讀後心得

The women's JLPGA Yamaha Ladies Open Katsuragi began on April 3rd. Okayama player Kuwana Shiho took the lead with a score of 67, showing excellent performance in the front nine and capitalizing on a strong putting game on the back nine. Japanese amateur player Fujimoto Aina closely followed with a score of 68, tying for second place, and stated that she found her rhythm on the course. The competition was fierce, with ten players tied for sixth place. Defending champion Koizumi Sakura delivered a score of 72, placing her in forty-first position, while Taiwanese players Tsai Pei-Ying and Wu Chia-Yen finished with scores of 74 and 75, respectively, behind the leaders.

The Yamaha Ladies Open Katsuragi started its first round on April 3 at the Katsuragi Golf Club Yamana Course in Shizuoka Prefecture. Shiho Kuwaki from Okayama shot a sixty-seven on Thursday, five under par, temporarily leading the other competitors.

Shiho Kuwaki, born in 2003, has been rising to prominence in the 2024 season, achieving her first victory at the Shiseido Ladies Open at the end of June, followed by another championship at the Nitori Ladies Golf Tournament, and she won her third title on the Japan Tour at the LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup in November.

In today's tournament, Shiho Kuwaki teed off from the tenth hole, made a bogey on the eleventh, but then retaliated on the twelfth hole and made her second birdie on the eighteenth hole. After the turn, she earned another birdie on the second hole and secured her fourth birdie of the day on the sixth hole. In the final stages, she hit back-to-back birdies on the eighth and ninth holes, finishing the first round with six birdies and one bogey, leading the tournament solo for now.

Shiho Kuwaki stated, "My overall performance today was quite good. I created many opportunities in the first half, while making putts in the second half. Due to the rainy weather today, the greens were softer and easier to play on. If the greens dry out tomorrow, the speed will increase significantly, and the difficulty will rise, so I will handle it carefully, aiming for more birdies to maintain my lead."

Japanese amateur player Aina Fujimoto carded six birdies and two bogeys for a score of sixty-eight, tying for second place with Shuri Sakuma, Ayumi Tokunaga, and Saiki Fujita at four under par. She expressed satisfaction with her performance and looks forward to showcasing the results of her training in the upcoming competitions.

The competition is quite fierce, with ten players tied for sixth place. Lala Anai from Aichi Prefecture finished with a score of sixty-nine, featuring one eagle, three birdies, and two bogeys, and her total score is three under par.

Defending champion Sakura Koiwai shot three birdies and three bogeys for a score of seventy-two, tying for forty-first place on the leaderboard. Taiwanese player Pei-Ying Tsai started with a score of seventy-four, tied for seventy-fourth, while Chia Yen Wu finished with seventy-five, placing ninety.