2022 Japanese Pros on LPGA: Ayaka, Hinako, Nasa, Yuka

[KBong]

18 minutes ago, Supermilo said:

Yes nothing wrong with staying in the JLPGA... it's extra tournaments for me to follow/watch... And I love following the culture and that country's intricacies, in general (as we've seen sometimes even in this thread when we digress to other things lol)... Been fascinated by it since I went to tsukuba expo in '86... (No I'm not an adult then yet in 86 :P)

My brother can't really speak Cantonese and self taught himself how to speak Japanese...he hopes to travel/tour Japan once he retires.

My mom thought everything Chinese was the GREATEST....all she wanted to do was go on those cheap China tour vacations...she had been on 4 tours from 2009-2015.....all with her 3 children....but she shilled my sister to tag along on 3 of 4 tours...my brother and I only once each....and cheapo mom signed up for a Mandarin speaking one....so for 2 weeks my sister had NO ONE to chat with on the tour bus....LOL.

 

Yes, I hope to visit Japan one day.

My white golf friend...his Japanese wife is so subservient....I think Japanese women are the most subservient of the Asian countries.

 

I spend most of my years working for large US based multi-national companies...but did spend 2 years at a large Japanese multi-national company...what a change in corporate culture....and also quite a hierarchical system. 

Edited February 2, 2022 by KBong

[18majors]

10 minutes ago, Supermilo said:

Been fascinated by it since I went to tsukuba expo in '86... (No I'm not an adult then yet in 86 :P)

 

 

Don't worry, I saw you in strollers at Tsukuba Expo!  Cheers!

 

 

[KBong]

36 minutes ago, Supermilo said:

Been fascinated by it since I went to tsukuba expo in '86... (No I'm not an adult then yet in 86 :P)

Typo....you mean Expo 85.

 

Expo 86 was a big success here in Van City....the China explosion here started here in 87 & 97.

Van City is doing the initial research to place a bid for the 2030 Olympics....lead by the Indigenous group(s) /First Nations.

IMO....the 2010 Olympics were a success with minimal interruption to everyday life and some legacy infrastructure builds.

 

I came from a poor family...dad went bankrupt....Chinese restaurant...we only took one family vacation..... in 1967.

We drove to NYC, Boston and Montreal....Expo 1967....1967 was also a Cdn centennial year.

I remember pushing my little brother in a green 7-Up push buggy,

The Cdn, US & USSR pavilions were the most popular.

Edited February 2, 2022 by KBong

[HMHS]

2 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

 

Don't worry, I saw you in strollers at Tsukuba Expo!  Cheers!

 

 

not THAT young though 🤣... enjoyed my visit to tokyo disneyland thereafter, even if the haunted house was in japanese and i kinda twisted my shoulder/elbow riding the dark space mountain... (is that what it's still called?)... and of course, mt fuji but no jlpga to the golf course then... hinako wasn't born yet 😛 

[HMHS]

2 hours ago, KBong said:

Typo....you mean Expo 85.

 

Expo 86 was a big success here in Van City....the China explosion here started here in 87 & 97.

Van City is doing the initial research to place a bid for the 2030 Olympics....lead by the Indigenous group(s) /First Nations.

IMO....the 2010 Olympics were a success with minimal interruption to everyday life and some legacy infrastructure builds.

 

I came from a poor family...dad went bankrupt....Chinese restaurant...we only took one family vacation..... in 1967.

We drove to NYC, Boston and Montreal....Expo 1967....1967 was also a Cdn centennial year.

I remember pushing my little brother in a green 7-Up push buggy,

The Cdn, US & USSR pavilions were the most popular.

yes, 85!  ugh, my memory fails me big time... i was in grade school then either way 85 or 86 haha

[Viper4225]

Anyone know the type of irons Ayaka Furue is playing?

 

Thanks!!

[Argonne69]

7 hours ago, Viper4225 said:

Anyone know the type of irons Ayaka Furue is playing?

 

Thanks!!

 

Last season she was playing a Japanese model of the Bridgestone Tour B X-CB irons I believe.

 

 

[JungleJimbo]

47 minutes ago, Argonne69 said:

 

Last season she was playing a Japanese model of the Bridgestone Tour B X-CB irons I believe.

 

 

@Argonne69 is the eagle-eye!

 

For more details of Ayaka Furue's WITB:  https://www.bs-golf.com/pro/member/AyakaFurue.html (+Link to Google-Translated page... albeit an imperfect translation)

 

Edited February 4, 2022 by JungleJimbo

[Viper4225]

2 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

 

Last season she was playing a Japanese model of the Bridgestone Tour B X-CB irons I believe.

 

 

 

 

those are sweet! haven't seen those before, wonder what happened to bridgestone irons...

[Argonne69]

On 2/4/2022 at 8:56 AM, Viper4225 said:

 

 

those are sweet! haven't seen those before, wonder what happened to bridgestone irons...

 

They're popular in Japan. They're available in the U.S., but not at the major golf retailers. I was looking at a set of Tour B's before I decided to go with the PXGs.

 

 

[JungleJimbo]

On 2/4/2022 at 9:56 PM, Viper4225 said:

 

 

those are sweet! haven't seen those before, wonder what happened to bridgestone irons...

 

18 minutes ago, Argonne69 said:

 

They're popular in Japan. They're available in the U.S., but not at the major golf retailers. I was looking at a set of Tour B's before I decided to go with the PXGs.

 

 

 

@Viper4225
The Bridgestone irons have been discussed elsewhere on the golfers forum

... found these for you, to save you a google search! (and because i was also curious!... beware/ "NSFW" warning ("Not safe for wallet!") ... these irons are gorgeous!)
 

https://www.golfwrx.com/423458/bridgestone-introduces-ultra-premium-tourb-series/

 

 

 

Edited February 6, 2022 by JungleJimbo

[Viper4225]

3 hours ago, JungleJimbo said:

 

 

@Viper4225
The Bridgestone irons have been discussed elsewhere on the golfers forum

... found these for you, to save you a google search! (and because i was also curious!... beware/ "NSFW" warning ("Not safe for wallet!") ... these irons are gorgeous!)
 

https://www.golfwrx.com/423458/bridgestone-introduces-ultra-premium-tourb-series/

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the info.

 

Those x-cb look so nice!!!

 

 

[KBong]

1 hour ago, Viper4225 said:

 

Thanks for the info.

 

Those x-cb look so nice!!!

 

 

I think Jin Young Ko might still be gaming them....or she may have upgraded to the latest CB model.

[KBong]

4 hours ago, JungleJimbo said:

 

 

@Viper4225
The Bridgestone irons have been discussed elsewhere on the golfers forum

... found these for you, to save you a google search! (and because i was also curious!... beware/ "NSFW" warning ("Not safe for wallet!") ... these irons are gorgeous!)
 

https://www.golfwrx.com/423458/bridgestone-introduces-ultra-premium-tourb-series/

 

 

 

NSFW....lol.

Although pre-Covid...the iron pricing wasn't too out of line for 2017....ya the driver was expensive for 2017 pricing.

BUT

The prices paled in comparison to Bobby P's 2017 pricing.

Kaboom Baby!

[Viper4225]

2 hours ago, KBong said:

I think Jin Young Ko might still be gaming them....or she may have upgraded to the latest CB model.

 

Yea JYK is gaming these...

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CE_XWnGH3cR/?utm_medium=copy_link

 

Just wondering how to get them in the US lol.

 

[18majors]

 

Minami Katsu, Erika Hara and Yuna Nishimura are likely to enter 2022 LPGA Q-Series:

Following Hinako Shibuno and Ayaka Furue! Who is the player who has stated the challenge to the United States?

[18majors]

 

I's worried about it but had a sigh of relief this morning; Hinako Shibuno has officially entered the field of 2022 JTBC Classic at Carlsbad.

JTBC Classic Entries

 

 

[HMHS]

15 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

I's worried about it but had a sigh of relief this morning; Hinako Shibuno has officially entered the field of 2022 JTBC Classic at Carlsbad.

JTBC Classic Entries

 

 

Hinako is playing HSBC, Honda, and JTBC... 3 straight tournaments... Which one counts for ranking? CME? Eg sponsor invite gets points? 

 

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/7c6c1b1edf8bc1318e3e85914e1d241cf0b44c2e?fbclid=IwAR2kHzzvMtxQt4ondS9EGoIlzpYy02PV2ejiigdyO-adF6Ef4Ad1ZJT-WZo

[HMHS]

On 2/13/2022 at 12:23 PM, 18majors said:

 

Minami Katsu, Erika Hara and Yuna Nishimura are likely to enter 2022 LPGA Q-Series:

Following Hinako Shibuno and Ayaka Furue! Who is the player who has stated the challenge to the United States?

Yes per my last summary these gals have shown interest, and Erika has been more vocal about playing in the US women's open and competing overseas in her more recent/most recent interview clip I posted here (with short summaries of where/when she said it in the interview video)... Yuna has also leaning towards participating though the US open 2022 (if she qualifies) will give us/me an indicator as to how serious she is. She didn’t play in 2021 despite qualifying… (or was it 2020, I forget now - posted this in an earlier thread here LOL 😆 too late sleepy now  😴)

 

i shld just keep reposting the summary and add footnotes I guess, but this thread is more interesting if others participate so I won't add the footnotes and let others chime in, haha... Aka too hard to type on my phone to scroll, cut and paste and edit, will update if I'm on a laptop lol.

Edited February 15, 2022 by HMHS
Added I’m sleepy to check my own thread earlier lol

[KBong]

15 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

I's worried about it but had a sigh of relief this morning; Hinako Shibuno has officially entered the field of 2022 JTBC Classic at Carlsbad.

JTBC Classic Entries

 

 

Huh???...no Jin Young Ko???

[HMHS]

6 minutes ago, KBong said:

Huh???...no Jin Young Ko???

Stop derailing this thread! Jyk might add herself later, deadline too far away! 😝

 

what’s important in this thread is that hinako is playing hsbc, Honda and jtbc! (At least this thread I know what’s being discussed - everything Japanese!)

[KBong]

2 minutes ago, Supermilo said:

Stop derailing this thread! Jyk might add herself later, deadline too far away! 😝

what’s important in this thread is that hinako is playing hsbc, Honda and jtbc! (At least this thread I know what’s being discussed - everything Japanese!)

Quit being a Pink Shirt.

Ok...here....Japanese stuff.

I originally thought Hello Kitty was created by The Great People of China...obviously I'm wrong.

 

Muni and Crazy Lucy Li have become Chinese golf FRAUDSTERS.....so I have to wait til The Zhangster to turn pro to start a Great Women of China golfer thread.

I'm disappointed there's not a lot of LUV shown to the Chinese in the LPGA folder.

We need more LUV and inclusion shown here.

[HMHS]

7 hours ago, KBong said:

Quit being a Pink Shirt.

Ok...here....Japanese stuff.

I originally thought Hello Kitty was created by The Great People of China...obviously I'm wrong.

 

Muni and Crazy Lucy Li have become Chinese golf FRAUDSTERS.....so I have to wait til The Zhangster to turn pro to start a Great Women of China golfer thread.

I'm disappointed there's not a lot of LUV shown to the Chinese in the LPGA folder.

We need more LUV and inclusion shown here.

Bellow kitty might be... Hello kitty and little twinstars are very Japanese 😛 ... You can throw in kerokeropi and zazhikibuta in there too as very Japanese... Sanrio is the company...

[HMHS]

8 hours ago, Supermilo said:

Hinako is playing HSBC, Honda, and JTBC... 3 straight tournaments... Which one counts for ranking? CME? Eg sponsor invite gets points? 

 

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/7c6c1b1edf8bc1318e3e85914e1d241cf0b44c2e?fbclid=IwAR2kHzzvMtxQt4ondS9EGoIlzpYy02PV2ejiigdyO-adF6Ef4Ad1ZJT-WZo

Bump to make sure people who are still interested in Hinako / JLPGA news see this. Confirmed next 3 tournaments, and of course all/first major... So lots/all of them all finally on the course... 

[JungleJimbo]

11 minutes ago, Supermilo said:

Bellow kitty might be... Hello kitty and little twinstars are very Japanese 😛 ... You can throw in kerokeropi and zazhikibuta in there too as very Japanese... Sanrio is the company...

Wasn’t aware of “Zashikibuta” ... more-familiar with “Kurobuta” (black pig?) from the local izakaya 🏮  / yakitori 🍢BBQ restaurant! 🐷😋 

 

From Wikipedia: (ザシキブタ, Zashikibuta) is a pink pig who is sometimes seen wearing a scarf.

 

Edited February 15, 2022 by JungleJimbo

[HMHS]

3 minutes ago, JungleJimbo said:

Wasn’t aware of “Zashikibuta” ... more-familiar with “Kurobuta” (black pig?) from the local izayaki / yakitori BBQ restaurant! 🐷😋 

 

From Wikipedia: (ザシキブタ, Zashikibuta) is a pink pig who is sometimes seen wearing a scarf.

 

Yes it goes to even more non common items to you guys here like: Patty and Jimmy etc. 

 

( @KBongKBonKBongKBoKBongKBonKBongKKBongKBonKBongKBoKBongKBonKBong look what you did -/ I'm purposely not deleting this auto whatever)

[Argonne69]

Just now, Supermilo said:

Bump to make sure people who are still interested in Hinako / JLPGA news see this. Confirmed next 3 tournaments, and of course all/first major... So lots/all of them all finally on the course... 

 

Any worry about fatigue with 4 in four weeks, including the travel?

 

[18majors]

4 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

 

Any worry about fatigue with 4 in four weeks, including the travel?

 

 

 

Many players, including Yealimi Noh, have signed up to play all nine tournaments between now and US Women's Open.

 

There're many one week breaks:

1.  Between Thailand and Kia
2.  Between Chevron and Lotte
3.  Between JTBC Palos Verdes and Cognizant Founders
4.  Between Cognizant Founders and Match-Play Las Vegas

[8602081]

I think Luci Li is an American golfer and I wish best for her..

 

[KBong]

33 minutes ago, 8602081 said:

I think Luci Li is an American golfer and I wish best for her..

 

@Supermilo has already WARNED us only to POST Japanese stuff in this thread...now expect to be punished.

 

BTW....Crazy Lucy Li is a FAKE Chinese...same nationality as me.

 

Lucy Li's realistic career opportunity to make money is to be Tim Cook's executive asst and hawk Apple watches.