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Post by mr3putt on Aug 23, 2016 22:58:45 GMT
Tonyj W/D's Didn't Feng and the Pink Diva withdraw....I thought I saw their names on the roster a few days ago. Feng went back to China and a hero's welcome at the airport.
Who else has recently pulled the pin?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2016 0:11:19 GMT
Yeah, your standard for greatness is a bit ridiculously high. Jiyai was #1 in the world. Sei Young Kim has won five events. Hyo Joo Kim has three wins so far. These are all pretty good success stories. I feel like In Gee could be in that group, but to expect she would come out and be Annika part deux right away -- I certainly wasn't saying that. Heck, even So Yeon Ryu's rookie year was pretty amazing - 16 top tens, the most in the league, and 12 top fives. Only one win, though. Still pretty amazing. It's no surprise that I like the HOF qualifying criteria then.. That said I was talking about dominance not greatness, two quite different things. Dominance will likely lead to greatness but it's not a prerequisite for it. Na Yeon and Ai both own the greatness tag in my eyes but were never dominant players. In Gee has plenty of time to earn the greatness tag. I agree, there's a lot of good success stories for KLPGA players but I do find it intriguing that very few break into the rarefied air at the top of the rankings, maybe it's the style of game they play. For years they all played a similar game, solid plodding, maybe now with the likes of Sei Young and Sung Hyun that style of play will see someone rise to the top.. Dunno
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Post by bangkokbobby on Aug 24, 2016 1:21:15 GMT
...and yes, Jiyai caught Lorena...in fact, I might be recalling this incorrectly, but didn't she catch Lorena literally with the last putt on 18 in the last event of the year? It was in the spring, actually, that Lorena chose abruptly to retire in front of her fellow Mexicans. That Sunday before she started her final competitive round Jiyai Shin won a JLPGA tournament and positioned herself to take over as world #1 when the new rankings came out the following day. Lorena requested to be removed from the rankings the following week but it was too late: she officially left as the world #2.Kevin Thanks Kevin! What am I thinking about? I recall something coming down to the last putt of the year. Pretty sure it wad a Seoul Sister. Was it Jiyai? Was it for Player of the Year? If so, can't recall if Jiyai made the putt or not. Think she lipped it out. Am I remembering this right or am I conflating something from the JLPGA or KLPGA?
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Post by 18majors on Aug 24, 2016 1:45:35 GMT
It was in the spring, actually, that Lorena chose abruptly to retire in front of her fellow Mexicans. That Sunday before she started her final competitive round Jiyai Shin won a JLPGA tournament and positioned herself to take over as world #1 when the new rankings came out the following day. Lorena requested to be removed from the rankings the following week but it was too late: she officially left as the world #2.Kevin Thanks Kevin! What am I thinking about? I recall something coming down to the last putt of the year. Pretty sure it wad a Seoul Sister. Was it Jiyai? Was it for Player of the Year? If so, can't recall if Jiyai made the putt or not. Think she lipped it out. Am I remembering this right or am I conflating something from the JLPGA or KLPGA? It's Jiyai at the last event of 2009, LPGA Tour Championship. Jiyai missed the putt and handed the Player of the Year award to Ochoa. Anna Nordqvist of Sweden finished the 54 holes at 13-under par, carding a 65 in the third round on Monday for a two stroke-victory over runner-up Lorena Ochoa. The tournament was originally planned as a 72-hole event, but November weather intervened; Friday's second round was delayed and then curtailed by darkness, and weekend play was canceled due to rain. The second round was completed on Monday morning and the 36-hole cut was made, and the third round commenced immediately in calm and sunny conditions. The final day also held a large amount of suspense for the Player of the Year race between top-ranked Lorena Ochoa of Mexico and the year's leading rookie, Jiyai Shin of South Korea. Ochoa's second-place finish secured the Player of the Year award.[6] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LPGA_Tour_Championship
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Post by bangkokbobby on Aug 24, 2016 2:46:11 GMT
Thanks, 18Majors!
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Post by HappyFan on Aug 24, 2016 7:09:55 GMT
...and yes, Jiyai caught Lorena...in fact, I might be recalling this incorrectly, but didn't she catch Lorena literally with the last putt on 18 in the last event of the year? You're thinking of the 2009 Player of the Year. Alas, it was the opposite of how you remember it. Jiyai needed a birdie on the final hole of the year to win POY but only made par. Lorena captured the POY by a single point over Jiyai (she would have become the second player after Lopez to win ROY and POY in the same year). Sooooo close, but the Koreans would have to wait several more years before Inbee Park became the first Sister to win the POY. The next year, the tables were turned when Shin caught Lorena to become the first Korean #1. She won an event on the JLPGA, and Lorena needed a top five at an LPGA event in Mexico to hold her off but didn't make it. I think she retired the next day. [Edit]: I should read ahead before I answer! Sorry for the deja vu response!
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