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Post by philknj on Jul 5, 2021 3:25:08 GMT
The sportswashing begins July 8-10 at Centurion Club (6,508 yards, par 74) in England. It's an individual and team format with 108 pros and 36 amateurs ... still many details not spelled out yet. I'm curious to see how this works out, since the series is coming to the NYC area in October. The bigger names include Minjee, Laura Davies, Trish Johnson, EK Pedersen, Georgia Hall, Beth Allen, Charley, LA Pace, Flic Johnson, Anna N., AVD, Atthaya, Becky Morgan, Catriona Matthew and LEXI (TM).
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Post by philknj on Jul 6, 2021 2:59:12 GMT
Four different holes at Centurion Club, which opened in 2013. The par-3 in the third pic looks quite good and original.
Practice tee shots at various holes.
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Post by philknj on Jul 6, 2021 9:42:00 GMT
The panels below explain how the scoring works.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ-ox3kNX1- Tee times not posted yet ... I assume each team of four will go out as a group. There is no cut, so will a hypothetical rain delay pose a problem getting in three days of golf for 144 players? |
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Post by philknj on Jul 7, 2021 13:26:20 GMT
The 36 teams are set, I think ... and how it was done, per the LET website:
An important and unique element of the Aramco Team Series – London is the fact that there will be a draft to choose the teams for the tournament.
The 36 team captains for the tournament have been chosen based upon the official Rolex World Rankings as of Monday 5th July 2021. In a random order, the 36 captains will select the first player to join their team.
From the remaining field, another professional will be assigned to each team based on a random pick. While before tee off on Thursday, each team will be randomly assigned an amateur to complete the line up.
Tee times are posted and I assume they are grouped by team. All 36 foursomes start the day at #1. The first tee time is 7 AM and the last is 2:15 PM ... it'll be a challenge seeing this work with less October daylight in NYC. LEXI (TM) is grouped with Dame Laura. The tournament ends on Saturday ... I wonder if they reserved Sunday in case of rain.
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Post by jumpcut on Jul 7, 2021 15:40:34 GMT
So it's kinda like junior high dodge ball gym class, where the unpopular kids end up getting randomly assigned to a team. The 36 captains pick their favorite player, leaving everyone not in the top 72 with lifelong anxiety issues for not being picked.
I wonder what LEXITM got for an appearance fee. She hasn't been able to rake in the Japanese dough for the past two years due to Covid.
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Post by philknj on Jul 9, 2021 1:10:31 GMT
Team Minjee is T-16 at -9, seven shots behind the leaders, Team Pace.
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Post by philknj on Jul 10, 2021 0:47:06 GMT
The Team and Individual scores thru two rounds (par 73):
Pos Player Name Nat. Par R1 R2 Score
1 Team Cowan GER -29 -14 -15 263
2 Team Simmermacher ARG -27 -15 -12 265
3 Team Williams WAL -25 -14 -11 267
4 Team Young ENG -24 -12 -12 268
Team Johnson ENG -24 -12 -12 268
6 Team Nuutinen FIN -22 -12 -10 270
Team Lee AUS -22 -9 -13 270
Team De Roey BEL -22 -10 -12 270
Team Gustavsson SWE -22 -10 -12 270
Team Skarpnord NOR -22 -7 -15 270
Pos Player Name Nat. Par R1 R2 Score
1 Georgia Hall ENG -11 71 64 135
2 Atthaya Thitikul THA -10 71 65 136
3 Marianne Skarpnord NOR -8 73 65 138
4 Charley Hull ENG -7 69 70 139
5 Stephanie Kyriacou AUS -6 70 70 140
Kelsey Macdonald SCO -6 67 73 140
7 Magdalena Simmermacher ARG -5 70 71 141
Anna Nordqvist SWE -5 72 69 141
Chloe Williams WAL -5 71 70 141
Cloe Frankish ENG -5 70 71 141
She has 24 hours to prove me wrong, but LEXI (TM) is just mailing it in, shooting one stroke better than teammate Dame Laura (144 to 145). Team Thompson is T-30.
Team Lee made a major move upward in leaderboard positioning, but still trails by seven shots. Looks like Minjee made a trip to the post office, too ... at 145, she is one stroke ahead of teammate Hayley Davis (Rolex # 526).
Kim Metraux picked up her first tournament ace ... hit a 9-iron at the 128-yard 17th hole.
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Post by philknj on Jul 11, 2021 7:50:48 GMT
Pos Player Name Nat. Par R1 R2 R3 Score
1 Team Cowan GER -41 -14 -15 -12 397
2 Team Skarpnord NOR -38 -7 -15 -16 400
3 Team Nuutinen FIN -37 -12 -10 -15 401
4 Team De Roey BEL -36 -10 -12 -14 402
5 Team Wolf AUT -35 -10 -11 -14 403
6 Team G. Hall ENG -34 -8 -10 -16 404
Team Gustavsson SWE -34 -10 -12 -12 404
Team Simmermacher ARG -34 -15 -12 -7 404
9 Team Malik IND -33 -6 -13 -14 405
10 Team Johnson ENG -32 -12 -12 -8 406
Team Williams WAL -32 -14 -11 -7 406
Team Hewson ENG -32 -7 -14 -11 406
13 Team Lee AUS -31 -9 -13 -9 407
16 Team Nordqvist SWE -29 -6 -12 -11 409
Team Thitikul THA -29 -7 -11 -11 409
19 Team Morgan WAL -27 -6 -9 -12 411
Team Hull ENG -27 -7 -11 -9 411
21 Team Thompson USA -26 -7 -7 -12 412
Team Van Dam NED -26 -11 -8 -7 412
25 Team Pedersen DEN -23 -6 -11 -6 415
Team Pace RSA -23 -16 -2 -5 415
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Pos Player Name Nat. Par R1 R2 R3 Score
1 Marianne Skarpnord NOR -13 73 65 68 206 (playoff win)
2 Atthaya Thitikul THA -13 71 65 70 206
3 Charley Hull ENG -12 69 70 68 207
4 Georgia Hall ENG -11 71 64 73 208
5 Anna Nordqvist SWE -9 72 69 69 210
6 Stephanie Kyriacou AUS -8 70 70 71 211
Alice Hewson ENG -8 72 70 69 211
8 Kelsey Macdonald SCO -7 67 73 72 212
Chloe Williams WAL -7 71 70 71 212
Lydia Hall WAL -7 70 74 68 212
11 Minjee Lee AUS -6 72 73 68 213
Lexi Thompson USA -5 73 71 70 214
18 Anne Van Dam NED -4 67 75 73 215
22 Lee-Anne Pace RSA -3 68 76 72 216
42 Laura Davies ENG +2 71 74 76 221
60 Emily Kristine Pedersen DEN +5 73 76 75 224
74 Becky Morgan WAL +8 78 74 75 227
84 Catriona Matthew SCO +11 75 81 74 230
91 Beth Allen USA +13 77 75 80 232
Jeeno Jat
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The October version in NYC might be a little more interesting ... Harang Lee and Inci Mehmet will play there. The field has 11 unspecified invitees ... with the LPGA in Shanghai, I'd hope to see more U.S.-based players brought in. Also, the Symetra tour will be done by then ... how about getting the Ice Cream Princess?  How about NJ's Karen Chung? How about an amateur NJ ringer like Megha Ganne?   |
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How about NJ's Karen Chung? 
