Sakura Yokomine Wins 2013 Nobuta Group Masters GC Ladies

Sakura Yokomine, 2013 Nobuta Group Masters GC Ladies winner

They say you can’t win a tournament on day one, but you can lose it. Maybe so, but perhaps Sakura Yokomine won the 2013 Nobuta Group Masters GC Ladies (JLPGA) on the second day. Facing a strong field that included LPGA standout Shanshan Feng, Sakura opened up with a solid 2-under 70. It was on day two that she would distance herself from the field with a spectacular 9-under 63. Her round featured no bogeys against 9 birdies, including 4 birdies in the last 5 holes. The closest anybody could shoot was a trio of players at 68 on day two, including Shanshan. At 11-under, she led the field by 5 strokes with one day to play. All she had to do was not collapse. She didn’t. While she didn’t match her sensational round of 63, she did what she had to do in the final round, with 4 birdies and 3 bogeys giving her a 1-under round, good enough for 12-under overall and a 3 shot victory over Sun-Ju Ahn. The win is the 21st LPGA of Japan (JLPGA) victory in Sakura’s stellar career and her 3rd title this year. She also closes the distance between her and current 2013 JLPGA Money List leader Rikako Morita. Sakura won the money list title in 2010 with a record 175,016,384 yen (close to 1.8 million USD).

 

SAKURA YOKOMINE

SHANSHAN FENG

SHIHO OYAMA

SUN-JU AHN

YUKO SAITOH

AIRI SUGIMOTO

BO-MEE LEE

HIROKO FUKUSHIMA

MISUZU NARITA

MOMOKO UEDA

RIKAKO MORITA

 

Position	Player	ToPar	Thru	Today	1R	2R	3R	4R
1	Sakura Yokomine	-12	F	-1	70	63	71
2	Sun-Ju Ahn	-9	F	-3	69	69	69
3T	Momoko Ueda	-8	F	-3	69	70	69
	Shan-Shan Feng	-8	F	-2	70	68	70
5T	Misuzu Narita	-6	F	-5	72	71	67
	Shiho Oyama	-6	F	-1	70	69	71
7T	Hiroko Fukushima	-5	F	-3	74	68	69
	Bo-Mee Lee	-5	F	-2	73	68	70
9T	Maiko Wakabayashi	-4	F	-4	73	71	68
	Yuko Saitoh	-4	F	-3	71	72	69
	Phoebe Yao	-4	F	+2	69	69	74
12T	Ah-Reum Hwang	-3	F	-3	74	70	69
	Shiho Toyonaga	-3	*F	-5	76	70	67
	Harukyo Nomura	-3	*F	-5	74	72	67
	Ayako Uehara	-3	F	-1	70	72	71
16T	Yukari Baba	-2	*F	-3	71	74	69
	Yuko Fukuda	-2	F	-2	72	72	70
	Airi Sugimoto	-2	F	-1	72	71	71
	Ji-Hee Lee	-2	F	-1	69	74	71
	Da-Ye Na	-2	F	E	69	73	72
21T	Esther Lee	-1	F	E	72	71	72
	Erina Hara	-1	F	+2	71	70	74
	Rikako Morita	-1	F	+3	68	72	75
	Miki Sakai	-1	F	+3	70	70	75
25T	Young Kim	E	F	-1	74	71	71
	Yumiko Yoshida	E	F	E	72	72	72
	Asako Fujimoto	E	*F	-2	72	74	70
	Ji-Woo Lee	E	*F	-2	73	73	70
29T	Rie Tsuji	+1	*F	E	74	71	72
	Lala Anai	+1	F	+1	72	72	73
	Yuko Mitsuka	+1	*F	E	72	73	72
	Eun-Bi Jang	+1	F	+2	72	71	74
	Rui Kitada	+1	F	+3	70	72	75
34T	Teresa Lu	+2	*F	+1	73	72	73
	Soo-Yun Kang	+2	*F	+1	74	71	73
	Yun-Joo Jeong	+2	*F	+1	72	73	73
	O.Sattaya	+2	F	+3	70	73	75
	Yuri Fudoh	+2	*F	E	72	74	72
	Tomomi Hirose	+2	*F	E	73	73	72
40T	Airi Saitoh	+3	F	+2	74	71	74
	Kaori Yamamoto	+3	F	+2	73	72	74
	Hiroko Azuma	+3	F	+3	70	74	75
	Nachiyo Ohtani	+3	*F	+2	72	73	74
	Megumi Kido	+3	*F	+2	72	73	74
45	Rino Kotake	+4	*F	+2	74	72	74
46T	Tomoko Yokoyama	+5	*F	+4	73	72	76
	Junko Omote	+5	*F	+3	72	74	75
	Mihoko Iseri	+5	*F	+3	74	72	75
	Na-Ri Kim	+5	*F	+3	73	73	75
50	Mayu Hattori	+6	*F	+4	75	71	76
51	So-Hee Kim	+7	*F	+5	77	69	77

 

2013 JLPGA WINNERS (NUMBERS IN PARENTHESES REPRESENT CAREER JLPGA WINS)

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund (¥)	Winner
Mar 8–10	Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament	Okinawa	80,000,000	Rikako Morita (3)
Mar 15–17	Yokohama Tire Golf Tournament PRGR Ladies Cup	Kochi	80,000,000	Jeon Mi-jeong (22)
Mar 22–24	T-Point Ladies Golf Tournament	Kagoshima	70,000,000	Yuki Ichinose (1)
Mar 29–31	AXA Ladies Golf Tournament in Miyazaki	Miyazaki	80,000,000	Natsuka Hori (1)
Apr 4–7	Yamaha Ladies Open Katsuragi	Shizuoka	100,000,000	Mamiko Higa (1)
Apr 12–14	Studio Alice Women’s Open	Hyogo	60,000,000	Kim Na-ri (2)
Apr 19–21	KKT Cup Vantelin Ladies Open	Kumamoto	70,000,000	Miki Saiki (6)
Apr 26–28	Fuji Sankei Ladies Classic	Shizuoka	80,000,000	Miki Saiki (7)
May 3–5	CyberAgent Ladies Golf Tournament	Chiba	70,000,000	Sakura Yokomine (19)
May 9–12	World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup	Ibaraki	120,000,000	Hiromi Mogi (6)
May 17–19	Hokken No Madoguchi Ladies	Fukuoka	120,000,000	Onnarin Sattayabanphot (1)
May 24–26	Chukyo TV Bridgestone Ladies Open	Aichi	70,000,000	Rikako Morita (4)
May 31 – Jun 2	Resort Trust Ladies	Hyogo	70,000,000	Mamiko Higa (2)
Jun 7–9	Yonex Ladies Golf Tournament	Niigata	60,000,000	Junko Omote (3)
Jun 13–16	Suntory Ladies Open	Hyogo	100,000,000	Rikako Morita (5)
Jun 21–23	Nichirei Ladies	Chiba	80,000,000	Yumiko Yoshida (2)
Jun 27–30	Earth Mondahmin Cup	Chiba	140,000,000	Natsuka Hori (2)
Jul 5-7	Nichi-Iko Women’s Open Golf Tournament	Toyama	60,000,000	Kim Young (1)
Jul 19–21	Samantha Thavasa Girls Collection Ladies Tournament	Ibaraki	60,000,000	Yumiko Yoshida (3)
Aug 9–11	Meiji Cup	Hokkaido	90,000,000	Na Da-ye (1)
Aug 16–18	NEC Karuizawa 72 Golf Tournament	Nagano	70,000,000	Misuzu Narita (2)
Aug 23–25	CAT Ladies	Kanagawa	60,000,000	Ahn Sun-ju (12)
Aug 30 – Sep 1	Nitori Ladies Golf Tournament	Hokkaido	100,000,000	Ahn Sun-ju (13)
Sep 6–8	Golf 5 Ladies Professional Golf Tournament	Hokkaido	60,000,000	Yumiko Yoshida (4)
Sep 12–15	Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup	Hokkaido	140,000,000	Lee Bo-mee (4)
Sep 20–22	Munsingwear Ladies Tokai Classic	Aichi	80,000,000	Sakura Yokomine (20)
Sep 27–29	Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Women’s Open Golf Tournament	Miyagi	70,000,000	Lee Na-ri (1)
Oct 3–6	Japan Women’s Open Golf Championship	Kanagawa	140,000,000	Mika Miyazato (2)
Oct 11–13	Stanley Ladies Golf Tournament	Shizuoka	90,000,000	Kang Soo-yun (1)
Oct 18–20	Fujitsu Ladies	Chiba	80,000,000	Lee Na-ri (2)
Oct 24–27	Nobuta Group Masters GC Ladies	Hyogo	140,000,000	Sakura Yokomine (21)

 

2013 JLPGA MONEY LIST TOP 5 THROUGH NOBUTA GROUP MASTERS GC LADIES

Ranking	Name	Amount	Average	Matches	Number of rounds
1	Rikako Morita	¥104,658,571	70.9890	30	91R
2	Sakura Yokomine	¥100,866,570	70.5413	28	87R
3	Miki Saiki	¥79,742,428	71.1136	25	71R
4	Yumiko Yoshida	¥71,871,903	71.4108	30	88R
5	Sun Ju Ahn	¥71,831,680	70.3943	23	69R