{"id":395723,"date":"2023-07-11T06:02:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T20:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=395723"},"modified":"2023-07-11T06:02:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T20:02:21","slug":"hyun-son-tops-july-cwga-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/hyun-son-tops-july-cwga-tourney\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyun Son tops July CWGA tourney"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_395715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-395715\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CWGA-pix-1wb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CWGA-pix-1wb.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-395715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hyun \u201cSunny\u201d Son, second from right, topped the CNMI Women\u2019s Golf Association\u2019s July monthly tournament last  June 8. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hyun \u201cSunny\u201d Son was in tune\u00a0 to win the CNMI Women\u2019s Golf Association\u2019s July monthly tournament last Saturday, June 8, at LaoLao Bay Golf &amp; Resort east course.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 55-year-old owner Boss Karaoke shot a net score of 72 following a gross of 87. The 15-handicapper came away with a 43 in the front nine and a 44 in the back nine. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to share my victory with our CWGA members. And playing with my best friend, Yuko Togawa, helped me a lot because I was able to play with a stable and enjoyable mind,\u201d said Son.<\/p>\n<p>She said her best hole was hole No. 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first hole was good only in this tournament because it was a difficult hole for me, but I started with a par.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for playing conditions, she said the weather was wonderful because it was not too hot, even though they were expecting some rain.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_395716\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-395716\" style=\"width: 147px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CWGA-pix-2wb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CWGA-pix-2wb-147x300.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-395716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boss Karaoke owner Hyun \u201cSunny\u201d Son played beautiful music with her golf clubs last Saturday to win the tourney at the LaoLao Bay Golf &amp; Resort east course. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>The Seoul, South Korea native has been playing golf for the past 18 years since.<\/p>\n<p>Last month\u2019s winner, Flor Jones, finished runner-up this time after coming a stroke short with her net 73 built around a 47-45 in the front and back nines for a gross of 92 for the 19-handicapper.<\/p>\n<p>Completing the Top 3 was Sae Hee Kim with her net 74 after she fired a gross of 86. The 13-handicapper had a split of 44-42 in front and back nines.<\/p>\n<p>A total of eight CWGA members took part in the CNMI Women\u2019s Golf Association\u2019s July monthly tournament. The rest of the field, with their net scores, in parenthesis are as follows: Yuko Togawa (77), Doll Yamagishi (81), Janet Torres (83), Lorraine Babauta (86), and Clara Chang (92).<\/p>\n<p>The club continues to look for new members as the new season continues. For those interested in becoming a member of CWGA or for more information, contact CWGA president Yuko Togawa at 287-9856, vice president Lorraine Babauta at 287-0621, or treasurer Lou Kim at 783-7317.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hyun \u201cSunny\u201d Son was in tune\u00a0 to win the CNMI Women\u2019s Golf Association\u2019s July monthly&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":395714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-395723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}