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Post by philknj on Feb 4, 2023 13:57:53 GMT
From another extremely reliable source... NO 36 HOLE PLAYOFF. TOP 30 + TIES will make the cut.
The ANWA site confirms that it will be a cut of top-30 plus ties. With a new two-hour broadcast window for Round Two, they had to abolish the playoff to stay within it. The first playoff in 2019 was ludicrous ... 11 players fighting to get 10 spots ... Alessia Nobilio walking away in tears afterward.  I looked her up on IG ... hasn't posted there since Aug. 2021 ... was #103 on WAGR at the end of 2022, so she probably won't make the field this year ... a redshirt UCLA soph who graduates in 2025.
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Post by HappyFan on Feb 4, 2023 20:42:04 GMT
The way they overmarket the sending-out-of-invites, I half expect Willy Wonka to greet them at the gates...
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Post by klpgaenglish on Mar 26, 2023 14:21:27 GMT
Monday Arrival Day
Tuesday Practice Round at Champions Retreat.
Wednesday Round 1
Thursday Round 2 (top 30 and ties move on)
Friday all 72 players play Augusta National.
Saturday Round 3
I think it was Jennie from Texas A&M said in an interview that Champions Retreat is harder than Augusta National. I don't know who told her that. I guess she was brainwashed too, cause she said ANWA was on her bucket list.
These young ladies, parents, coaches, and friends are ecstatic beyond belief to be at ANWA whether some golf fans like it or not.
With strength of field being used to award WAGR points, this event has a higher WAGR rating than the US Women's Am.
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Post by philknj on Mar 27, 2023 10:32:30 GMT
Baba-chan will have Daisuke Shindo on her bag, who looped for Hideki at several PGA Tour events, including the 2018 Masters.
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Post by jlpgafan on Mar 27, 2023 14:46:24 GMT
hideki matsuyama won the masters in 2021 and had a different caddy at that time..
that caddy became somewhat a celebrity when he bowed to the course after the win...
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Post by klpgaenglish on Mar 28, 2023 0:04:00 GMT
Tee times are posted for rounds 1 and 2. First groups will tee off at 9pm KST Last group to tee off will be about 11:10pm. Check tee times for your favorite ladies and especially the Korean contingent. www.anwagolf.com/en_US/players/pairings/index.html |
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Post by fanofseri on Mar 28, 2023 2:25:49 GMT
If Lefty doesn't win the base will riot.
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Post by philknj on Mar 29, 2023 2:50:10 GMT
NEWS FLASH - Per Google mush above, 2021 champ Tsubasa Kajitani says she will start her first year at the U. of Oregon in the fall. I wonder if coach Derek Radley is aware of this ... I couldn't find her name in the women's golf section of the Ducks' website. She largely dropped out of sight last year ... said "I had a lot of trouble with my family" and has been attending a language school in Irvine, CA since last October as prep for attending a U.S. college.
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Practice pics:
Erica Shepherd ... her 4th ANWA
The Zhangster
Count de Monet Chun
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Post by klpgaenglish on Mar 29, 2023 12:32:39 GMT
Play is underway.
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Post by philknj on Mar 30, 2023 2:28:35 GMT
I hope Kajitani (+12, 84, DFL) signed her deal with Oregon and is not just verbally committing. 
R. Zhang -6
Lignell -5
Bae -3
Malate -2
Castle -2
Wang -2
Lu -1
Lim -1
Marin -1
Chacon -1
Migliaccio -1
MacNab -1
Amari the Tigress was only a kitty cat today (+3, 75) ... she used to have PXG woods, can't remember if she also had PXG irons ... now it's all TM.
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Post by philknj on Mar 30, 2023 21:39:17 GMT
I'm giving in to the haters for at least one day: this thing is OVER and The Zhangster is the winner of the 4th Champions' Retreat Women's Amateur ... she'll perform her victory lap on Saturday. I thought a big brute like Lindblad had a real shot this week, but she blew up like a Tesla battery fire.
R. Zhang -13
Lignell -8
Bae -7
MacNab -3
Lu -3
Fernandez Garcia-Poggio -2
Lim -2
Chun -2 Clemente -1
Malate -1
B. Park -1
Ganne -1
Marin -1
Congrats to Bohyun Park for the making the first ace in the history of the Champions Retreat Women's Amateur.
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Post by jlpgafan on Mar 30, 2023 23:52:29 GMT
at this level even with the large lead there is a small chance
that zhang will be caught on saturday...
team japan had 3 of their 10 players making the cut
including saki baba.....
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Post by philknj on Mar 31, 2023 21:56:17 GMT
at this level even with the large lead there is a small chance that zhang will be caught on saturday... I don't buy that ... but, now I'm only 95% sure after this factoid from Nichols:
Zhang’s final round sat Augusta National have been less than desirable the past three rounds: 75-75-74.
She arrived this week with a perfectly plausible plan to go with a club caddie on Saturday, even had The Kup Show's 2019 looper in practice today (below). However, she changed her mind and is going with daddy again in round three.  Still a high probability that Saturday's broadcast will be a complete bore.
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Post by klpgaenglish on Apr 1, 2023 10:28:05 GMT
Final round tees off in less than an hour. They will be using the 10th tee to hurry before the weather. There could be a weather delay. All are expecting the weather won't derail the whole round and they will finish before dark.
Rose Zhang shot 13-under on a tough course with her dad on the bag. She essentially had no qualified help. She will do the same in the final round. She's had 7 trips around A N to go on. This could be the biggest melt down or a coronation. I hope she wins.
She is very stoic but I can imagine some emotions if she wins this. She wants this so bad. It's her favorite event and she wants to set records. She knows golf history.
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Post by philknj on Apr 1, 2023 13:10:14 GMT
Saturday's stream started on the ANWA website ... Jenny Bae belted one of the longer drives at #1 (per Mike Tirico) ... has a big high reverse-C finish ... she should do well at 1974 Q-School. Baba-chan is the only player playing under-par in the early going. The Zhangster just lost a stroke on the first hole ... these media comparisons to Lorena Ochoa at U. of AZ are daft, when has Rose ever exhibited the same power?
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I looked her up on IG ... hasn't posted there since Aug. 2021 ... was #103 on WAGR at the end of 2022, so she probably won't make the field this year ... a redshirt UCLA soph who graduates in 2025.
Still a high probability that Saturday's broadcast will be a complete bore.