2022 Dana Open Presented by Marathon

That 1,500,000 that Jin Young Ko won at the CME season ending Tournament.
Don't look that great compared to the 18,000,000 Mcllroy won at the PGA Tour Championship.

Edit: One PGA Golfer had the audacity complaining about the LIV Golfers.
That he don't play for the money he plays because he loves to play and have fun.
Sure give me a break, if so stay as an Amateur and get a regular job hypocrite.
I didn't see Mcllroy say it was too much money and donate any to Charity.

My field rating for this tournament is a pretty solid (especially for this tournament) 63%, Way way up from 47.5% last year.
My breakdown is 72% LPGA Priority List (there will be a reshuffle after this tournament) and 54% Rolex Rankings.
Although the top 2 players in the world are skipping the event, players 3 through 12 are all here.
Players skipping the event include:
Jin Young Ko
Nelly Korda
Jessica Korda
Celine Boutier
Ally Ewing
Anna Nordqvist
Matilda Castren
Georgia Hall
Austin Ernst
Ryann O'Toole
Jenny Shin
Eun-Hee Ji
Mirim Lee
Brittany Lincicome
Hee Young Park
Maja Stark

Other Stuff:
With Paula Reto winning this past week,there have been four consecutive first time winners on the LPGA Tour. There have been eight first time winners this year.
In what has to be considered a very rare occurance, the last 5 winners have not come from either the USA or The Republic of Korea.

In the very important Race to the CME Globe (finishing in the top 100 is vital to play next year):
Paula Reto wrapped up a spot by moving from 73 to 27.
Emma Talley helped herself out by moving 86 to 72.

The Rookie of the Year race has tightened up a bit. Atthaya Thitikul still leads with 1075 points, but Hye-Jin Choi has moved closer with 1015.

After leading the tour in consecutive cuts made, Jin Young Ko has missed her last two.

Lydia Ko registered her tour leading tenth top ten, Hye-Jin Choi got her ninth, tying her with Atthaya Thitikul.

Rolex Rankings:
Nelly Korda moves from 3 to 2.
Hye-Jin Choi 24 to 18.
Linn Grant 55 to 45.
Paula Reto bolts into the top 100 moving 142 to 56.
Sara Schmelzel 96 to 83.
There were a few big moves outside the top 100:
Ji Wong Hong 271 to 145
Lucy Li 204 to 161
Emma Talley 197 to 163

I met and briefly talked with Farr when he showed up at Se Ri's 2007 HOF Induction dinner. He was pretty much like you'd expect him to be, although he wasn't wearing a dress. He seemed to get a real kick out of the fact that his event was constantly being won by Korean golfers like Se Ri, considering that he had earned his lasting fame on a TV show set in Korea.

Round 1

In Gee Chun was set up for a prime TV tee time with Danielle and Lydia but ended up dropping out due to (I hear) a shoulder issue. Bummer! This seems like a course she should do well on.

Great start for the rookie Hye Jin Choi. Have they even once mentioned that she's a three-time KLPGA Player of the Year? Yeah, her wins are impressive, but that's even more so: even Jin Young, Sung Hyun and In Gee never managed that feat. Anyways, great start that sets up her up for another run at that first win.

Hyo Joo and So Yeon with good starts; So Yeon seems to be coming around lately at last, and she has won here before, so maybe an omen? A Lim has also been peaking lately, and shot a 4 under to sit two back. Lee6/Sei Young/Sung Hyun are a bit farther back, but not out of it by any means.

Hwaiting!

First place for Lucy?!?! Eat it team pano.

Lucy is getting it done vs pros when she needs to. That’s a huge step.