August 2016 on the JLPGA has belonged to two players, Bo-Mee Lee and Ritsuko Ryu. Bo-Mee opened the month by winning the Meiji Cup. Ritsuko answered with victory at the NEC Karuizawa 72 Golf Tournament. Lee was next to title at last week’s CAT Ladies. Ryu now closes out this cycle of the moon in … Continue reading
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Chip-Ins: Bo-Mee Lee Wins 2016 Meiji Cup
Okay, with the Rio Olympics underway, I didn’t really follow the 2016 Meiji Cup on the JLPGA. This is just a quick chip-in to congratulate Bo-Mee Lee on her win at the 2016 Meiji Cup. It’s her 3rd win of the season and 18th career JLPGA title. The South Korean superstar just keeps fighting! Hwaiting! 화이팅! … Continue reading
Jiyai Shin Completes Threepeat With Win At The 2016 Nichirei Ladies (JLPGA)
She was special when she was rewriting the LPGA of Korea (KLPGA) record book. She was special when she moved to the United States-based LPGA, winning double-digit tournaments. And make no mistake, South Korea’s Jiyai Shin is still special on the LPGA of Japan (JLPGA), a confirmed winner wherever she decides to tee it up. … Continue reading
Lexi Thompson Wins 2016 World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup (JLPGA)
Lexi Thompson went to the Land of the Rising Sun to win her first LPGA of Japan tournament, the 2016 World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup. She follows in a line of LPGA players, including Annika Sorenstam, Karrie Webb, Beth Daniels and most recently Morgan Pressel, who have won the first Major of the year on … Continue reading
Shiho Oyama Wins 2016 Fujisankei Ladies Classic (JLPGA)
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 … Continue reading
Ji-Hee Lee Wins 2016 Yamaha Ladies Open (JLPGA)
Even local wildlife running around on the course behind her was not enough to distract Ji-Hee Lee from winning the 2016 Yamaha Ladies Open. The South Korean star fired a sensational 7-birdie, 1-bogey 6-under 66 final round to finish at 9-under for the tournament, 3 shots clear of Jiyai Shin. I have to feel a … Continue reading
Kaori Ohe Wins 2016 T-Point Ladies Golf Tournament (JLPG)
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 … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 2015 WTA, JLPGA and LPGA Top 15 Year In Review: #6 Maria Sharapova, Ayaka Watanabe and Amy Yang
For the past two years I have counted down the top 30 (2013) and top 25 (2014) players on the WTA and LPGA money lists as my year-end wrap-up. This year I am reducing the list to the top 15. However, I am adding the LPGA of Japan (JLPGA) to the countdown. For the WTA, … Continue reading
Bo-Mee Lee Wins 2015 Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open, Her 7th JLPGA Title Of The Season
In the United States, on the LPGA Tour, there was a question going into the CME Group Tour Championship as to whether Lydia Ko or Inbee Park would emerge as the LPGA Player of the Year. In Japan, going into next week’s JLPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup, there is no doubt who the JLPGA Player … Continue reading
Teresa Lu Wins 5th JLPGA Title Of The Season At 2015 Fujitsu Ladies
What a tug of war the 2015 LPGA of Japan (JLPGA) season has been. As soon as I think Bo-Mee Lee is running away with the year, Teresa Lu makes a charge. When I start to think Teresa can catch up, Bo-Mee reasserts her dominance. These two tour aces have been a lot of fun … Continue reading
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