With no wins since 2013 and 2 missed cuts in her last 3 events, one could be forgiven for looking at now 23-time JLPGA champion Mi-Jeong Jeon of South Korea as a surprise winner. But with a 6-under 66 that propelled her from behind to a 10-under overall 1-shot victory at the 2016 Samantha Thavasa Girls Collection Golf Tournament, MJJ adds another trophy to an illustrious career. And let’s be clear, although she hasn’t matched the kind of play that won her the money list title in 2012 MJJ has still been a solid top 25 player the last couple of years. In fact, her scoring average the last two years is actually better than it was from 2005 through 2008 when she was top 10 on the money list 3 times and 12th the other. She can’t control other players coming on tour and raising the bar. All that said, congratulations to Mi-Jeong Jeon. Here’s hoping she gets to 25 wins before her amazing career is over. Also, let me give a quick congrats to Megumi Kido for her 2nd place finish. A bogey on 17 coming home was very costly.
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1 MI-JEONG JEON (-10)
2 MEGUMI KIDO (-9)
T3 YUKARI NISHIYAMA (-8)
T3 ERINA HARA (-8)
T5 RITSUKO RYU (-7)
T5 SHOKO SASAKI (-7)
T5 HEE-KYUNG BAE (-7)
LOW AMATEUR
T20 HINA ARAKAKI (-3)
LEADERBOARD
RANK | PLAYER | SCORE | 1R | 2R | 3R | TOTAL | PRIZE | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
優勝 | Mi-Jeong Jeon | -10 | 70 | 70 | 66 | 206 | ¥10,800,000 | |
2 | Megumi Kido | -9 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 207 | ¥5,400,000 | |
3T | Yukari Nishiyama | -8 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 208 | ¥3,900,000 | |
3T | Erina Hara | -8 | 70 | 66 | 72 | 208 | ¥3,900,000 | |
5T | Ritsuko Ryu | -7 | 71 | 72 | 66 | 209 | ¥2,540,000 | |
5T | Shoko Sasaki | -7 | 75 | 68 | 66 | 209 | ¥2,540,000 | |
5T | Hee-Kyung Bae | -7 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 209 | ¥2,540,000 | |
8T | Kana Mikashima | -6 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 210 | ¥1,650,000 | |
8T | Na-Ri Lee | -6 | 73 | 68 | 69 | 210 | ¥1,650,000 | |
10T | Babe Liu | -5 | 71 | 72 | 68 | 211 | ¥1,060,000 | |
10T | Erika Kikuchi | -5 | 72 | 69 | 70 | 211 | ¥1,060,000 | |
10T | Haruka Morita | -5 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 211 | ¥1,060,000 | |
10T | Saiki Fujita | -5 | 73 | 67 | 71 | 211 | ¥1,060,000 | |
10T | Kyoko Furuya | -5 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 211 | ¥1,060,000 | |
10T | Ha-Neul Kim | -5 | 70 | 68 | 73 | 211 | ¥1,060,000 | |
16T | Misuzu Narita | -4 | 75 | 69 | 68 | 212 | ¥762,000 | |
16T | Pei-Ying Tsai | -4 | 74 | 69 | 69 | 212 | ¥762,000 | |
16T | Miki Sakai | -4 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 212 | ¥762,000 | |
16T | Kotono Kozuma | -4 | 74 | 68 | 70 | 212 | ¥762,000 | |
20T | Miyu Shinkai | -3 | 75 | 69 | 69 | 213 | ¥588,000 | |
20T | Saki Nagamine | -3 | 72 | 72 | 69 | 213 | ¥588,000 | |
20T | Akane Iijima | -3 | 73 | 69 | 71 | 213 | ¥588,000 | |
20T | @Hina Arakaki | -3 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 213 | ¥0 | |
20T | Yumiko Yoshida | -3 | 71 | 70 | 72 | 213 | ¥588,000 | |
20T | Mami Fukuda | -3 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 213 | ¥588,000 | |
26T | Mayu Hosaka | -2 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 214 | ¥522,000 | |
26T | Rui Kitada | -2 | 75 | 70 | 69 | 214 | ¥522,000 | |
26T | Kumiko Kaneda | -2 | 74 | 71 | 69 | 214 | ¥522,000 | |
26T | Jiyai Shin | -2 | 76 | 66 | 72 | 214 | ¥522,000 | |
26T | Asako Fujimoto | -2 | 75 | 66 | 73 | 214 | ¥522,000 | |
26T | O Sattaya | -2 | 72 | 68 | 74 | 214 | ¥522,000 | |
32T | Kaori Ohe | -1 | 75 | 69 | 71 | 215 | ¥453,000 | |
32T | Lala Anai | -1 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 215 | ¥453,000 | |
32T | @Hikaru Yoshimoto | -1 | 69 | 73 | 73 | 215 | ¥0 | |
32T | Ah-Reum Hwang | -1 | 73 | 72 | 70 | 215 | ¥453,000 | |
32T | Maiko Wakabayashi | -1 | 71 | 69 | 75 | 215 | ¥453,000 | |
37T | Rumi Yoshiba | 0 | 71 | 74 | 71 | 216 | ¥408,000 | |
37T | Serena Aoki | 0 | 74 | 72 | 70 | 216 | ¥408,000 | |
37T | Kotone Hori | 0 | 74 | 72 | 70 | 216 | ¥408,000 | |
40T | Rie Tsuji | +1 | 74 | 70 | 73 | 217 | ¥366,000 | |
40T | Kaori Aoyama | +1 | 71 | 70 | 76 | 217 | ¥366,000 | |
40T | Miho Mori | +1 | 76 | 70 | 71 | 217 | ¥366,000 | |
40T | Mayu Hattori | +1 | 74 | 72 | 71 | 217 | ¥366,000 | |
44T | Hiroko Azuma | +2 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 218 | ¥330,000 | |
44T | Asuka Kashiwabara | +2 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 218 | ¥330,000 | |
46T | Shiho Toyonaga | +3 | 75 | 68 | 76 | 219 | ¥306,000 | |
46T | Yuko Fukuda | +3 | 72 | 72 | 75 | 219 | ¥306,000 | |
48T | Hiromi Mogi | +4 | 74 | 70 | 76 | 220 | ¥282,000 | |
48T | Chinatsu Fujii | +4 | 77 | 69 | 74 | 220 | ¥282,000 | |
50 | Kanna Ito | +5 | 76 | 70 | 75 | 221 | ¥264,000 |
Some highlights of Jeon Mi-jeongs victory
Part One
Part Two
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