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Post by IceCat on Mar 2, 2021 13:51:04 GMT
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Post by HappyFan on Mar 2, 2021 18:19:57 GMT
Here's the link posted above in case it doesn't show upThis is sorta weird. If I read this correctly, some players who have not played all that much are suddenly going to be jolted into a new ranking when they lose up to a year of previous events. For example, let's say a player didn't play at all since last March. Her ranking is now dependent on the past THREE years, the last year of which has no events. Now the old system kicks in, she instantly loses the oldest year of events, has nothing to replace it from the past year, and plummets down the rankings. This sounds suspiciously like punishing players who didn't play due to Covid, which I thought they didn't want to do! I was expecting them to gradually roll it back to normal, which would be the fairer approach. EG, every week, you lose three weeks off the back end instead of one until we are back to normal. My guess: they realized that the Asians would be hurt but not the Americans, so they didn't care. Win-win. (The Asians were more affected by the shutdown because they had more barriers to travel back to the States to compete than the Americans, who were already here. And the States have the most point-rich events, so if a top Asian can't play here, she will lose points).
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Post by HappyFan on Mar 8, 2021 18:10:47 GMT
Week of March 8 (after Drive On Championship; they returned the rankings to their former state of only caring about the past two years this week, as they were before Covid):
On the team: Ranking Move Name Points 1 Same Jin Young Ko 9.09 2 Same Sei Young Kim 7.73 4 Same Inbee Park 6.65 9 Same Hyo Joo Kim 4.94
On the Bubble 11 Same Sung Hyun Park 4.38 13 (-1) Jeongeun Lee6 4.07 16 (-2) So Yeon Ryu 3.76 20 (-3) Hae Ran Ryu 3.58
Still in the Hunt 24 (-2) Ha Na Jang 3.26 27 (+1) Hee Jeong Lim 3.06 28 (-2) Hye Jin Choi 3.05 29 (-2) MJ Hur 2.98 30 (-1) Mirim Lee 2.96 31 Same A Lim Kim 2.91 36 (-1) Jiyai Shin 2.74 40 Same Min Ji Park 2.65
In Gee rose 9 spots to 50
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Post by SoYeonFan on Mar 8, 2021 19:56:20 GMT
The KLPGA Golfers will have some catching up to do once they start. It happened two years ago when their start was after the LPGA.
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Post by fanofseri on Mar 10, 2021 5:41:19 GMT
Seven more years until Riviera. In Gee & Sung Hyun will finally be in their prime.
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Post by HappyFan on Mar 29, 2021 17:52:32 GMT
Week of March 29th (after Kia Classic, won by Inbee Park):
On the team: Ranking Move Name Points 1 Same Jin Young Ko 9.45 2 (+2) Inbee Park 8.25 3 (-1) Sei Young Kim 7.61 9 Same Hyo Joo Kim 5.15
On the Bubble 11 (-1) Sung Hyun Park 4.12 13 Same Jeongeun Lee6 3.84 16 Same So Yeon Ryu 3.73 19 (+1) Hae Ran Ryu 3.51
Still in the Hunt 25 (-1) Ha Na Jang 3.22 27 (+3) MJ Hur 3.05 30 (-3) Hye Jin Choi 3.02 31 (-2) Mirim Lee 2.97 32 (-4) Hee Jeong Lim 2.95 33 (-2) A Lim Kim 2.84 38 (-2) Jiyai Shin 2.72 40 Same Min Ji Park 2.60
In Gee fell 2 spots to 52 after DQ
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Post by SoYeonFan on Mar 29, 2021 19:48:21 GMT
Looks like the second half poor finish on the KLPGA 2020 Tour is dropping Hee Jeong Lim down. The late start to the KLPGA 2021 season is hurting all the players. That's what the Rolex Ranking changes wanted to accomplish. Hee Jeong just have to start the 2021 KLPGA season strong, she is talented enough.
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Post by HappyFan on Apr 6, 2021 16:29:05 GMT
Week of April 5th (after the ANA Inspiration)
On the team: Ranking Move Name Points 1 Same Jin Young Ko 9.65 2 Same Inbee Park 8.57 3 Same Sei Young Kim 8.05 8 (+1) Hyo Joo Kim 5.17
On the Bubble 14 (-3) Sung Hyun Park 4.01 15 (-2) Jeongeun Lee6 3.80 17 (-1) So Yeon Ryu 3.70
Still in the Hunt 22 (-3) Hae Ran Ryu 3.49 27 (-2) Ha Na Jang 3.25 28 (+3) Mirim Lee 3.22 31 (-1) Hye Jin Choi 3.02 32 (-5) MJ Hur 3.01 37 (-5) Hee Jeong Lim 2.92 38 (-5) A Lim Kim 2.77 40 (-2) Jiyai Shin 2.70
In Gee fell 5 spots to 57 after MC
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Post by jumpcut on Apr 6, 2021 20:00:03 GMT
Karen Crouse weighs in on Korean golfers trying to get into the Olympics...including an interview with So Yeon Ryu. www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/sports/golf/golf-olympics-women-lpga.htmlFor Korea’s Golfers Eyeing the Olympics, More Than Four Is a Crowd
Led by Jin Young Ko, Koreans hold the top three spots in the world rankings.Credit...Jed Jacobsohn/Getty ImagesSo Yeon Ryu is a two-time major winner and a former world No. 1 who entered this week’s ANA Inspiration, the first L.P.G.A. major of the year, as a top 20 player. Ryu’s credentials for the Tokyo Olympics this summer are solid gold.
Her passport is her problem.
Ryu is from South Korea, where champion women golfers are an abundant natural resource. With three months until the team rosters for the delayed Summer Games in Tokyo are finalized, Ryu is No. 16 in the world but No. 7 in her homeland.
------------------- Ryu didn’t plan to watch any of the 2016 Olympics coverage. “I was so close to making the team that it definitely hurt for me,” Ryu said. “I wanted to avoid it as much as I can.”
She added, “But when you know your best friend is rocking it in Rio, you have to watch.”
Ryu was glad she saw Park clinch the gold. She credits Park’s performance in the Olympics with her own victory at Mission Hills and ascent to No. 1 the following year.
“Before Rio I was maybe so afraid, ‘What is going to happen if I miss the Olympics?’” Ryu said. “So I almost just wanted to believe winning a major is better than the Olympics.”
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Post by HappyFan on Apr 14, 2021 5:57:34 GMT
Week of April 12th (after the KLPGA's Lotte Rent-a-Car)
On the team: Ranking Move Name Points 1 Same Jin Young Ko 9.51 2 Same Inbee Park 8.50 3 Same Sei Young Kim 7.96 8 Same Hyo Joo Kim 5.21
On the Bubble 14 (-3) Sung Hyun Park 3.97 16 (-1) Jeongeun Lee6 3.79 17 Same So Yeon Ryu 3.71 19 (+3) Hae Ran Ryu 3.51
Still in the Hunt 24 (+3) Ha Na Jang 3.43 28 Same Mirim Lee 3.27 31 (+1) MJ Hur 3.03 32 (-1) Hye Jin Choi 3.01 35 (+2) Hee Jeong Lim 2.93 38 Same A Lim Kim 2.80
In Gee fell 3 spots to 60
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Post by HappyFan on Apr 21, 2021 16:51:34 GMT
Week of April 19th (after the Lotte Championship)
On the team: Ranking Move Name Points 1 Same Jin Young Ko 9.37 2 Same Inbee Park 8.71 3 Same Sei Young Kim 8.26 9 (-1) Hyo Joo Kim 5.12
On the Bubble 14 Same Sung Hyun Park 3.96 16 Same Jeongeun Lee6 3.74 17 Same So Yeon Ryu 3.65 19 (-1) Hae Ran Ryu 3.47
Still in the Hunt 22 (+2) Ha Na Jang 3.46 27 (+1) Mirim Lee 3.30 30 (+1) MJ Hur 3.05 31 (+1) Hye Jin Choi 3.02 33 (+2) Hee Jeong Lim 2.95 37 (+1) A Lim Kim 2.90
In Gee stayed at 60
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Post by legitimategolf on Apr 24, 2021 15:59:33 GMT
Karen Crouse weighs in on Korean golfers trying to get into the Olympics...including an interview with So Yeon Ryu. www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/sports/golf/golf-olympics-women-lpga.htmlFor Korea’s Golfers Eyeing the Olympics, More Than Four Is a Crowd
Led by Jin Young Ko, Koreans hold the top three spots in the world rankings.Credit...Jed Jacobsohn/Getty ImagesSo Yeon Ryu is a two-time major winner and a former world No. 1 who entered this week’s ANA Inspiration, the first L.P.G.A. major of the year, as a top 20 player. Ryu’s credentials for the Tokyo Olympics this summer are solid gold.
Her passport is her problem.
Ryu is from South Korea, where champion women golfers are an abundant natural resource. With three months until the team rosters for the delayed Summer Games in Tokyo are finalized, Ryu is No. 16 in the world but No. 7 in her homeland.
------------------- Ryu didn’t plan to watch any of the 2016 Olympics coverage. “I was so close to making the team that it definitely hurt for me,” Ryu said. “I wanted to avoid it as much as I can.”
She added, “But when you know your best friend is rocking it in Rio, you have to watch.”
Ryu was glad she saw Park clinch the gold. She credits Park’s performance in the Olympics with her own victory at Mission Hills and ascent to No. 1 the following year.
“Before Rio I was maybe so afraid, ‘What is going to happen if I miss the Olympics?’” Ryu said. “So I almost just wanted to believe winning a major is better than the Olympics.”Just read this now. No shortage of sensational quotes in here. “It’s tougher to make the team from my country than to win the gold medal.” “You get so much attention from the people and the country and from everyone pretty much,” Park, now 32 and a seven-time major champion, said this week. “I think it’s double, triple, probably 10 times more pressure than I ever felt in a major championship.” Also get the feeling Crouse is going for a Mozart-Salieri dynamic between Inbee and So Yeon. I usually enjoy her stuff even if it seems like she a) is a golf writing outsider and 2) only watches LPGA from the TV.
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Post by jumpcut on Apr 24, 2021 16:50:40 GMT
Also get the feeling Crouse is going for a Mozart-Salieri dynamic between Inbee and So Yeon. That's a pretty good analogy. But I can't picture Inbee doing the Mozart mad-genius laugh.
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Post by HappyFan on Apr 26, 2021 18:04:27 GMT
Week of April 26th (after the Hugel event). Ryu and Lee6 both had top tens but still lost ground.
On the team: Ranking Move Name Points 1 Same Jin Young Ko 9.67 2 Same Inbee Park 8.57 3 Same Sei Young Kim 8.25 9 Same Hyo Joo Kim 5.05
On the Bubble 17 (-1) Jeongeun Lee6 3.80 18 (-1) So Yeon Ryu 3.80 19 (-5) Sung Hyun Park 3.78 20 (+2) Ha Na Jang 3.64
Still in the Hunt 23 (-3) Hae Ran Ryu 3.44 27 Same Mirim Lee 3.25 32 (-2) MJ Hur 3.07 33 (-2) Hye Jin Choi 3.03 35 (+2) A Lim Kim 2.92 36 (+7) Min Ji Park 2.90 39 (-6) Hee Jeong Lim 2.86
In Gee stayed at 60
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Post by SoYeonFan on Apr 26, 2021 22:33:34 GMT
I think it hurt the Korean golfers that their Rankings was frozen when they sat out. It looks like those frozen Ranking are now being factored in to the three year Rankings. I may be wrong but how else can the constant dropping in the Ranking be explained. Especially when they have a great Tournament.
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