Winning an ATP Event/ ATP初優勝

Hello peeps, it is getting a little steamy in Tokyo! I am already anticipating a very hot summer this year.

For those of you that haven't seen it on my social media, I won my first professional event last month! It was an one day event at Nanso Country Club, and I shot 67, winning by one! Super exciting :) Love it when hard work pays off. I definitely feel like my longgame has made some positive progress, and I really believe that GIR's correspond most directly to consistent and lower scores. Yes, shortgame is important, but you don't want to be scrambling on every single hole because that just wears you out.

Also, I just want to bring this up to those of you who are looking into golfing professionally in Japan, but don't have status. For example, I didn't do well in the Pro-Test last year which would have given me a status on the Step-Up Tour (equivalent to Symetra) nor did I do well in Q-school, so I had to find a place to compete. There are many one day events in Japan if you look for them. There are events that are run by a solo-enterprise or a big sponsorship, and those show up few times a year with a big purse. But they are usually not a tour, and you have to either know someone who knows about it, or you've got to really really look.

I've settled into playing this one-day mini tour called the ATP Tour. I like them because the schedules are already set so I can plan ahead, and also because if it's one day, I can just show up without always playing a practice round. In Japan, it's hard to book a tee time for just one person, so I feel less guilty about not playing a practice round when it's a one-day event.

Please look into it in the link below, I love the guy who's running it, his name is Mr. Tokita, and he is a total sweetheart who texts you back with a smiley face when you do email him!

http://www.atp-golf.com/

There's another tour in Japan which I haven't really looked into, it's called My Navi Next Heroine Golf Tour, and your entry is based on either past result, or from votes you get from the public viewers on their site. I haven't really tried it because I've been a chicken about not getting enough votes - hahaha- but I think I will at least try for the upcoming ones!

Thanks for checking out this blog and for your support also!
Happy golfing!

みなさんこんにちは！だいぶ、暑くなってきましたね！今日は、外を歩いていただけでスチームサウナの中にいる気分でした笑

更新が遅れましたが、5月末に出場した一日試合、優勝しました！67でベスト・タイでした。ショットも前よりは安定してきているのでこれからも気を抜くことはなく、日々精進していきたいです。ちなみに、私はゴルフで一番大事なのはパーオン率だと思っています！ショートゲームが大事だとよく伺いますし、それはそれでものすごく大事ですが、個人的な意見をいいますと、結果を安定して出す選手はたいていグリーンに乗っていて、パターでいくつ潜るかが鍵となっている気がします。

私は、日本とアメリカの試合にでさせていただいていますが、この頃出ている試合日本の試合は、すべてATPツアーさんの試合です。多分、日本でゴルフをなさっている方はもうご存じですが、プロテストかQTで良い成績を残せないと、日本で出場できる試合は本当に数少ないので、スケジュールと出場権利が安定しているATPさんによくでさせていただいてます。ツアーを取り仕切っているトキタさんという方もとってもフランクで気さくな良い方で、もう感謝の言葉しかないです。改めて、ありがとうございます！

http://www.atp-golf.com/

この頃、マイナビネクストヒロインツアーが立ち上がり、ミニツアーも増えている気がします！私も、このツアーに出たいんですが、ファン投票らしく、まだチキンになっていて、登録できてません笑　将来的にはでたいと思っています！笑

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