Japan Women's Open 1st Round Results

I summarize Thursday's results at the Japan Women's Open over at Mostly Harmless.  Here's how the LPGAers (and ex-LPGAers) in the field are doing:

T1/-4 Mika Miyazato (68)
T6/-1 Ya Ni Tseng (71)
T10/E Ai Miyazato, Na Yeon Choi, Song-Hee Kim (72)

T16/+1 Shinobu Moromizato (73)
T27/+2 Momoko Ueda, Eun-Hee Ji, Na-Ri Kim (74)
T38/+3 Young Kim (75)
T50/+4 Hee Young Park (76)
T63/+5 Onnarin Sattayabanphot (77)
T92/+8 Akiko Fukushima (80)


Mikan had a great chance to win this event last year, but faltered in the final round after briefly getting to -12 for the tournament.  Bo-Bae Song eventually prevailed over Sakura Yokomine in a playoff; Song, who could have taken LPGA membership this year following her win at the '09 Mizuno Classic, opened with a 75 and Yokomine with a 73.  U.S. Women's Amateur champion Danielle Kang matched Song's 75, while current JLPGA money-list leader Sun-Ju Ahn matched Yokomine and Moromizato's 73s.