Momoko Ueda Wins 2014 CAT Ladies (JLPGA)

Momoko Ueda

One of the players that I have missed on the LPGA Tour is Momoko Ueda. She earned her card by winning the 2007 Mizuno Classic, an event co-sponsored by the LPGA and JLPGA. That was one of 5 JLPGA events Momoko won in 2007, a year that she topped the JLPGA Money List. Despite moving to the LPGA, Ueda managed 9 JLPGA wins, including a 2nd win at Mizuno in 2011. However, that was her last win…until now. Firing a 4-under 69 (par is 73 here), Momoko reached 9-under overall and edged out overnight leader Rikako Morita (-8), who spent the day trading 3 birdies for 3 bogeys in an even par effort. Ueda was overjoyed with her first win in 3 years. It’s wonderful that Momoko ended her drought, but the way Morita lost was a bummer. The 2013 JLPGA Money List winner recorded her first top 10 since April but was looking for much more. She held the lead at 8-under, 3 shots clear of Ueda at 5-under. But while Momoko made a move, Rikako couldn’t build any momentum. The win puts Momoko into double digits with 10 career victories.

1 MOMOKO UEDA (-9)

 

2 RIKAKO MORITA (-8)

3 BO-MEE LEE (-6)

5 AYAKA WATANABE (-4)

6 ASAKO FUJIMOTO (-3)

 

 

 

Position	Player	ToPar	Thru	Today	1R	2R	3R
1	Momoko Ueda	-9	F	-4	70	71	69
2	Rikako Morita	-8	F	E	67	71	73
3	Bo-Mee Lee	-6	F	-2	70	72	71
4	Teresa Lu	-5	F	-5	74	72	68
5	Ayaka Watanabe	-4	F	E	72	70	73
6T	Asako Fujimoto	-3	F	-4	74	73	69
	Esther Lee	-3	F	-1	72	72	72
8T	Hiroko Fukushima	-1	F	-2	71	76	71
	Lala Anai	-1	F	-1	74	72	72
	Kaori Yamamoto	-1	F	+3	69	73	76
11T	Yeo-Jin Kang	+1	F	-3	77	73	70
	Mamiko Higa	+1	F	-3	74	76	70
	Natsuka Hori	+1	F	E	72	75	73
	Kaori Ohe	+1	F	E	73	74	73
	Mayu Hattori	+1	F	E	74	73	73
	Erina Hara	+1	F	E	74	73	73
	Sun-Ju Ahn	+1	F	+1	72	74	74
18T	Megumi Kido	+2	F	-4	74	78	69
	Yumiko Yoshida	+2	F	-4	75	77	69
	Nana Yamashiro	+2	F	-1	74	75	72
	Yukari Baba	+2	F	-1	77	72	72
	Shinobu Moromizato	+2	F	-1	75	74	72
	Eun-Bi Jang	+2	F	-1	76	73	72
	O Sattaya	+2	F	E	72	76	73
	Yukari Nishiyama	+2	F	E	74	74	73
	Junko Omote	+2	F	E	74	74	73
	Risa Ogusu	+2	F	+1	74	73	74
	Da-Ye Na	+2	F	+2	74	72	75
29T	Soo-Yun Kang	+3	F	-2	74	77	71
	Akiko Fukushima	+3	F	-1	76	74	72
	Young Kim	+3	F	-1	76	74	72
	Saki Okamura	+3	F	+4	71	74	77
33T	Hikari Kawamitsu	+4	F	E	73	77	73
	Akane Iijima	+4	F	E	77	73	73
	Misuzu Narita	+4	F	E	76	74	73
	Erika Kikuchi	+4	F	E	76	74	73
	Rui Kitada	+4	F	+1	76	73	74
38T	Miki Sakai	+5	F	-1	76	76	72
	Saiki Fujita	+5	F	E	77	74	73
	Mami Fukuda	+5	F	+2	75	74	75
41T	Miki Saiki	+6	F	E	78	74	73
	Na-Ri Lee	+6	F	E	77	75	73
	Megumi Shimokawa	+6	F	E	76	76	73
	Rie Tsuji	+6	F	E	76	76	73
	Ji-Min Lee	+6	F	E	76	76	73
	Kaori Aoyama	+6	F	+2	74	76	75
	Phoebe Yao	+6	F	+6	70	76	79
48	Ji-Woo Lee	+7	F	+3	76	74	76
49	Haruka Kudo	+8	F	+5	74	75	78
50T	Erina Yamato	+9	F	+3	75	77	76
	Shiho Toyonaga	+9	F	+3	76	76	76
	Hikari Fujita	+9	F	+4	72	79	77
	Airi Saitoh	+9	F	+4	76	75	77
54	Asami Kikuchi	+10	F	+6	76	74	79

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