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Miho Koga Wins Ricoh Cup and JLPGA Money Title
Miho Koga birdied her last 2 holes in the final round of the JLPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup to get to -6, then benefitted from a birdie-bogey finish by Yuri Fudoh and a bogey-double bogey finish by Mi-Jeong Jeon that dropped each to -5. With this improbable win, Koga not only tied Fudoh for the...
Ji-Hee Lee Breaks 100-Million-Yen Barrier
Ji-Hee Lee couldn't quite get her second win in a row on the JLPGA, but her T2 finish at the Sankyo Ladies Open today was more than good enough to vault her over the 100-million-yen barrier in season winnings. She now has a huge lead on Akiko Fukushima, Miho Koga, Mi-Jeong Jeon, and Sakura...
Japan Women's Open Preview
Next week's Japan Women's Open will feature the biggest showdown in Asian golf since the HSBC Women's Champions event in Singapore early this season. This week, Momoko Ueda got her 2nd win of the season on the JLPGA and Ji-Yai Shin got her 2nd major of the season on the KLPGA, so they're the...
Meanwhile, in Asia...
...the JLPGA's Suntory Ladies Open features a possible showdown this weekend between last year's #1 player Momoko Ueda and Sakura Yokomine, who's taken over the top spot this season. Ueda is in third place in the LPGA's rookie of the year race and could join Ai Miyazato in inspiring other...
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