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More aggressively play to win, while sticking to my faith -- Momoko's New Year resolution is...something like that. Umm, I hope my bad translation is working well for it....

After she played a pro-am at the Sony Open in Hawaii, the second PGA Tour tournament, Momoko seems to be staying in Hawaii for a little bit more for more training.

She will come back to Japan by the end of January and attend a training camp in Yamanashi Prefecture.

In her 2010 season, Momoko will play tournaments on the LPGA Tour and on the LPGA of Japan Tour on a half-and-half basis.

As for playing in Japan, she will join a couple of ones starting with the opener the Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament in Okinawa Prefecture to pick up steam for better performance in the U.S., according to the press.

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Momoko's official Japanese blog has moved to a new site as follows:

http://ameblo.jp/momoko-ueda/


As for her English one, any further development would have yet to be announced.

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Follow me @ictya on Twitter for the tweets beginning with "MU" that condense Momoko's latest Japanese blog entry.

However, I have NO OBLIGATION to the tweeting, NO GUARANTEE of accuracy of any of the tweets, NO LIABILITY for any problems caused by your following the tweeting.

Each MU tweet may end with its original blog entry date in the form of month/day like 6/15.

Note that this tweeting hasn't been authorized by her or her stakeholders yet.


Anyway, follow MU tweeting at

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Although in Japan only, a TV program will be on the air that features the LPGA members from Japan, including Ai Miyazato, Momoko Ueda, Shiho Oyama, and Mika Miyazato, as below.

** 2009 LPGA Special: Swing Girls -- Overseas; Clear and sometimes Rough **

Golf Network (Sky Perfect TV e2 Ch.262, etc.) 9:00pm - 10:00pm JST, December 23 (Reruns also scheduled)


It will focus on Ai's victory at the Evian Masters, but that should be must-see for Momoko's fans as well.

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The final round at the AXA Ladies Golf Tournament, where Momoko clinched the victory, will be rerun as follows:

Golf Network (Sky Perfect TV e2 Ch.262, etc.)
5:00pm - 6:30pm, December 16 (JST)

Do not miss out on re-watching her only win this year!

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Although she gave her opponents some mouth just before the one-day competition started Sunday in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, Momoko Ueda and her mates from the LPGA of Japan Tour were not able to sweep away the male senior players from the PGA of Japan Tour; however, the ladies defeated the male players from the Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO).

At the team competition, five players were selected from each of the three Tours.

From the LPGA of Japan Tour, Sakura Yokomine, Shinobu Moromizato, Chie Arimura, MiJeong Jeon, who are the top-four players on the 2009 LPGA of Japan Official Money List, and Momoko joined the team competition.

On the morning, the three Tour teams competed with one another in a 9-hole alternate shot format.

In the format, a pair of players from each of the teams was part of one party (i.e. one party was composed of six players), competed on a side against two other pairs, and each side played one ball. For the first stage of the competition, two parties were built up.

In the first party, Momoko paired with Chie Arimura and they made two birdies and no bogeys to finish the first stage at 2-under-par 34 and get 1 point, while their opponent PGA of Japan pair at 4-under-par 32, 3 points and JGTO pair at 3-under-par 33, 2 points.

As the two parties were playing on the first stage, the LPGA of Japan team got 3 points, the PGA of Japan team 6 points, and the JGTO team 3 points,.

On the afternoon, the three Tour teams competed with one another in a 9-hole stroke play match.

In the match, one player from each of the teams was part of one party (i.e. one party was composed of three players) and competed against two other players to win a 9-hole stroke play. For the second stage of the competition, five parties were built up.

In the first party, Momoko made three birdies and one bogey to finish the second stage at 2-under-par 34 and get 2.5 points, while her opponent PGA of Japan player at 2-under-par 34, 2.5 points and JGTO player at 1-under-par 35, 1 point.

As the five parties were playing on the second stage, the LPGA of Japan team got 9.5 points, the PGA of Japan team 11.5 points, and the JGTO team 9 points.

In total of the two stages, the LPGA of Japan team got 12.5 points, the PGA of Japan team 17.5 points, and the JGTO team 12 points.

Therefore, the PGA of Japan team won the championship, the LPGA of Japan team grasped the second place, and the JGTO team was contented with the last place.

Momoko has effectively completed her 2009 season and is expected to show up at some entertainment events for her fans before she begins her 2010 season.

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As she is now spending the postseason, Momoko Ueda played at the Kyoraku Cup Japan-South Korea women's team golf competition in Okinawa, Japan on December 4th and 5th.

She recorded one loss on Friday and one win on Saturday.

The team competition is a two-day event where players from the South Korea team and from the Japan team compete one against another respectively and opponents compete to win an 18-hole stroke play match each day. Twelve matches take place in each of the two rounds and one win in a match will bring the team two points, one draw one point, and one loss no points added. Twenty-four matches being played during the two rounds, as soon as getting 25 points or more the victory of the competition will be given to the team.

On Friday, Momoko was beaten by JiHee Lee. Momoko made four birdies and two bogeys to finish the first round at 2-under-par 71, while JiHee Lee made five birdies and no bogeys to finish at 5-under-par 68.

In the first round, the South Korea team won 10 matches and got 20 points. The Japan team won 2 matches and got 4 points.

On Saturday, Momoko defeated SunYoung Yoo by four strokes. Momoko made ten birdies and two bogeys to finish the final round at 8-under-par 65, while SunYoung Yoo made one eagle, five birdies, and three bogeys to finish at 4-under-par 69.

In the final round, the South Korea team won 4 matches, drew 1 and got 9 points. The Japan team won 7 matches, drew 1 and got 15 points.

In total during the two rounds, the South Korea team got 29 points and the Japan team 19. Therefore, the South Korea team earned the victory of the competition.

Momoko will take part in the Hitachi 3 Tours Championship 2009 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan on December 13th with Sakura Yokomine, Shinobu Moromizato, Chie Arimura, and MiJeong Jeon.

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She was on the top of the leaderboard after the second round, but Momoko Ueda disappointingly finished the LPGA [of Japan] Tour Championship RICOH Cup in a tie for sixth with Ai Miyazato, the winner of the 2009 Evian Masters.

Momoko carded rounds 69-70-75-70 for a four-under-par 284, two shots off the champion Sakura Yokomine, who earned the top-spot on the 2009 LPGA of Japan Official Money List at the same time by winning the event.

Momoko's 2009 regular season is over, with one win recorded on the LPGA of Japan Tour.

She will take part in the Kyoraku Cup Japan-South Korea women's team golf competition on December 4th and 5th in Okinawa, Japan.

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Momoko Ueda is now reminded of an experience she had herself one year and five months ago -- victory on birthday.

She finished the Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open (November 20 - 22) tied for fifth at 10-under-par 206 (67-71-68).

Chie Arimura (67-62-67=196, -20) won the victory while tying the lowest 18-hole score record (62, -10) on the LPGA of Japan Tour on Saturday and reaching her 22nd birthday on Sunday.

Momoko is playing the LPGA [of Japan] Tour Championship RICOH Cup (November 26 - 29) in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan this week to complete her 2009 regular season.

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As the clear sky and good course conditions at the Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club in Mie Prefecture, Japan helped set her second top-ten finish on the 2009 LPGA Tour, Momoko Ueda recorded a 10-under-par 206 (68-68-70) at the Mizuno Classic to be tied for ninth.

Bo Bae Song won the event at 15-under-par 201 (68-65-68).

Momoko will take part in the Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open (November 20 - 22), an event on the LPGA of Japan Tour, in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan next week.