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Post by SoYeonFan on May 17, 2024 3:46:44 GMT
So Mi Lee has used that slightly longer putter since last year.
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Post by haneymademedoit on May 17, 2024 4:32:51 GMT
Great job, So Mi! I saw a brief clip of her finishing up; since when is she using one of those long putters? Oh dear, that's never a good sign... A few brief clips was about all the broadcast showed of So Mi. I don't believe they showed any of her play until her 16th hole (the 7th) even though she had been among the leaders for much of her round and had taken the outright lead on her 14th hole. Enjoyed the video of her interview. By the end, she was sometimes beginning to respond to the questions in English without waiting for the translator. She'd already sent her caddy home figuring that she would not be playing as the 2nd alternate. Her dad, who is not a golfer, became her caddy! Then after stating in response to the question about her father becoming her caddy, "No, never a golfer! Just father!", she continued to spell his name in English in response to the question, "To Hyeun Lee." Wonder if he gave her any yardage or other advice about the wind or hole position or club selection, a la Celine Borge... Truth is stranger than fiction...
I'm not going to comment on her putter as I have close to zero specialized golf knowledge. I joined this forum because (1) the sisters get little respect in the USA golf media and in the USA in general, and (2) because (the real) Hank Haney made some asinine comments about the sisters back in 2019 right before Jeongeun Lee6 won the USWO. Also, (3) when I saw and heard Haney's comments, I was reminded that 20 or 25 years ago, the LPGA was considering instituting an English language proficiency exam for Asian (Korean) golfers.
But I will comment on So Mi's clothing. Recently someone wrote than Malbon was the 'kiss of death.' Well, I have no opinion on Malbon, but I sure wish the "hideous" (Phil's word) or "terrifying, alarming, horrific, ghastly!" (my words) Amazing[skull][backwards]C[/backwards]RE could be jettisoned... my wife does not even care about golf but she described the Amazing[skull][backwards]C[/backwards]RE logo as 'sickening...'
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Post by verdantgarden on May 17, 2024 16:36:26 GMT
Yeah, you had to wonder when TGC would decide to haul a camera over to the front nine to cover the finish of So Mi's round.
A lot of WD's. Some are for injuries such as Ruoning Yin who was shown injuring her right hand during the broadcast. But also for illness that's affected Rose and Paula. There's a bug going around there.
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Post by aptrojan on May 17, 2024 17:03:23 GMT
I was alarmed at all these WDs, esp Haeran and Ronni.
Gina Kim another tournament with no weekend golf.
Nice round for Auston Kim bogey free 68
So Mi clinging to her lead, but she sharks are circling.
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Post by haneymademedoit on May 17, 2024 18:09:32 GMT
So Mi did have enough of a good morning to hold off any challengers in the morning wave.
Don't look now, but the Thais appear to be mounting a multiperson assault on the leaderboard... Anannarukarn, Thitikul, both Jutanugarns, Patty T, Meechai, CW...
Speaking of assault... what's with Scottie Scheffler? PGA manages to shoot itself in the foot again, courtesy of one of its popular top names (see Woods, Mickelson, etc.)
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Post by HappyFan on May 17, 2024 18:27:33 GMT
Good second rounds for Jin Young and So Mi. There is still a lot of golf to play; you just want to position yourself in the first two days for a run on the weekend. I'm still waiting for Jin Young to have her breakout round and really put herself in place to get a win. Maybe tomorrow we'll see it. It feels like she's close but still rusty. I would love it if So Mi contends. Hopefully she can get into the final group tomorrow to get some valuable experience. Meanwhile, doesn't look like there are too many Sisters on course who will rise onto the leaderboard, although I wouldn't mind seeing In Gee do it. Hwaiting! ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by haneymademedoit on May 17, 2024 19:56:05 GMT
"Anna Lynn," Sei Young, In Gee, and Eun-Hee need to step things up... hopefully they will and we'll see them on the weekend... But on the really bright side... who plugged in Minji Kang!!! 3rd among the sisters at this point, trailing only So Mi and Jin Young.
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Post by haneymademedoit on May 17, 2024 20:09:46 GMT
I know that they have a camera on the front nine because they keep showing Ariya, currently minus-4 on the day and tied for 2nd. But couldn't they point it in the direction of Minji Kang... she's currently minus-6 on the day.
EDIT: Minji now minus-8 on the day, playing her final hole... has moved up to T6, two strokes off the lead. What does it take to get her on tv?!?!?
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Post by aptrojan on May 17, 2024 21:09:00 GMT
Now Jeeno is about to win a bunch in a row isn't she? π
Good to see APs college teammate Sophia Popov back in action and contending, her RR plummeted all the way to #1004 π
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Post by haneymademedoit on May 18, 2024 0:19:03 GMT
Now Jeeno is about to win a bunch in a row isn't she? π Good to see APs college teammate Sophia Popov back in action and contending, her RR plummeted all the way to #1004 π Well, it would be a change of pace from Nelly winning a bunch in a row. No one can say I didn't warn about the Thais in my earlier post! The cameras wasted no time in finding Sophia...
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Post by SoYeonFan on May 18, 2024 0:48:58 GMT
Ariya made bogey on eighteen which put So Mi Lee in the final pairing. Otherwise both would be tied and Ariya would have been put there.
The number one alternate Mao Saigo is tied for third and number two alternate, So Mi Lee tied for second. Time for them to shine on the weekend to take advantage of the move up.
A shout out to Minji Kang for tying the low round of the day
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Post by bullfinch on May 18, 2024 5:30:17 GMT
In Gee made the cut. It was touch and go for her mid round. So Mi with Thitikul should be good. Always best to avoid Nelly whose game face looks like sheβs swallowed a wasp.
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Post by haneymademedoit on May 18, 2024 5:52:17 GMT
In Gee made the cut. It was touch and go for her mid round. So Mi with Thitikul should be good. Always best to avoid Nelly whose game face looks like sheβs swallowed a wasp. Yes, three of the four sisters that I pointed out made the cut. "Anna Lynn," Sei Young, and In Gee. Only Eun-Hee sadly did not make it. So there is still a lot of hope for the weekend...
(Everyone understands that "Anna Lynn" is a version of the Google Translate of Narin An's name, right?)
And I can't stop laughing at "Nelly swallowed a wasp..." ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Even though I've had some serious though thankfully not life-threatening reactions to wasps and bees, I'm still laughing at your comment, Bullfinch!
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Post by haneymademedoit on May 18, 2024 6:12:16 GMT
Also Bullfinch, I think that I've got you on my side as a witness now, also Phil and others from NJ or southeastern PA. In two weeks the USWO will return to Lancaster, PA, where In Gee won it last decade and wouldn't it be a thrill if she repeated in the 2020s. How should the name of the city be pronounced? Nearly all Americans say "Lang-CAS-ter" as I mistakenly used to do before I spent 7 years living in the Philadelphia metro area back in the 1990s. While I lived there, I lived one block off of US Route 30 which was named "Lancaster Avenue" or "Lancaster Pike," pronounced by the locals, "LANK-uh-ster." Over 25 years after moving away, I still say "LANK-uh-ster." Tell me that I'm right, and let's all support In Gee Dumbo in two weeks!
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Post by philknj on May 18, 2024 9:30:13 GMT
I know that they have a camera on the front nine because they keep showing Ariya, currently minus-4 on the day and tied for 2nd. But couldn't they point it in the direction of Minji Kang... she's currently minus-6 on the day.
EDIT: Minji now minus-8 on the day, playing her final hole... has moved up to T6, two strokes off the lead. What does it take to get her on tv?!?!?
You'll have to settle for my report.
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