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Post by don on May 9, 2016 20:53:59 GMT
If you are a real fan of women's golf, then you can't stop watching because your player(s) are not performing well. Hell, the U.S. players have only won one event this year, I guess I should have burnt down my TV.  Tony, You probably should burn your TV though but otherwise I agree. The Thai players have the talent and will be fun to watch them grow in the game. "Hell, the U.S. players have only won one event this" This should say actually instead of only, too. OK, now I agree w/ the rest. |
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Post by bangkokbobby on May 9, 2016 21:56:34 GMT
If May can finish the year in the top 10 of the CME race, I'd be happy. If not, it still doesn't erase the joy of seeing the first Thai win. I was thinking, more likely to be the next first time Thai winner...Pornanong Phatlum or Moriya Jutanugarn...Waen is more consistent so she will likely have more chances, but every once in a while Mo has a round or two where she gets hot. By the way, speaking of In Gee, loved her Instagram pics from Disney World. Bangkokbobby, In Thailand they use the PRO for golfers the same way they use DOCTOR, right? Like you would say Hi Pro May if you saw Ariya on the driving range? Thai people do use a lot of honorifics. I'd have to ask my stepmother (father and mother are no longer with us). I am the black sheep of the family in the sense that as a young child I made a conscious effort to "be American" like my friends. What a mistake. As a result, I am the only one in my family that doesn't speak Thai (although I spoke nothing bit Thai when I first came to America when my dad's Vietnam tour of duty was over). I know some Thai words and customs but not as much as I should. As an adult, I've tried to play catch up but it's hard. Actually, my stepmother got mad at me about 15 years ago when I started taking Mandarin Chinese lessons...she yelled at me, "You are not Chinese! You are from Thailand!" |
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Post by bangkokbobby on May 9, 2016 22:08:49 GMT
I stopped watching the LPGA and visiting any forum that talked about the LPGA after the final round of the ANA Inspiration. That collapse by May crushed me. I still DVRed broadcasts, but deleted them without watching after checking the leaderboard on Sunday. At the moment, I was only interested in seeing the first Thai win...or possibly a Michelle Wie win. Neither seemed imminent. It was only when I saw a tweet from the LPGA on Saturday that Ariya was on fire (with fire emojis) that I started watching again. If May can finish the year in the top 10 of the CME race, I'd be happy. If not, it still doesn't erase the joy of seeing the first Thai win. If you are a real fan of women's golf, then you can't stop watching because your player(s) are not performing well. Hell, the U.S. players have only won one event this year, I guess I should have burnt down my TV. I love your website and read everything that you write. Especially your take on Tennis. But you give up on yourself (Pak Picker), and your players much too easily. Have more faith. To say that you would be happy "if she can finish in the top 10 of the CME race," is crazy. You got to believe she is more talented then that.  I would answer a few ways. To begin with, it goes deeper than just May being my favorite. I love tennis more than golf, but when my all time favorites like Seles, Lendl, Clijsters or Mandlikova lost, I didn't stop watching. They didn't represent an identity to me in the same way May does. And it was more how she lost than that she lost. That's one thing. Another would be that after scarcely ever missing televised rounds for 18 years, not to mention the JLPGA rounds too that I could watch online, that all the time I've devoted to women's golf should afford me some slack in missing a few LPGA tournaments. My satisfaction with a top 10 CME finish for Nong May is twofold. One, it's a sign of respect to other players out there who are just as talented as she is. I named a couple. We could name more. And also, I just don't want to drop too much on her shoulders right now. A lot of people and home country press will really expect much from her. I saw what too much media and public stress could do early in my LPGA fandom when it drove Se Ri Pak into the hospital. I just want to let Nong May have her day. Celebrate it. Live in the moment. Btw, I didn't play Pakpicker because I am so busy I just forget to put my selections in on time...I know the message goes out that if people start to play, please don't drop out. Also, with so many things on my plate...I sometimes have to prioritize my time...so any little reason to skip something is all I need. That happens, too. |
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Post by 18majors on May 9, 2016 22:10:01 GMT
Bangkokbobby, In Thailand they use the PRO for golfers the same way they use DOCTOR, right? Like you would say Hi Pro May if you saw Ariya on the driving range? I know nothing about Thai, but in Japan the word "Sensei" is used to address Doctor, teacher, professional golfers and etc. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensei |
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Post by bangkokbobby on May 10, 2016 3:03:52 GMT
A couple of nice congratulations from Seoul Sisters Lydia Ko and Danielle Kang:   ...and Dumbo...  |
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Post by philknj on May 10, 2016 5:00:57 GMT
Mi Hyang scored 67 during "garbage time" on Sunday, but I'll take it. Back in Columbia after three months on the road: https://www.instagram.com/p/BFMjBuSDErP ********* Congrats to Ariya. TV doesn't do justice to her 2-iron tee shots...you need to be standing behind the right side tee box rope, no more than six feet from Ground Zero.  The Thai golfers have not captured my fancy, except for one, Thidapa (Jasmine) Suwannapura. I followed her for thirteen holes at the 2013 Shop-Rite...grouped with Christina Kim, who was yacking it up after all her shots. Meanwhile, Jasmine went about her business quietly racking up par after par...gamed one of the funkiest clubs I've ever seen, the PRGR Egg Spoon. Jasmine's efficiency must have mystified and surprised Kim...at the 14th tee box, Kim turned to her and asked, "How old are you?"   I think it was last year that I saw Thidapa on the Seaview range...has a fast hip turn, but was not happy with her shots. May still be fighting her swing...five MCs in her last six starts of 2016...also looks like she dumped PRGR and Volvik mid-season for Callaway. |
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Post by bravedave on May 10, 2016 20:18:32 GMT
Sunday was so exciting…
Trying to re-watch Amy Yang's 17th and like the Nixon tapes I have an 18-minute gap in the recording. Agh.. I did get to see her approach at 17. If you’re trying to hit a shot over two hundred yards and it hits the slop chances are it’s going to bounce that way. She had to hit the perfect shot. I didn’t see it as bad luck at all. What she needed was something closer to lottery winner luck to pull that shot off. Then what? Putt that darn green, she'd have the same issues that HYP had. Take Lydia Ko at the ANA 18th. She’s behind and she lays up to a couple of feet and wins the tournament. There’s just too much danger at 17. A fantastic tournament and so cool to see Ariya win.
Exciting day.
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Post by SoYeonFan on May 11, 2016 1:08:04 GMT
Sunday was so exciting… Trying to re-watch Amy Yang's 17th and like the Nixon tapes I have an 18-minute gap in the recording. Agh.. I did get to see her approach at 17. If you’re trying to hit a shot over two hundred yards and it hits the slop chances are it’s going to bounce that way. She had to hit the perfect shot. I didn’t see it as bad luck at all. What she needed was something closer to lottery winner luck to pull that shot off. Then what? Putt that darn green, she'd have the same issues that HYP had. Take Lydia Ko at the ANA 18th. She’s behind and she lays up to a couple of feet and wins the tournament. There’s just too much danger at 17. A fantastic tournament and so cool to see Ariya win. Exciting day. Most of what you say I agree with. However it would be a lot tougher layup than the ANA eighteenth green. As a matter of fact the ANA eighteen green was not tough at all, with the backstop. Hee Young just hit a very poor lag putt. |
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Post by mr3putt on May 11, 2016 1:23:31 GMT
However it would be a lot tougher layup than the ANA eighteenth green. As a matter of fact the ANA eighteen green was not tough at all, with the backstop. Hee Young just hit a very poor lag putt. Totally agree...how the fools at the ANA can take a hazard out of play on the final hole is beyond me....the ANA is such a fake major.....shut it down and move the 1st major to Seoul. That's like building a grandstand behind the 15th at Augusta. Yes...as I said before...The Rocket made the classic amateur mistake....leaving a really long putt short. |
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Post by bravedave on May 11, 2016 18:58:28 GMT
Stupples said that Hee Young's first putt was one of the toughest putts on the entire golf course. It was a poor effort nontheless.
Amy needed the shot of her life going for it in two. A three shot par 5 would have been the thing to do. At Mission Hills (ANA) the 2nd at 18 is not much of a tough shot at all. Yet, Lydia still layed up and she was behind or maybe they were tied at that moment. If you're Amy Yang why not get in as the clubhouse leader and make Ariya beat you? Way too much danger at 17 to go for it in two with the tournament on the line.
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Post by mr3putt on May 11, 2016 21:26:11 GMT
Stupples said that Hee Young's first putt was one of the toughest putts on the entire golf course. It was a poor effort nontheless. Amy needed the shot of her life going for it in two. A three shot par 5 would have been the thing to do. At Mission Hills (ANA) the 2nd at 18 is not much of a tough shot at all. Yet, Lydia still layed up and she was behind or maybe they were tied at that moment. If you're Amy Yang why not get in as the clubhouse leader and make Ariya beat you? Way too much danger at 17 to go for it in two with the tournament on the line. It was pathetic that HYP left her putt 25 ft short.....OK I said it...please forgive me HYP and the Golf Gods. They said Ko had a slight downward lie....therefore with water in front ......she decided to lay up....if she had a flat lie...I would think she would have gone for the green in 2 at the ANA....Ko would not have known Ariya was gagging it behind her. |
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Post by HappyFan on May 12, 2016 16:55:38 GMT
Stupples said that Hee Young's first putt was one of the toughest putts on the entire golf course. It was a poor effort nontheless. Amy needed the shot of her life going for it in two. A three shot par 5 would have been the thing to do. At Mission Hills (ANA) the 2nd at 18 is not much of a tough shot at all. Yet, Lydia still layed up and she was behind or maybe they were tied at that moment. If you're Amy Yang why not get in as the clubhouse leader and make Ariya beat you? Way too much danger at 17 to go for it in two with the tournament on the line. Shot of her life? She was IIRC 225 yards to the front, and with her length, that's nothing. Her shot was dead straight, landed in the middle of the fairway about ten yards short of the green, and by all rights should have bounced forward, not due left. That's golf, I guess, but if she had laid up with so little distance remaining to the green, I think we would have second guessed that decision, too. And of all the other players we saw try that shot, not a single one got a bounce like that, and some of them hit worse approaches. What can you do? |
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Post by bangkokbobby on May 12, 2016 18:29:12 GMT
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Post by bravedave on May 12, 2016 19:19:01 GMT
Happy with all due respect she landed the ball about 7 yards past the front of the green. However her draw was about two yards wide left and caught the down slope and it was good night Irene. Amy Yang is dealing with the junk now. If she'd hit the green it would have been a different story. She missed by only two yards. There's no margin for error and even if you hit a great shot you still might have the toughest putt on the whole course like HYP. Amy went for it so kudos for that. It's all Monday morning quarterbacking anyway. 3-Putt trash talking the Rocket! Mercy.
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