Kyoraku Cup Japan-South Korea women's team golf competition

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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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