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Post by philknj on Sept 16, 2020 0:24:33 GMT
They posted a preliminary field ... only 120 spots instead of the usual 144. The invitees include Shibuno Fever, Brynn Walker(a), Megha Ganne(a) and Nat Nat. There are three open spots remaining. The first three alternates are Yamaguchi, Jeon and Harigae. I'm surprised not to see MJ Hur's name since she's on the prelim list for KPMG across the river ... unless she plans to drop out of that one, too.
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Post by philknj on Sept 20, 2020 22:57:23 GMT
There must have been a couple of dropouts as Yamaguchi and Jeon are now in the field. The three vacancies remain ... will the events in Portland fill any of them?
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Post by philknj on Sept 21, 2020 22:33:05 GMT
It appears that Portland Cambia had no effect on filling the last three spots ... the next three on the priority list were added, Harigae, Burnham and Schecter. The first alternate is now Min Seo Kwak ... she should definitely go to AC. If some dumb caddie gets the bug, his player will have to drop out.
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Post by philknj on Sept 25, 2020 22:20:00 GMT
I assume the field is final and Kwak made it. The next three alternates are Castren, Ridderstrom and Johannson. As of now, The Press of Atlantic City has nothing on the tournament.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Sept 25, 2020 23:38:48 GMT
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Post by philknj on Sept 28, 2020 9:41:36 GMT
Somebody dropped out, so Castren in now in the field.
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The first article from the local press, which also includes a ton of pics from the final round in 2019:
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I'm almost certain this is the view from behind the 1st tee.
Per Accuweather, rain will interfere with practice Monday, Tuesday and especially Wednesday. Friday's round may have a shower or two, otherwise they should have no problem getting in four rounds.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Sept 28, 2020 17:36:45 GMT
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Post by philknj on Sept 29, 2020 10:33:56 GMT
If the Google mush is accurate, Yui had a practice round Monday with SY Ryu's caddie Michael Patterson.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Sept 29, 2020 15:32:33 GMT
So Yeon's Caddie was on Gabriele Ruffels bag at ANA also. It may just be because So Yeon is in Korea.
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Post by philknj on Sept 29, 2020 22:25:23 GMT
Someone else dropped out because Ridderstrom made it.
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Woo hoo, J Tibs and KT are in the same group (AVD is the third).
I like The Rocket and Dr. Noh together (Olsen is the third).
Yui and Kupcho is an interesting pair (Hollis is the third).
MHL gets Cydney Clanton and Captain Kirk. zzzzzzzzz
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Post by tonyj500 on Sept 30, 2020 4:21:33 GMT
I just did the field list for this tournament and it is a shocker. My field rating is 64.5%, up from 39% last year. This tournament historically has had one of the weakest (if not the weakest) fields every year. Believe or not, this is the second strongest field of the year. It was topped only by the ANA Inspiration, making it the highest rated non major championship field of the year.
Here is the field ratings so far this year:
Diamond Resorts TOC/ Florida 33%
Gainbride LPGA / Florida 58%
ISPS Handa Vic Open/ Australia 28%
ISPS HANDA AUSTRALIAN OPEN 48%
Drive On / Ohio 46%
Marathon Classic/ Ohio 43%
Aberdeen Scottish/ Scotland 46%
AIG Women's Open 64%
Walmart NW Arkansas Championship 64%
ANA Inspiration 71.5
Cambia Portland Classic 55%
ShopRite Classic 64.5%
I expected to see a higher field rating this year, maybe somewhere in the range of the Marathon Classic. But a stronger field than the British Open?
My breakdown is 71.5% from the Priority List and 57.5% from the Rolex Rankings. Seventeen of the top 25 Rolex ranked players will be teeing it up. It does fall off some after that.
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Post by philknj on Sept 30, 2020 4:29:21 GMT
#$%&@ ... I should be there. The exact locations of these pics is not reported, but I have educated guesses.
Shibuno and NASA ... maybe the 1st tee as both players look like they're getting started.
Most likely the 2nd or 6th green.
There's an extremely high garbage dump immediately left of the 7th green ... maybe this is it. Also, a lot of trees run down the right side of the 1st and 2nd holes.
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Post by philknj on Sept 30, 2020 22:25:01 GMT
Screw the restrictions, TV Wowow was there as usual today.
My best guess is that this is the 11th green and that white backboard in the distance is the 3rd tee which goes back into the marshes by around 50 yards.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Sept 30, 2020 23:05:22 GMT
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Post by HappyFan on Oct 1, 2020 17:14:02 GMT
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