It&aposs Sunday evening of the final round and I am sitting in my hotel room about to head off to dinner. If I had one sentence to describe this week it would be: overall awesome experience, I loved the tour the atmosphere and the crowd, golf was solid and I would definitely like to come back! I finished a credible 46th with a +3 total.The first round was really steady, 1 birdie, 1 bogey or was it two of each? I can t remember but clearly nothing too memorable. I thought the first round was a little boring to be honest, but I would have taken it in the second. My second round score card looked like a child s artwork with colors and shapes everywhere. I struggled to get composure and I felt like every time I made a birdie I backed it up with a bogey a few holes later. I knew the cut would be about 2 or 3 over, just judging from where it was on the first round, and also because it was miserable weather. On the 15th green I made a 2 putt par and then looked up at the score board the cut line was 2 over- I was at 3 over total and T64, pretty good if you want to go shopping in Tokyo for the weekend, but not so good if you want to play golf. I thought to myself, there are 3 holes left, one more birdie and you will make it. Ironically a man who decided to follow me from the 1st hole on the first day had the same idea, he ran up to me between the 15th and 16th green and said Julia one more, just one more birdie you can do it . I have to admit I just laughed and thanked him, but at the same time I was thinking, Too bad if I didn t want to know . 16 and 18 are both long par 4s, 17 is 165m par 3, so I thought this would be my best chance. (Shout out to Noel Blundell and his breathing exercises!) As it worked out I hit it to 6 feet on 17, holed the putt and made a good par on 18 to make the cut. I don t usually like to talk about my golf after I finish, and certainly not in a public blog, but I really felt like this was a great experience. Even though the second day was my worst score I think it was actually my best effort. I am proud of the way that I managed those 3 holes to make it to the weekend. In my experience making birdies is not hard when you are playing super golf, or when you are on a streak, but making birdies when you realise you have to if you want to play on the weekend is a whole other story. Saturday and Sunday were both steady again- a couple of bogeys here and there were balanced out with a couple of birdies. I feel like I played a little better than I scored- but I think that s the same for everyone who plays golf. I generally make a lot of birdies, but this week it was pretty dry (actually it rained most days) but not with birdies. The LPGA of Japan is a great experience. I got to see some of the best golfers in the world play, and play in front of the biggest crowds I have even seen in women’s golf. The crowds continued to amaze me not only with their size, but also enthusiasm. Even the taxi driver from the hotel this morning asked me for my autograph. Whilst I am sure he will be disappointed when he tries to sell it on e-bay, I think it shows a culture that is just so passionate about women’s golf and that passion resonates with the players. A big thank you to Golf Australia and the LPGA of Japan. Thank you to Suntory for providing amateurs with this experience! Oh, and another really cool thing about the JLPGA, SRIXON goes off the charts! I got to warm up with the new awesome balls, all the tour staff were wearing SRIXON gear, and the tour van was able to get their hands on the yellow ball for me- pretty cool first official event with it, I think it s in the bag for good!