Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Momoko Ueda moved from a share of the lead yesterday to solo leader today at -5 in the Ricoh Cup after playing her last 10 bogey-free holes in -3. Her 70 was good enough to maintain a 1-stroke lead on Sakura Yokomine, who made 5 birdies but suffered a pair of consecutive bogeys, 1 on each side, and Yukari Baba, who shot a bogey-free 68 that included an eagle on the long par-5 2nd hole....
Japan Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
MIYAZAKI (Kyodo) Sakura Yokomine got off to a strong start in her bid to win the money title Thursday, shooting a 3-under 69 to share the first-round lead with Momoko Ueda at the season-ending Japan LPGA Tour Championship. The popular 23-year-old, who trails Shinobu Moromizato by ¥5.4 million in second place on the money list, made four birdies through 12 holes before posting her...
Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Well, well, well! It appears the LPGA's Momoko Ueda doesn't want to be knocked out of 2nd place in the list of JLPGA players with the largest winnings in a single season. She's the co-leader after the 1st round of the Ricoh Cup , tied at -3 with none other than Sakura Yokomine, who could set a new record in that category with a win this week. Yokomine was -4 through 12 holes, but limped...
Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to Japanese tv. Check out this clip of a par-5 relay race and 50-foot putt to win a car featuring Momoko Ueda, Sakura Yokomine, Miho Koga, and Chie Arimura of the JLPGA: Now that's entertainment!
Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... win #6 this week, she would end up on top. But they'll have to get past the LPGA's Ai Miyazato and Momoko Ueda to do it, not to mention Jeon, Lee, Koga, and the top 2 on the JLPGA career money list, Yuri Fudoh and Akiko Fukushima. The only eligible players who won't be standing in the Big 3's way this week are #5 on the money list Yuko Mitsuka, who's heading over to the U.S. to prepare...
Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... Kitada (70-67-68), Yuko Mitsuka (68-69-68) T5/-10 Michie Ohba (71-68-67), Mayu Hattori (72-66-68), Momoko Ueda (67-71-68), Nikki Campbell (66-70-70) T9/-9 Shinobu Moromizato (68-71-68), Yuri Fudoh (70-68-69), Ah-Reum Hwang (68-69-70), Ji-Hee Lee (67-70-70), Toshimi Kimura (68-66-73) T14/-8 Kuniko Maeda (70-68-70), Maria Iida (70-68-70), Julie Lu (69-69-70) T18/-7 Bo-Bae Song (72-67-70),...
Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
At this time last year, Sakura Yokomine broke through for her 1st and only victory at 2008's last regular-season event, the Daio Paper ElleAir Ladies, with a convincing win over Midori Yoneyama, Ai Miyazato, Momoko Ueda, and Ji-Hee Lee that brought her into the 100 Million Yen Club for the 2nd straight season and gave her a shot at a money-list title that had been eluding her since 2005,...
