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Post by HappyFan on Sept 20, 2022 3:30:10 GMT
This is exactly what I was expecting/dreading they would do to her, drag her through press conferences while she has to hang her head in shame. At least it looks like the actual "trial" will be behind closed doors. I'm so happy that a few fans showed up to support her. I hope she can still play this year, but that seems really unlikely.  |
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Post by HappyFan on Sept 20, 2022 3:34:38 GMT
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Post by SoYeonFan on Sept 20, 2022 4:57:59 GMT
Ina did not have to answer questions from the Press.
As soon as she finished her statement her Managers took her away and said they will answer question from the Press.
I wish that they will hurry and make a decision I am trying to wait for it.
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Post by HappyFan on Sept 20, 2022 5:58:24 GMT
There is a live feed. Unbelievable.
I've watched Ina waiting for three minutes to get onto an elevator:
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Post by rlspore on Sept 20, 2022 7:04:02 GMT
Wow - suspended for 3 years!!! so sad, and crazy. Much, much too severe. v.daum.net/v/BS2SbBsbFaGo to Q School in US, Ina |
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Post by klpgaenglish on Sept 20, 2022 8:23:26 GMT
Off to Q School she goes.
Stupid KLPGA lost a rising star. How dumb!
She'll be on the LPGA tour soon.
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Post by rlspore on Sept 20, 2022 9:45:39 GMT
Too late for her to apply for Q series this year. She could have been exempt into Stage 2, but entries are already closed. To get into Q Series (sort of Stage 3), she needed to be in the Rolex top 75 as of 8 August.
QQualifying for LET might still be possible this year - European pre-qualifying tournament in Spain entry deadline is 14 November; Asia pre-qualifier entries closed on 16 Sept. She might actually have a better chance on LET to play more golf.
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Post by philknj on Sept 20, 2022 10:06:53 GMT
Too late for her to apply for Q series this year. She could have been exempt into Stage 2, but entries are already closed. To get into Q Series (sort of Stage 3), she needed to be in the Rolex top 75 as of 8 August. QQualifying for LET might still be possible this year - European pre-qualifying tournament in Spain entry deadline is 14 November; Asia pre-qualifier entries closed on 16 Sept. She might actually have a better chance on LET to play more golf.
NO NO NO!!!! I'm looking at the Q-Series fast facts form now and it says the entry deadline is Oct. 11 at 5 PM EST. Furthermore, she was in the top-75 as of August 8, so she is eligible.
Of course, the trolls will say that she is escaping justice by playing LPGA (or the Epson tour if she stinks it up). How else is she supposed to earn a living commensurate with her talent for three years? She shouldn't be playing the scrub tours. I see no reason why the LPGA tour should honor this draconian sentence, unless Mollie is an idiot.
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Post by rlspore on Sept 20, 2022 10:08:18 GMT
Was she really in top 75 back then? didn't realise (and yes, I was discounting the deadline because I assumed she wasn't that high in the Rolex rankings back then)
Edit - you are correct, of course. She was #71 on the 8 Aug rankings.
Followed by Yewon at 72, HK at 73, Kotone Hori at 74, by the way.
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Post by HappyFan on Sept 20, 2022 12:16:50 GMT
It's interesting to see the difference in how the LPGA and KLPGA approached controversies.
Lexi Thompson cheated on national TV during a Major. She was penalized during the event and ended up losing (barely), but even then she got a break, because the actual punishment should have been disqualification and that didn't happen. She has never admitted wrongdoing, never had to prostrate herself in front of the tour on TV. And not only did the LPGA not suspend her, they CHANGED THE RULES to make it harder for her to be nailed next time.
Now, obviously that's insanely lenient, but even in her case, where I suspect this was a pattern and not a one-time event, and Thompson had been pro far longer than Yoon.... even in that case I would think anything more than a six-month suspension would be overkill. The KLPGA have lost their minds.
I believe having a union/players association is probably one of the reasons the LPGA couldn't be as harsh as the KLPGA. It's time for the Korean ladies to organize before any more promising careers are sacrificed for no good reason.
Heck, even the KGA wasn't this harsh; even though this happened at their own event, they only suspended her for three tournaments. The KLPGA punishment is like giving a death sentence for a traffic infraction where no one was injured and almost no one saw it.
Because make no mistake: if she takes three years off and hangs out at home and waits out her sentence, her career is OVER. She ain't coming back from that. And the KLPGA damn well knows that.
HappyFan is now in the process of his own thinking about the punishment I will dish out to the KLPGA. I reserve the right to take as long as they did.
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Post by HappyFan on Sept 20, 2022 12:17:58 GMT
Was she really in top 75 back then? didn't realise (and yes, I was discounting the deadline because I assumed she wasn't that high in the Rolex rankings back then) Edit - you are correct, of course. She was #71 on the 8 Aug rankings. Followed by Yewon at 72, HK at 73, Kotone Hori at 74, by the way. Yup, just check out my continuing thread on the Rolex Rankings, which confirms that Ina was 71 in the world at the time of the deadline. |
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Post by HappyFan on Sept 20, 2022 12:28:26 GMT
A more egregious example: Jan Stephenson said blatantly racist things about Asians on tour in a national magazine. She was never suspended; there was never any disciplinary board. I doubt Votaw even gave her a stern talking-to. Now she's in the Hall of Fame and brags about how people tell her all the time that she was right.
That toad sailed through life while 19-year-old Ina Yoon is kneecapped by a bunch of old men.
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Post by jumpcut on Sept 20, 2022 12:47:33 GMT
I believe having a union/players association is probably one of the reasons the LPGA couldn't be as harsh as the KLPGA. It's time for the Korean ladies to organize before any more promising careers are sacrificed for no good reason. No need to wait for the KLPGA players to formally start a union. All KLPGA players in the top 75 should immediately announce they are signing up for LPGA Q-School. After all, they could be the next victims of the KLPGA's draconian career-ending policies. |
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Post by rlspore on Sept 20, 2022 14:20:28 GMT
Let's hope Ina's management company, her parents, or whoever it is that advises her is savvy enough to have already been looking into options for her to play on other tours.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Sept 20, 2022 15:19:55 GMT
I have to say that I didn't see that punishment coming but should have.
Korea treats violations pretty harsh compared to the U.S.
Not only in golf but in business politics and everything else.
I am not saying that I agree with it but that's how it is no matter your statue.
Still again with her inexperience I thought that should have been taken into consideration.
She made a mistake but the punishment is a little overboard.
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