Mature golf market, the complete tour system, day tour in recent years attracts many Chinese women’s player. However, they in Japan struggles of the track, but not the same.
Moonlight the lose of noise.
“Why women’s field sponsors picked a man to do speak?” Face to the reporter’s question, representatives of sponsors JinShanFa might be a little accident, the fact is this car market in China would have selected the Korean star LiMinGao. He measured to answer: “LiMinGao no matter in South Korea or China, have extremely high popularity.”
The moment of silence, FengShanShan surrounded the solution. “I LiMinGao himself is the loyal fans, know he’s a famous Korean dramas” pattern man “, see the TV play will think he’s very attractive and very handsome.”
With the ridicule a word, and let the full of laughter, FengShanShan also in Korean tell the of the name of the TV play.
This is on dec. 15, 2011, China’s largest a golf the women’s competition modern car the Chinese women’s open before the conference. 22 years old guangzhou girl FengShanShan, world number 13, is the star of the tournament in concern.
17 the LPGA tour’s FengShanShan play in 2011, and in Japan for women’s tournament, mature manners many. This year, she August in day tour the Meiji cup win first champions league career, September reigns in winning the champions league cup television. In November, and the LPGA tour approved by all mitsu strong match, and the field peach war three holes overtime, runner-up in, even her best record in the LPGA.
Many people say, Japan is the FengShanShan harmony. Perhaps, Japan is Chinese player lucky. In 2007, Beijing girl ZhangNa in day tour of four Golf Accessories champions league his season-high, get more than 9000 yen bonus. In 2011, followed FengShanShan, FuJianJi players YeLiYing also in day tour won the championship.
Women’s day tour is Japanese women golf association professional tour, in 2011, and stand, total prize of 3 billion yen, and RMB 200 million yuan.
Senior photographer WangShu in 2011, two times to visit Japan, tour, he also intimate feel some Chinese player to play Japan game convenience: women’s day tour after the United States LPGA tour, is the world’s second largest tour, it big bonus, a number, the competitive level is high; Geographically, Japan from the Chinese nearly, from Shanghai or Beijing fly in the past only need two or three hours, one hour of time can also be neglected; Diet and more fit, noodles, rice is used to the taste of the east, really want to eat Chinese food can also find some taste authentic Chinese restaurant, whereas in China, Japan, and close to the customs.
In Japan, the golf ball is in addition to the baseball, and a national sport. House blue, HengFeng sakura is a celebrity. In 2007, four champions league ZhangNa took tour, in Japan for support, and even the fans to see her game from Tokyo and Osaka specially to, especially on hand to her as a birthday present.
FengShanShan playing perfect tianjin strong “, the second day go to a bank is staff recognized that they all through the TV watching the game. And pick the ball cap and the clothes of leisure is she still in the convenience store, the electric car recognized by fans.
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Want to join the girls’ day tour game, need through the day tour for the examination for the qualifications of the card, Japanese players and the Golf equipment sales Japanese book overseas players are so.
Test points four off every year, and the beginning of August, 12 month end, signing up is in May, finally the deadline is on May 29. Such as China the Japan needs a Japanese company players or Japanese guarantee, can apply for and submit application form.
The first close examination in late August, divide a division, about 100 people in every division, after three rounds of 20% of the players into the game won the second early November close examination. The second close also points four division, each division to around 100, after three rounds of competition, 40% athletes may continue to the next level. The third close examination the end of November, points two division, the schedule, 40% of 3 rounds players can enter the final fourth shut. The fourth shut up in early December, only a division, you have about 100 people, the former 40 can get all the CARDS, after 41 st can obtain part qualification, namely “half a card”. YeLiYing in 2008 in qualifying exam row played nine years 46200 more than 20 games. YangTaoLi 2010 at the end of the row of 50 th, 2011 have 20 games of chance, for personal reasons to give up one of three games, total completed 17 games.
The second shut after the game, still need to attend rules part of the written examination, and 30 exam question answer correctly calculate qualified 21 way, papers points English and Japanese two kinds.
The first and the second shut off the entry fee is 52500 yen, the third and fourth shut off is all is 105000 yen, so the single entry fee should be down 315000 yen. And overseas players unless proficient in Japanese, or must take translation, lest communication. This part of the fee, plus the Japanese professional players need TPD members login fee 525000 yen, game need every day to pay for use of the stadium, 10000 yen, caddy fee 10000 yen, and accommodation, transportation, the return tickets cost of transport, calculate down 300-4 million yen need.
Cost is on the one hand, day tour qualifying competition intensity is on one hand. Over the years, the Chinese mainland only three players scored a day tour all the CARDS: ZhangNa (2006), FengShanShan (2010) and YangTaoLi (2011).
YeLiYing won in 2009 with half a card played a part in day tour of the game, and at year-end bonus before a list of 50 and won the 2010 all the CARDS.
In 2011, six mainland players to the day tour qualifier, among them: ZhangYuYang first shut out; Yellow good due to personal reason to give up the second shut; and HuangPing to stop the third shut; and In the fourth shut, PanYanGong poor play, finally only YangTaoLi granted full card, LiJia rhyme row 2 52201 season is expected to have more than 10 games can play.
Japan’s stadium, the narrow lane fast, need a short bar technology is excellent, this is in th players consensus. And to play speed the demand is high, must 4 hours after 20 minutes, and this will allow newcomers to adjust to Chinese girl.
HuangPing, PanYanGong take an examination of the first off, the earthquake in Japan, but without very serious. From the top PanYanGong third close to fourth shut, the first day hit 8 “, the loss of the last chance, a feeling the pressure of the qualifying with cruel.
Anyway, YangTaoLi half card is hanging by a thread. The fourth shut after three rounds, she row tied for 68, into the top 40 to contend for the card really frustrated. On that day, she LiuXiang phone call with her husband, said that the deal to come home, not dozen day tour.
In the words of the negative let LiuXiang angry: “game finished, and not have no chance, and you want to give up, to regret later or yourself!”
This YangTaoLi knocked him awake, she decided to do so, the final 68 pole, 33, the whole card name, also for turns in the 2011 drew a satisfactory full stop.
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Get the day tour card, only a start. YeLiYing said to attend day tour match to find that exam is easy, to survive in the tournament, more difficult. To this, YangTaoLi in the past 2011 years have experience greatly.
This year, day tour has 34 games, four games to suspended because of the earthquake, the whole year played 30 games. YangTaoLi hit one of the 17 games, to earn more than 200 yen bonuses, but spend more than 5 million yen.
YangTaoLi have part of the card, equivalent to a waiting the second tier. Every game 108 players to participate in, if anyone give up, YangTaoLi waiting a player such as row can obtain the participative opportunities in turn. Some games she can get the notice in advance, and some games to start the day before, to be sure.
Because a waiting not sure, YangTaoLi is suffering, sometimes she bitter to wait for a few weeks in a race, sometimes played four or five games is very tired, body need to rest and get the opportunity to play, keep playing very reluctantly, to give up and unfortunately, such dilemma took a lot of effort, also can’t order discount tickets in advance.
This year, YangTaoLi round game to the subway, Shinkansen, trams for traffic tools, and sometimes take YeLiYing of a car; During the game in a hotel, and sometimes borrowed from the contest live in translation LongYanGu, compared to the hotel charges to a more province is down her bills, loss of 3 million yen.
YangTaoLi took three bad to describe this year, “body is bad, bad, bad ball mentality”. Far away in Japan kick off her narrow lane was restricted, because the lumbar shoulder before muscle strain, the physical condition is poor, serious when, she lay in bed turn but body. Plus the Japanese diet daily life prices are high, YangTaoLi bear under a lot of pressure. The end of the season, YangTaoLi failed to enter the name list of the top 50 bonus, direct access to the next year the card, only qualify again test. Fortunately, YangTaoLi rank among the top 40 scored 2012 season all the CARDS.
In Japan for three years, used a set of way of life YeLiYing advice: domestic players should take an examination of qualifying, as far as possible from young and plan, because young when mentality put relatively low, in the face of tough tour will be able to adapt.
YeLiYing near Tokyo in chiba rented a small house do stronghold, although the space is narrow, the bed put on chest, toilet small putting on a little weight point all turned and difficulties, a month rent of 60000 yen is not cheap, but is finally a can stay home. Every Sunday to end her game will back home and all day off on Monday, Tuesday morning to rush to the game, thus has been staying in a hotel than to, a little less drift feeling.
She bought a car used Toyota Previa, one-way 400 kilometers of the court, will choose to drive in the past, the way better choose Shinkansen or plane. Of course, car ownership is not cheap, and each month single parking space wants 6000 yuan every year, and car boat royalities want more than 50000 yen, the car yearly check and spend 20 more than yen.
ESPN ball LiYe 2011 to the Japanese game once sat YeLiYing car, to her GPS, make a tour by the harder admire. YeLiYing down the drive as optimistic play games, “and not playing the game so nervous.”
Compared with the LPGA tour, she felt more comfortable participating in Japan. In 2005, YeLiYing have LPGA tour half CARDS, play in the United States, she to cheese, sandwiches, Hamburg have been hard to adapt to such; While the Japanese food, pork rice, beef rice, miso soup and so on more easy to accept.
Japan still has a lot of good services, such as player by express delivery, help the ball player packages, baggage to the next game, a 2000 yen or so.
But in Japan the high cost, the Japanese international players need to bring the translation, unless proficient in Japanese. From the end of the game to pairs, four days, the translation fee in 1-20000 yen, and burden of their traffic accommodation, calculate down a game to around 100000.
Caddy expenses is also high spending. Caddy has two kinds: tour caddy, the court caddy. The former full-time for tour players service, day tour of the familiar, more professional, charge is high also some, every week at least 100000 yen, if a player is also will choose the players promotion by 5% bonus, the top 10 players are extracted 7% bonus, won the prize champion players 10% of extraction. The latter is usually work in the field of caddy, cost 10000 yen every day, but because more at ordinary times is for the stadium in guest service, in the distance, military strategy, judge psychological adjustment of the players to help relatively little.
YeLiYing usual of cooperation with three tour caddy, like really Wholesale golf clubs pan, castle peak, if they don’t have the time, will choose stadium caddy, so the game more time to rely on yourself.
The fee, plus player accommodation, transportation fees (hotel a night 5000-6000 yen, a meal to 2000-3000 yen), a game of 20-300000 yen in spending; Day tour big bonus, usually a game in the 80 million-100 million yen, and finally a player in the promotion of bonus 240000 yen or so, basic can withstand overhead.
In the United States, LPGA is given priority to, the day tour as a second of the game FengShanShan, in Japan were not the foothold, before and after the game is a hotel, a brokerage company around the assistant JinGuoHua follow, JinGuoHua know Japanese also can hold concurrently do translation.
Caddy, FengShanShan choose to use tour caddy, brokerage company will help her scheduled in advance. Japan has more than 60 tour caddy for tour service, a part of it is from Australia, Europe and America, Japanese, English is very fluent, and professional technology of it. FengShanShan more willing to choose such caddy, even if their basic a week in 120000 to the yen, than the Japanese TongGui ball 20000 yuan.
“Japan caddy disagreements with the player will not be insisted on it, and I need is caddy can in time to correct my mistake!” FengShanShan said, foreign players fluent in English, also let used to English environment to meet her.
The hotel during the game, FengShanShan often please YeLiYing translation kowalski b r. correction red help order, she said I choose the hotel with the principle of YeLiYing the same: not much good environment, but beg of Internet.
For the life of the tour insipid, in the game to practice, besides, they are like the Internet and relatives and communication, FengShanShan also like watching Korean dramas, they, YeLiYing is used to look on the net novels for recreation. One time, the blog of hot debate network novel, the qing wear the shaoxing opera “more than upset step”, YeLiYing said she had almost finished watching the same subjects, still think that the MengHuiDaQing “best writing.
In day tour play, also many rules, take a day tour of the pairing it will have a lot of attention: the first can’t be late, late shall fine money; The second to maintain good this group of three guests, if the guest to visual bad attitude or ignore, be complaints, also sent the money. Third, after the ball requires change into formal dinner going to a dinner party clothes, wearing a sloppy or play costume can’t.
Once, YeLiYing is pairs of the backup players, need 7 a.m. to the stadium. The results, because the way have a big car, etc YeLiYing rushed to the stadium tour office late 1 minute, and finally she was ordered to practice, can’t gym back in.
YangTaoLi be day tour fined 50000 yen, she was in good dress but because high heels in the car, on her feet wear sports shoes, and stood in the door of the awards dinner and friends take shoes, event organizers see, be fined.
FengShanShan beginning to day tour, on the club wanted to take off a raincoat, restaurant to pick the cap, and other details requirements are not adapt, with almost half a month to get used to. In September, she won the second day tour title, be warned a, for translation. At the time, he was called into the office FengShanShan muddled ground, because after winning her interview, brokerage company’s assistant and do translation be event organization party thinks that is unqualified, told her she had to find a professional translation.
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“Day tour is a very good competitive platform, and the United States more intense, more competitive LPGA for exercise his game.” In xiamen Chinese women’s open, FengShanShan speak of the New Year, she will play in the LPGA 20 games, in day tour play 10 games or so.
In day tour FengShanShan the biggest gain is confidence.
Her coach Gary Jill crist, and it is also the first CengYaNi coach, think FengShanShan’s biggest weakness lies in: she always thought I do well, not enough confidence.
From the United States came to Japan, in the second game we could do, no doubt to the FengShanShan more confidence. In 2011, FengShanShan in Japan 11 games two champions, with more than 6700 yen column year-end bonus seventh list.
Back to the Chinese women’s open, the final results from the performance and also can see FengShanShan more and more confident, despite the motherland of combat stress, it is father FengXiong cameo caddy, but as the director FengLi source said that: “FengShanShan ball compared to other players to good quality many.” She finally runner-up, also set the tournament six years the Chinese mainland’s best record player.
This lets a person have reason to expect that she and their 2012 brilliant.
