JLPGA Q-School Preview/Predictions

The Final Qualifying Tournament for JLPGA Q-School begins tomorrow in Shizuoka prefecture. You can track the history of the 1st 3 stages and follow the final stage's results on the JLPGA web site, or you can review my very cursory summaries of the 2nd and 3rd stages and check back here over the next few days for FQT results. The list of names entered in the tournament from the LPGA has shrunk in recent weeks, but those still in number among the favorites in this 72-hole event. Here are my predictions:

1. Seon Hwa Lee (9:48 am, front)
2. Amy Yang
3. Sun Ju Ahn (8:09 am, front)
4. Inbee Park (9:57 am, front)
5. Candie Kung (10:06 am, front)
6. Teresa Lu (8:54 am, front)
7. Young Kim (9:21 am, front)
8. Onnarin Sattayabanphot (9:21 am, front)
9. Na Ri Kim (8:18 am, back)
10. Kumiko Kaneda (9:39 am, front)
11. Ritsuko Ryu (9:39 am, back)
12. Jae Bae (8:18 am, front)
13. Yayoi Arasaki
14. Mika Takushima
15. Yuki Sakurai (8:09 am, back)
16. Sakurako Mori (9:57 am, back)
17. Bong Su Tseng (8:45 am, front)
18. Kaori Higo (10:06 am, front)
19. Michiko Hattori (10:15 am, front)
20. Eun Hye Lee (10:24 am, back)

[Update 1 (9:32 am): Still checking the field list to see if all the players I expected to be playing are in. At a quick glance, it appears there are a lot of no-shows. Will update later!]

[Update 1 (11:18 pm): I've updated the above with starting times/sides and struck any names I couldn't find on the 1st-round pairings sheet. Looks like Amy Yang is the only LPGA no-show, after all.]