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Post by philknj on May 12, 2021 23:07:17 GMT
Preview -
Gold Canyon, AZ - May 13
This is a pseudo LPGA tournament with Dana F., Linn Grant, Mina Harigae, WL Hsu, C. Inglis, Kyung Kim, Capt. Kirk, Bronte Law, Jaclyn Lee, JEL 5, Xiyu Lin, Bam Bam, Steph Meadow, G. Molinaro, Su Oh, Annie Park, Porna P., S. Schmelzel, Alena Sharp, Jenny from The ROK and Jing Yan. Five spots and two alternates will be filled.
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Post by philknj on May 14, 2021 0:23:15 GMT
I forgot to include Gerina Piller Mendoza in my preview ... have no idea why she applied to the qualifier under her old name ... trouble in paradise?
AZ Golf is not too quick in updating the scoreboard, but its IG has a useful posting for the 1st round leaders (pic is Mina Harigae) -
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Post by philknj on May 14, 2021 15:19:40 GMT
May 13 - Gold Canyon, AZ
Pos. Player Total To Par Gross R1 R2 Total Gross Details 1 Schmelzel, Sarah -12 65 67 132 Qualified / Medalist T2 Harigae, Mina -10 66 68 134 Qualified T2 Meadow, Stephanie -10 68 66 134 Qualified T4 Linnér, Amanda -8 67 69 136 Qualified / Low Amateur T4 Phatlum, Pornanong -8 67 69 136 Qualified T4 Molinaro, Giulia -8 70 66 136 Qualified
T7 Hsu, Wei-Ling -7 68 69 137 First Alternate T7 Mendoza, Gerina -7 68 69 137 Second Alternate
T7 Park, Annie -7 69 68 137 T7 Melton, Alex -7 68 69 137
A change of plans as they had six spots open instead of five. Only one alternate is listed ... my guess is that Park, Mendoza and Melton correctly judged that a second alternate position is worthless and went home early.
JTibs, Kyung Kim, and Bam Bam were DNS and Xiyu Lin dropped out after opening with a 71, which seems a little premature ... except that 19 players shot 70 or better in the morning.
UPDATE & CORRECTION - It seems they continued the playoff this AM ... Mendoza got the Second Alternate, which is still worthless.
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Post by SoYeonFan on May 14, 2021 16:21:14 GMT
I thought of trying to get out there, but it was over one hundred degrees. Maybe that's why some golfers dropped out.
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Post by philknj on May 14, 2021 16:57:55 GMT
I thought of trying to get out there, but it was over one hundred degrees.
A large canopy umbrella and a bottle of water would have useful ... after all, it's DRY heat.
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I looked up the Superstition Golf & CC website and it indicates having FOUR golf courses ... two of them are full-size, Prospector and Lost Gold. Which one did they play? The USGA documents don't say, except the course was 6,489 yards ... and not terribly difficult based upon the scores. The website lists these players as members there - Carlota Ciganda Mina Harigae Dana Finkelstein Jaclyn Lee Charlotte Thomas Caroline Inglis Jennifer Kupcho Brianna Do
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Post by philknj on May 14, 2021 17:02:53 GMT
It took some digging, but I learned that four spots will be filled from this week's South Africa tourney on the LET ... thru Round Two -
Pos Player Name Nat. Par R1 R2 Score 1 Nicole Garcia (RSA) RSA Par 71 73 144 2 Lee-Anne Pace (RSA) RSA +1 70 75 145 Leonie Harm (GER) GER +1 73 72 145 4 Kylie Henry (SCO) SCO +2 74 72 146 5 Tandi McCallum (RSA) RSA +3 71 76 147 Elia Folch (ESP) ESP +3 73 74 147 Lydia Hall (WAL) WAL +3 70 77 147 Pia Babnik (SLO) SLO +3 73 74 147 9 Sanna Nuutinen (FIN) FIN +4 75 73 148 Karolin Lampert (GER) GER +4 73 75 148 Silvia Banon (ESP) ESP +4 77 71 148 Agathe Sauzon (FRA) FRA +4 73 75 148
Chip-in fever:
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Post by SoYeonFan on May 14, 2021 18:02:19 GMT
I thought of trying to get out there, but it was over one hundred degrees.
A large canopy umbrella and a bottle of water would have useful ... after all, it's DRY heat.
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I looked up the Superstition Golf & CC website and it indicates having FOUR golf courses ... two of them are full-size, Prospector and Lost Gold. Which one did they play? The USGA documents don't say, except the course was 6,489 yards ... and not terribly difficult based upon the scores. The website lists these players as members there -
The Prospector Course was the one that the LPGA played before they moved to Wildfire Course. I played the Prospector Course from one Tee up, which I hardly ever did back then. Because it was I believe 74 hundred yards from the back Tees. Anyway it's about thirty five miles away and the traffic is horrible.
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Post by philknj on May 15, 2021 21:33:14 GMT
Round Three in South Africa was suspended by rain.
Pos Player Name Nat. Par R1 R2 R3 Thru 1 Pia Babnik (SLO) SLO +2 73 74 (-1) 9 Lee-Anne Pace (RSA) RSA +2 70 75 (+1) 8 3 Agathe Sauzon (FRA) FRA +3 73 75 (-1) 8 Nicole Garcia (RSA) RSA +3 71 73 (+3) 8 5 Leonie Harm (GER) GER +4 73 72 (+3) 8 6 Celine Herbin (FRA) FRA +5 76 75 (-2) 9 Maria Hernandez (ESP) ESP +5 74 75 (Par) 10 Karolin Lampert (GER) GER +5 73 75 (+1) 8 9 Sanna Nuutinen (FIN) FIN +6 75 73 (+2) 9 Lydia Hall (WAL) WAL +6 70 77 (+3) 9 Tandi McCallum (RSA) RSA +6 71 76 (+3) 9
Caro Hedwall is +8 (T-15)
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Post by fanofseri on May 16, 2021 4:24:39 GMT
Out of respect for me, I imagine Whan will pair Terminator, Hae Ran & J Song in R1 & R2.
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Post by philknj on May 17, 2021 0:03:41 GMT
May 16 - Investec South African Women's Open
Pos Player Name Nat. Par R1 R2 R3 R4 Score 1 Lee-Anne Pace (RSA) RSA +2 70 75 73 72 290 2 Leonie Harm (GER) GER +3 73 72 74 72 291 3 Karolin Lampert (GER) GER +5 73 75 74 71 293 Nicole Garcia (RSA) RSA +5 71 73 75 74 293
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Post by philknj on May 18, 2021 3:25:10 GMT
Based upon today's Rolex Rankings, these additional players can get into the USWO ... IF they want to.
KLPGA
Na Rin An
JLPGA
Yuna Nishimura Miyu Yamashita
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Post by fanofseri on May 18, 2021 3:37:31 GMT
Shin is in.
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Post by jumpcut on May 18, 2021 12:11:50 GMT
Based upon today's Rolex Rankings, these additional players can get into the USWO ... IF they want to.
KLPGA
Na Rin An Na Rin made the cut and finished T63 at last year's USWO. This year, it's not out of the question to see her stun the GIC and capture this year's crown. Plus, she has relevant experience hoisting trophys nearly as big as she is.
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Post by philknj on May 19, 2021 13:59:25 GMT
I count 153 players in the field posted by the USGA, which leaves three openings. The first alternates waiting by their phones include Muni He, Ayako Uehara, Harang Lee, Lindy Duncan, AVD, Rachel Rohanna, Dani Holmqvist and Wei Ling Hsu.
The excellent adventure of Rutgers soph Leigha Devine continues ... first, her 70 in the PM round at the Spring Lake qualifier, followed by getting a 1st alternate in the playoff, followed by getting selected for the USWO! I saw her swing last week ... hmm, I think she'll be out of her depth at Olympic, but so what. BTW, I looked up the Rutgers sports site to see if they have info on this ... answer: nada, zip, zilch.
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Post by fanofseri on May 20, 2021 5:10:37 GMT
$35 for a ticket with parking at the course. There has never been a better deal at a big tournament in a real city.
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