Kaori Ohe (click to enlarge)
Standing on the 17th tee during the third and final round of the 2016 T-Point Ladies Golf Tournament, overnight leader Ha-Neul Kim needed another flash of lightning like she had in the 2nd round when she scored a hole-in-one on the par 3 17th. Instead of an ace, Kim would go on to bogey the hole. It was emblematic of a tough day that saw her go 2-over and fall from 1st (-7) to tied for 5th (-5). It would be Kaori Ohe capturing her 2nd JLPGA victory with a 1-under round that left her alone atop the leaderboard at 7-under. A solid top 35 player over the past 4 years, this is Ohe’s first victory since the 2012 Fujisankei Ladies Classic. She takes home ¥12,600,000 (about 113,000 USD).
Bo-Mee Lee (click to enlarge)
I missed Bo-Mee Lee’s victory last week at Yokohama, so I’d just like to take a moment to applaud another hot start to the season from last year’s player of the year. That marked her 16th JLPGA tournament win. She finished tied for 2nd here at T-Point, giving her three top 5s in three events so far, including a title and a runner-up. This is as special a player as I’ve seen on the JLPGA. With her game, her style, her star presence and megawatt smile, Bo-Mee should follow Prince Akeem and come to America!
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1 KAORI OHE (-7)
with low amateur, Suzuka Yamaguchi
T2 BO-MEE LEE (-6)
T2 AYAKA WATANABE (-6)
T2 ASUKA KASHIWABARA (-6)
T5 HA-NEUL KIM (-5)
T5 YUMIKO YOSHIDA (-5)
T5 AIRI SAITOH (-5)
LEADERBOARD
| RANK | PLAYER | SCORE | 1R | 2R | 3R | TOTAL | PRIZE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 優勝 | Kaori Ohe | -7 | 72 | 66 | 71 | 209 | ¥12,600,000 | |
| 2T | Ayaka Watanabe | -6 | 72 | 71 | 67 | 210 | ¥5,133,333 | |
| 2T | Asuka Kashiwabara | -6 | 72 | 71 | 67 | 210 | ¥5,133,333 | |
| 2T | Bo-Mee Lee | -6 | 71 | 70 | 69 | 210 | ¥5,133,333 | |
| 5T | Yumiko Yoshida | -5 | 74 | 69 | 68 | 211 | ¥2,963,333 | |
| 5T | Airi Saitoh | -5 | 71 | 72 | 68 | 211 | ¥2,963,333 | |
| 5T | Ha-Neul Kim | -5 | 69 | 68 | 74 | 211 | ¥2,963,333 | |
| 8T | Erika Kikuchi | -4 | 72 | 71 | 69 | 212 | ¥1,750,000 | |
| 8T | Sun-Ju Ahn | -4 | 74 | 68 | 70 | 212 | ¥1,750,000 | |
| 8T | Jiyai Shin | -4 | 72 | 70 | 70 | 212 | ¥1,750,000 | |
| 11T | Shoko Sasaki | -3 | 75 | 71 | 67 | 213 | ¥1,239,000 | |
| 11T | Pei-Ying Tsai | -3 | 73 | 71 | 69 | 213 | ¥1,239,000 | |
| 11T | Hee-Kyung Bae | -3 | 73 | 70 | 70 | 213 | ¥1,239,000 | |
| 11T | Yeo-Jin Kang | -3 | 73 | 69 | 71 | 213 | ¥1,239,000 | |
| 15T | Lala Anai | -2 | 73 | 73 | 68 | 214 | ¥862,000 | |
| 15T | Ayaka Matsumori | -2 | 77 | 69 | 68 | 214 | ¥862,000 | |
| 15T | Megumi Kido | -2 | 72 | 73 | 69 | 214 | ¥862,000 | |
| 15T | Rui Kitada | -2 | 72 | 73 | 69 | 214 | ¥862,000 | |
| 15T | Hiromi Mogi | -2 | 71 | 73 | 70 | 214 | ¥862,000 | |
| 15T | Babe Liu | -2 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 214 | ¥862,000 | |
| 15T | Shiho Oyama | -2 | 73 | 67 | 74 | 214 | ¥862,000 | |
| 22T | Satsuki Oshiro | -1 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 215 | ¥637,000 | |
| 22T | Momoko Ueda | -1 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 215 | ¥637,000 | |
| 22T | Phoebe Yao | -1 | 75 | 69 | 71 | 215 | ¥637,000 | |
| 22T | Kotono Kozuma | -1 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 215 | ¥637,000 | |
| 22T | Hikari Fujita | -1 | 73 | 70 | 72 | 215 | ¥637,000 | |
| 22T | Ai Suzuki | -1 | 72 | 70 | 73 | 215 | ¥637,000 | |
| 22T | Jae-Eun Chung | -1 | 70 | 72 | 73 | 215 | ¥637,000 | |
| 22T | Mami Fukuda | -1 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 215 | ¥637,000 | |
| 30T | Haruka Morita | 0 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 216 | ¥555,333 | |
| 30T | Serena Aoki | 0 | 75 | 69 | 72 | 216 | ¥555,333 | |
| 30T | @Suzuka Yamaguchi | 0 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 216 | ¥0 | |
| 30T | Riho Fujisaki | 0 | 70 | 71 | 75 | 216 | ¥555,333 | |
| 34T | Kaori Aoyama | +1 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 217 | ¥469,000 | |
| 34T | Kana Mikashima | +1 | 73 | 72 | 72 | 217 | ¥469,000 | |
| 34T | Teresa Lu | +1 | 73 | 72 | 72 | 217 | ¥469,000 | |
| 34T | Ji-Hee Lee | +1 | 70 | 75 | 72 | 217 | ¥469,000 | |
| 34T | Hiroko Fukushima | +1 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 217 | ¥469,000 | |
| 34T | Saki Nagamine | +1 | 75 | 69 | 73 | 217 | ¥469,000 | |
| 34T | Aoi Ohnishi | +1 | 73 | 71 | 73 | 217 | ¥469,000 | |
| 34T | Hikari Kawamitsu | +1 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 217 | ¥469,000 | |
| 42T | Junko Omote | +2 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 218 | ¥385,000 | |
| 42T | Misae Yanagisawa | +2 | 76 | 69 | 73 | 218 | ¥385,000 | |
| 42T | Maria Shinohara | +2 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 218 | ¥385,000 | |
| 42T | Eri Okayama | +2 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 218 | ¥385,000 | |
| 46 | @Minami Katsu | +3 | 74 | 71 | 74 | 219 | ¥0 | |
| 47 | So-Young Kim | +4 | 73 | 71 | 76 | 220 | ¥350,000 | |
| 48 | Saki Inoue | +5 | 75 | 71 | 75 | 221 | ¥336,000 | |
| 49 | O Sattaya | +6 | 77 | 69 | 76 | 222 | ¥322,000 | |
| 50 | Asako Fujimoto | +7 | 74 | 72 | 77 | 223 | ¥308,000 |
Fairways and Forehands 