<figure id="attachment_384721" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-384721" style="width: 2000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="abfdb464"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/08/b51d478f5cce4939ff0d0bd586561667.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-384721" class="wp-caption-text">Sakura Ogoshi smiles and talks at the talk show</figcaption></figure>
 On July 27, Sakura Kogoshi (26), who leads the prize money ranking with two wins in the first half of this season, attended the &#8220;Meiji Special Talk Show &amp; Lottery for Autographed Goods&#8221; held at AEON MALL Makuhari Shin-Toshin in Chiba City.
 Prior to her participation in the &#8220;Hokkaido Meiji Cup&#8221; (August 2-4, Sapporo International Country Club Shimamatsu Course) in her hometown, the first 80 people to arrive at the store received original packages of chocolate snacks &#8220;Kinokonoyama&#8221; and &#8220;Takenokonosato&#8221;, &#8220;Kohogi Sakura no Yama&#8221; and &#8220;Kohogi Sakura no Sato&#8221;. Fans lined up for numbered tickets even before the store opened, but they were gone in just five minutes.
 I don&#8217;t get nervous at games, but I&#8217;m not used to speaking in front of so many people, so I&#8217;m really nervous today,&#8221; said Kohori, who put the crowd at ease with his unique slow-tempo speech.
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 I&#8217;m not used to speaking in front of so many people, so I&#8217;m really nervous today,&#8221; said Kohki in his unique slow-tempo manner, which made the audience feel at ease. After passing the pro test, he made his debut in this tournament in 2005. He always looks forward to the food at the tournament, especially the soup curry.
 I always look forward to the food, especially the soup curry,&#8221; he said. My favorite food is sea cucumber vinegar. I have never met anyone who says they like sea cucumber vinegar best.
 During the event, Koho also talked about his favorite sports other than golf.
 Baseball,&#8221; he said. There is a player I like, and he plays for the Orix. I started watching baseball when I saw him, and I thought baseball was interesting. It took me a while to learn the rules, but once I did, I learned how the points were scored, and unlike golf, it is a team game, so I thought it was interesting to watch that kind of thing.
 Although no specific name of his favorite player was given at the event, the author interviewed him again and found that it is pitcher Syoichiro Yamazaki (26).
 I&#8217;ve been a fan for about two years. What I like about him is his fresh smile.
 He is so hooked on the &#8220;guessing game&#8221; that he even posted a picture of himself cheering for Yamazaki at Kyocera Dome, the Orix&#8217;s home field, on his social networking site, holding Yamazaki&#8217;s cheering towel.
 I practice my golos and flies,&#8221; he said. I always practice with Reo Takeda, who is ranked second in the prize money ranking. We have a baseball team, too. &#8230;&#8230; all of us are female professional golfers and we like baseball. We had a practice game once this year, and it went well.
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<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" Kogu enjoys watching a baseball game."></div>
<figure id="attachment_384723" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-384723" style="width: 802px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="585cdf59"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/08/74c2e61039dd10dac24e534af1b7435b.png" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-384723" class="wp-caption-text">On July 10, Ogura took to Instagram to report on her trip to a baseball game at Kyocera Dome, home of the Orix (from Sakura Ogura&#8217;s own Instagram).</figcaption></figure>
 Many professional baseball players are good at golf. Ogoshi, too, must have been good at both golf and baseball since she was a child, she thought, looking back at her eight-year-old self, which is unthinkable now.
 I never thought I would become a professional golfer,&#8221; he said. I didn&#8217;t hit the ball at all. I was still having fun playing, but I felt like I was being taken along by the kids who were good. When I was a junior, I wanted to quit more often than not. Now I really miss my junior days.
 She won the Yamaha Ladies Open Katsuragi in March and the Earth Mondamin Cup in June this year, and has now won a total of 11 tournaments, a huge leap forward. She also surpassed 700 million yen in lifetime earnings, and at 26 years and 70 days old, she was the third youngest player in the history of the tour, following Sakura Yokomine and Ai Suzuki. Her &#8220;competitive nature,&#8221; which did not show in her junior years, and her sincere attitude of &#8220;doing her best in each and every match,&#8221; may have helped her dormant ability to blossom.
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 When asked by the moderator if she will be playing overseas in the future, she immediately replied, &#8220;No, I don&#8217;t think so.
 I would like to play in major tournaments such as the U.S. Women&#8217;s Open and the Women&#8217;s British Open, but I don&#8217;t think I will go to the U.S. for the QT. I like Japan because it is a comfortable place to live, and I like the food, the language, and &#8230;&#8230;. I love (Japan). （I love Japan.
 Kogi does not intend to make the U.S. her main competition, but Hinako Shibuno (25), who plays on the U.S. Tour, is also competing in Hokkaido.
There are a lot of really strong players in my class. I&#8217;ve been inspired by them since I was a junior, so I always think it&#8217;s great that they are active in the U.S. and other places. I hope to be in the same group with them.
 Koho and Shibuno, who have been competing against each other in the &#8220;Golden Generation,&#8221; will be playing in the same group. Perhaps their wish came true, as they were paired together on August 2, the first day of the tournament. Kogi, who is fulfilling her wishes one by one, will continue to keep her own pace and give shape to her own wishes and the expectations of her fans.
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<figure id="attachment_384724" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-384724" style="width: 2000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="a18fcd45"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/08/9e637a87777cca0f1ae07ad2bf4aa53e.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-384724" class="wp-caption-text"> Ogoshi smiling with &#8220;Ogoshi Sakura no Yama&#8221; and &#8220;Ogoshi Sakura no Sato&#8221; in his hands.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_384725" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-384725" style="width: 2000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="d136d130"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/08/af5b8bf3c0f5acc55064553f11c93cde.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-384725" class="wp-caption-text"> Will she be able to get her third win of the season in her hometown, Hokkaido?</figcaption></figure>

 Shinji Tokari

 Sakura Ogoshi (26), the top money winner in professional women's golf this season, attended an event in Chiba City. She told her fans about her "unexpected hobby. ......

Sakura Ogoshi, who leads the prize money ranking, reveals her “unexpected hobby.

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