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Post by HappyFan on Jan 27, 2023 4:22:49 GMT
The Aramco event in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Ladies International, is an LET event taking place in February. The event has a purse of five million dollars and a $750,000 first prize.
The ten Sisters invited are: LPGA stars In Gee Chun, Hyo Joo Kim, Jeongeun Lee6, A Lim Kim, Eun Hee Ji, and Jenny Shin, as well as KLPGA stars Hee Jeong Lim, Yu Jin Sung, Jung Min Lee and Seung Yeon Lee. The event starts February 16th.
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Post by legitimategolf on Jan 27, 2023 4:43:04 GMT
I'm just gonna come right out and say what I've been thinking for a while. The association seems to be in some trouble.
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Post by philknj on Jan 27, 2023 9:07:44 GMT
The field shown on the LET website has 120 names and Jung Min Lee is not one of them. On the other hand, there are ten reserved spots unfilled, so maybe she'll get one. Muni is the first reserve among the world top-300 players.
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Post by HappyFan on Jan 27, 2023 13:10:03 GMT
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Post by jumpcut on Jan 27, 2023 13:28:42 GMT
If those 10 Sisters fill up the 10 Invitee reserved spots, that would open up spaces in the Top 300 WWGR category. Right now, the EMP is hanging on by a thread as the last Top 300 Rolex qualifier.
Of course, this being a Saudi event, "His Excellency" will probably fill up the invitee spaces with Nat Nat, Paige Spiranac, et al.
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Post by rlspore on Jan 27, 2023 18:33:10 GMT
Hopefully not many will take up the offer. Hate to be see the Koreans playing for Saudis.
Rich
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Post by HappyFan on Jan 27, 2023 18:37:00 GMT
Yeah, me too. Hope this doesn't become a trend. But for the four KLPGA golfers, the winner's check is more than any of them made on the KLPGA in all of the past season. It's unfortunately difficult to turn down that kind of filthy lucre.
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Post by philknj on Jan 27, 2023 22:52:53 GMT
Someone must have been added to the field because The EMP has dropped down to 1st alternate.
BTW, there is no difference between KSA money and China money. Jtibs has no need to apologize for playing this one. I wouldn't be mad if MHL played this one ... but they probably don't want her.ðŸ˜
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jan 28, 2023 17:55:06 GMT
I hope Hee Jeong Lim plays because she needs the experience playing away from the KLPGA.
She hasn't done too good when she played the LPGA Majors.
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Post by philknj on Jan 29, 2023 17:30:55 GMT
I think it's time to rename this thread to the tournament name, whose field just received a big reshuffling.
Big Ryu jumped into this one, along with Iron Cho, So Mi Lee and Jung Min Hong ... don't know who else joined, but they dropped The EMP to 5th alternate.
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Post by philknj on Jan 30, 2023 11:19:27 GMT
The intern is literally at work as I type this. Human Hwang was put in as the first sponsor invite, which was a mistake because her name was later shifted into the world-ranked category, currently the 16th alternate there. More Koreans jumped into the pile, including Min Song Ha, Jeong Mee Hwang and Unlucky Five, who was at #120 for a nanosecond before dropping to 1st alternate. Also, Seung Yeon Lee can unpack her bags as she dropped to 3rd alternate. The Excluded Malaysian Princess is down to 9th alternate. The ten sponsor invite spots remain open.
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Post by jumpcut on Jan 30, 2023 14:07:28 GMT
I hope KT got a refundable ticket.
His Excellency's Harem Invitee spots are still vacant. Muni may still have a shot.
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Post by philknj on Jan 31, 2023 12:12:21 GMT
I don't know the exact time cut-off ... another KLPGAer took the plunge, Jiwon Hong, but for how long? Her ranking is #120!
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Post by philknj on Jan 31, 2023 18:43:23 GMT
That didn't take long ... yesterday's Hong is today's toast. GA Eun Song and Jinhee Im joined up and I think NASA is another new name.
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Post by 18majors on Jan 31, 2023 18:43:37 GMT
I don't know the exact time cut-off ... another KLPGAer took the plunge, Jiwon Hong, but for how long? Her ranking is #120!
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