Shiho Oyama (click to enlarge)
Shiho Oyama rode a 6 birdie, 2 bogey opening day effort to a 4-under lead after round 1 of the 2013 Mizuno Classic. The 36-year old Oyama is a 12-time JLPGA winner, although her last victory came in 2011 when she won her 2nd Masters GC Ladies. Her greatest year on the LPGA of Japan was in 2006. That year, Shiho-sama notched 5 JLPGA titles en route to finishing the year #1 on the money list with 166,290,957 JPY (around 1.6 million USD by 2013 conversion). Her money total in 2006 stood as a JLPGA record until broken by Sakura Yokomine in 2009. Oyama cannot get comfortable atop the leaderboard as there is a 9-way tie for 2nd 1 shot behind her. Among those right on her heels in 2nd is 2-time Mizuno champion (2008, 2010), Jiyai Shin. Also within striking distance 3 shots back is world #3 and defending champion, Stacy Lewis. Unfortunately, the world’s top 2 ranked players, Inbee Park and Suzann Pettersen, are not in the field this week. Their battle for the top ranking and top honors on the American LPGA (this event is co-sponsored by the LPGA and JLPGA) will have to wait for another tournament.
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SHIHO OYAMA
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KAORI NAKAMURA
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KAORI OHE
PERNILLA LINDBERG
VICKY HURST
CHIE ARIMURA
CATRIONA MATTHEW
RITSUKO RYU
JIYAI SHIN
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MIKA MIYAZATO
STACY LEWIS
BRITTANY LINCICOME
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SAKURA YOKOMINE
HEE YOUNG PARK
CHELLA CHOI
GERINA MILLER
DANIELLE KANG
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SYDNEE MICHAELS
RIKAKO MORITA
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BRITTANY LANG
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HAEJI KANG
SO YEON RYU
JULI INKSTER
KARRIE WEBB
AUSTIN ERNST
MAMIKO HIGA
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MAIKO WAKABAYASHI
NA RI LEE
RITSUKO RYU
MIKI SAIKI
ASAKO FUJIMOTO
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CAROLINE MASSON
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EUN BI JANG
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HEE WON HAN
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JENNIFER ROSALES
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TERESA LU
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YUKI ICHINOSE
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| Position | Player | ToPar | Thru | Today | 1R | 2R | 3R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shiho Oyama | -4 | F | -4 | 68 | ||
| 2T | Kaori Nakamura | -3 | F | -3 | 69 | ||
| Chella Choi | -3 | F | -3 | 69 | |||
| Pernilla Lindberg | -3 | F | -3 | 69 | |||
| Na-Ri Lee | -3 | F | -3 | 69 | |||
| Ji-Yai Shin | -3 | F | -3 | 69 | |||
| Brittany Lincicome | -3 | F | -3 | 69 | |||
| Hee-Won Han | -3 | *F | -3 | 69 | |||
| Eun-Bi Jang | -3 | *F | -3 | 69 | |||
| Junko Omote | -3 | *F | -3 | 69 | |||
| 11T | Austin Ernst | -2 | F | -2 | 70 | ||
| Brittany Lang | -2 | F | -2 | 70 | |||
| Danielle Kang | -2 | F | -2 | 70 | |||
| Jennifer Rosales | -2 | F | -2 | 70 | |||
| Mamiko Higa | -2 | F | -2 | 70 | |||
| Teresa Lu | -2 | *F | -2 | 70 | |||
| Asako Fujimoto | -2 | *F | -2 | 70 | |||
| Yuki Ichinose | -2 | *F | -2 | 70 | |||
| Esther Lee | -2 | *F | -2 | 70 | |||
| 20T | Maiko Wakabayashi | -1 | F | -1 | 71 | ||
| Vicky Hurst | -1 | F | -1 | 71 | |||
| Kaori Ohe | -1 | F | -1 | 71 | |||
| Ah-Reum Hwang | -1 | F | -1 | 71 | |||
| Yuko Fukuda | -1 | F | -1 | 71 | |||
| Catriona Matthew | -1 | F | -1 | 71 | |||
| Stacy Lewis | -1 | F | -1 | 71 | |||
| Mika Miyazato | -1 | F | -1 | 71 | |||
| So Yeon Ryu | -1 | F | -1 | 71 | |||
| Erina Hara | -1 | *F | -1 | 71 | |||
| Da-Ye Na | -1 | *F | -1 | 71 | |||
| Christina Kim | -1 | *F | -1 | 71 | |||
| Julieta Granada | -1 | *F | -1 | 71 | |||
| Rebecca Lee-Bentham | -1 | *F | -1 | 71 | |||
| Kumiko Kaneda | -1 | *F | -1 | 71 | |||
| Rui Kitada | -1 | *F | -1 | 71 | |||
| 36T | Sydnee Michaels | E | F | E | 72 | ||
| Chie Arimura | E | F | E | 72 | |||
| Karrie Webb | E | F | E | 72 | |||
| Gerina Piller | E | F | E | 72 | |||
| Sakura Yokomine | E | F | E | 72 | |||
| Natsuka Hori | E | *F | E | 72 | |||
| Na-Ri Kim | E | *F | E | 72 | |||
| Lala Anai | E | *F | E | 72 | |||
| Jenny Shin | E | *F | E | 72 | |||
| Cindy LaCrosse | E | *F | E | 72 | |||
| Harukyo Nomura | E | *F | E | 72 | |||
| Shan-Shan Feng | E | *F | E | 72 | |||
| Erika Kikuchi | E | *F | E | 72 | |||
| 49T | Lindsey Wright | +1 | F | +1 | 73 | ||
| Akane Iijima | +1 | F | +1 | 73 | |||
| Belen Mozo | +1 | F | +1 | 73 | |||
| Yuri Fudoh | +1 | F | +1 | 73 | |||
| Misuzu Narita | +1 | F | +1 | 73 | |||
| Ritsuko Ryu | +1 | F | +1 | 73 | |||
| Miki Saiki | +1 | F | +1 | 73 | |||
| Ayako Uehara | +1 | *F | +1 | 73 | |||
| Thidapa Suwannapura | +1 | *F | +1 | 73 | |||
| Lisa McCloskey | +1 | *F | +1 | 73 | |||
| Mina Harigae | +1 | *F | +1 | 73 | |||
| O.Sattaya | +1 | *F | +1 | 73 | |||
| 61T | Eun-Hee Ji | +2 | F | +2 | 74 | ||
| Rikako Morita | +2 | F | +2 | 74 | |||
| Irene Cho | +2 | *F | +2 | 74 | |||
| Yumiko Yoshida | +2 | *F | +2 | 74 | |||
| Giulia Sergas | +2 | *F | +2 | 74 | |||
| 66T | Moriya Jutanugarn | +3 | F | +3 | 75 | ||
| Haeji Kang | +3 | F | +3 | 75 | |||
| Hee Young Park | +3 | F | +3 | 75 | |||
| Jane Park | +3 | *F | +3 | 75 | |||
| Christel Boeljon | +3 | *F | +3 | 75 | |||
| 71T | Juli Inkster | +4 | F | +4 | 76 | ||
| Caroline Masson | +4 | *F | +4 | 76 | |||
| Megumi Kido | +4 | *F | +4 | 76 | |||
| Candie Kung | +4 | *F | +4 | 76 | |||
| Mayu Hattori | +4 | *F | +4 | 76 | |||
| 76 | Miki Sakai | +5 | *F | +5 | 77 | ||
| 77 | Mariajo Uribe | +6 | *F | +6 | 78 | ||
| 78 | Jee-Young Lee | +7 | *F | +7 | 79 |
Fairways and Forehands 
Changed things up a little did we?
Thanks for your work Bobby
CHIE ARIMURA
Stacy Lewis
I wonder how much longer Julie Inkster will play?
Is there anyway you can make notaxbill@yahoo.com my only email? Thanks.
Thanks, I will see what I can do. It might need to be done from your end 🙂