Jin Young seem pretty happy there. So I guess that I can spend more time following So Yeon and In Gee. Also Jessica if it works out where I can do twenty seventy and thirty six holes. Not a course where you can jump around a lot.
Who is better; Alison Lee or Annie Park? HappyFan has the last laugh.
I wonder if he's beating himself up about that thing I didn't say as much as he beat me up about that thing I didn't say?
For the record, I said that, like Alison Lee, I thought Annie Park had potential to be a good player, but also that, given the record most college stars have on the LPGA, it was unlikely. He somehow decided that I said that Annie definitely would be better than Alison, and rubbed my face in it every single time Park had a bad week. For my part, I never changed my feeling about Annie. Whether this is the start of something big or a blip, who knows, but it will be fun to watch and find out!
Anyway, there can be no more perfect illustration of how random this sport can be than this week.
In Gee Chun has had umpteen top tens and a bunch of near misses since winning the Evian in 2016, now nearly two years ago. But no wins. Meanwhile, Annie Park barely has tour membership, has never finished better than 6th in her entire career, yet somehow, she gets a trophy.
What did it for her this week was her putter. It's unfortunately the one aspect of her game that bugs me the most. She may not be anchoring, but there's something decidedly odd about watching her swing that enormous thing. But she just had the magic touch today, making several bombs to catch and pass Yokomine and get the most unlikely Sister win in a long time.
Great win, but the scores were just TOO LOW. Sorry, one 61 is impressive, but when you have two 61s in two days, you are not setting up your course hard enough. The leaderboard was covered with journeyman players going 5, 6, even 8 under.
Sei Young was one of the 61s, but her final few holes were BRUTAL. First that missed short putt on 16, then a shank on 18. Yeesh. It was another rotten week for the Koreans, but IK did OK in defense, and In Gee had two decent rounds bookending a mediocre one. I think her chances of making the IC team are done, but she seems ready to start contending with regularity again.
Jin Young seem pretty happy there. So I guess that I can spend more time following So Yeon and In Gee. Also Jessica if it works out where I can do twenty seventy and thirty six holes. Not a course where you can jump around a lot.
Please do give her a little support. I've always detected a reluctance from her about playing the LPGA, and I hope she doesn't decide to give it up after this season (especially worrisome if Dean decides to leave her after this season).
She's way too great to waste her time on the KLPGA. Every bit of encouragement from fans like us will help!
Did this tournament set a record for most holes-in-one? Every time I checked the LPGA twitter feed, another golfer "aced it".
The timing conspired against me to watch much of this tourney. I got home Sunday hoping to see the last half-hour but Annie Park had already wrapped up the victory.
Please do give her a little support. I've always detected a reluctance from her about playing the LPGA, and I hope she doesn't decide to give it up after this season (especially worrisome if Dean decides to leave her after this season).
She's way too great to waste her time on the KLPGA. Every bit of encouragement from fans like us will help!
There s no way that I am not going to follow Jin Young. Beside every time that she see me, she uses one of the English phases that she knows. "Hello how are you today."
1. So tired of the LPGA and Golf Channel. 2. The LPGA really need to stop making par fives so short. 3. Make the golfers play wedge shots on holes other than short par fours. The USGA women Amateur plays real par fives, so why can't the LPGA do it.
4. No PGA tour today, but Golf Chanel still had only two hours coverage. To show the minor league Web.com tour.
1. That 10-year contract (thank you, Bivens) is a ball & chain on the ankle of the LPGA tour. It's hard to see how Whan could do worse after it expires at the end of 2019.
2. Nobody is "making" the three par-fives short at the Seaview...they're already being played from the back tee boxes.
3. When you say "wedge shots", I assume you're talking about a fullswing wedge. That is dinosaur golf...nobody tries to lay up to their "favorite" yardage (80-100) anymore. For instance, the Seaview's par-4 5th is a straight hole at 301 yards. You'd be surprised how many players hit driver so they can have what used to be called an "uncomfortable" 40-50 yard second shot. I still remember a broadcast from many years ago, probably the British Open on ABC. Judy Rankin talked about how her generation always tried to lay up to their favorite full wedge yardage...Paul Azinger said he used to think and play the same way, until Dave Pelz convinced him otherwise.
4. Saturday's broadcast was an embarrassment. Yes, they couldn't prevent a weather delay, but a ton of players had completed their rounds earlier in the morning...none of that golf was seen, but it could have been if the LPGA adopted some the JLPGA broadcasting ideas. First of all, I hope Whan realizes that conventional cable TV is a deathbed dodo bird. Try what they do in Japan: set up a continuous stream at the 1st hole from the start of the round and put a camera over at the practice green and driving range, too. Have it shown on lpga.com or Youtube or the tournament website. This will allow the public to see and learn about players Golf Channel will never show.
I was talking about par fives setups most of the time. They have taken the skill of laying up out of the LPGA golf. A lot of the time they don't even have to hit a three wood to reach the green. I will say this again you can compare, The USGA Amateur has longer par fives. I just like to see them challenge these great golfers.