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Post by mr3putt on May 19, 2016 20:20:06 GMT
Who cares about ROY....The Canadian Princess knew it's a nothing title. If ROY was so important....it should be awarded 3 or maybe 5 points (considering one can only win it once) towards LPGA HOF.
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Post by mr3putt on May 19, 2016 20:27:56 GMT
She played another three events in Feb 2012 (including her first LPGA event in Aus) then she didn't tee it up again until July at the USWO, she then played 1 event in Aug and 1 in Sept. That's hardly a full schedule as you'd like us to think, it's dipping your toes in the water. For sure 2013 was different, she played as much as she could, she realised she could play with the big girls so she did at every opportunity. Why wouldn't she? I know you're only talking about pro events...but let's not forget The Dragon Lady was burning out Lydia in 2012.....I think she was globe trotting from May to Oct in 2012...and not attending school....Lydia played the USGA Jr. Girls Am in SF and the USGA Women's Am in Cleveland....she likely was at each venue a week before to play and scope out each course as she did often as an Am. The Dragon Lady knew school and allowing Lydia to hang out with her school friends would be meaningless to create a well oiled ATM (when she turned pro) to pad her bank accounts already juiced by the NZ Golf Fderartion and the private investor/donor.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2016 23:06:42 GMT
(I'm still hearing: 'everything Ko had to go through was hard, everything any other rookie from Korea went through much easier.' I'm still not buying it. The adjustment to America isn't tough? Ask Hyo Joo Kim, who has really struggled to reach the heights she effortlessly reached as a player on the KLPGA.) Huh? How do you work that out? Lydia worked her butt off to get where she was as did all the Korean girls, who said anything was easy? Your argument was that Lydia's experience gave her an advantage over the Korean super rookies and in terms of golfing experience that simply is not the case. Before joining the LPGA In Gee had played in 16 Dream Tour events, 67 KLPGA events, a couple of JLPGA events and 11 LPGA events (these were the ones I could find anyway, there may be more) Lydia played 4 LET events, 5 ALPG events, 1 JLPGA, 1 KLPGA and 16 LPGA events. And somehow you'd have everyone believe that Lydia's experience was an advantage? Even in terms of exposure to the LPGA they were similar. Anyway, you seem to have turned the argument around now so that it's not about golfing experience at all, it's now about how hard it is for the Koreans to adjust to the US.. That one I'll happily give you, given Lydia's English capabilities things are certainly going to be easier, though moving 12,000km from home is never 'easy'. As for Hyo Joo, she's doing great, only in her second year, has 2 wins since joining up, a bunch of Top 10's. The fact she's not winning 5 times a year is more a reflection on the change of field strength she fronts up against each week rather than adjusting to the US. And no, that's not knocking the KLPGA it's just reality..
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2016 23:10:47 GMT
She played another three events in Feb 2012 (including her first LPGA event in Aus) then she didn't tee it up again until July at the USWO, she then played 1 event in Aug and 1 in Sept. That's hardly a full schedule as you'd like us to think, it's dipping your toes in the water. For sure 2013 was different, she played as much as she could, she realised she could play with the big girls so she did at every opportunity. Why wouldn't she? I know you're only talking about pro events...but let's not forget The Dragon Lady was burning out Lydia in 2012.....I think she was globe trotting from May to Oct in 2012...and not attending school....Lydia played the USGA Jr. Girls Am in SF and the USGA Women's Am in Cleveland....she likely was at each venue a week before to play and scope out each course as she did often as an Am. The Dragon Lady knew school and allowing Lydia to hang out with her school friends would be meaningless to create a well oiled ATM (when she turned pro) to pad her bank accounts already juiced by the NZ Golf Fderartion and the private investor/donor. Lydia was practicing 30+ hours a week for years before 2012, skipping around the globe playing in a few events was probably a break from golf for her...
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Post by mr3putt on May 19, 2016 23:39:19 GMT
Lydia was practicing 30+ hours a week for years before 2012, skipping around the globe playing in a few events was probably a break from golf for her... 30 hours a week would have been an off/easy week...likely raining all week in NZ....lol.....no way Tina would let Lydia goof off. I read an article that Lydia played/practiced golf each day year round...the only day the clubs got dusty was on Xmas day...her club was closed. Lydia couldn't break 50 at miniature golf if Dave Hull was her dad.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2016 0:23:25 GMT
Lydia was practicing 30+ hours a week for years before 2012, skipping around the globe playing in a few events was probably a break from golf for her... 30 hours a week would have been an off/easy week...likely raining all week in NZ....lol.....no way Tina would let Lydia goof off. I read an article that Lydia played/practiced golf each day year round...the only day the clubs got dusty was on Xmas day...her club was closed. Lydia couldn't break 50 at miniature golf if Dave Hull was her dad. lol, you're prob right about the miniature golf.. She grew up in Auckland, it rains 135 days a year, Lydia must have been a drowned rat on many occasion.. This is one of the best articles I've read about Lydia's early years www.metromag.co.nz/metro-archive/what-makes-lydia-ko-go/She was lucky in a lot of ways how things all fell into place but things didn't all fall into place just because of luck, her hard work got results, others recognised that and put more things in place for her. It turned out a win win for everybody..
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