golf VIZARD UT75 (shaft) UT: Honma Golf TW727 UT 22 ° Honma Golf VIZARD UT75 (shaft) UT: Honma Golf TW727 UT 25 ° Honma Golf VIZARD UT75 (shaft) 6 I-10I: Honma Golf TW727V W: Honma Golf TW-W 48 ° W: Honma Golf TW-W 52 ° W: Honma Golf TW-W 58 ° Putter: Odyssey milled collection # 1 (prototype) Ball: Dunlop Srixon Z-STAR |
|
