Shiho Oyama (click to enlarge)
I was originally not going to post about the JLPGA this week, in the aftermath of last week’s KKT Cup Vantelin Ladies Open being canceled due to the Kumamoto earthquake. It just felt like golf wasn’t the first thing with which to be concerned. But at the very least I would like to congratulate the wonderfully talented Shiho Oyama for her win at the 2016 Fujisankei Ladies Classic. I can’t let such a JLPGA legend, who now owns 17 titles on the Japanese tour, go without an acknowledgement of her continued greatness. That’s especially true on a day when she shined brightly with a 4-under 68 round to come from behind and capture a 1-shot victory at 11-under.
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1 SHIHO OYAMA (-11)
with low amateur, Suzuka Yamaguchi
2 RITSUKO RYU (-10)
2 SUN-JU AHN (-10)
T4 AYAKA WATANABE (-9)
T4 BO-MEE LEE (-9)
T4 ERINA HARA (-9)
LEADERBOARD
| RANK | PLAYER | SCORE | 1R | 2R | 3R | TOTAL | PRIZE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 優勝 | Shiho Oyama | -11 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 205 | ¥14,400,000 | |
| 2T | Sun-Ju Ahn | -10 | 71 | 64 | 71 | 206 | ¥6,400,000 | |
| 2T | Ritsuko Ryu | -10 | 66 | 68 | 72 | 206 | ¥6,400,000 | |
| 4T | Ayaka Watanabe | -9 | 68 | 71 | 68 | 207 | ¥4,000,000 | |
| 4T | Bo-Mee Lee | -9 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 207 | ¥4,000,000 | |
| 4T | Erina Hara | -9 | 69 | 67 | 71 | 207 | ¥4,000,000 | |
| 7T | Ayaka Matsumori | -7 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 209 | ¥2,400,000 | |
| 7T | Hee-Kyung Bae | -7 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 209 | ¥2,400,000 | |
| 7T | Ai Suzuki | -7 | 68 | 70 | 71 | 209 | ¥2,400,000 | |
| 10T | Asuka Kashiwabara | -6 | 68 | 73 | 69 | 210 | ¥1,564,000 | |
| 10T | Ah-Reum Hwang | -6 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 210 | ¥1,564,000 | |
| 12T | Lala Anai | -5 | 69 | 73 | 69 | 211 | ¥1,248,000 | |
| 12T | Kumiko Kaneda | -5 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 211 | ¥1,248,000 | |
| 12T | Babe Liu | -5 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 211 | ¥1,248,000 | |
| 12T | Teresa Lu | -5 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 211 | ¥1,248,000 | |
| 12T | Yukari Nishiyama | -5 | 68 | 71 | 72 | 211 | ¥1,248,000 | |
| 12T | Hikari Fujita | -5 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 211 | ¥1,248,000 | |
| 18T | Miki Sakai | -4 | 70 | 69 | 73 | 212 | ¥888,000 | |
| 18T | Junko Omote | -4 | 70 | 68 | 74 | 212 | ¥888,000 | |
| 18T | Maiko Wakabayashi | -4 | 68 | 68 | 76 | 212 | ¥888,000 | |
| 21T | Na-Ri Lee | -3 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 213 | ¥768,000 | |
| 21T | Yuki Ichinose | -3 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 213 | ¥768,000 | |
| 21T | Shiho Toyonaga | -3 | 71 | 70 | 72 | 213 | ¥768,000 | |
| 21T | Jennifer Hirano | -3 | 72 | 67 | 74 | 213 | ¥768,000 | |
| 25T | Sumika Nakasone | -2 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 214 | ¥712,000 | |
| 25T | Airi Saitoh | -2 | 73 | 68 | 73 | 214 | ¥712,000 | |
| 25T | Misae Yanagisawa | -2 | 69 | 70 | 75 | 214 | ¥712,000 | |
| 28T | Saki Takeo | 0 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 216 | ¥664,000 | |
| 28T | Momoko Ueda | 0 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 216 | ¥664,000 | |
| 28T | Hiroko Fukushima | 0 | 70 | 70 | 76 | 216 | ¥664,000 | |
| 31T | Hiromi Mogi | +1 | 70 | 73 | 74 | 217 | ¥616,000 | |
| 31T | Saki Nagamine | +1 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 217 | ¥616,000 | |
| 33T | Serena Aoki | +2 | 73 | 70 | 75 | 218 | ¥584,000 | |
| 33T | Esther Lee | +2 | 71 | 70 | 77 | 218 | ¥584,000 | |
| 35T | Ayami Noguchi | +3 | 68 | 75 | 76 | 219 | ¥544,000 | |
| 35T | Phoebe Yao | +3 | 71 | 72 | 76 | 219 | ¥544,000 | |
| 35T | Rie Iwahashi | +3 | 72 | 70 | 77 | 219 | ¥544,000 | |
| 38T | Saiki Fujita | +4 | 69 | 74 | 77 | 220 | ¥488,000 | |
| 38T | Ayame Morii | +4 | 71 | 71 | 78 | 220 | ¥488,000 | |
| 38T | Misuzu Narita | +4 | 72 | 70 | 78 | 220 | ¥488,000 | |
| 38T | Akane Iijima | +4 | 73 | 69 | 78 | 220 | ¥488,000 | |
| 42T | Yeo-Jin Kang | +5 | 71 | 72 | 78 | 221 | ¥408,000 | |
| 42T | Megumi Kido | +5 | 71 | 72 | 78 | 221 | ¥408,000 | |
| 42T | Kana Mikashima | +5 | 73 | 70 | 78 | 221 | ¥408,000 | |
| 42T | Akane Yoshino | +5 | 70 | 72 | 79 | 221 | ¥408,000 | |
| 42T | Mei Takagi | +5 | 72 | 70 | 79 | 221 | ¥408,000 | |
| 42T | Haruka Morita | +5 | 72 | 70 | 79 | 221 | ¥408,000 | |
| 48T | @Suzuka Yamaguchi | +6 | 71 | 72 | 79 | 222 | ¥0 | |
| 48T | Yuko Mitsuka | +6 | 71 | 72 | 79 | 222 | ¥352,000 | |
| 50 | Kaori Yamamoto | +7 | 71 | 72 | 80 | 223 | ¥336,000 |
Fairways and Forehands 
i believe shiho oyama donated her entire prize money for the kuramoto earthquake relief effort
Really? Wow, I like her even more now! 😊
I saw some pictures where a lot of the girls on the JLPGA were doing things for the earthquake relief effort. my heart goes out to all who are suffering due to the earthquakes and my congratulations to Shiho Oyama with a big win
The women’s golf pro players communities around the world are filled with great people. Of course, I’d prefer not to have to see the JLPGA players have to come together for earthquake or tsunami relief, but when it’s needed they answer the call.
I agree. I appreciate their efforts and continue to cheer for them and thanks for the awesome coverage of the JLPGA
tied for 21st in this tournament is jennifer hirano (plain jennifer) was born raised in sanfrancisco, grad of univ of miami. speaks some japanese but does her interviews in english with an interpreter her sister, christina (same background) also a golfer and now carries the bag for jennifer.