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Post by HappyFan on Dec 8, 2020 18:34:09 GMT
If a Korean does break the trend, it might probably be a player on the way up, still early in her career. The three big KLPGA stars in the field -- Hee Jeong Lim, Hye Jin Choi and Hae Ran Ryu -- would appear to be the best bets to pull it off. Lim has been in a bit of a slump, but both Ryu and Choi are coming off of a 1-2 finish in their last KLPGA events. Hae Ran seems like exactly the kind of player who could have a surprise win: young, virtually unknown, KLPGA player, no (?) experience playing in the States as a pro, long off the tee but decent all-around game. I do apologize to her for officially cursing her. Whatcha think? I also say watch Seon Woo Bae, who has quietly played pretty well all year (including a sub-70 scoring average in Korea). Hae Ran Ryu played quite a bit in the States as a junior. Right, I recall that. That's why I said 'as a pro'. Not sure how much junior experience will help her this week, but then again, she's probably better off than the KLPGA pros who have never played here.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Dec 8, 2020 18:35:27 GMT
Tee times have been released ... includes:
MHL, Nanna Cursed Mad, Ueda
Capt. Kirk, Aza, Katsu
Dr. Noh, Jenny from The ROK, Angelina Ye
Lucky Six, Ruffels, Shibuno
Saso, Corpuz, The Rocket
Koiwai, Jeon, Lu
The Old Ko, BadA$$, Altomare
Bam Bam, Piller, Grrr (Crusty's injuries included hand, knee and ribs - I hope they have an alternate on-site) Ayaka Watanabe is the first alternate; she's flown to Houston from Japan and has been waiting patiently on site. Love those pairings for the USC Trojans senior Amateurs
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Post by philknj on Dec 8, 2020 18:44:35 GMT
The USGA added four more pics to its Monday collection, including The EMP
Kelly Tan (left) hits ball on the practice range at Champions Golf Club with her fellow U.S. Women's Open competitors. (Robert Beck/USGA)
UPDATE: Tuesday's pics are starting to be released ... Yui must be out there with Pressel because Rock is on the green. Yui Kawamoto putts on the sixth hole of the Jackrabbit Course in preparation for the 75th U.S. Women's Open at Champions Golf Club. (Robert Beck/USGA)
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Post by don on Dec 8, 2020 22:17:06 GMT
Brandel Chamblee likes Six's Swing! PS - is his statement about her swing correct? If so, pretty impressive that Lee6's swing stats top them all! Brandel used to say SYK's swing was his fav. Then In Gee. All great swings but he just throws out bs whenever to sound smart, IMO.
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Post by 18majors on Dec 8, 2020 22:26:14 GMT
Brandel Chamblee likes Six's Swing! PS - is his statement about her swing correct? If so, pretty impressive that Lee6's swing stats top them all! Brandel used to say SYK's swing was his fav. Then In Gee. All great swings but he just throws out bs whenever to sound smart, IMO. I totally agree, that guy has no credibility. How can anyone compare stats based on USWO data from different years. They played on different courses with different weather conditions every year. Besides, anyone who follows LPGA at all would've known the 2017 champion Sung Hyun Park is at least 10-20 yards longer than lucky 6.
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Post by jumpcut on Dec 8, 2020 22:34:39 GMT
6 presser
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Post by jumpcut on Dec 8, 2020 22:47:26 GMT
Bada$$ presser
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Post by jumpcut on Dec 8, 2020 23:16:07 GMT
The Real Ko presser
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Post by HappyFan on Dec 9, 2020 4:53:56 GMT
Brandel used to say SYK's swing was his fav. Then In Gee. All great swings but he just throws out bs whenever to sound smart, IMO. I totally agree, that guy has no credibility. How can anyone compare stats based on USWO data from different years. They played on different courses with different weather conditions every year. Besides, anyone who follows LPGA at all would've known the 2017 champion Sung Hyun Park is at least 10-20 yards longer than lucky 6. I'm not sure how he measures 'longer and straighter', but I'm guessing there's some stat he's looking at that factors both of them together. So Sung Hyun might be longer than Six, but when combined with accuracy, her total driving game is not as impressive. Also, I assumed when first reading this that this is total from all appearances in the Open, not just the year that player won. So to some degree, that would factor out differences in courses. But if it is just the combined accuracy and distance for the winning year, then yeah, that's kinda useless.
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Post by HappyFan on Dec 9, 2020 5:16:54 GMT
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Post by tonyj500 on Dec 9, 2020 5:59:56 GMT
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Post by tonyj500 on Dec 9, 2020 8:09:39 GMT
My field rating for this event is 82.5%. Down Slightly from 84.5% last year. It is by far the strongest field of the year. In fact it is 10 points higher than the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, which is 2nd this year at 72.5%
This is the first time in the 10 years that I have been doing field ratings (300+ tournaments), that the Rolex ranking field rating (83%) is higher than the Priority List field rating (82%).
This can be explained by the strong number of highly Rolex ranked players in this field who are not members of the LPGA.
LPGA players not teeing it up this year (who have been mainstays in previous years) include:
Shanshan Feng Hyo Joo Kim Haru Nomura Sandra Gal Marina Alex In Kyung Kim Marijo Uribe
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Post by philknj on Dec 9, 2020 9:58:04 GMT
Tuesday practice -
DK and Man Bun
The Closet Asian
Shibuno Fever
Ayaka Furue will have am Riri Sadoyama on her bag who is currently #137 on WAGR
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Post by legitimategolf on Dec 9, 2020 16:23:06 GMT
philknj Not only have they run out of shits to give, they don't even care to hide it. In a week where the USWO is the only real event happening in all of pro golf, they can't even get it up. Golfchannel.com front page is leading with some insipid blurb about the Walker cup.
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Post by 18majors on Dec 9, 2020 16:34:52 GMT
Ayaka made the right decision to fly over.
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