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A short, but successful stint in Japan this year, was topped off with a victory for Chan Kim at the season finale JT Cup. Kim has now moved up to 73rd in the world and will enjoy the winter break from now until possibly April next year. Not a bad way to sign off from work for a few months, which is also what this website will be doing! See you in 2021 ..read more

Chan Kim is final golfer of Korean interest to compete in the Far East. Winter hibernation is about to sweep the whole region. Domestic golf in Korea has already come to an end, Japan will follow suit on Sunday evening. Chan has two Top 5 finishes, since his return to Japan- with a reduced field of 30 and no cut, Kim will expect to be in contention again and a victory is not beyond the realms of possibility ..read more

Seon Woo Bae capped off a very consistent run of events in Japan, with another Top 10 finish- her sixth from nine tournaments this year.Joining Bae with a T-10th finish, was the veteran pair of Adjummas Mi Jeong Jeon and Ji Hee Lee. Jiyai Shin will have to wait until next year to pick up her 60th career victory. It will happen. We all hope plenty of better things will happen next year. Until then, it’s adios to the JLPGA Tour ..read more

It has been a brief, but consistent season for Seon Woo Bae in Japan this year. All she is missing is a trophy, having produced a string of solid performances in her previous eight tournaments this season.Back to back Ricoh Cup victories would see Bae finish the season inside the Top 5 of the Order of Merit. Either way, having secured two runner up positions, two third places and one more top ten this year, Bae will be pretty satisfied with her brief season in Japan this year ..read more

Min Young Lee will have some added confidence for next week’s Ricoh Cup, after her solo second finish at The Elleair Ladies Open- her best result of 2020, so far… Bo Mee Lee backed up her T-3rd finish last week, with a T-15th, but it was not enough to qualify for next week’s season ending Major. Lee will still take a lot of pleasure from her form over the past fortnight. Seon Woo Bae will be hoping for a successful defence of her title next week, and based on her impressive form since returning to Japan, she will certainly be expecting to contend. The Ricoh Cup promises to be a fitting finale ..read more

After his 4th place finish last week, Chan Kim continued his impressive form, with a T-5th result at The Dunlop Phoenix Open. Kim ‘claimed’ that he was not in the best of form leading up to the event, but once again the unpredictability of golf was rectified! There is one week off, before the final event of a very brief season comes to an end. The Top 30 on the Order of Merit will compete at The Golf Nippon Series JT Cup, with no cut. Chan will be hoping to duff it up during his prep again ..read more

Bo Mee Lee, Chae Young Yoon and Seon Woo Bae all finished in a tie for third place at the Itoen Ladies, with Ha Neul Kim one shot further back, in a tie for sixth place. It was Lee’s and Yoon’s best finish of 2020 and the duo will tee it up again next week, along with Bae. Ha Neul Kim has decided to take a week off, with three events left on the JLPGA schedule. The Elleair Ladies Open begins this Thursday, once again and for the rest of the season, without any galleries ..read more

Hye Jin Choi 17 tournaments: 2 wins, 13 Top 10s, T-17th and 33rd. No missed cuts. Technically, her other ‘win’ this season is debatable- The S-Oil Championship ended up being only 18 holes, due the the Jeju weather, but Choi’s solo round of 64 was enough to give her the trophy and a portion of the winners check.There’s no doubt that Choi may feel a little bit disappointed, after winning five times last year, but this last minute addition to her trophy cabinet will certainly lift her spirits ahead of the cold and weary winter off-season in Korea. KPGA Tour golfer Minkyu Kim was on Choi’s bag th ..read more

Chan Kim held the lead for the majority of the week at the Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters, the ‘other’ Masters… A few errors midway through his final round saw Kim slip to solo fourth- still a very satisfying week, considering this was his first event after quarantine.Todd Baek secured his best finish on the Japan Tour, finishing one stroke behind Kim. Next up is the Dunlop Phoenix, with the same field set ..read more