Last year’s champion Hinako Shibuno (22 = Suntory) decided to pass the qualifying round with “Manga Golf”.

In the par 5 of the 17 that was received by a total of 2 on the court and 2 strokes, the 2nd shot that fell into the pond jumped into the rough and a birdie with 3 against 1 putt. At 1 under, he was 20th, 6 shots behind the leader and rewinding with 2 days to go. Yuka Sasao (19) from the new century generation (born 2001) and Yuna Nishimura (20) from the Millennial generation (born 2000) ranked first with a total of 7 minors.

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The ball made a striking noise, “Bocchan!”, A few tens of centimeters before the shore, beyond the pond. He was completely submerged for a moment. However, he jumped to the other side with a jet of water, climbed onto the green, came back a bit and stopped abruptly.

I was surprised that Shibuno attacked.

“I got out of the pond. I fell down and thought, ‘Oh, it’s over,’ but I saw the ball go up to the green edge.”

17th Par 5.2 The shot aimed at 2 in is 226 yards from the fairway to the left rear pin and 201 yards to the leading edge. It was wood number 3. A 30-yard approach was set from the rough at 3.5 meters and a birdie was caught for a total of 1 low. With Ike Pocha’s double bogey, the cut line is above 2 and I don’t know what happened in the final 18.

Shibuno laughs, “I don’t know if it’s a daily activity …” “I don’t feel like taking advantage of my luck … I can’t do it (there are also nice pairs 16 and 18), but the 3rd hole goes up. “There are 6 hits from the leader in 2 days. Cancel the pond pond? It can be done. Reverse victory is not a dream.[Yuichi Kato]

▽ Matsuda, who was in 8th place with a total of 3 pairs from the leader, just thought that he would not be disappointed even if he interrupted. This course is going well, so I would like to extend it for the remaining two days.