Ummm, does anybody have the address for the Golf Gods? I need to send them a nice premium fruit basket and some Godiva chocolates. A couple of months ago, I thought they had forsaken me. After Ariya Jutanugarn lost a lead at the 2016 ANA Inspiration, an LPGA Major, I thought I might never see … Continue reading
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Fairways and Forehands 2015 WTA, JLPGA and LPGA Top 15 Year In Review: #7 Petra Kvitova, Momoko Ueda and Cristie Kerr
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
Junko Omote Wins 2015 Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Women’s Open (JLPGA)
I admit that I very nearly didn’t cover this event. With a few big names missing and the Japan Women’s Open, the third Major of the JLPGA season, coming up next week, my gaze was already fixed to the future. However, I’m glad I didn’t skip the the 2015 Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Women’s Open. … Continue reading
Teresa Lu Wins 2015 Konica Minolta Cup (JLPGA Major)
With Bo-Mee Lee winning the last two LPGA of Japan events, her 3rd and 4th wins of the 2015 season, I was just about ready to call it an early wrap for JLPGA Player of the Year. Well…hold that order, please. Teresa Lu captured her 4th JLPGA win of the 2015 season at the 48th … Continue reading
Bo-Mee Lee Wins 2015 Golf 5 Ladies Professional Golf Tournament (JLPGA)
The top of the leaderboard at the 2015 Golf 5 Ladies Professional Golf Tournament read like a who’s who of the 2015 LPGA of Japan season. Teresa Lu and Momoko Ueda are both in the top 5 of the money list, player of the year rankings and scoring average. Sun-Ju Ahn is third in scoring. … Continue reading
Mayu Hattori Wins 2015 CAT Ladies (JLPGA)
Mayu Hattori won her fifth LPGA of Japan (JLPGA) title and first since 2012 with a 4-shot 14-under victory at the 2015 CAT Ladies. The 27-year old Hattori opened the tournament with a 7-under 66 (par was 73 for this tournament), leaving her in a four way tie for first place. She played well again … Continue reading
Bo-Mee Lee Wins 2015 Earth Mondamin Cup (JLPGA)
It was a Seoul Sister shootout at the 2015 Earth Mondamin Cup as two of the most accomplished South Korean (or any nationality, for that matter) players on the LPGA of Japan (JLPGA), Bo-Mee Lee and Ji-Hee Lee, had to settle matters in a playoff as they finished regulation play tied at 14-under. Bo-Mee was … Continue reading
Misuzu Narita Wins 2015 Suntory Ladies Open Golf Tournament (JLPGA)
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 … Continue reading
Yumiko Yoshida Wins 2015 Chukyo Television Bridgestone Ladies Open (JLPGA)
Patterns have been emerging as we move closer to the halfway point of the 2015 LPGA of Japan (JLPGA) season. At last week’s Hoken No Madoguchi Ladies Jae-Eun Chung of South Korea was on the precipice of winning, leading through two rounds before a stumble in round 3 cost her victory. For a second straight … Continue reading
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