Misuzu Narita (click to enlarge)
They say you can’t win a golf tournament in the first round…and that’s true. But you sure can improve your chances of winning with a great first round. Misuzu Narita opened the 2015 Suntory Ladies Open Golf Tournament with a blistering 9-under 63 to set herself atop the leaderboard. Closest to Narita was 2-time and defending champion Sun-Ju Ahn at 6-under. As if to illustrate not to get too excited over a good first round, Ahn followed her opening 6-under 66 with a 5-over 77 which essentially took her out of contention as birdies were dropping all over the course for other players. Narita was chased down by the end of the 2nd round by Hikari Fujita, whose 68-66 matched Misuzu’s 63-71. Unfortunately, like Ahn a round before Fujita would blow up with a 4-over 76 in round 3. By the end of round 3, only Ritsuko Ryu and current money list leader Bo-Mee Lee were within 4 shots of Narita. Both closed the gap slightly by neither could catch the wire to wire leader as Misuzu Narita rode a 16-under tally to her 2nd win of the season and 7th career JLPGA victory. On an aside, even though she didn’t win I am very pleased to see another top 5 for one of my long time favorites, Soo-Yun Kang. It’s her 2nd straight top 5, 5th overall top 10 and 8th top 20 of the season…all with a lot of the season still to go. If there is one player on the JLPGA that I’m rooting to see win at least once in 2015, it is by far Kangsy.
The following video won’t play here, but I included so you could easily find the video simply by clicking the link.
YTD PLAYER OF THE YEAR and MONEY LIST LEADER: BO-MEE LEE
YTD SCORING AVERAGE LEADER: TERESA LU
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1 MISUZU NARITA (-16)
with low amateur Soo-Young Lee
2 BO-MEE LEE (-14)
3 RITSUKO RYU (-13)
4 AKANE IIJIMA (-11)
T5 MOMOKO UEDA (-9)
T5 SOO-YUN KANG (-9)
| RANK | PLAYER | SCORE | TOTAL | 1R | 2R | 3R | 4R | PRIZE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 優勝 | Misuzu Narita | -16 | 272 | 63 | 71 | 68 | 70 | ¥18,000,000 | |
| 2 | Bo-Mee Lee | -14 | 274 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 68 | ¥8,800,000 | |
| 3 | Ritsuko Ryu | -13 | 275 | 69 | 67 | 70 | 69 | ¥7,000,000 | |
| 4 | Akane Iijima | -11 | 277 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 67 | ¥6,000,000 | |
| 5T | Soo-Yun Kang | -9 | 279 | 69 | 69 | 71 | 70 | ¥4,500,000 | |
| 5T | Momoko Ueda | -9 | 279 | 70 | 71 | 68 | 70 | ¥4,500,000 | |
| 7T | Yumiko Yoshida | -8 | 280 | 71 | 73 | 68 | 68 | ¥2,750,000 | |
| 7T | Ji-Yai Shin | -8 | 280 | 71 | 67 | 73 | 69 | ¥2,750,000 | |
| 7T | Teresa Lu | -8 | 280 | 74 | 65 | 70 | 71 | ¥2,750,000 | |
| 7T | Kotone Hori | -8 | 280 | 68 | 69 | 71 | 72 | ¥2,750,000 | |
| 11T | @So-Young Lee | -7 | 281 | 68 | 71 | 72 | 70 | ¥0 | |
| 11T | Da-Ye Na | -7 | 281 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 74 | ¥1,820,000 | |
| 13T | Hikari Fujita | -6 | 282 | 68 | 66 | 76 | 72 | ¥1,670,000 | |
| 13T | Mayu Hattori | -6 | 282 | 69 | 71 | 70 | 72 | ¥1,670,000 | |
| 15 | Nachiyo Ohtani | -5 | 283 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 72 | ¥1,520,000 | |
| 16T | Mi-Jeong Jeon | -4 | 284 | 71 | 75 | 70 | 68 | ¥1,370,000 | |
| 16T | Esther Lee | -4 | 284 | 73 | 68 | 73 | 70 | ¥1,370,000 | |
| 18T | Erika Kikuchi | -3 | 285 | 75 | 71 | 71 | 68 | ¥1,070,000 | |
| 18T | Ji-Hee Lee | -3 | 285 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 72 | ¥1,070,000 | |
| 18T | Sun-Ju Ahn | -3 | 285 | 66 | 77 | 69 | 73 | ¥1,070,000 | |
| 18T | Ayaka Watanabe | -3 | 285 | 74 | 68 | 69 | 74 | ¥1,070,000 | |
| 22T | Phoebe Yao | -2 | 286 | 69 | 68 | 77 | 72 | ¥870,000 | |
| 22T | Mami Fukuda | -2 | 286 | 71 | 73 | 69 | 73 | ¥870,000 | |
| 22T | Yuko Fukuda | -2 | 286 | 67 | 72 | 73 | 74 | ¥870,000 | |
| 22T | Kaori Ohe | -2 | 286 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 74 | ¥870,000 | |
| 22T | @Hina Arakaki | -2 | 286 | 71 | 66 | 70 | 79 | ¥0 | |
| 27 | Erina Yamato | -1 | 287 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 71 | ¥820,000 | |
| 28T | Saiki Fujita | 0 | 288 | 71 | 71 | 74 | 72 | ¥730,000 | |
| 28T | O Sattaya | 0 | 288 | 73 | 70 | 73 | 72 | ¥730,000 | |
| 28T | Ah-Reum Hwang | 0 | 288 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 72 | ¥730,000 | |
| 28T | Ha-Neul Kim | 0 | 288 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 72 | ¥730,000 | |
| 28T | Serena Aoki | 0 | 288 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 72 | ¥730,000 | |
| 28T | Megumi Shimokawa | 0 | 288 | 69 | 77 | 70 | 72 | ¥730,000 | |
| 28T | Yuki Ichinose | 0 | 288 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 73 | ¥730,000 | |
| 28T | Kotono Kozuma | 0 | 288 | 70 | 76 | 69 | 73 | ¥730,000 | |
| 36T | Yeo-Jin Kang | +1 | 289 | 72 | 72 | 74 | 71 | ¥630,000 | |
| 36T | Miki Sakai | +1 | 289 | 68 | 76 | 74 | 71 | ¥630,000 | |
| 38T | @Kana Nagai | +3 | 291 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 72 | ¥0 | |
| 38T | Young Kim | +3 | 291 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 72 | ¥590,000 | |
| 38T | Rikako Morita | +3 | 291 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 74 | ¥590,000 | |
| 41T | Yuko Saitoh | +4 | 292 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 74 | ¥540,000 | |
| 41T | Lala Anai | +4 | 292 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 76 | ¥540,000 | |
| 41T | Erina Hara | +4 | 292 | 68 | 76 | 71 | 77 | ¥540,000 | |
| 44T | Saki Takeo | +5 | 293 | 72 | 73 | 75 | 73 | ¥456,250 | |
| 44T | Saki Okamura | +5 | 293 | 75 | 71 | 74 | 73 | ¥456,250 | |
| 44T | Yasuko Satoh | +5 | 293 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 73 | ¥456,250 | |
| 44T | Jia-Yun Li | +5 | 293 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 74 | ¥456,250 | |
| 44T | Tomoko Kanai | +5 | 293 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 74 | ¥456,250 | |
| 44T | Rumi Yoshiba | +5 | 293 | 70 | 74 | 74 | 75 | ¥456,250 | |
| 44T | Yayoi Arasaki | +5 | 293 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 75 | ¥456,250 | |
| 44T | Hiromi Mogi | +5 | 293 | 73 | 69 | 73 | 78 | ¥456,250 | |
| 52T | Kaori Yamamoto | +6 | 294 | 73 | 73 | 75 | 73 | ¥405,000 | |
| 52T | Hiroko Azuma | +6 | 294 | 71 | 74 | 71 | 78 | ¥405,000 | |
| 54T | @Julianne Alvarez | +7 | 295 | 75 | 66 | 80 | 74 | ¥0 | |
| 54T | Miyako Tanaka | +7 | 295 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 76 | ¥385,000 | |
| 54T | Aya Ezawa | +7 | 295 | 74 | 71 | 72 | 78 | ¥385,000 | |
| 57T | Airi Saitoh | +8 | 296 | 70 | 73 | 77 | 76 | ¥360,000 | |
| 57T | Kumiko Kaneda | +8 | 296 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 79 | ¥360,000 | |
| 57T | Akane Saeki | +8 | 296 | 72 | 74 | 71 | 79 | ¥360,000 | |
| 60T | @Minami Katsu | +9 | 297 | 74 | 72 | 76 | 75 | ¥0 | |
| 60T | @Yumi Matsubara | +9 | 297 | 74 | 71 | 76 | 76 | ¥0 | |
| 62 | Miki Uehara | +10 | 298 | 73 | 73 | 78 | 74 | ¥340,000 | |
| 63 | @Tenyo Ou | +12 | 300 | 73 | 73 | 79 | 75 | ¥0 | |
| 64 | Yuko Mitsuka | +13 | 301 | 71 | 75 | 77 | 78 | ¥330,000 | |
| 65 | Julia Kurata | +14 | 302 | 70 | 75 | 78 | 79 | ¥320,000 | |
| 以上、予選通過 | |||||||||
| Junko Omote | +3 | 147 | 72 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| Ikue Asama | +3 | 147 | 74 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| Ai Miyazato | +3 | 147 | 71 | 76 | ¥0 | ||||
| Asako Fujimoto | +3 | 147 | 75 | 72 | ¥0 | ||||
| Natsuka Hori | +3 | 147 | 74 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| Na-Ri Lee | +3 | 147 | 75 | 72 | ¥0 | ||||
| Kana Taneda | +3 | 147 | 73 | 74 | ¥0 | ||||
| Ayano Nitta | +3 | 147 | 76 | 71 | ¥0 | ||||
| Ji-Min Lee | +3 | 147 | 72 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| Eun-Bi Jang | +3 | 147 | 74 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| Yeon-Ju Jung | +3 | 147 | 75 | 72 | ¥0 | ||||
| Motomi Aoki | +3 | 147 | 72 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| Jae-Eun Chung | +3 | 147 | 74 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| Hee-Kyung Bae | +3 | 147 | 74 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| Natsu Nagai | +4 | 148 | 73 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| Yukari Baba | +4 | 148 | 73 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| Mamiko Higa | +4 | 148 | 75 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| Saki Nagamine | +4 | 148 | 72 | 76 | ¥0 | ||||
| @Hikaru Yoshimoto | +4 | 148 | 75 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| Aiko Ueno | +5 | 149 | 74 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| Kaori Nakamura | +5 | 149 | 74 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| Megumi Kido | +5 | 149 | 77 | 72 | ¥0 | ||||
| Yukari Nishiyama | +5 | 149 | 73 | 76 | ¥0 | ||||
| Mina Nakayama | +5 | 149 | 73 | 76 | ¥0 | ||||
| Asami Kikuchi | +5 | 149 | 74 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| Haruka Kudo | +5 | 149 | 71 | 78 | ¥0 | ||||
| Misaki Hama | +5 | 149 | 74 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| Ayaka Matsumori | +5 | 149 | 73 | 76 | ¥0 | ||||
| Ji-Woo Lee | +5 | 149 | 74 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| P Chutichai | +5 | 149 | 75 | 74 | ¥0 | ||||
| Hiroko Fukushima | +5 | 149 | 74 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| @Onkanok Soisuwan | +5 | 149 | 74 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| @Yuka Saso | +5 | 149 | 75 | 74 | ¥0 | ||||
| Nobuko Kizawa | +6 | 150 | 74 | 76 | ¥0 | ||||
| Maiko Wakabayashi | +6 | 150 | 72 | 78 | ¥0 | ||||
| Mihoko Iseri | +6 | 150 | 74 | 76 | ¥0 | ||||
| Hikari Kawamitsu | +6 | 150 | 78 | 72 | ¥0 | ||||
| Kaori Toki | +6 | 150 | 75 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| Yun-Jye Wei | +6 | 150 | 76 | 74 | ¥0 | ||||
| Jessica Speechley | +6 | 150 | 75 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| Yoko Maeda | +7 | 151 | 76 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
| Hibiki Kitamura | +7 | 151 | 78 | 73 | ¥0 | ||||
| @Hannah Green | +7 | 151 | 75 | 76 | ¥0 | ||||
| Keiko Sasaki | +8 | 152 | 74 | 78 | ¥0 | ||||
| @Minami Hiruta | +8 | 152 | 74 | 78 | ¥0 | ||||
| Shinobu Moromizato | +9 | 153 | 76 | 77 | ¥0 | ||||
| Rino Kotake | +9 | 153 | 75 | 78 | ¥0 | ||||
| Ai Suzuki | +9 | 153 | 81 | 72 | ¥0 | ||||
| Aoi Ohnishi | +9 | 153 | 76 | 77 | ¥0 | ||||
| Sumika Nakasone | +10 | 154 | 73 | 81 | ¥0 | ||||
| @Cih-Hui Chen | +13 | 157 | 78 | 79 | ¥0 | ||||
| Noriko Kubo | +15 | 159 | 79 | 80 | ¥0 | ||||
| Kurumi Ohtsu | +16 | 160 | 77 | 83 | ¥0 | ||||
| 棄権 | Na-Ri Kim | 0 | 0 | ¥0 | |||||
| 棄権 | Rui Kitada | +3 | 75 | 75 | ¥0 | ||||
Fairways and Forehands 