The second edition of Simone Asia Pacific Cup makes its debut at the Pondok Indah Golf Course in Jakarta, Indonesia from December 21-23. It is the first women’s national teams international event where individuals and teams from 16 countries battle it out for a lucrative prize purse of US$750,000.
For it’s day one of the second edition of the Simone Asia Pacific Campus we welcome you to Indonesia specifically the pondok inder golf course in Jakarta for this first round action of a 3-day tournament 58 golfers representing 16 countries playing in 29 pairs are competing in this ladies Asian Tour
Series sanction tournament which boasts a total prize fund of $750,000 the event has drawn players from the top tours in the world including the ladies professional Golf Association the LPGA as it’s known the premier tour in World Golf for there also the component of playing for more than one’s personal interests but
It is a very warm day in Jakarta a real feel of around 36° C now and it is 10:00 a.m. local time currently 30° C and that is set to rise humidity at 58% as well not much wind to speak about so no gentle breeze that’ll prove cooling for
The players on the course but also no wind that should be affecting the movement of the golf ball we do have some featured pairings for you uh as the Korean pair and the Philippines pair going group five including the defending Champion Princess Mary super all Bianca
Pagan one of the stars of the uh LPGA and somebody who’s already won Gold on this golf course back in 2018 at the Asian gam she won team gold for Philippines individual bronze as well leeon and Lee soong so effective as well group six features two Korean
Golfers in hang Yin and kiman B hang Yin the 2023 k PGA Tour Rookie of the Year nine top 10 finishes including a maiden win in 2023 for Japan though Babas Saki and Tako AI Babas saki great deal of excitement around the former amateur world number three who turned Pro
Earlier this year she’s earned her status to play on the jlpga and Epson tours for this coming season with the group on which many eyes will be focused this group seven the Japanese pairing of hatasa Nishi and the tie pairing of ATA tiol and jari bant in terms of talent and Star Quality
N has been ranked in the world’s top 10 for the last six years although she’s just fallen out of the world’s top 10 but atol is an absolute star former world number one she was world number one around about 12 months ago in fact somebody who has the best scoring
Average on the LPGA Tour this past season 69.5 three she averages per round on tour that is astonishing that is mindboggling an absolutely captivating golfer who is set to start at this tournament delighted to say the longside me though and Jana deir yes hello danan welcome to Jakarta welcome to the
Champion Course in the Heart of the City yeah it’s pretty as you mentioned it’s pretty kind of warm here because it’s real feel it’s 36° C I hope that this young ladies can cope with that I I just wonder how some of the Korean golfers
Who uh who are coming out of Korea are going to be feeling because temperatures there are significantly below 0° C at the moment yeah in Korea in South Korea it’s about -6° C so swings of around 40° C for some of these golfers which might be tough to
Must that said action earlier in the day here is atasa she used three wood off the tea to start o what a great shot it was a great shot it was straight down the middle of the Fairway but uh she would go on not however
To the second have the kind of shot that she would uh like in the approach she she lost it a little from the ra to uphill to the hole the recovery was decent but she would go on to tup and claim a bogey to start yeah because we’re talking about the first
Hole part four 358 yards it sort of eases you into your round the first hole and it’s it’s a very wide Fairway to accommodate golfers reaching Green in two which is which is wonderful and certainly There’s an opportunity to hit the Green in two but I thought Miss missing out with that
Opening green she hit back immediately though with a birdie at the second so even par through her round at the moment there are a handful of golfers that are really producing the goods on the course and I tell you what there are a couple of amateur that I think we’re
Going to be looking out for this week yeah but before the uh before the golf action took place there was a gara evening a Gala dinner for the golfers as well let’s take a look at uh some of the moments from the garad dinner for the Simone Asia Pacific cup yeah the Gad
Dinner uh was last night they gather all the players all the crew there wow what a pretty Bag from the sponsors but yes it was a great deal there’s one of the cars that’ll be on offer if you hit a hole in one this week yeah 12 and 17 There’s an opportunity to uh claim a car with a hole in one yeah we have some huge car
There so several backs can put into that one car some good friends and some new friends that could be made this week well that’s one of the great things about it is is interacting with people from around the world with different cultures with different uh people of
Different ages as well I mean one of the youngest golfers here is is just 14 years old yeah from South Korea incredible young Talent is Leo the amateurs yeah what a fantastic opportunity for some of these players and also what a great initiative it is
For golf in this region joh just saw for a moment uh kaben and Annie Park representing USA Annie Park will be playing back on the LPGA Tour this coming season season as well yeah I’m looking forward to see her playing in my country well I think that’s that that’s
One of the key points isn’t it is the fact that you’re seeing some of the best female golfers in the world playing in Indonesia for Indonesia what does that mean yeah we’re so excited because you know from uh because last year the inagural competition was the first event
In Indonesia since the 2012 Indonesia ladies open so we’re excited to see the best players around the around the world the young ladies so certainly means a great deal for Indonesian the gala dinner the gala event was thrilling for many of the golfers it didn’t happen too late thankfully because there’ been some
Early tea off times as well yeah and you know Indonesia is a big fans of K-pop so it must be so excited to S them last night and he is for Indonesia artist Raa he’s the best solo singer ladies in Jakarta well this all part of the uh pre- tournament formalities and the sponsors and golf is getting to mingle ahead of the tournament proper it’s a three-day tournament there’s an individual component and there’s a team component to this competition the Simone as Asia Pacific cup yeah I mean it’s
Such an exciting format featuring top players from 16 countries where they get not to only compete individually but they also get to represent their countries in the team format which is it’s really if you you could find the team format in Professional Event here’s one of the Stars former world number one currently
Uh world number nine itical but the best scoring average on the lpg2 this past season she started off decently with a wonderful drive three-wood down the middle of the Fairway second into the opening hole the first hole and this would be her birdie punt we’re waiting for it yeah right into the
Hole would you expect anything less from tial no I’m looking for what to see her and somebody as I say who’s not unfamiliar with this golf course given her successes as well at the Asian Games back in 2018 yeah and Indonesia open back in August this year two years in a row Indonesia
Open just lovely views of this wonderfully manicured Golf Course the fairways are wonderfully manicured I should say the rough is playing uh a little a little rough pardon the be the very bad pun but it’s it’s a it’s long and it’s going to be challenging and I
Think accuracy of the tea is often important but on this course the way the hazards are placed and the way the rough is as long as it is accuracy off the te is imperative yeah the r is about six to 7 cm yeah it’s more challenging and you
Know in this course numerous top players have praised it’s tough but fair Hazard its strategic layout and superb condition so it is an excellent course to test all grades of golfers from beginners to Champion and yeah which helped the members for get most of their
Game I think yeah it’s it’s a good all round test this this golf course undoubtedly the fairways are Supreme P ppum grass fine bladed grass the greens are Tiff Eagle Bermuda so also very fine bladed but one that’s relatively easy to read when you’re on the green so so that
Is a massive positive for the the golfers and the greens have been holding really well so they’re they’re not playing overly firm which is sometimes the case in uh in areas where it gets rather hot action from the 12th hole the signature hole Le this is a very
Talented young amateur and how about that for a t-shot yeah bar tree and at this stage she started on the back uh nine makeable that was a second birdie in three holes for the amateur nice one I can tell you that she is subsequently gone out in 32 she played
The back nine first so holds 10 to 18 and she’s gone out in 32 courtesy of four birdies there’s uh shiu at from People’s Republic of China and we see the oh wow CH people well handing a golf ball to uh some lucky fans there we go opportunity to uh to
Take home a collector’s item at 10 part four as we can see not much win on this hole shuing playing alongside his sister Shi Lee but also playing with Annie Park and Gabby d of USA this is Gabby Den this the 10th hole for you Hall has
A very narrow Fairway it’s got out of bounds down the left as well yeah then off the te gilia and keeps it in play very nicely the green is elevated and it’s guarded by a rather deep bunker on the right as well this see is ulii yeah Chinese professionals you the sisters they’
They’ve very much got the same makeup about their game but shiu has had greater success they both winners as amst and dver hinan did not like that that’s leaked way out to the right in play not get not a great shot but a good miss so her sister hole 10 bar
Four there’s some trouble on the 10 hole anything left it’s going to be dead don’t want to go anywhere close to that Forest right there yeah she things had a little bit of an up and down round she’s had a couple of birdies and three Bogies as well
This is very nicely done just a little cut down the left side of the Fairway and lands it in the middle mhm there’s Annie Park just reclaimed her LPGA Tour card through the Q series The 28-year-old who uh has played on the LPGA for a while now she was ranked just outside the
World’s top 50 a few years ago after a win of the shoppr LPG classic that has yet to win since and she’s having a bit of an erratic day on the course is Annie Park she doesn’t like the look of this overly maybe didn’t like the feeli but
Hey that’s a good result that’s a good in the middle of the Fairway I think you’ll take that any park and Gabby Den playing alongside one another Gabby Den having played as a rookie on the LPGA T this past year Ty for 19th of the lot of Championship presented by H yeah and
And she just she just on LPGA major chaon championship 2023 and women’s PJ Championship 2023 even though she have to cut off but this ladies with the with the achievement she’s had an interesting career as Gabby Den she’s got a bit of a LoveHate relationship with golf in the sense that
She she turned Pro in 2017 and uh she played on the Epson tour and then she quit golf in 2019 before returning only in 20121 then had a really solid 2022 on the Epson tour which is the second tier tour in the United States she claimed the LPGA card for
2023 by finishing seventh on the abson T money list yeah and for there the players make their way down the 10th let’s take a look at the uh the hole again just to give you an idea of how narrow this Fairway is you can see the Drone shot gives you a
Greater idea of how narrow this uh Par Four Hole is yeah out of bounds down the lift the green is elevated comes up to this elevated green and it’s guarded by a deep bunker on the right that you don’t want to go in to it’s got bunkers
Down the left as well but they don’t really come into play given the flag position is slightly to the right the park and then having a good conversation with any park 28 years old LPGA one of the most pric golfers to join the LPGA Community after a successful stand during her amateur days
And as a pro golf for any park officially turned Pro and race receive her card in 2016 yeah she’s uh she’s been around for for quite some time Anie Park um she slipped down the world ranking now just outside the top 300 at the moment but she she she was flirting with breaking
Into the world’s top 504 for a while and certainly after that shoppr LPGA classic win where she uh earned her place on the 2019 solheim Cup team when she finished with 1 2 and0 yeah but sometimes it is her time time to shine and some sometimes it
Isn’t but from her goal she’s continuing her struggle and has big aspiration for her professional golfing career yeah she does she certainly does this uh shii and shiu playing alongside any park and Gabby then yeah it’s it’s getting in uh getting excited because you play the team with your
Sister yeah the the team Dynamic is an interesting one in golf because it’s it’s usually you against the elements on the golf course shi shi finds herself at the moment as one of the golfers overpar she and her sister are currently one over that’s coming into the green
And that’s going to be a little short just took a little pace of it clipping the the tree on the way through but she doesn’t have a bad shot from there she’s going up to the flag so we’ll find it a little easier to get the ball to stop
Yeah because the green is uphill the ball you might not see there’s no the ball to keep rolling keep rolling just dead Annie Park five over at the moment she started with a double bogey at the opening hole after driving way right just took another double bogey it aing right trying to stop
Little little fate there and she’s put that just left of the flag yeah so out in 41 for Annie Park she’s got some work to do in the back nine shuing 25-year-old plays on the jlpga had a multiple winner on the cpga tour five career
Wins yeah 25 years old born in Japan and raised in China until 20 years old with her wages aiming look’s coming in from the left here and she’s left that that uh a little shorten lift yeah it is go zone for her but such a great iron plier I love watching her
Play yeah got to watch her playing in the amateur ranks in Years Gone by the first Chinese golfer to win the uh Queen serid cup the Asia Pacific amateur ladies golf team championships back in 2014 I think it was here Gabby Den 28 years old LPGA rookie and American professional golfer who plays
On the LPGA Tour she’ll take that good pin High shot going toward the uh center of the green yeah we’re seeing some fantastic gol here early on day one playing in the group behind so this is group three at the 10th this is group four at the 10th yeah
Just waiting to to make their way on it’s Li Jong playing with Jong Chun and Bing from Chinese type as well one underpar Lim hij and one under C this is uh chin in the black not unfamiliar to many who enjoy the LPGA 11 Seasons as a professional
For the now 33y old somebody who’s just outside the world’s top 100 in the uh in the rankings and she’s had some great golf this year as well yeah I age these talented ladies because when we’re talking about you know Korean golfer it’s not good luck or Talent as
We get told but a 20year plan that was conceive and follow exactly with no shortcuts countless hours of practice Jo years of sacrifice and dedication absolutely undoubtedly here park up at The Greener t so this the group turn at three over park at five over and the she sisters both at one overp
Par in their round so far that through the opening n as they start their back nine sh off the te at 10 at 10 we have already SE some trouble at 10 anything left it’s going to be dead don’t want to go anywhere close that Forest right there that’s a lovely
T- shot perfectly on The Fairway for Chun she makes a lot of eagles does chmun so Watcher on the par fives I’d like to see how she does on the par fives particularly the uh the ninth hole over the over the three days of competition the longest par five on the
Course whoa she have a very long drive Shi Le just going to a yard book and Consulting the green while her sister plays this coming out of some of the thick stuff here so uh that’s very well judged that’s beautifully judged in fact whoa that’s close by and that’ll be a taing for
Par we should remain at one over sh thing 25 years old won the first prize in China woman’s professional Golf Association cpga tour is one f m formality Taps it in and and Par secured for shuing remains one over through 10 perfectly D so 25 players are at par or better
Only 16 players under par at the moment of the 58 who are competing in this 54 hole tournament so far this the opening 18 Halls the first round was a three-day tournament Annie Park just lining up her putt now be right to left very slight just needed a few more turns yeah
That’s left just a little short for uh any park that’s a beautiful part stroke just a bit more nicely done because when the bow is over the V it’s getting more harder than because it’s the green it’s downhill yeah there’s a lot of water on
This course and uh greens tend to run in the direction of the uh of the water yeah in terms of their slope there 10 okay then that’s a good roll that’s a very good roll and slides by on the low side oh that’s a very good part nice 10 Gabriela 10 in
20111 was part of the Victorious United States team at the Junior solam Cup in Ireland yeah she’s uh what does it say she’s had a bit of a would love ha to fair with golf over the years that had a fair share of successes shii from
China yeah sh thing already in the hall this is Julie her sister yeah just hit it through the break maybe read a little too much break into it just Mark the ball compose your and then send the ball home aggressive saddle some work for laugh there okay
So that’s going to be a bogey unfortunately so she will move to two overp part after leaving it short with her second and up onto the front side of the green with her third and missing the the P for par yeah I mean you’ve got a bit of anxiety about having you know
To save a p but when you know there is the team element as well you’re doing this not just for yourself but for your partner also it just add that extra layer of pressure then yeah there’s certainly an element of pressure when you when you’re playing in a team Dynamic here’s typ
Ying like uh jimp Yun one of the stars of golf from Chinese taipe in her 30s now 32 a jlpga regular six-time winner over the years but hasn’t won since March last year oh get up get up that’ll be there are two players Landing the ball there at the left side of the
Green you want to stay away from that bunker on the front right I think for for some of the golfers so going left is not the worst option and you can miss left and still have a decent third here’s and that’s very very well negotiated oh another good one there wisely playing to
The middle of the green she likes to attack the hall though that’s one of the features of her game and one of the reasons she’s so good at making Eagles on the par fives as well is Chun as to say some really good results in recent times from Chinese
Taipe playing alongside Lim Jong and Jong SOI wow very aggressive through the ball I like it just keep roll keep roll that’s one of the one of the elements of playing to elevated greens is if you land at Short you’re Landing into an uphill slope and it doesn’t give
You much of a kick forward so you’ve got to put it up on the deck hopefully that will be sitting okay let me Jong and Jong so both looking for some success chongu just outside the world’s top 150 at the moment had a bit of an inconsistent year yeah and she she
Missed 10 of her 29 events by missing the cut but also claimed five top 10 finishes her second shot this is Jong so just look to have tugged that so maybe down the left that’s the one thing about this golf course you do have to hit it on the
Fair way through the green it’s playing fairly thck golf is making their way up toward the green at 10 yeah it’s Team Four Lim hiong from Korea and Jung SOI also teammate from Korea and we alongside with Chinese taipe chin peun and Sai p glorious aerial views the there there’s
A great deal of water on the uh on the course and it’s it is notable the gral river meanders through the course and it really does come into play most notably on the back nine the outward nine holes rooted in a clockwise Direction while the inward nine runs in the opposite
Direction sort of inside the front nine yeah because the shape of the panina Golf Course is curve so basically every hole from the te to The Landing zone is flat but the tricky one is you must be Precision if not because it’s the green curing at the
End to one of the elevated greens here limb it’s a lovely little pitch roll so close to being absolutely perfect yeah that’s a beautiful touch delicate touch around the greens almost cheap in from Republic of Korea who’ve got 32 golfers ranked inside the world’s top 105 including 14 inside the world’s top
50 remarkable golfing country there Korea Republic and that is a safely negotiated part yes just so many good young Korean and Asian golfer on full display right here now next turn from Chinese Tai sa from the range from right to left but the green is kind of downhill for her
She’s also had a little bit of an up and down round so far three birdies two Bogies out in 35 this to start her back nine and putting from off the green just broke a lot more than she expected just a little work to do to remain one under
Par yeah the opportunity for S Paying the next one is from South Korea Jung SOI C she sent that one a good way past some work to do coming back just did not hit it hard enough Shin one of the traditional golfers in the sense that she likes the flag out under recent regulations that were changed you can now putt with the flag in mhm more easier to
Put bird opportunity will it break will it break slides by High side agonizingly for the Chinese taipe goer starting just thinking what did I do what H just go in and she makes another part save the bad yeah so that’s eight pars on the card for uh chin who’s
Had a bogy at three and a birdie at six J So okay perfectly done it’s a good confidence boosting P that it’s just sort of in the awkward Range s now for Chinese taipe this to remain it one under for her round she started par bogy but then went on a run of birdie birdie par birdie
Before a drop shot at eight meant she was out in 35 yeah sh sh and birdie at the three and the four yeah good back to back birdies at three and four particularly after that drop shot at two and these four yeah never in doubt never in doubt yeah save the
Bad on the te behind them at 10 is Bianca bananan 26y old star from Philippines who rips it off the te one of the longest hitters on tour on any tour I think on her first in the LPGA she was averaging nearly 300 yards off the te is the defending Champion
Princess Mary superal individual winner at the 2022 Simone AP Cup first ever International win oh hands off the club immediately and that’s going Right well she’ll hope that this ball is not sitting down yeah many Indonesian people looking forward to see her and I watch her interview with some of media that she was nervous playing a game in here because someone’s expected more from her in this season I’m playing alongside leeon and Lee
Soong two 26y old Koreans both ranked inside the top 100 in the world and both very capable of claiming victories both in the individual and certainly as a pairing they they they’ve got to be amongst the favorites as a as a pairing for the title both kpj to
Regulars yeah Lee so from South Korea recently world ranking 81 and on the 2014 when she was 17 she was gold at ning 2014 Youth Olympic Games she was played a near Perfect final round with no boogies and seven birdies and the pair Lee Dion yeah Lee
Dion is the player on the right of your screen Le so young is on the left Leon 26 years old and these year he already won two tournaments yeah twice including the 45th kpga Championship which was uh the major result for her and a regular on tour since 2016 and
Good to see her still comfortably ranked inside the world’s top 50 yeah even though on 202020 he missed out the entire second half of last year due to a ligament Rapture on her arm but started to regain her old form by finishing fifth at the Nexon s n Master on 2021
Le think the first win on tour back in 2017 I think it was the Phantom classic but 2018 was a a breakout year that was the year in which everyone started to take note of Lee Deon she finished seventh on the money list that season
Yeah and on K kpj season and Chris aany her third major title at the Lakewood Country Club in yu kongi here’s super all second shot at this par 4 playing 355 yes met 389 yards as we can see there was interesting as well no glove just one glove she’s
Using she tug that one it’s so difficult to control the the club in the rough you don’t get a a true sense of just how difficult it is but but but it tugs on the club and it can so easily change the the if you take take too much grass
First before the ball you you’re not only likely to get a flyer but you you also have the possibility of seeing your your Club face grabbed by the grass and it can turn the club face and change the direction of the shot quite significantly despite the momentum bringing the club face through
In a certain direction towards the hole yeah I agree many professional golfers suggest if if if the ball is stay at the rav just use wages for safe yeah try and come out with the iron come down a little steeper on the ball certainly but Lee looks to be put
That close and she’s done beautifully see from the very edge of the Fairway she’s put that in close and given herself a real birdy opportunity here yeah lovely controll swing look at this shot that’s a good feeling when you’ve played your second shot and your cadd is already handing you the
Putter there pug danana she’s absolute character flamboyant personality with a great sense of humor this so second into the 10th for the second shot immense power and that’s looking looking a little Wayward for pugan yeah not a look a bit anxious Lee so young second shot at the tent with Wes there
Oh I love her swing it almost flew in the hole well both Lees find themselves very close to the hole and setting up birdie opportunities Le and Lis yeah fantastic fantastic second yeah this group is pretty amazing and many Indonesian people waiting for Le Dion and Princess Marie super of course yeah given her success last year certainly shot it prominence in in certain areas but just Mary subal ROM to Victory five under round last year to
Finish on 12 underpath three shots clear of former US Open winner from ker Republic uh so young there’s a leaderboard for you as than stand it’s the amateur Leung who finds herself at top of the leaderboard four under par she’s through 11 holes Robin Choy had a
Really good start with three birdies in her opening six holes but then she bogied seven I think it was and she’s bogey 12 as well but Robin Choy finds himself now back at 3 under as superl plays superl from third R and a bit far from the flags
A bit disappointed but that was a pretty good chip over there drops her head you don’t want to drop it too short and and get it to grip of the your front side you don’t want to get underneath the ball and drop it a little too short
But you don’t want to get too much on the ball as well as you play into a flag that is relatively close to the to the side of the green you’re playing from yeah agree because of the shape of the green it’s Elevate so it kind
Of challenge to to read the breakes I think p on here she’s going to be putting from just off the green for her Birdie from right to left you’ve seen a few golfers go long with this one but she’s rolled it just about perfectly so P leaves it agonizingly short she’ll tap that in for her part yeah she’s definitely great po yeah for somebody who rips it off the
Teas is as as well as she does somebody who’s got the the driving distance that pugan has yeah she she’s really good on the on the greens which is not always the case some of the best drivers are not the best pters and vice versa pug and there’s a look at her
Scorecard so far two Bogies two and eight and a birdie at four means she was out at 37 but a par at the 10th means she’s one over through 10 looking for more biry their only 13 players are under par and the leading still the amateur
Girl there and yeah two two of the leaders are amateurs in the sense that Lee Hong is top of the leaderboard on 400 par is an amateur and Kim minol who’s currently tied for fifth is an amateur Arana Lao as well the very talented amateur is even par so
Don’t discount the the amateur as superal lines up her Pat good roll but read too much into it she saw a break that ultimately didn’t materialize so that’ll be a drop shot for super Al yeah the female the female goer from the Philippines last year won the Simon Asia Pacific
2022 yeah she took her family on a beach holiday with her winnings yeah so the individual uh prize fund the the prize fund overall $550,000 allocated for the individual competition another $200,000 to play for in the team competition this pairing here of Lee Dion and Lee soong could be among those
Challenging for the team competition as well as the individual honors di birdie Pat at 10 very slight left to right could be two under par safely for bar there she looks to finish it up rather than Mark the ball confidently in for her par yeah it’s a solid one Dion Lee through T
Hole two birdies in a row at a one and second hole Boogie at the seven yeah out in 35 and then starting with a par she could have had a b birdie at the 10th here but still a good uh scorecard so far for The Talented Korean 26-year-old compatriot here Lisa
Young we’re ranking 81 Now birdie opportunity very slight right to lift this part makeable birie there was a confident looking stroke she stroke that well past the hole yeah she’s striking the ball quite as well so six time winner on the kpga tour but none this year somewhat surprisingly somebody who’s had a remarkable career
In terms of top 10 finishes 64 top 10 finishes in her pro career this for par to save the pad from right to left okay nicely done she’s looking back at the Mark as if to suggest uh could have done a little better there out 37 it starts with a par after a
Potential birdie at the T Le So Young on 2014 when she was was 17 SE wins gold at ning 2014 Youth Olympic Games with no boogies and seven birdies such amazing players there yeah back in 2014 Ling Youth Olympic Games it’s great to see golf being reintroduced to the Olympic Games back
In 2016 after 112 year absence Rio 2016 yeah this go of course one of the famous names in the golf architector was engage Robert Tran Jones Jr with a philosophy of overall Harmony variety of situation and excitement without deception so he has created a course
Give pleasure to all the Tas to the best yeah that’s right I mean established back in 1976 designed by one of the Premier golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Jr not to be confused with with one of the great amateurs of the world game Robert Ty Jones Jr who was known as Bobby
Jones but uh certainly Robert Trent Jones and his son Junior both regarded as some of the finest golf architects in the world and Junior having designed this golf course and as you can see on the right and on the left many houses there because this golf course is located to in the south
Of Jakarta from in the golf course is ideally located in the region 5 minutes from the local business district and around 45 minutes from the Jakarta International Airport so it’s basically literally in the heart of the busy City so you join us for the first day
Action at the pond doind the golf course the Simone Asia Pacific cup 3-day tournament to the 15th hole we go that’s Robin CH that’s Cassy pter she couldn’t see the ball she jumped whole 15 part four safely on the deck yeah whole 15 is a quite challenging
Dark left bar four go needs to make a goody shot in order to avoid a leral water hazard on the left and bunker on the right side so bunker on the right side and water hazard on the left side because in this hole there is a blind spot there so you
Should go for right hand side to be reward and easy for second shot on the green that’s jonath w a 19-year-old from Thailand lpg2 rookie who claimed her first Victory on the LPGA this season at the Portland classic currently one overp par what was remarkable about that to she was a Monday qualifier
Ah look at the heat I think this looks to have tugged that as well is uh one I said the young Tha became the fourth rookie to win on the lpj through this season yeah indeed yeah even though the 19y old has struggled in her rookie camping but she is
Perfectly amazing yeah playing with another W on Thailand two relatively young golfers both with the ability to see themselves ranked comfortably inside the top 100 in the world long just going longer the green here also LPGA to a rookie 21 years old there’s Cassie Porter on the left of
Your screen and Robin Choy on the right Robin Choy having played on the absent the last few years she’s going to be returning to the lp G for the first time since 2019 she won the LPGA Q Series earlier this month oh so Robin Choy is going to be back on the
Lpj yeah earn her card for the 2024 to hold number one we go hole number one three4 358 yards this was uh this was earlier today Rin Choy for her second shot up to the green this would be the birdie opportunity yeah but it’s kind of downhill let’s
See she would tap it in for an opening par was Robin Choy how she started her round great to see the 25-year-old Australian back here in the LPGA yeah she is born in Sydney to Korean parents and grew up in Gold Coast Queensland yeah Gold Coast most to the cornwal games back in
2018 some sport spting Heritage certainly in Gold Coast Australia mind you Australia as a country has a great sporting Heritage but here she is playing her third at the 15th very very nicely judged wow close by the flag just one pth to get birdie so she should have a par here
For for herself and indeed for team Australia Cassie Porter now birly opportunity end of this season with the 14th of the Epson T championships comes into this though off the back of a confidence boost in time for 11th the isps Honda Australian Open at the start
Of the month this is going to go just a little wide of the hole and slightly long as well so Cassie Porter doesn’t pull a shot back at 15 yeah Cassie Porter an ex an exciting bunch of Team meets here and recently Casey claimed her first professional win at the
2023 WP ta Melbourne International yeah had some good results courtesy of a really good short game as well he has up and that should be decent position to make par just asking one if she wants her to Mark her ball to the side rather than where she’s marked it when I saying
Saying it’s not in my line now good to go chanet W she’s read too much into this certainly didn’t have that amount of break this will be a par for when I in perfect par at the 15 after 15 HS I want to say you want to see more
Red than blue on your scorecard she’s one over courtesy of four Bogies and three birdies Cassie Porter this to tidy up claim her par her second Simone Asia Pacific cup she played in 2022 Cassie Porter good par and as we can see see cany Porter there are four par but
Nobody yeah it’s strange to see her scorecard without a birdie so far still finding her feed on the course so to speak that’s said somebody who’s got four birdies a couple of bergies as well as Robin Choy this for par and she’ll remain two under out
34 so far level par on the back nine through 14 through 15 holes Robin chai she won the Queensland amateur championship in championship and 2015 and 2016 nice SP up tid these up as we can see she already got got two birdies let’s a look down at the uh tier
12 but we’re heading back to 10 my word the 12th hole it’s just such a beautiful hole this is Kim on Kim minol yes at 10 what a year she has had playing with the hu men and alongside the Japanese pair of Babas Saki and takano AI Kim mul so Babas saki the only player in the group so far under par Babas saki is yeah in the uh in this green color
Almost an olive green color I suppose with a little bit of brown maybe but Babas this there’s so much excitement about this former amateur who turned Pro earlier this year because her ability on a golf course is undoubted but her she’s been tested a few times so far in
Professional tournaments and she’s she’s she’s got to get herself into a position where she’s consistently challenging she’s got the game undoubtedly the uh US Women’s Amateur open Champion back in in 2022 she actually qualified for the US Women’s Open in 2022 as well and she
Made the cut one of four amateur to make the cut yeah as we saw earlier on the first hole she has a amazing driver long driver and the ball just perfectly swing there yeah so somebody who turned professional earlier this year but has earned her status as I say it’s to play
Both on the uh jlpga tour and the Epson tours next year but that US Women’s Amateur that she won you saw as part of her profile that she won the US Women’s amate it was played in August last year yeah she won the last six holes of the uh 36 hole
Final to claim victory by 11- n against the Canadian Monet Chun who she was playing against yeah and she won the US Women’s Amateur becoming the second Japanese player to capture the title after Michi katori in 1985 yeah little bit Wayward off the tea though here at 10 so a little bit of
Work to do for basaki and she started off birdie birdie and then found a couple of Bogies in her round but birdied nine to be out in 35 and currently one under so three birdies on the card a good result so far looking for more birdies at the back
N basaki alongside with the team from Japan and also with the team from Korean kimin Bol and hang yumin just just on this note rangefinders are legal in certain tournaments they are illegal and in other is and uh every so often we’ve seen players and their caddies have moments
Of of unclarity and we’ve seen a couple of disqualifications owing to rang finders in women’s golf they can be used at this tournament WS disqualification from the US Women’s Open at Pebble Beach earlier this year was one of the standout moments on that point yeah as we can see
When the ball at the r the r is a challenging a bit challenging 6 to 7 cm for about a month they just they just see the r not cutting there because because of this event had the uh Juniors play on this course and they really struggled through
The rough as a result of the preparations for the Sim Asia Pacific cup Le y 26 years old from South Korea let’s just go on LIF in and Kim playing alongside one another that’s one who’s just pulled it slightly left of the green Tak AI also turned Pro earlier this
Year got a lovely swing this is heading short and right it might very well be in the bunker yeah but many golfers as we saw earlier at the 10 they’re a bit struggle for put the ball onto the green there Kim Kim M one over through her opening nine
Holes that’s the approach into 10 looking to get back to level par and sends it in right over the flag beyond the flag so a real birdy chance there for Kim just to get herself back to level par she’s had a great year in the sense that she was world number
737 back in April but she broke into the world’s top 50 by October after 12 top 10 finishes on the kpga tour yes is a very amazing player there so he’s got herself playing some incredible golf she’s just outside the world’s top 50 at the moment having fallen out of the
World’s top 50 last month but is playing some of the best golf of any of the golfers in this field this the action at the T 10th hole group number six this is the 12th hole though the signature hole downhill green surrounded by water protected by bunkers certainly provides quite the challenge here
There’s a little bit of uh grass to work with over the water yeah and H in one take a look at this hyai Stargazer axe hole in one playing the shortest part three on the course this week 146 yards whole location 7 on five from the right today and there pug
Danana she and Princess Mary super all both over par at the moment Leon currently two under Lisa Yong finds herself over par as well both the carean golfers though playing with ice packs uh that have been carried by their CES and a using the ice packs on their necks and chests over
The over the periods in between playing shots Le Dion with birdie at 11 she’ll have the honor looking for the hole in one every golfer that steps up I imagine yeah as we can see the car is pretty huge can put several bags in there you can put a few golf bags in
That car yes indeed last five holes even par a bogey a birdie three pars t- shot at 12 look at the ball oh gorgeous gorgeous there was a little call of go yes I just wonder if uh if that was canny just calling for
The ball to go it didn’t need to go much further that is beautifully played and another great birdie opportunity for Leon fantastic opportunity for backto back birdies for the Korean start here’s Princess Mary super Al yeah now she’s over two bar four no it is at the 12 part three for hole in
One Princess Mary sual could she make it stop stop there we go it’ll hold on the green but she’s going to have a very long Pat for birdie yeah yeah just lost a little bit PA she’s currently one over part is super all but comes off a birdie at 11 Lee so young
Next 26 years old she finds herself over path through her last five holes bogey at eight which is the last par three that she faced yeah and it’s to birdie to get to even par quite a solid swing there she’s seeing this ball Fade Out to the right yeah long birdie pot
There no bu down n playing 146 M today 160 yards this uh par three 12th hole currently over par aiming left trying to top little fade in there just love that swing though just love that swing and that is beautiful glor GL opportunity for a birdie at 12 for
Pugan yeah breing a side of Rel no she got away with one there’s hatasa on the T at 10 she won the uh World Junior Championships back in Indonesia in 2016 yeah and in 2023 lpj major US woman open TI four and the Avan Championship dice three yeah I think the the big
Disappointment for her though she’s got six wins on the PGA tour she’s never won a major and she came so close she lost out to yucas saso in a playoff for the US Women’s Open couple of years ago here’s jaavi bant 24y old also playing at her second Simone Asia Pacific cup
Yeah and in her am matter career from 2017 to 2021 played for the Duke Blue Devils of the Duke University right there keep roll lovely t-shot set itself up nicely for a grand approach into the PA for 10th Hall 25 years old the absent to rookie
Has traveled away from her home in Japan to United States to pursue her career in golf outside her comfort zone very much outside her comfort zone I know one of the things she was talking about on tour is uh Missing udon yeah I will miss udon
Also so this is group seven one of the featured groupings that includes Hoka andal currently under par the only player under par in the group chanto level par there’s the ice pack on the neck of Thea remind you that the temperatures here are in the 30° C and uh Rising into 33 de
C should be happy with a t- shot at 10 but this is 12 again PL just uh fixing her pitch mark and will Mark her ball ahead of her birdie putt yeah that was an excellent shot really good really good shots there and all still have a birdie chance
There oh Lim he Jung is moving up the leaderboard here she gets herself into second position at the moment she’s gone birdie birdie through 11 and 12 but Lee Yung is still leading the way she’s got four successive pars on her back nine Robin Choy Leong misos Shu and bishoy find
Themselves to under Park Kim minol currently third ranked amateur in the world finds herself at one under and the Chinese taipe pairing of chin and Sai also one under partal I can tell you is also in one underp with Babas saki yeah and for the Y at Le she H she
Has to keep up the good work leading the way so birdie opportunity for Lis so young very challenging birdie opportunity it must be said yeah but it’s a ball ball just keep rolling that’s a birdie chance for a birdie there the line looked decent but she’s left this well
Short she’s got a similar distance to the uh birdie opportunities to come from p and Lee d super roll will be next to go based in Japan this last year and it’s played in Thailand as well finished second in Thailand in September Mary super from left to right to save her birdie
Could she make it she gave it a good go Miss is low yeah just slides by the right hand side it’s always intriguing to see how golfers read the greens and how they try to approach reading of the lines some very much take the responsibility on themselves others
Inherently trust their caddies to help with reading of the lines many of the golfers that have come to the Simone Asia Pacific cup are using local caddies but yeah lead di this to go tie for second at the moment on three under birdie opportunity here that looks really good backto back birdies for
Leadon she goes to three under par and is TI for second one behind Le I believe there was a pop up there there a smile where is the smile back at 10 B chant 24 years old in October buan got her first abson tour win at season final absent TOUR
Championship yeah that would have been a massive morale boost as well once you get your first win she sent this in just a little left hold on hold on okay just On The Fringe it’s not an impossible situation from there but uh she’ll have a birdy chance from where she is here’s tial
Tile yeah one of the favorites golfer 20 years old and currently world number nine and for the first time in her career has reached number one in the Royal X women’s world go rankings yeah she hit world number one October last year attical Gino as
She’s known to uh to most people on tour this is tial just left a little short here the greens are rather receptive so you can fly the ball up towards the uh the pin she’s just left this a little short she’s still got the birdie opportunity looking forward to it
Because D cool is on the only the second player under age 20 to reach number one at 19 years alongside with Lydia Co Lydia Co who did it when she was 17 Lydia Co did it as a 17-year-old world number one the great New Zealand golfer he’s had a really good time herself
Recently married playing some extraordinary golf on the grand Thon International with Jason day recently here’s nishihata approaching at 10 and that is it’s going to stay on this was a little earlier Nish hat Moka Anda NASA world number 17 24 years old and you can sense the disappointment from
AA because she’s got such an incredible ability in in terms of professional golf yeah she has won six times on the LPGA Tour and six time on the LPGA of Japan tour wow what amazing achievement she had yeah one of those co-sanctioned event so 11 Pro wins in total this
Group Nish TI and bant all there and thereabouts around level par Mark TI just under par nishat just over this a third for ATA little pitch dist and for from down the hill she went for it yeah actually good enough to save to save the score that she had yeah looking to save
Park each player just read the brakes and who is fighting first ban there ban 24 years old in 202 2021 buan won the chuki iner senior award an award given to the highest ranked woman’s senior kig gate goer yeah she’s had uh great success already in a short time
It’ll be nishat next to go though quality golfer but she’s had a challenging year she’s she’s missed 10 of the 10 cuts of the 12 events that she’s played this year but she’s got such a great all round game and had seen a world ranking slide to 981 this birdie opportunity
Hold hold hold that’s a lot of speed on that ball and yeah you have to break through again because the Elevate of the green yeah so a difficult part to judge you need to go up a slight slope and then come down the slope again sometimes
Difficult to judge the pace of the uh Pat on green such as this it’s an easier angle for Chavi bant yeah the green speed is about 10.5 to 11 this yeah and and the hotter it gets the uh the quicker the greens will get as well livon is quick really
Quick long birdie there but change for birdie one chance birdie putt on its way yeah to make one under part a few groans from around the green because this came close to tucking in really good roll does it catch the cup roll it just catches the cup I thought it did yes as
We see ban thr tan hole one birdie and the other is par that’s right she started her round so well with that Birdy at one great Drive she had lovely second she’s playing save and next one is tials birdie yeah birdie opportunity yeah just just incredible all round goal for this
IAL currently one under par birdie chance runner up at the May bang Championship two months ago on October yeah no wins surprisingly this year for tial oh lovely P beautiful part tial goes to under par just showing her quality again yeah anything on the green is makeable for her at the
Moment third birdie of the day to go with one drop shot two under and tial joins the likes of Pai Mis gabish if a Sho on two under reading the bricks she’s an excellent putter really is an excellent putter she’s uh she’s consistently ranked inside the top 10 for Pats per greens
And regulation and I think ranked fourth this season very slight right to left this this a parat for down the hill actually good enough oh glorious lags it into the cup yeah I thought I thought that when she sent it out that far right she might
Have misread the the line but dare I dare I question the great atasa again a lovely P I think I wouldn’t dare to compete a pting with her no she lagged this in perfectly this there a parat oh safely in Nish had mocha two birdies through T holes with two
Boogies yeah but she uh I know that she’s using local KES yes one of the golfers who’s using local caddy as they head towards 11 par for dog leg left out of bounds down the left water on the right yeah it could be one of the easier
Part four this week on this go course just 321 yards location 16 to5 from the right and I want to just try and land on this on the left hand side of the Fairway good angle into this green and they will be just fine perfect actually
Down to the left half of the Fairway that’s a prime position like I said you just want to land this on the left hand side lout pass 72 Parkland style course it plays 7,243 yards off the back teeth but plays 6,828 yards for the uh the Simone Asia Pacific
Cup this at the 15th hole this is group two yeah hole 15 is quite challenging dog left Par Four Hole yeah and qike she’ll be playing next into 15 by Jun she took the name cuak when she started playing on the LPGA tour in 2015 oh that’s very nicely judged coming
Out of some thick stuff somebody who’s been around in the pro circuit now for just over a decade yeah it was nice to see her playing well yeah there’s Daniel oi from Philippines Junior World Golf Championship winner back in 2014 playing with do ardina Danel always got
A an interesting shot here in the sense that she’s coming out of some of the stuff she’s also slightly elevated from where she is ball slightly below her feet that is very well negotiated that could have gone 12 15ot past the hole Yeah terrific gold swing just stays
Right on the plane the right the right side of the flag playing with Dan playing with dor ardina representing Philippines and cuak playing with anai this is an known to Summer shonan she grew up in New Zealand turn 33 on Monday the Korean golfer so just off the green opting to go with
A little pitch o stop stop yeah it’s that’s relatively well judged yeah good see there’s to ardina 30 years old ardina W num amateur tournament in h in Asia and represented the Philippines at the aspo Santo trophy in 2006 yeah somebody who’s played on the Epson tour and LPGA Tour recently she
Qualified for the LPGA at her first attempt the rookie season back in 2014 D ardina played on the lpj this past season as well yeah and she have three professional wins and back then at 2006 made her the youngest player ever to to compete at the world amateur Team
Championship yeah she was she wasn’t even a teenager then I think she was 12 wasn’t she yeah she’s 12 exactly TOA now 30 years old same like my age I bet she was born at 1993 just pushes this one no break Don ardina will just tap this in for par
Par doarda from Philippines and she turned professional in 2013 and already had three professional wins next Daniela oi from philippin she is the former Junior world champion Harley straight off the course after T after Forest Hills like last June yeah the recently concluded ictsi ladies Philippine golf tour she had a
Couple of big wins there and she’s showing that form on the P here that’s a good pass save an will be next to go she had a couple of late wins in the uh ladies Philippine golf tour she went a forest till she won Del Monte she won
The Mimosa plus Championship the season ending event but here’s uh an Shai and she she is pretty famous at New Zealand ium yeah grew up there this needs to go and does so that’s par saved that’s beautiful P didn’t was her energy went out in 37 she was too under par through the
Opening five holes and then suddenly found herself falling back with three consecutive Bogies to be out in 37 but she’s parring every hole on the uh back nine so far here’s cuak also known as kak bang back also known as K and she gets par left to approach
Short back to to the 12th hole we go yes yeah the signature hole that’s a beautiful hole and the more beautiful because we can see Stargazer in there going for the hole in one Kim just jogging down off the T box playing in group six with hang yumin basaki and
Tako couple of good t- shots this is Babas saki a moment ago basaki even par through 12 holes and just gone a little long and there is a fair amount of excitement about Babas Saki and what she can do in the years ahead this hole is averaging just under the par three Mark
Nine boies and 13 birdies 28 pars overall no holes in one that’s the significant one we’re uh waiting for a hole in one and either 12 or 17 the two par threes in which you could win a car the 2.92 the uh signature hole not playing overly difficult for the opening round
That’s the leaderboard as things stand the amateur Leung leads the way for underpar she is level par on the back nine but she went out in 32 Leon is climbing the leaderboard she and misos find themselves at three underp then a host of players on two under includinga Tio former world number one
Fu is having a really good time for New Zealand she’s too underp G bishnoi of India typeing of Chinese taipe Robin Cho has just dropped back to one under par so to Kim Sol and one under with the amateurs finding themselves enjoying some success during the opening round of this three-day
Tournament the Simone Asia Pacific cup yeah there’s there are more we’re looking for more birdies there for these young players and we are looking at the 12 basag and the team for complete the birdie P there so basaki after nearly missing a birdie opportunity at 10 made the par and
Then would have Bogi 11 because she was one under coming into the back n this could be to pull a shot back yeah looking forward to her because he just recently turn pro basaki yeah testing put here though from the back of the green yeah but when I look at her hair
It must be a bit windy on the 12 there these part three is the shortest the shortest part Tre on the course the whole location bir p is on its way it’s a decent looking line here but she’s left it a little short not giving it too much of a run
Green slopes down so you don’t want to get too much behind the ball and see it run 8ot past just miss the pot yet Kim bu SL 19 long birdie part there over to part three for her bir has to pull a shot back after dropping a shot of the previous hole and
She’s not read the break on this sliding left to right and well why the hole here Kim yeah well everything is chance at the moment doesn’t matter what this done it should be a safe bar after this T reading her line Theo AI from Japan World amateur girl Golf Ranking
74 yeah in turn pro earlier this year entered the world rankings just inside the top thousand after she finished tie for 24th at September’s jlpga golf 5 ladies it’s a birdie chance at 12 good roll has it got enough no just short look at the ball safe bar
There tucked in relatively close though one you in she’ll have a good birdie go here after basaki tries to save par left a bird the opportunity well short see already read the brakes should be a slight left to right yeah maybe it’s a bit downhill because the water hazard is over
There pop for the Japanese teenager save the bar very nicely done now H you Min with her birdie chance coming up the kpga to a rookie of the year from left to right you in ar37 got a birdie at two and then a couple of Drop shots late in the uh opening
Night it’s going to be a little bit quick from where Sheely beautifully done confident stroke hit the back of the cup and she goes to even par yeah for second birdie of the day through 12 holes and we see many people come here to watch them to support them it means a
Lot for the players because you know in Indonesia it’s not as often we see the golf championship here so when there comes one it getting us excited to watch to come here to support our players so while these golfers have finished up at 12 let’s head back to 15 this uh she
You from group three she you think People’s Republic of China alongside we her sister shiuli yeah shiuli actually CES for her sister sometime but um the two playing alongside one another oh perfect beautiful approach yeah because when the talk about 15 hole is quite challenging dark la bar
Four so back to atol at the 12th t o the rat Stargazer here tyal she’s come off backto back birdies to start the back nine is to make it three in succession if she can find another birdie here she’s three under in her round only one bogy on the cards four
Birdies out in 35 and then back to back birdies to start her back n this ready for her t- shot t- shot at 12 just choking down on the club slightly with her wages look at the ball looks to be heading straight towards it yes indeed perly done near the p
Another birdie chance for attical and that would see her go to four under it’s a Mark that only Lee Hong has managed to reach who still leads the way by one currently the amateur there ji bant playing alongside tial 24 years old has amazing mat carrier and professional really good driving
Accuracy is chobi BU chant and some solid iron play as well sh bird 11 has to go back to back yeah a great angle to win that car behind her s towards the center of the green so she’s got a little bit of a tester there
Slight Ridge to deal with as well in the the greena now Japanese star she makes a lot of birdies does atasa she makes a lot of birdies if I’m not mistaken she made the most birdies on the LPGA Tour this past season yeah I would love to see her birdie
Today currently level par is up started with a bogey ooh perfectly done looks like she played a little punch try to run r on up there niata next to go 25 years old the absent to rookie see aiming for the hole in one I assume Hing one is always a a wonderful
Reward and to earn anything on top of that is what a beautiful swing there is special she sent that towards the center of the green doesn’t quite stopped so she’ll have a long birdy chance this the umbrella’s been used as parasols to protect golfers from the Sun this uh quite extreme
UV on the temperatures into the mid-30s de C yeah but as we see the top 10 recently the leading the leading one is still from the amateur girl leio song for under par one stroke against Leon 300 par and also with the same ties p misam as atal Goa bishnoi and 200
Par ping sua and one under par Robin Cho I got to say Leo song is having a great round in the sense that she put together four birdies and out and 32 on her front nine which was the back nine now she’s playing the front nine as her back nine T from 10
But she’s only 14 years old the uh the young Korean who won the Korean women’s amate earlier this year yeah and and she is the youngest one to join simonia Pacific cup 2023 I assume so as things stand in the team competition Korea five are leading on
Four under Thailand 2 four under Chinese taipe three under and Thailand four three under so it’s looking good for Thailand certainly we players yeah and alongside with India 3and South Korea 3and and the team from Thailand Philippines Japan must catch up a bit little bit of work for Japan one for
Malaysia Korea 4 Indonesia 3 Australia five over Hong Kong playing with two amateur players five over par USA six over Park Career One 1 7 over Singapore y Vietnam Indonesia too with work to do yeah because the format is something different if you get a boogie or double Boogie you may down
The stroke and down and it’s hard to catch up that leader Leong is the leader at the moment in the individual competition and uh has got Korea 5 into a very handy position as well Korea 5 is Leong and Kim insol the two amateurs yeah Le 14 years old already
The winner of the last two Korean wom’s amateur so birdie put for nishat 12 has to go back to level par but it’s a tester coming down towards the hole it’s a great roll she got enough it stops on the lip oh that is Agony for a golfer
Yeah half a revolution more and it’s in yeah I mean ah this is really reminds me about they must be thinking what happened what i’ be thinking she’s going to mark it rather than tap it in yes you had that that was an excellent roll it looked good looked
Really good the line was read perfectly Bon chant now birdie chance from left to right ban for 200 par CU she make it slightly short and also uh not quite the line yeah slider from right to left she finishes up takes the par Nas NASA and and a lot
Closer just finishing up is is claims her par and last one TI ATA oh this one nasaa will be first to go 24 years old world number 17 she was in the world’s top 10 as recently as March but for the last 6 years she’s been consistently inside the world’s top 10 hasn’t won on the LPGA Tour since the Dio implant La open in April last year this might be the kind of confidence boosting tournament she needs going into
A new season oh and it just slides by high yeah so she’ll have par a DA and will remain even par through 12 holes theal meanwhile a chance to go three success of birdies to start her back nine and go to four under join Lee at the top of the
Leaderboard from left to right long range it’s going to break that’s great that is great yes beautifully done a little run around the rim of the cup before dropping but that’s three successive birdies then to start her back nine for adol who is now co-leader alongside Lee hosung the
Second player to reach four under par in this tournament yeah Leo zong upstage a strong Feld to claim a notable victory in the 46th edition of the Korean wom’s amateur championship and she just 14 years old yeah one of the very bright young talents bear in mind attical is
Just 14 when she won the early T Thailand Championship as an amateur the uh if I’m not mistaken she’s still the youngest ever winner of a Pro Tour event at 14 thetical yeah now with the 14-year-old Leong at the top of the leaderboard on four underpar after
Birdie birdie biry start to her back nine that’s just fantastic from tial the great representative from Thailand a country with eight golfers in the world’s top 125 including the Janan sisters ARA and Moria that’s after a birdie at 12 but we’re heading back to 15 now for the second shot
There whole 15 part four 319 394 yards there in this hole you should go for right hand side to be reward an easy second shot to the green but if not there is a blind spot there from the left side to the green so Tai looks to be golfer who will
Go she’s landed that on but it’s going to roll into the bunker behind the the green not managing to hold side Bing yeah this kind of easy to do when you have a barar r now if you want to get a bit more and end up getting a bit more
Cautious try to one up there yeah very nicely done green very nicely done Li 23 years old she mostly played her amateur golf in the country winning a few tournaments here and There in addition she was again chosen as the most popular player on the tour by the fans on 2022 ah yes sh from Chinese taipe good distance off the te Forin oh tosses her head back in frustration as it looks to have gone just a little long yeah she’s not Le with the Ball she’s still too under par and enjoying a really good round so far although she was one over through the opening five holes She’s Come Back brilliantly few birdies in a last couple of holes and that is very well played J so J what ranking 150 wind so when we’re talking about whole
15 yeah it’s quite challenging and oo can we see yes okay so things are changing at the top of the leaderboard I can tell you that lead Dion has an opportunity a birdie opportunity coming up as well at she’s 300 that’s potentially to go four under and join atal but Leong has her
First bogey of the day at seven her 16th hole which means that the amateur drops down to tie for second at the G abish has made another birdie and he’s up to three underpart yeah because as a local Whole seven eight and nine would be the toughest the toughest yeah yeah
Yeah back to back AO galitzki meanwhile the young Thai Talent also an amateur has moved up to one under par courtesy of three birdies in her last six holes she started uh a little less flamboyantly than she would have liked she was three overath through four holes but she is three underpar through
Her last six holes and finds herself currently one underpar overall as Kitz moved up this is group four from Korean PE Lim hij and J SOI meanwhile Leon at the 15 see at 15 I can tell you that she’s managed to pop the birdie in at 14
So she finds herself four under par as she tees off at 15 and this is going to run through the Fairway and into the rough into the r not the worst position to be in though which is with the dog leg left she’s just left herself a little extra
Distance yeah that’s the one thing about this golf course you do have to hit it on the Fairway is playing fairly thick so there’s confirmation of the change at the top of the leaderboard with Le now joining adol and four under par as Leung has dropped back a shot at 15 again here’s
Pug oh just to watch her playing off the te is yeah that’s a solid swing and the ball perfectly and the middle of the Fairway Princess Mary super all meanwhile defending champion in the individual category over par at the moment does not like it yeah it’s in the Fairway it’s down the
Right but uh it’s a decent shot from there so young well she’s a six-time winner on the kpga tour she hasn’t had a win this year did have six top 10 yeah and I watch her interview she looking forward to grab a champion this year at Simon Asia
Pacific look at the ball sting this down the left just careful careful and it holds up before running through the Fairway so she’ll have a great second the green at 15 yeah yeah and I while she they talking and smiling what uh beautiful to see players just make a smile over there
It’s good when you’re playing with uh people that you can relate to confirmation then of the top of the leaderboard leee of or together in four underpar ahead of Le Gish all on three underpar two under part likes of limb chin Sho of New Zealand Robin Cho went under par with AA
Galitzki saing and punan jov buan also one under par that’s right and for the even par Ariana Lao danela II from Philippines kinol from Korean and P it suan Jung Ashley Lao and there’s also at even par Ashley La the Malaysian basaki back at even par now through
13 ho you s sister of Vivian ho at one over par yeah she started so well yeah all these players can play all of them that just have so much talent but we don’t know too many of their stories because they have not been playing on the main tur around the world
And like I’ve said already this is such a wonderful opportunity to learn more about them she you think to aart Angela on of myamar the uh very first Malaysian to sign a division one golf scholarship when she joined Indiana University she’s played on the women’s All Pro Tour last couple
Of years a golf instructor as well Amanda tan five over Vivian ho five over Sophie Han K 22 six over no long on of Indonesia 10 over par currently through 16 super all prepares for her second at 15 Dion as well who’s just run through the
Fairway first to go I think my princess mury super all princess Mary superal and Bianca pagana two very different styles and uh golfers with different attributes super all is not very long off the tea pugan is is about the longest you’ll ever see yeah and for princess winning the Simon
Asia Pacific Cup 2022 was her was her best result since turning professional in 2016 the she re she received a price of $100,000 US yeah first prize this year $110,000 for top spot in the individual classification superal has to send it up and that’s pretty well judged just hold
Hold hold you don’t want to be going over Into the Bunker Beyond so that that’s that’s fine that’s that’s a good result standing for the center of the green yeah but she’s not happy with her swing back then she certainly doesn’t look to be delighted pagana next and immediately
Unhappy it’s on the D Floor nowhere near the flag next one Lis so6 years old just a practice swing from Lis so young oh what a great IEM fighting shot there that’s glorious that is absolutely glorious birdie opportunity for Lisa young yeah it’s makeable for birdie and the great thing is when
You’re playing with a player like Le Deon who’s on a great run here and who’s currently co-leader on four under part when you’re playing with a person alongside you who’s playing well sometimes it can just inspire you to play well even if you you’re not feeling your
Best oh from where she was that’s a that’s a fantastic result uh and the two Korean golfers have birdie opportunities and really good birdie chances at 15 yeah Dion and Le so young just so many good young Korean and Asian golfers on full display here right now but when we’re talking about Korean
Golfer you know training by thousand to come to this point where South Koreans are one of the most most dominant force in wom’s golf and they are on track for men golf as well certainly two group seven at 13 ATA P from off the green and that’s going to be
Short she’ll Mark the ball rather than play it at Nasa yes is not tracking the ball quite as well as she used to do currently level par at the moment playing 13 J B chant next to go she’s just just off the green as well but it’ll go with a
Patter comes off a little bit of a ramp as it were and then down onto the green B and from right to left recently went under par and for her birdie she given that enough just never looked like it had the pace yeah because it’s downhill I
Assume kind of anxious if she put U more strength there no tial this for four successive birdies out in 35 and she is three under on her back nine and is leading on four under par yeah this is the least makeable of her birdie chances on the back nine but
Certainly do not discount attical four underpar birdie chance this to go in front by one good roll she gave it a good chance yeah save the par at Ty professional goer who plays on the US base LPGA Tour and the latest European tour and also with the Leong youngest
Goal forever to win a professional goal tournament at age 14 years yeah she won the L Thailand Championship she was playing as an amateur back then and then when she got onto the L back in 2021 she was Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year became the
Youngest player to win the order of Merit the race to cost Del Sol she was just 18 at the time oh nishat has tugged that one the abson to rookie nice tyal to tidy up and remain four under it’s definitely very makeable to stays on forer yes safe
Bar so a run of three successive birdies is ended at three to the 15th birdie chance for lead dun and if this goes in we have a new leader bir there not enough not enough Pace maybe a little too much in the break Leon will tidy up remain four under par co-leader
With birdie put to come as well from leis soong so leun 4 under through 15 Co leader and now sub will be next to go but a birdie chance still to come for Lisa young yeah really need really needs to get something going could this be if she knows which way it
Breaks yes yes that looked good it’s always good when you’re making those putts from just outside 8 ft that’s that’s the distance where you need to be making a lot of those putts but don’t always make a lot of those putts so that’ll be a but if you make it
It would be so happy for and it just adds to the confidence you see a stride in the step you see a little more bounce in the step of the players this a great birdie chance though for Lisa young has to get back to even par and it was close makeable
Birdie she hasn’t made a birdie since the sixth hole stay online it just tucks in good birdie she’ll have a r smile on her face about that one yeah back to even par and she gets to more birdie to gets under on this is Bianca pagd par is
Good yeah what a stroke what a roll what a player bug just you can carry on about her drive all day because she’s just got such a great back swing until you actually see it live the speed with which she fires her hips until you hear that popet
Impact until you see the ball flight you don’t get a genuine appreciation for what she can do this is jari bant earlier and that’s a Miss at 13 at the tur bar four meanwhile great she tided up for her part P chant on the te at
14 14 bar five it’s amazing part five to test your golf skills and this important t- shot for uh for her after making a five at the par 4 13th this is a hole she could well birdie needs to be good with the tea she’s got really good driving accuracy
Oh and it’s not often you see bant straying into the rough but she has she’s gone of the Fairway here but she has a good swing passing what a cracking shot playing alongside hatasa representing Japan yeah perfect and the and the Fairway that will work here’s tial just can’t get over a scoring
Average 69.5 3 on the LPGA just incredible 57 rounds under par this past season including 40 rounds in the 60s yeah despite not winning an event in 2023 she became the second tie to win the tour’s fair trophy for the lowest scoring average the first time in 70
Years that a nonn winner was awarded the trophy yeah that is quite uncommon so didal just rolling off the she and hatasa well from amiliar with one another and uh they’re also very friendly with one another yeah two Asian golfers who’ve both had great success on
The LPGA Tour so Le and have been joined by P of Thailand she’s up to 400 courtesy of a couple of birdies in her last four holes alone in fourth on three under Li fish currently two under so Bish has dropped a shot ran Choy and AA galitzki
The amateur one under only nine players currently under par and that is an indication of the testing nature and testing elements of this golf course the Pinda golf course in the heart of Jakarta yeah it is and when we see Leong DM M girl still keep up the good work there 3and
Par this the 14th hole testing par five it really does test your skills relatively straight Fairway it’s guarded by a bunker that you need to avoid for a better chance of reaching The Greening two your approach needs to be solid though because there are bunkers short plus water down the right and
A and long of the green as well a relatively narrow green yeah a very good calculation is needed to reach the greenest there are several bungers to avoid and water pwn and there’s the top two golfers ranked in the round attical with the the pink top atasa holding the for both of
Them and the two as I say well familiar with playing against one another and alongside one another on the LPGA Tour yeah it’s pretty amazing to see them side by side talking to one to another she in supportive supportive team just needed a reminder of where her ball was
She’s almost gone past the ball at the organizer DOA just marching back to where the yard markers are so that she can get her distance to the holea being AG wanting to see her playing here from Japan 21 players in the world’s top 100 for Japan and she’s been in the world’s top
10 for so long atas since she was a teenager but she’s not going to end the year inside the world’s top 10 disappointingly this year yeah in 2022 she won the Dio implant ear open on April her sixth win on the LPGA Tour and her work ranking jump six place from 12 to
Six yeah host of Amit wins too for the second shot with hybrid in hand looking to chase it up there D NASA hybrid in hand just choking down slightly on it she doesn’t seem to be striking the ball quite as she would like yeah not a great shot but this the
Work made the Epson t for the first time last year currently two overpark good hold to get some scoring back yet n Hada started playing golf at six from her childhood yeah it’s interesting that most golfers who turn up in the Pro ranks started playing golf five six or
Seven years old but gasa only started playing at 11 W she came into the game really late uh relatively speaking Yeah but she already become world number 17 indeed inside the world’s top 10 for a long time jarvi banto also playing alongside adal looking to just Chase it up
There yeah I think she wondering where’s the ball but I assume it was safe tial co-leader because you know there’s a blind spot there you cannot see the Green from the second shot tyal so many greens of Regulation that she hits and that’s certainly one of the
Things that’s helped her get that great scoring average on the LPGA Tour this this past season somebody who enjoys representing her country as well I remember watching her at the sea games in 2017 she won Gold in both the individual and the women’s team events in koala lumur yeah and
Thetical rank highest among the 58 participants in the event hosted by the Asian golf leaders Forum at the P Golf Course Jakarta and we’re going back to 15 15 here’s basaki basaki there ready for her tea up driver in hand ghost truck the ball striking the
Ball just getting out a little right but a good kick to the left that’s that’s fine from where where the green is she’ll have a good approach a bit Dr there on you one you mean interesting pre-ot routine looks like she’s trying to keep the club outside her hands and perfect
Currently even par W you me birdie on this back nine after a birdie and a couple of Bogies on the front line out in 37 next one is Kim this is this is not Kim bill this is Tak AI three over par for the Japanese golfer foures and a birdie in her round
So far look at the driver shot sending it down the left side of the Fairway with the dog leg left you don’t want to leave yourself uh blindsided if you finish a little short of the uh the dog leg yeah you should go for right be fine yeah
Mhm so you could see the green you could you go you should go for right hand side to be reward an easy second shot to the green I think the great thing about this group six that we’ve just seen wangin Kim Yul basaki and takano they’re all
Teenagers they’re all 18 19 years old and they are the future they are the the golfers that will be watching most notably in the years ahead just confirming the leaderboard leun Bai misas and at all on four under power leading the way as amateur Leos who is leading for the bulk
Of the tournament so far has pared eight and remains three under Lim Chu bishnoi among those on two under par Cho galitzki Baba among those on one under par 10 golfers now under par basaki having yeah and Shout Out 30 to 14 yeah and shout out to every everyone watching
This integral Simon Asia Pacific cup wherever you are maybe watching around the world it’s great to have you a glorious condition of this golf course and a glorious competition the kind of competition that you enjoy playing at the end of a season as well before you get into new season Simone
Asia Pacific cup giving you the opportunity to play for individual but also to play in a team environmental four under the leading Mark at the momenta even Nish two over Jovi bonan currently even this is group seven one of the featured groups but uh this is
Hang Min in group six who we’re looking at and as things stand in group seven though I thought I did toal co-lead basaki there try to re reach her ball yeah playing in group six basaki she and hungu Min the two players who find themselves not over
Par yeah basaki age 18 and 20 22 US Women’s Amateur Open winner Kanto woman’s amateur winner also Kanto junior Championship winner I think that’s that’s what makes the prospect of a playing in the professional rank so exciting and for so many people that are wanting to watch
Babas Saki and see what she can do in the professional ranks she’s not had the easiest of times in the Pro ranks she’s missed a few Cuts in her last few tournaments but this is the kind of tournament where she could really Kickstart her career an opportunity to
Play with some of the the best players in the world in a a slightly more relaxed environment than playing on tour specifically because you’re also playing in a team environment you’re playing with a teammate who’s urging you on encouraging you and yeah you’re playing for more than
Your own personal interests yeah you can learn from another you can talk one to another one of the star amateur in the world of golf in Years Gone by basaki for her second shot with her wages basaki wants to get this in close just looked like a right foot
Slipped and this is going well right of the flag it’s up there though yeah okay one moment please these players just so good around the greens have great hand wash them practice a whole bunch together as a team yeah well we had the opportunity this morning just to enjoy watching The
Players warming up and seeing them practice their short game yeah Tako a he using the rang finder here and as you say great hands especially for the short game the 19-year-old Japan Collegiate Championship fourth place finish for her I think the the jlpga golf 5 ladies Ty of 24th
Was the big result for her she stepped up into the pro ranks was the first tournament in which you made the cut in the Pro ranks and I think that’s always going to be significant for any young ala it’s on the green yeah on the green
Where it’s a the green is uh White and the other green Kimo C mol 19 years old the 19 years old rookie at the med Hill hanook ilbo championship this look good this look really good and the result is spectacular Kim mul that is close a glorious birdie opportunity
Here and she needs it as well she’s had uh a few moments that weren’t quite so lucky as hatasa group seven agonizingly close for hadoka to go under par she’ll tap that in not a great part but I like that is confident can tell you that Leong has
Got a birdie opportunity at 9 here 18th hole and the amateur might be back at 4 under shortly next to go Jian just leaving it short B chant Bo Chan for her par and next at that’s right that’s a critical part in terms of the the nature of the leaderboard and how things
Stand yeah just the last four holes a birdie birdie birdie par has to get herself alone in front from left to right solid end you just get a feeling with thatal that it’s never in doubt another lovely putt yeah we’re there and we have a new leader she has difficult and front by
Herself Isa 25 years old the absent to rookie from right to left go in perfectly done wonderfully manicured golf course this is the pind the golf course in Jakarta for the opening round and there things stand this was uh just a moment ago Leong having made that birdie at nine her 18th hole
Finishes with a 68 and four under 4 under Lee dun four under heit the way she’s jumped up the leaderboard as well some uh really strong birdie chances in the closing five holes she made three of them and finds herself two underpath through 18 liung Fu gab bishnoi still out on course
But two under par yeah they are two am mature on that little board pretty amazing young ladies now we are back pretty chance for from left to right right onto the hole that’s a great roll yeah almost deserve better for a lber part and save the bar
Then that’s the players from group six as we go back to group seven on the te at 15 hatasa hand off the club immediately I love to see her swing over there the next one Jian she is amazing has amazing career a mature career from 10 from 2017 to 2029
J even par part four 360 M what a solid driver there yeah that’s really solid doesn’t restrict her hips on the back swing gives the an opportunity to to really come down on the ball hard good Drive ini gets ready for her the- shots o absolutely look like she played
Little punch driver try to run one up there strip that beautifully down the Fairway she’s Mighty impressive on The Fairway now we see the players and the KY it is just so important to have the right support system when you’re playing professional sport it is so demanding D
So tial she P the last hole mention stays four under pal M four under Lee hung and Lee deun both four and a par Lee hung in the clubhouse with a 68 so far the low round of the day Kitz is finished with a 70 who went out in 38 but home in
32 remarkable front line she uh she finished with li hung Fu G kabish two under Roman Choy Ashley LA and this is really good from Ashley LA to find herself under par the 23-year-old Malaysian recently completed a rookie season on the Epson tour it’s great to see her under par and looking
Solid for team Malaysia playing alongside Geraldine Wong and we’re talking about Ashley and Geral geraldin are no strangers to National Team even help Malaysia win medals at Sea games yeah C game so important for Southeast Asia and so many of these golfers have managed to claim success and SE games in
Particular some in the Asian Games as well yeah indeed Par Four 15th hole averaging 4.12 11 Bogies or double bogey only seven birdies on this hole Yeah but mostly pars there 31 and ready for the second shot hatasa the 15th is among the more difficult holes on course I think it’s
The stroke six on this course yeah because uh relatively straight Fairway is guarded by a bunker to avoid to get a better chance for the second shot just looking at some of the highlights of the profile of gasa somebody’s a six- Time winner on the LPGA yeah 2021 Marathon classic winner
Yeah classic winner she won on the Japan tour six times as Wella what impress achievement there very impressive became the first amateur to win a jlpga major and she won the Japan Women’s Open golf championship back in 2016 I think it was you knew she was going to be
Something special back from her amateur days her Junior days when she won the World Junior Championships as you can see from the RAV using her wages up to the green she’s just tugged it slightly which is not uncommon given the fact that the ball was so high above her feet in that
Stance there’s nishihata nishihata aiming for the green her second shot second shot at 15 using the high it’s coming in on a very high trajectory but safely onto the green bant even par at the moment started around with a beautiful birdie at the first hole and Bogi the e but birdie and
Aogi on the back nine so far punan with her wages there looking to get it close was a good line just a little short yeah it’s a little bit uphill there for Chan that’ll be a good putt good putt to have thetical co-leader 4 under par to get to through 500
Par if she tucks this in close chance to be leader on her own looks like it’s headed towards the flag but but still short of where she’d like it to be yes but still a birdie chance foral team seven haa NASA from Japan alongside with her partner nishioka and we the Thailand teammates
Tay and Jian yeah tial right uh nine-hole playoff that she had with SEL bouier France who eventually won the may Bank championship in Malaysia last month I think it was the second longest playoff in LPGA 2 history o but uh she lost in nine yeah on October so close to
Finishing as a winner again this year on the lpj yes yes to Rookie of the Year and alongside with jery ban 24 years old and ban made 13 cuts from 16 events in the room rookie year on the abson tour and was rank 13 on the money
List yeah got herself onto the LPGA Tour after performances in the Epson T Natasa there 24 years old world number 17 Japan’s professional golfer she has won six times on the LPGA Tour and six time on the LPGA of Japan tour good short game very good
Pter trying to chip in there for her birdie yeah it’ll go slightly left to right once it’s on so she’s starting it out to the left she’s giv uh a little too much but that’s very well done from where she was yeah just safe bar meable par
There what do with the Olympic Games as well playing in Japan playing Tokyo 2020 finished TI for nth know who she played with representing Japan finished with a silver medal after beating Lydia Co in a playoff as you can see it’s very shiny from this angle in terms of the grain of
The green so it’s from where she is into the green slightly yeah so this should be right to left she’s giving it a big blow yeah so many Miss opportunities kind of the days you just want to stay patient but it’s makeable part there joh just reading
Her her line she wants to go under par she was on the par until the BG get 30 currently even par it’s a long birdie chance and close by safe bar could be tial with a long birdy chance of her own well not itical profile 20 year old but I tell you we’d
Run out of space and we’d run out of broadcast time if we had to produce all the highlights from her very impressive career but let’s just say that she won twice on the LPGA Tour last year jtbc classic presented by Barber Walmart Northwest Arkansas Championship as well presented by
PNG didn’t win this year but as I mentioned a moment ago lost in that 90 playoff to Seline bouier France at the May Bank championship in Malaysia last month this birdie chance to go five under and in a lead on her own and it’s just slid by
By tole completed the 2023 LPGA Tour Seasons with 13 top 10 finishes out of 21 tournaments enter was ranked nine in the world golf ranks for wom Mak a par and she is 4 under through 15 only one blemish on the card so far that the bogey had
Four yeah outside of that tiol has had five birdies including three in a row to start her back nine meanwhile par at 15 got in trouble off the tea and then tugged her approach left of the hall rather imaginative chip that got herself to this position and this is to save
Par right to left yeah she make it very nicely read and she remains even path through 15 shih next to go nishioka 25 years old from right to left for her bar nice B B to tidy up take a deep look for the braks there shouldn’t be too much break
In this if you give it a firm wrap but very slightly lift to right yeah just straight to the hole don’t leave the cup oh that’s what you don’t want to do you don’t want to leave the cap and she’s gone and tugged it second time that Jovi bu chant has
Done that now and she has dropped shots twice doing that group five with Lisa young playing alongside Le Deon who is one of the co-leaders this the grand stand finish potentially at whole 18 yeah local we could we we name the 18 hle is birdie Hall birdie hole Yeah Le
Di will be looking for the birdie to uh go into a lead on her own of 500 if she can find it this is her teammate Lisa young very good drive in the middle of the Fairway using the driver see p danana with the driver too
Often on this course but this is a chance to enjoy watching one of the best drivers with the big Club in her hand just rips it off the te so well yeah I love her swing with the sound of the ball she just doesn’t leave anything
Out on the course she puts it all into the shot yeah supero last winner last champion for Simon Asia Pacific Cup 2022 just finished her T of yeah she she won the pond the International Junior championships back in 2015 did superal so not unfamiliar with this course having won
The the junior Champs back in 2015 and in indeed the uh inaugural Simone Asia Pacific Cup this is the 18th hole the last hole arguably the most challenging hole on the course out of bounds down the left plus a long hard Sandy surface and a deep Fairway bunker on the right
Side as well in addition water down the left a little further along but uh not likely to come into play off the te but getting on into is challenging to this rayed green that’s guarded by Deep bunkers on both the left and right yes so a careful plan for the
Second shot is needed in this hole only five birdies on this hole so far today yes surrounding by bunkers and water at the left and Lee Dion and Lee so young enjoying a conversation as they March up towards their balls so to players alongside them Princess Mary superal and Bianca
Pagan having a good old joke of things Leong and leun both of ker find themselves four on the par with Panay misos and attical of Thailand for andar they’re all co-leaders gitz is in the clubhouse with a 70 Lee Hong who is top of the leaderboard there is in the clubhouse with a
68 Robin Choy I can tell you is in the clubhouse with a 71 already she’s underpar Ashley La going along really nicely Foria one under par as well India’s got a kabish two under Fu of New Zealand two under IM Jong to under as well but Lee
Donon if she plays this whole well will be in the clubhouse with a 67 let if she takes birdie from this hole though is currently one over par and needing something to finish even par you were saying yeah as we can as we can see so young there and Lead
Y so the team leaderboard for you through uh the uh the round so far and suap and mul Kim and Leung find themselves tie for first and four under lisong lead Dion three under as a team although Le Dion is currently four under as well Diaga and gaka bishnoi going
Along well for India two under go to see if gaka bishnoi is under par round Li Jung and jungu if you’re ass sure Amilia Garvey are even par for New Zealand yeah it’s interesting because on the first leaderboard team it’s dominated by Korean golfer and Thailand golfers super Al defending champion
Second shot into the PA 58 is she going for it looking to chase it up there supero in the middle of Fairway I think it’s safe for the shots to the green give herself a good third shot in that’s Lee Deon co-leader 26 years old on 2023 she
Already won two tournaments c avanc k PGA Championship on April and Hana Financial Group Championship on September kpj to a debut back in 2015 but a breakout year was 2018 was where she really came to the four but 2023 has been a good year for Lee dun she’s
Looking to finish it really strongly here this her second into the par 58 for a second use her wages gets herself into a good position to approach the Green in three with one of her wedges Lis so young next 26 years old world ranking 81 for her second shot push that a
Little going into a rough she’s also going to have the ball above her feet for the third shot not the most comfortable pug age 26 the same AG as Korean pair 2023 the ascendant LPG benefiting Volunteers of America TI 2 runner up she’s capable of hitting this in two pug
The looked like she was a little short of of the green but certainly had an amazing career so far somebody who went to the University of Arizona in the United States turned Pro back in January of 2020 after a time at Arizona so back to the T at 17 Babas saki yeah par
Three even par Babas saki she’s looking at this she’ll take it that’s a good birdie chance going open an ultimate hole for long birdie part and you could have a Hundai hyai Stargazer at 12 and 17 the disappointment though is that uh we’ve seen it at various tournaments
Before as well that only the first hole in one wins the car yeah we’ve had championships where two golfers have had hols in one on the same hole but only the first gets the car Tako a four over par go foring W and just on the front side of the green
So on the surface birdie CH to come there one you nine top 10 finishes including a maiden win this year only had four top 10 finishes in her previous four years as a pro or playing on Pro tournaments I should say ready for her te shots with her wages and look at the
Ball ooh perfectly nice well played the t- shots at 17 here’s the uh the 18th hole now and so Lee Lee soong indeed with the ball a l long way above her feet now the danger here is tugging this ball left of where she’s wanting it to
Go yeah and the green the surrounding of the green are bunkers just choking down slightly on the club as well which is the Smart play and she’s oh just popped it into to narrow area between the bunker and the water the juts in slightly here super all good position to attack the
Flag Mary super all female golfer from Philip beans for her third shot and safely on that’s going to be a testing birdie chance for superal Leon this is an important shot she’s positioned herself very well through two shots to attack the flag with her
Third if she does so can set up a birdie chance and potentially get herself into the lead oh oh sit sit it there we go it stopped and then she knows that she’s just stop right there because she’s come up short of where she wanted to be yeah because the the green is
Elevated uphill so the ball just stop pug marching a long way up she’ll play her third on the green at 17 yes some birdie opportunities here basaki and wangu will be eyeing birdie chances kimim and Tak both on the green as well in in one this is a thing stand in group
Six H Kim Baba and takano nobody under par but birdie chance potentially for Wong as well back at 18 this needs to get up it’s not going to get up and that’s going to be a a par P for leis that’s going to be a tough par pot
There how does Lee donon play her fourth from the bunker pug meanwhile is playing a third from the bunker yes a very difficult bunker shot but she has Managed IT near perfectly beautiful on the down slope not a huge amount of green to work with she’s got it to stop fairly quickly out
Of the bunker and that’s a good birdie chance for pugan to finish and get herself back to even par will take a fair amount of time here to read this play all these players just trying to read the brakes correctly to save the score card super all be first to
Go long birdie part but still be a chance for birdie there from right to left get there get there she R the break well but just didn’t quite have the pace that was close and rather than finish up she’s going to mark it read the line really
Well speaking of reading the line really well lead Dion if she wraps this in we have a new leader leader y for birdie there for and Park she gave it a chance and that’s all you can ask for so close to a bird there that’ll be a par and in the clubhouse the
68 D co-leader at four and a par will sign for a 68 after a par at 18 33 coming home after going out in 35 she started so well both uh the front and the back nines with couple of birdies five birdies one boogie that’s a good round of golf from Leon
Coer now this is a par part for Leong very slightly right to LIF slightly upill as well it’s kind of beit a bit uphill there not only for her individual score but for the team dynamic this needs to go oh sh at the bricks well but that safe
Bar that’s aop drop shot at the last four lisong two Drop shots in her last three holes she signs for 74 two over par this a birdie chance par is it okay she’s missed it she missed it it dropped the Score after the drive that she had that is a very disappointing result for Bianca pagan and she finishes with a couple of Bogies in her last few holes and two over par 74 to start and the last Princess Mary supero car four P there she takes the part couple of boies
And a birdie on the back nine she two signs for 74 two overpar Le the start of group five as she signed for a four and a pass 68 back at the 17 whole 17 is a quite long part three lateral water hazard that splits the
Fairway and a long heart bunker on the left side ready for her t- shots just on the front right side of the green boom Ban’s been playing some really good golf it’s her short putts that have let her down twice she’s seen very short putts lip
Out in the last four holes she’s dropped two shots with lip outs but a golf overall has been good she’s one over but some putting has L her down the short putts how close can she get this what is my smiling there and so leaves the CH she’s got fair
Amount of green to work with not datical now ho in one in seven you could get us you could get home hyai star gazer ax tal coming into this hole off the back of a bogy at 16 does not like the look of this that’s short of the green
Yeah up last to go in the group also bed 16 it’s proved to be a bit of a tester H 16 for many other golfers on this course just needing to reset she’s in D I think something just Disturbed her maybe maybe when you’re between clubs it’s very difficult
To to find the confidence to to hit a club when you’re between it do you try to stripe one up or do you choke down slightly or take a little something off going a club up and look at the ball there oh that’s a good result after stepping
Away thank God she didn’t replace the club SOA will have a good birdie chance at 17 to pull a shot back yeah team seven so this thing stand just to confirm the leader board Lee Dion and Lee Hong both in the clubhouse with 68s Le the amateur
Golfer has just signed for 68 as well out in 34 home in 34 atal has dropped a shot at 16 and his back to 300 G AB bishnoi meanwhile has uh birdied six and she finds herself back at three underpar kitki in the the clubhouse with a 70 so to Lim
Jong if you’re on a shoe still out in the course two under yet to make a birdie on the front nine though if F to Sho which is her back nine I ying and Robin Choy one under par at the early nine Robin Choy at the leading with the Lee Hong yeah Robin
Choy found herself 3 under path through the open six holes and leading but it’s drop back a little now the Australian three under par two holes to play 17 and 18 18 is certainly a scoring hole par five 18 and now she’s got to get this up and down safely
She’s got plenty of green to work with she’s got a good line from where she is trying to see to watch the braks from the right from the uphill the downhill the right side the first to go is thical from left to right it’s kind of bit
Uphill for her second shot for birdie there she went for it it’s a good result yeah it’s pretty good result safe bar there and the wind that has largely been a nonf factor throughout the day just starting to pick up out on the course at the moment gasa she’ll be looking for that
Birdie here ban go to go for her birdie close by perfectly for her bar yeah that’s beautiful way she played that that should be a good part did the G just being asked to move her marker so she’s done that this Y and KN you had that trying to make
Sure if she the if she read the bricks well she not the first to go dog will also have a birdie putt shortly she’s been reading the putts relatively well as nishat she hasn’t quite got her speed correct this one though yeah she certainly gave it a sh there is
Yeah gave it a chance and that’s what you that’s what you want I think after the early scare where she left a couple short that were online maybe just looking to go a little more aggressively at the hole now which is not the worst idea meanwhile from right to left
I bet it’s a bit downhill there she’s got to L she’s such a confident pter is at daa must to go back to even Park off to the py at 16 she make it even bar great roll oh how does that stay on the lip oh my
God oh agonizing for any golfer yeah it happens generally it happens but it’s beautiful as you mention the part of the nasaa no did go there a par she’ll know that there are three players in the clubhouse having signed for a 68 she was with them a moment ago until
That drop shot at 16 Miss to stay three underpar and one back of the lead with 18th to come and safely done so the ti three under after 17 holes with the bir 18th hole to come is takes a par Remains Two over ji B J little tidy up
Jian to save her par to stay man at BL one she’s missed two of these short pets yeah and this confident straight in the middle of the cup hits the back of the cup that’s what you want to see after two of a previous four Pats lipping
Out seeing a drop shots this is a good conf stroke for par on this occasion by bu chant back to 18 this is group six W Min Kim basaki and takano AI representing Korea and Japan respectively this is H Min set to play currently two over part this a third
Ooh very Dynamic and just right there gets it to stop really quickly Hangin good receptive greens as well well that’ll be a birdie opportunity on the T at 18 going to be bant make a first for her tea off driver in hand just want to straight the ball farther didal
Next playing 512 yards today this 18th hole triand par ready for her tea off reachable in two for some of the longer hitters yeah I love her golf swing it is almost flaming the whole talk about expectation and that’s a glorious t-shot from attical really gets through the ball well at next hat NASA now the gallery appreciates her t- shot all four are in the Fairway from group seven as they come down 18 Le here group six will be finishing up shortly that’s identical she’s giving herself a real chance here to Birdie the 18th and get herself into a share of the lead come
The end of the opening round up ahead of the green at 18 basaki basaki from the bunker to the Green from the left hand this is an incredibly difficult bunker shot very little green to work with here oh she’s landed that just about perfectly it’s going to be a tough
Par put but from where she was that’s a very good result Wu moon will’ll have that birdie putt to come W you mean really needs to get something going could this be if she knows which way it breaks yeah hung you in somewhat surprisingly Too overp part playing her 18th hole
Here only two birdies today for hangu Min this could be birdie number three to make it one over oh she R A breaks a bit right she’ll take the part to finish can start again tomorrow four boies on the card signs for a 74 two over par W you in
Basaki currently even even part needs this to stay even part she started stupendously was backto back birdies 35 ultimately yeah but three a bit anxious now to save the par she’s giv it a chance she make it and look at that clutch part and she smiling fist pump to caddy big
Fist pump as well and then a fist pump for the caddy smile on her face basaki will take that that was a hugely significant putt for saki back down in the Fairway at 18 group seven preparing to have their second shots itical you imagine will be
Eying the possibility of going for it in two so she won’t be playing yet as I see her P just slide agonizingly By just finished 18 and now for her second shot nishat has just placed that nicely up into a position to attack the green with her third Nisha ban get ready for her second shot jant oo heavy sounded Ball but it landed safely Nas just lining up where she wants to
Go she’ll be eyeing a birdie here to get back to even par for the championship at the with her wages and yeah nicely done she’s not got much left up to the Green from thereasa balls marked with NASA now tiol is going for it I think TI just straight to the
Green Kim M up ahead is just finished with eagle signed for a 70 it’s reachable in two certainly a tial make it to just over the green she can make it and being applauded for her shot thatal certainly if she can finish with a birdie that would be a very good
Result sign for an opening run 68 and a share of the lead yeah because at the 18 not much player want to go to directly to the green because you have to to Pace up with the water haard in front of you yeah that that water comes very much
Into play with your approach to the green but again another elevated green which makes it more challenging getting on in two You’ve Got Deep bunkers on the left and the right as well basaki saw a moment ago caught up in one of those bunkers as
Well at the front as we watch hatan NASA along with her teammate Nishi hatam Moka from Japan and now in Jakarta the temperature is 35° cus a very warm day indeed yeah relatively high humidity and showing no signs of any of the elements getting to them andas find themselves in the clubhouse
With 68s already itical will be aiming to join them on 68 or indeed get their into the clubhouse with a subpar result on 18 there Nish first to go Nisha 25 years old good angle to attack the flag looks like she’s going right at it
Yeah just a little left of the flag so a decent result she’ll give herself a birdie chance to finish punan ban for her second shot there for her third shot these type players are just so good around the greens they have great hands Jan got such a solid all around game
Chovi buun chant is also heading straight towards the flag a little shorted SE and indeed does come up a little short throws a head back in frustration yeah the agony not seems like she wants TOA just make sure what the wages that she wants to use it’s not the first time we’ve seen
Her deliberating over which club to use mhm this a second time he’s made a decision this looks to get up that is beautifully played so satisfying nicely done and that is a glorious birdie chance for hatasa to finish currently one over par she can get herself into the clubhouse with a 72
She’ll take that from the position she came into this 18th dial meanwhile patter in hand we’ll be looking for an eagle I was wondering where’s the ball of attical all these players just make sure about the brakes the wind because if we see the flx it started to Wi from left to right
And as we seen the top 10 for day one now Lee Dion for under and alongside against diameter girl Lee 400 par and P as 400 par and 300 part ATA titico and the other 200 part the other a AA galitzki two under par with Jong Li fasu Kim Min
And one under par sa being a robin Choy yes there’s B chant oh just doesn’t feel it off the putter here but attical most importantly is on three underp one back of the lead but she is putting for eagle and this will be an opportunity to go into the clubhous house with a
67 three under par Eagle chance only one Eagle on the whole golf course so far today and that was Kim mul who was playing in the group ahead of didal so it could be the second Eagle for today oh oh has it got enough on
It oh just breaks wide that’ll be a tap in birdie though for attical and she will sign for an opening 68 and have a share of the lead at the end of the first round of the Simone Asia Pacific cup perfect birdie at 8 18 4 under par with five birdies and two
Boogies in day one a couple of disappointing moments for digal bogey at 16 in disappointment certainly bogey at four as well but the way she started her back nine with birdie birdie birdie really set her on a way to come home low she’s come home 33 chance to pull one back here
Bir not too far away tap save the [Applause] bar what gasa has got a birdie chance here but nishat a couple of birdies early on in a round and then a few Bogies that wiped off the The Good Start she had fora currently one overp par this to finish even par for the
Round good and consistent with their processes particularly on the patting green atasa such a disciplined golfer uphill there from left to right for birdie don’t leave the cup yeah and she didn’t she did it birdie to finish for atasa and that is a round of 72 three birdes three
Bogies and she can March into the second round with some confidence J be bant last one parut again short tester for safely negotiates this one and J bant signs for a 73 birdie at 11 after birdie at one started around so positively one over par playing alongside adol
Co-leader on four and a par through the opening round of the Simone Asia Pacific cup yeah the end of D end of day one for team seven hatasa from Japan Nishi hatam Moka from Japan and the Thailand teammates at and Jan signing a few autographs they’ve got to
Uh sign the scorecards most importantly come the end of this round and as things stand atal le le and P misas all signing for 68s Robin Choy basaki hu s of Chinese taipe finish really strong to go one and got still out on course dropped a few shots in her
Last couple of holes and is currently one underpar being three underpar just two holes ago most of players still even par including dixa dager still out on course Arana La one over Ashley La of Malaysia one over par she just dropped a little in the closing stages of her round hup
Among those currently one over pagana two over Hardina Gaben itashi Baki she and her sister both play professionally Chun it’s interesting to see her that far down Princess Mary super all the defending Champion two over par as well and Shai two over shuting and shii matched one
Another with three overpar rounds of 75 to start AI four overpar T the one I S she had a nightmare on 18 and signed for 7 six after eight on the 18th Vietnam’s D four over an he Park five over after the round Sophie Han one of the amateurs
From Hong Kong China finds herself down the leaderboard well I think one of the great thing we have seen already with this golf course is we’ve seen a ton of birdies seen boogies we in par we’ve seen a lot of boogies we’ve seen a whole range of scores
Yeah because of the way of the golf course so last thing stand in the team competition Kim insol and leio are leading the way four under par and jant and P misas and bakon suan find themselves both three under par ker three lisong and Le daon two under par
Through 18 K kabish and dixa dager one under par as they are finishing up up Lim and Jong hang and Kim and Shu and Garvey finding themselves even par chinai from Chinese taipe one over par in the team competition hatas and two over with d ardino and
Daniel P super Al four over Porter and Choy of Australia 5 over M up and one ien and kitki and minam find themselves five over par the she sisters uing and Uli six overp par alongside the ho sisters Vivian and yusang Geraldine Wong Ashley La of Malaysia currently six over par as well
Yoko and mijia of Indonesia three six over par Park and 10 seven over Lao and Han both amateurs from Hong kong8 over par con John Baki B and an down at 9 over par only time for 23rd Mand tan the amateur nine over Vietnam’s D 15 over kin and on of
Myanmar 16 over namani and wanara 17 over yeah we’ve seen a whole range of scores because of the way the GOL course is design there’s a lot of water out but they’re fairly generous Fairways the greens are pure son oil lead is going to be safe well it’s an intriguing four-way
Tie for the lead at top the leaderboard plenty to do though over the next two days of competition but that concludes the first round action from the 2023 Simone Asia Pacific cup we hope you’ve enjoyed the level of competition the incredible strokes and indeed the imaginative play we look forward to your
Company tomorrow but for now from the pondok inder golf course in Jakarta uh it’s Goodbye [Applause]
4 Comments
Great male commentator…the Indonesian lady commentator is trying hard, but she makes listening to the coverage very difficult.
*Virtually no spectators to watch two of the best golfers in the world.
*If you want to promote women's golf in a country like Indonesia, then you throw the gates open and have free admission – very stupid organizers of this tournament!!!!
*If I were a sponsor, then I wouldn't be supporting this tournament again, since you get a minimal return on your investment when nobody shows up to watch the event.
It would be great if the camera men capture more reactions of the players, too much bird eye view for me.
So enjoy to watch