Teresa Lu
Teresa Lu started the 2015 LPGA of Japan (JLPGA) season by picking up where she left off in 2014. Lu ended 2014 with a win at the JLPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup, her 2nd Major and 3rd overall win last season. Teresa opened 2015 with a 4 shot victory at the Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament. Last year, Teresa played the LPGA’s HSBC Women’s Champions, finishing T9. With Daikin and HSBC being concurrent this year, she chose to play in Okinawa rather than make the trip to Singapore. It turned out to be a wise decision, as she continues to grow as a force on the JLPGA.
Teresa Lu
Lu trailed Lala Anai by 1 shot (7-under to 8-under) after 2 rounds. An early eagle on the par 5 4th hole put Anai up by 3 shots, but after that it was all Teresa. The Taiwanese great was even par for her round for the first 6 holes. After that, she was simply sensational. Lu played the final 12 holes at 7-under, distancing herself from Anai and a fast charging Rikako Morita. Anai would finish her round at 1-under, 9-under for the tournament. Morita fired a 6-under 66, overtaking Anai for 2nd place at 10-under overall. They all played second fiddle to Lu at 14-under for her three rounds. It’s Teresa’s 5th career JLPGA victory. She takes home 18 million Japanese Yen or roughly around 149,000 USD. She finished her fantastic 2014 season 2nd on the JLPGA money list. It appears 2015 might be a similarly great year for Teresa.
Here are a few videos from Teresa’s off-season. They are not related to this event, but since it’s her day to celebrate, I figured why not include them. They are mostly travel, charity and cooking related.
1 TERESA LU (-14)
with low amateur, Hina Arakaki
2 RIKAKO MORITA (-10)
3 LALA ANAI (-9)
4 HIKARI KAWAMITSU (-8)
T5 BO-MEE LEE (-7)
T5 MIKA MIYAZATO (-7)
T5 ASAKO FUJIMOTO (-7)
| RANK | SCORE | PLAYER | TOTAL | 1R | 2R | 3R | 4R | PRIZE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 優勝 | -14 | Teresa Lu | 202 | 69 | 68 | 65 | ¥18,000,000 | ||
| 2 | -10 | Rikako Morita | 206 | 69 | 71 | 66 | ¥8,800,000 | ||
| 3 | -9 | Lala Anai | 207 | 69 | 67 | 71 | ¥7,000,000 | ||
| 4 | -8 | Hikari Kawamitsu | 208 | 71 | 67 | 70 | ¥6,000,000 | ||
| 5T | -7 | Mika Miyazato | 209 | 69 | 73 | 67 | ¥4,166,666 | ||
| 5T | -7 | Asako Fujimoto | 209 | 74 | 68 | 67 | ¥4,166,666 | ||
| 5T | -7 | Bo-Mee Lee | 209 | 71 | 70 | 68 | ¥4,166,666 | ||
| 8T | -6 | Ji-Yai Shin | 210 | 71 | 69 | 70 | ¥2,750,000 | ||
| 8T | -6 | Momoko Ueda | 210 | 72 | 68 | 70 | ¥2,750,000 | ||
| 10T | -5 | Nachiyo Ohtani | 211 | 73 | 70 | 68 | ¥1,842,500 | ||
| 10T | -5 | Shinobu Moromizato | 211 | 71 | 71 | 69 | ¥1,842,500 | ||
| 10T | -5 | Misuzu Narita | 211 | 72 | 70 | 69 | ¥1,842,500 | ||
| 10T | -5 | Shiho Oyama | 211 | 72 | 68 | 71 | ¥1,842,500 | ||
| 14T | -4 | Sun-Ju Ahn | 212 | 68 | 74 | 70 | ¥1,540,000 | ||
| 14T | -4 | Megumi Kido | 212 | 73 | 69 | 70 | ¥1,540,000 | ||
| 16T | -3 | O Sattaya | 213 | 73 | 71 | 69 | ¥1,240,000 | ||
| 16T | -3 | Ji-Hee Lee | 213 | 70 | 72 | 71 | ¥1,240,000 | ||
| 16T | -3 | Sakura Yokomine | 213 | 70 | 72 | 71 | ¥1,240,000 | ||
| 16T | -3 | Nobuko Kizawa | 213 | 73 | 67 | 73 | ¥1,240,000 | ||
| 20T | -2 | Miki Sakai | 214 | 69 | 74 | 71 | ¥960,000 | ||
| 20T | -2 | Yukari Baba | 214 | 71 | 72 | 71 | ¥960,000 | ||
| 20T | -2 | Shiho Toyonaga | 214 | 73 | 69 | 72 | ¥960,000 | ||
| 20T | -2 | Satsuki Oshiro | 214 | 70 | 70 | 74 | ¥960,000 | ||
| 24T | -1 | Chie Arimura | 215 | 75 | 70 | 70 | ¥880,000 | ||
| 24T | -1 | Jia-Yun Li | 215 | 70 | 75 | 70 | ¥880,000 | ||
| 24T | -1 | Maiko Wakabayashi | 215 | 73 | 73 | 69 | ¥880,000 | ||
| 24T | -1 | Erina Hara | 215 | 72 | 69 | 74 | ¥880,000 | ||
| 28T | 0 | Miki Saiki | 216 | 72 | 72 | 72 | ¥790,000 | ||
| 28T | 0 | Mi-Jeong Jeon | 216 | 71 | 74 | 71 | ¥790,000 | ||
| 28T | 0 | Eun-Bi Jang | 216 | 74 | 72 | 70 | ¥790,000 | ||
| 28T | 0 | Mamiko Higa | 216 | 72 | 74 | 70 | ¥790,000 | ||
| 28T | 0 | Hikari Fujita | 216 | 71 | 69 | 76 | ¥790,000 | ||
| 33T | +1 | Erika Kikuchi | 217 | 71 | 73 | 73 | ¥710,000 | ||
| 33T | +1 | Yumiko Yoshida | 217 | 74 | 70 | 73 | ¥710,000 | ||
| 33T | +1 | Na-Ri Kim | 217 | 73 | 72 | 72 | ¥710,000 | ||
| 33T | +1 | @Hina Arakaki | 217 | 70 | 75 | 72 | ¥0 | ||
| 37T | +2 | Yuko Fukuda | 218 | 75 | 69 | 74 | ¥630,000 | ||
| 37T | +2 | Yukari Nishiyama | 218 | 74 | 69 | 75 | ¥630,000 | ||
| 37T | +2 | Ritsuko Ryu | 218 | 74 | 72 | 72 | ¥630,000 | ||
| 37T | +2 | Kana Taneda | 218 | 75 | 71 | 72 | ¥630,000 | ||
| 37T | +2 | Ha-Neul Kim | 218 | 72 | 74 | 72 | ¥630,000 | ||
| 42T | +3 | Mayu Hattori | 219 | 71 | 73 | 75 | ¥520,000 | ||
| 42T | +3 | Mihoko Iseri | 219 | 76 | 69 | 74 | ¥520,000 | ||
| 42T | +3 | Rumi Yoshiba | 219 | 72 | 73 | 74 | ¥520,000 | ||
| 42T | +3 | Kaori Yamamoto | 219 | 69 | 76 | 74 | ¥520,000 | ||
| 42T | +3 | Airi Saitoh | 219 | 72 | 74 | 73 | ¥520,000 | ||
| 42T | +3 | Yeon-Ju Jung | 219 | 78 | 68 | 73 | ¥520,000 | ||
| 48T | +4 | Yuki Ichinose | 220 | 70 | 74 | 76 | ¥440,000 | ||
| 48T | +4 | Na-Ri Lee | 220 | 75 | 71 | 74 | ¥440,000 | ||
| 50T | +5 | Keiko Kubo | 221 | 71 | 74 | 76 | ¥405,000 | ||
| 50T | +5 | Kumiko Kaneda | 221 | 76 | 70 | 75 | ¥405,000 | ||
| 52 | +6 | Erina Yamato | 222 | 76 | 68 | 78 | ¥390,000 | ||
| 以上、予選通過 | |||||||||
| +3 | Yuri Fudoh | 147 | 73 | 74 | ¥0 | ||||
| +3 | Hiromi Mogi | 147 | 71 | 76 | ¥0 | ||||
| +3 | Kaori Ohe | 147 | 76 | 71 | ¥0 | ||||
| +3 | Mina Nakayama | 147 | 73 | 74 | ¥0 | ||||
| +3 | Sayuri Takashima | 147 | 73 | 74 | ¥0 | ||||
| +3 | Mami Fukuda | 147 | 72 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| +3 | Hiroko Azuma | 147 | 74 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| +3 | Ayaka Watanabe | 147 | 73 | 74 | ¥0 | ||||
| +3 | Kotone Hori | 147 | 75 | 72 | ¥0 | ||||
| +3 | Jennifer Hirano | 147 | 74 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| +3 | Jae-Eun Chung | 147 | 72 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| +4 | Yasuko Satoh | 148 | 75 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| +4 | Aiko Ueno | 148 | 75 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| +4 | Natsuka Hori | 148 | 72 | 76 | ¥0 | ||||
| +4 | Ai Suzuki | 148 | 71 | 77 | ¥0 | ||||
| +4 | Ayaka Matsumori | 148 | 73 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| +4 | Ah-Reum Hwang | 148 | 74 | 74 | ¥0 | ||||
| +4 | Hiroko Fukushima | 148 | 74 | 74 | ¥0 | ||||
| +4 | Hee-Kyung Bae | 148 | 76 | 72 | ¥0 | ||||
| +5 | Yuko Saitoh | 149 | 76 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| +5 | Saiki Fujita | 149 | 76 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| +5 | Yoko Maeda | 149 | 76 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| +5 | Miyako Tanaka | 149 | 75 | 74 | ¥0 | ||||
| +5 | Aya Ezawa | 149 | 76 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| +5 | Esther Lee | 149 | 74 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| +6 | Junko Omote | 150 | 78 | 72 | ¥0 | ||||
| +6 | Chiharu Tsunekawa | 150 | 74 | 76 | ¥0 | ||||
| +6 | Tomoko Kanai | 150 | 77 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| +6 | Megumi Shimokawa | 150 | 76 | 74 | ¥0 | ||||
| +6 | Yuko Mitsuka | 150 | 75 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| +6 | Makoto Takemura | 150 | 76 | 74 | ¥0 | ||||
| +6 | Serena Aoki | 150 | 75 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| +6 | Haruka Kudo | 150 | 75 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| +6 | Yun-Jye Wei | 150 | 75 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| +6 | Young Kim | 150 | 76 | 74 | ¥0 | ||||
| +6 | Phoebe Yao | 150 | 77 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| +6 | Minami Oshiro | 150 | 77 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| +6 | @Riria Arashiro | 150 | 71 | 79 | ¥0 | ||||
| +7 | Rui Kitada | 151 | 74 | 77 | ¥0 | ||||
| +7 | Ayako Uehara | 151 | 78 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| +7 | Ji-Woo Lee | 151 | 74 | 77 | ¥0 | ||||
| +7 | @Nozomi Kohagura | 151 | 77 | 74 | ¥0 | ||||
| +7 | Aoi Ohnishi | 151 | 75 | 76 | ¥0 | ||||
| +7 | Da-Ye Na | 151 | 78 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| +7 | Saki Takeo | 151 | 75 | 76 | ¥0 | ||||
| +8 | Kurumi Dohi | 152 | 76 | 76 | ¥0 | ||||
| +8 | Kotono Kozuma | 152 | 76 | 76 | ¥0 | ||||
| +8 | Soo-Yun Kang | 152 | 77 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| +9 | Asami Kikuchi | 153 | 79 | 74 | ¥0 | ||||
| +11 | Momoyo Kawakubo | 155 | 74 | 81 | ¥0 | ||||
| +11 | Mayumi Shimomura | 155 | 79 | 76 | ¥0 | ||||
| +13 | @Shoko Sunakawa | 157 | 80 | 77 | ¥0 | ||||
| +15 | Ji-Min Lee | 159 | 78 | 81 | ¥0 | ||||
| +15 | @Natsumi Nakanishi | 159 | 81 | 78 | ¥0 | ||||
| +23 | Hiroe Tani | 167 | 85 | 82 | ¥0 | ||||
| 棄権 | Akane Iijima 9H終了後 右足首痛のため | ||||||||
Fairways and Forehands 