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 →

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 →

Teresa Lu Opens JLPGA Season With Win At 2015 Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament

Teresa Lu started the 2015 LPGA of Japan (JLPGA) season by picking up where she left off in 2014. Lu ended 2014 with a win at the JLPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup, her 2nd Major and 3rd overall win last season. Teresa opened 2015 with a 4 shot victory at the Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf … Continue reading →

Momoko Ueda Wins 2014 CAT Ladies (JLPGA)

One of the players that I have missed on the LPGA Tour is Momoko Ueda. She earned her card by winning the 2007 Mizuno Classic, an event co-sponsored by the LPGA and JLPGA. That was one of 5 JLPGA events Momoko won in 2007, a year that she topped the JLPGA Money List. Despite moving … Continue reading →

Michelle Wie, Paula Creamer, Charley Hull, Catriona Matthew and Defending Champion Stacy Lewis Ready For 2014 Ricoh Women’s British Open

Last year, Stacy Lewis won a windy 2013 Ricoh Women’s British Open on the Old Course at St. Andrews. She has kept up her high level of play, regaining the world #1 ranking and coming in to the 2014 WBO off a win in Arkansas. Unless and until her play falters, I look at her … Continue reading →

Michelle Wie, Lucy Li, Shanshan Feng & Azahara Munoz Ready For 2014 US Women’s Open

Michelle Wie is having a terrific 2014 LPGA season. Coming into the US Women’s Open, she is 2nd on the money list, in scoring average, greens in regulation and the Race to the CME Globe. Michelle is also 3rd in top 10 percentage and Rolex Player of the Year. In April, Wie won the LPGA … Continue reading →

Onnarin Sattayabanphot Wins 2014 Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament (JLPGA)

The first tournament of the 2014 LPGA of Japan (JLPGA) season left me with joy in most respects, but tinged with a bit of blue. I’m very pleased to see Thailand’s Onnarin Sattayabanphot ride the low round of the day (5-under 67, tied for low round of the tournament with Bo-Mee Lee) to an 8-under … Continue reading →

Sakura Yokomine Wins 2013 Ito En Ladies Golf Tournament

So I wake up this morning…hallelujah…with my body feeling the drain of a busy week and imploring me to stay in bed and sleep a few more hours. Since I don’t always cover the JLPGA, especially non-Major weeks, the odds were in my favor to sleep in. After all, there were 55 players competing in … Continue reading →

Teresa Lu Wins 2013 Mizuno Classic

From the first day she touched a golf club to the moment she drained her final birdie at the 2013 Mizuno Classic, I don’t know if Taiwan’s Teresa Lu has ever played a better round. I highly doubt that if she has, that it came at a more critical time. With a sensational 9 birdie, … Continue reading →

Shiho Oyama Leads After First Round Of 2013 Mizuno Classic

Shiho Oyama rode a 6 birdie, 2 bogey opening day effort to a 4-under lead after round 1 of the 2013 Mizuno Classic. The 36-year old Oyama is a 12-time JLPGA winner, although her last victory came in 2011 when she won her 2nd Masters GC Ladies. Her greatest year on the LPGA of Japan … Continue reading →