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Post by HappyFan on Nov 13, 2021 15:27:06 GMT
That was indeed the cut; the final round leaderboard shows only 30 players. Not sure how they decided which of the ladies tied at +1 to eliminate... A playoff, maybe?
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Post by SoYeonFan on Nov 13, 2021 15:30:14 GMT
Hee Jeong Lim missed her first cut.
She did manage more than one birdie, three, but had two bogeys.
I hope she comes to the last ANA Inspiration.
Hae Ran Ryu made a lot of birdies after I stopped watching.
Because she was missing short putts earlier and dropped to minus two.
I hope So Mi Lee doesn't take short putting lesson from Minjee Lee.
Because they both miss a lot of short putts, but sometimes get on a streak and make them all.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Nov 13, 2021 15:34:43 GMT
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Post by HappyFan on Nov 13, 2021 18:34:30 GMT
A lot of big names missed the cut, including last week's winner Ji Young Park, defending champ Hye Jin Choi, Ji Yeong Kim, Min Ji Park, Hee Jeong Lim, Sky Kim and Sun Ju Ahn. I think it's a bit silly to make the final event of the year so exclusive; they should showcase their stars in the final round of the year, not send them to the showers early. This was Sky's final career round. Even though she's been below the radar for me since joining the JLPGA, I'm going to miss her. She's one of my all time faves: great personality, massively cute, cutting edge fashionista, one of the best smiles in the game, and a fairly strong golfer to boot. The golf networks in Korea (or Japan!) would be fools not to give her work. I think she'd be even better hosting a golf program than being a commentator.  Min Ji has clinched Player of the Year and set the bar for the all-time most money earned in a single year. This is also the end of Hye Jin Choi's perfect 3 for 3 POY streak, and the first year where she didn't get even one win. Hae Ran is in a great position, with only one player within four shots of her lead. Hoping to see Ayean end the year with a top five as motivation for next year. Hwaiting! |
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Post by HappyFan on Nov 14, 2021 8:34:44 GMT
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Post by SoYeonFan on Nov 14, 2021 16:11:14 GMT
I didn't get to watch the Final Round.
Any way Congratulation to Hae Ran Ryu for the Final Tournament win.
Congratulation to Ga Eun Song for Rookie of The Year.
She made a lot of birdies thirteen but twelve bogeys.
She get a pass for the bogeys, it was cold and the course was tough.
A shout out to Min Ji Park for the Player of The Year and Money Title.
Also Hana Jang for Scoring Average.
Hee Jeong Lim also had a great year.
Second in Player Of The Year, plus Official Money and third in Scoring Average.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Nov 14, 2021 16:12:43 GMT
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Post by HappyFan on Nov 14, 2021 17:49:23 GMT
It looks like the ladies who missed the 'cut' still made some money, they just weren't playing on the final day. Personally, I think the cut is an archaic concept, and it's ridiculous to have players travel all over the place, play pro-ams, and potentially not make any moolah. There should be an automatic stipend, even if not official money, for showing up and not just dropping out when it becomes obvious you aren't going to make the cut. Anyways, Ji Hyun Oh's 'comeback' ended up being a mixed bag. On the one hand, in 2021 she did get her first win in three years. On the other hand, she finished 16th on the money list, just one spot better than last year, mainly due to missing a ton of cuts early in the year.  |
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Post by philknj on Nov 14, 2021 18:41:46 GMT
It looks like the ladies who missed the 'cut' still made some money, they just weren't playing on the final day. Personally, I think the cut is an archaic concept, and it's ridiculous to have players travel all over the place, play pro-ams, and potentially not make any moolah. There should be an automatic stipend, even if not official money, for showing up and not just dropping out when it becomes obvious you aren't going to make the cut.
Yeah, hand out participation pins, too.   But, your point about pro-ams is well-taken ... all those "retirees" and minor leaguers Shoprite brings in from all over the place must be getting some kind of stipend for doing a work shift(s) ... you'd think the regular LPGAers at Shoprite would get the same treatment ... we need tonyj and his impeccable sources to address these assumptions.
"Participation money" is not free ... you'd have to take it out of the regular purse. The regular LPGA moneymakers don't strike me as greedy types to object ... unlike the upper echelon PGA Tour guys who think the bottom feeders are already getting too much money.
Now for the opposite argument: Turning pro "broke and desperate" (JTibs' words in an old newspaper article) forces you to focus on the task at hand. I also remember the words of Ivan Lendl in an old '60 Minutes' interview: "If you're 200th in the world, do something else!" That reminds me ... I saw Lendl at 2009 US Girls Junior ... he was advertising his own sports academy on his tee shirt and had two daughters playing the tournament. His girls seemed to have vanished from the big-time golf landscape ... maybe Daddy later told them to do something else.  |
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Post by HappyFan on Nov 14, 2021 19:06:16 GMT
The PGA bottom feeders ARE getting too much money.
But the counter-counter argument is, on a tour like the LPGA, where the money is so much less, do you really want only 40 players who can afford to travel to events? The stipend wouldn't need to be a lot, just enough to pay for minimal expenses. I mean, every bench jockey on the NBA, for instance, is paid handsomely to sit and watch and not contribute. Even the lowliest employee at every company is paid to come to work. And the ladies are providing a service by playing just as much (more so I would argue) that those guys.
By the way, they already do something like that when they have the no-cut Asian events.
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But, your point about pro-ams is well-taken ... all those "retirees" and minor leaguers Shoprite brings in from all over the place must be getting some kind of stipend for doing a work shift(s) ... you'd think the regular LPGAers at Shoprite would get the same treatment ... we need tonyj and his impeccable sources to address these assumptions.