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Post by bullfinch on May 20, 2024 6:17:09 GMT
Good progress by In Gee. Dressed in red on the final day maybe to release her inner tiger. Sets herself up well for the Lancaster love in
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Post by bullfinch on May 20, 2024 6:26:50 GMT
100% right Haney! Thank god there's no decent golf courses in England near Leicester. |
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Post by haneymademedoit on May 20, 2024 6:30:40 GMT
LOL that's why I've given up on the LPGA. Hannah Green is this year's Boutier. A decent but unspectacular player who suddenly is winning and contending a lot. Give it six months and she'll be back in the coal mines. Don't know about Hannah Green, when I see her walking I like her as she reminds me of someone between my best ex gf and my wife, but I would not write off Boutier who ended up T24 this weekend. Two (non-Scandanavian) European golfers that I fear each week are Boutier and Ciganda. You know, the ones that kicked our ### at Solheim last year. I want a sister to win Evian this year; if not, then one of my favorite Americans like beautiful Lilia Vu if she's healthy by then or maybe Jen Kupcho or any of the Asian-Americans. But if not, I hope that Ciganda wins and slaps those guys at the award ceremony... elbow them Carlota and push them away! What are they going to do, retract her prize money? I think that Boutier would have wanted to do it last year but as a French citizen she could not... it would have been a national scandal... |
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Post by haneymademedoit on May 20, 2024 6:44:48 GMT
Two years ago: "The LPGA is strong because of its diversity" This year: Nelly Korda wins every tournament. For people who think this is actually exciting, what would motivate anyone to watch this? It's not Korda's fault, but seriously, if you find her as boring as I do, why would you tune in when inevitably the result is always the same? Even her biggest fans must be getting bored of this... I agree with you, HF, this is NOT actually exciting. Nelly is a great athlete, I praise her and I respect what she is accomplishing. But this is like the NY Yankees winning the World Series half the time over four decades plus from the 1920s to the 1960s, just compressed into the first half of 2024. I tune in to hope that someone beats her, even Hannah Green... why not one of the sisters, or Jen Kupcho or Ayaka Furue or Gabi Ruffles??? Bring back 2018-19, "who's going to win this week, Sei Young or Jin Young?" Bring back the Lotte, you all know what I mean...
And to be clear, I think that Nelly is great for the game. Regardless of what Dan Wolken wrote a week or two ago, when have you seen Nelly (or any of the LPGA athletes) ignore the galleries. They engage with everyone; they high-five all the young girls, they sign autographs, often even during a round. They do everything that doesn't happen on the PGA.
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Post by haneymademedoit on May 20, 2024 7:08:51 GMT
I saw Charley at a distance from behind as she hit her approach shot at #9 ... there was no "Malbon bum" in evidence ... upon further review, I'm glad I was at a distance.   JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY - MAY 17: Charley Hull of England putts on the 12th green during the second round of the Mizuho Americas Open at Liberty National Golf Club on May 17, 2024 in Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images) Gotta admit that I enjoyed seeing "Malbon" inscribed on Charley's backside the other week, if for nothing other than the shock value... The clothing that I'd really like to see eliminated, support me please Phil, is Amazing[skull][backwards]C[/backwards]RE. I know, this is the USA, lst amendment freedom of expression... which I support but Amazing[skull][backwards]C[/backwards]RE still annoys me... |
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Post by haneymademedoit on May 20, 2024 7:19:01 GMT
100% right Haney! Thank god there's no decent golf courses in England near Leicester. I can only imagine how 95+% of Americans would pronounce, "Lie-CEST-er." I cringe to write it as I'm sure you do to read it, BF. People who live on the east coast hear the original pronunciations and use them, but the rest of the country is oblivious.
And it's no offense to the British, we Americans also mispronounce French place names like "DES PLAINES" a suburb of Chicago, Illinois and many of the Spanish place names all around the country. My ancestry is European, Czech and Slovak, can you imagine how it assaults my ears to hear people in Oklahoma pronounce the name of their city Prague as "PRAYG"!?!?!
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Post by tonyj500 on May 20, 2024 7:25:42 GMT
Two years ago: "The LPGA is strong because of its diversity" This year: Nelly Korda wins every tournament. For people who think this is actually exciting, what would motivate anyone to watch this? It's not Korda's fault, but seriously, if you find her as boring as I do, why would you tune in when inevitably the result is always the same? Even her biggest fans must be getting bored of this... HP....be honest, would you be saying this if Jin Young had won 6 of 7? |
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Post by aptrojan on May 20, 2024 13:09:03 GMT
I agree on Bailey, once her exemptions dry up from her W she will likely be a non factor. Both Pano and CW will have no problem retaining their cards year to year, though I think CW is more likely to W again is what I meant to say. Well, Bailey, so-called "Bailey Two" finished T34 this week. Currently CME#17 and she's earned more in five months than I do in three years. I'd say at worst that she will end up like Lauren Coughlin or someone like that. Maybe never winning again but surviving on the tour, making a living playing a sport. Traveling and making a living playing a game to entertain people like us... Yes perhaps she will hang around a bit due to her power. LC has improved every year since her rookie year, there's always a few who play their best golf in their 30s like LC, Jodi, Buhai, Ryann that were never prolific in their 20s. Maybe even Annie will get a second career resurgence 😠|
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Post by 18majors on May 20, 2024 14:43:46 GMT
Yes perhaps she will hang around a bit due to her power. LC has improved every year since her rookie year, there's always a few who play their best golf in their 30s like LC, Jodi, Buhai, Ryann that were never prolific in their 20s. Maybe even Annie will get a second career resurgence 😠Annie's resurgence will begin when she wins ShopRite again in three weeks. |
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Post by legitimategolf on May 20, 2024 16:45:50 GMT
Seems to me that Nelly is "killing golf" in a similar way as successful foreign players have been accused of in the past. The establishment finally has a dominant player who is domestic, Caucasian, and a natural blonde, and yet interest in the LPGA seems as low as ever. Serves them right I suppose.
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Post by HappyFan on May 20, 2024 17:03:22 GMT
Two years ago: "The LPGA is strong because of its diversity" This year: Nelly Korda wins every tournament. For people who think this is actually exciting, what would motivate anyone to watch this? It's not Korda's fault, but seriously, if you find her as boring as I do, why would you tune in when inevitably the result is always the same? Even her biggest fans must be getting bored of this... HP....be honest, would you be saying this if Jin Young had won 6 of 7? This is a complex topic I have talked about before, but the brief answer is, I would have mixed emotions. And yeah, I would be talking about this. First, you have to understand that the situation is different. The Korean stars have always had glaring weaknesses in their games, usually driving distance. There were always other stars who could hit it a long way. So even when Jin Young was playing her best, if she played a bomber friendly course, it was going to be hard for her to win. There was always drama there, even if she was winning a lot. There seems to be no drama in Korda's wins, because she has every imaginable advantage. The other issue they have to overcome is being Korean. There is always a majority of American fans, press and even sadly the league itself who is rooting against them. Tall, blond American Korda will NEVER have to deal with this. The Asian countries are always far more generous when Westerners play there than we are when Asians play here. They are happy that an American star even acknowledges them that way. Inkster would be treated like a queen when she played in Korea. Probably better treatment than she got in the States in fact. But though I don't have experience with one star dominating, I do have experience with the Koreans as a whole doing that, and I can recall often talking about my mixed emotions here. Think back 5 - 7 years, when the Sisters were winning most of the Majors. At any given event, I would cheer for my faves, but I also frequently said that I don't think it's good when they win all the events and awards. I may not have been rooting for an American at a given event, but I knew it would be good to see other countries also get wins. It sometimes felt like, the more they won, they less (positive) attention they got. Jin Young could win 30 events in a row and she will never be on the cover of US Golf Digest. Even watching the KLPGA this week I felt this in action. It's no secret I'm an Ina Yoon fanboy and was excited to see her in the hunt. I've never been a particular Hyun Kyung Park fan. But when she got into the finals at the match play, and had finished runner-up last year, and knowing how popular she is, I actually found myself rooting for her. There were probably ten players I would have rather seen win, including Ina and Yewon Lee, but in the end, I felt it was good for the league for their most popular player to win a big event. |
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Post by HappyFan on May 20, 2024 17:36:24 GMT
Seems to me that Nelly is "killing golf" in a similar way as successful foreign players have been accused of in the past. The establishment finally has a dominant player who is domestic, Caucasian, and a natural blonde, and yet interest in the LPGA seems as low as ever. Serves them right I suppose. The difference, though, is that when the Koreans do well it is THEY who are killing golf; when Korda does well and no one cares, it is the PRESS who is not doing enough to promote her. |
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Post by tonyj500 on May 20, 2024 18:30:15 GMT
HP....be honest, would you be saying this if Jin Young had won 6 of 7? This is a complex topic I have talked about before, but the brief answer is, I would have mixed emotions. And yeah, I would be talking about this. First, you have to understand that the situation is different. The Korean stars have always had glaring weaknesses in their games, usually driving distance. There were always other stars who could hit it a long way. So even when Jin Young was playing her best, if she played a bomber friendly course, it was going to be hard for her to win. There was always drama there, even if she was winning a lot. There seems to be no drama in Korda's wins, because she has every imaginable advantage. The other issue they have to overcome is being Korean. There is always a majority of American fans, press and even sadly the league itself who is rooting against them. Tall, blond American Korda will NEVER have to deal with this. The Asian countries are always far more generous when Westerners play there than we are when Asians play here. They are happy that an American star even acknowledges them that way. Inkster would be treated like a queen when she played in Korea. Probably better treatment than she got in the States in fact. But though I don't have experience with one star dominating, I do have experience with the Koreans as a whole doing that, and I can recall often talking about my mixed emotions here. Think back 5 - 7 years, when the Sisters were winning most of the Majors. At any given event, I would cheer for my faves, but I also frequently said that I don't think it's good when they win all the events and awards. I may not have been rooting for an American at a given event, but I knew it would be good to see other countries also get wins. It sometimes felt like, the more they won, they less (positive) attention they got. Jin Young could win 30 events in a row and she will never be on the cover of US Golf Digest. Even watching the KLPGA this week I felt this in action. It's no secret I'm an Ina Yoon fanboy and was excited to see her in the hunt. I've never been a particular Hyun Kyung Park fan. But when she got into the finals at the match play, and had finished runner-up last year, and knowing how popular she is, I actually found myself rooting for her. There were probably ten players I would have rather seen win, including Ina and Yewon Lee, but in the end, I felt it was good for the league for their most popular player to win a big event. Although I don't agree with everything you said, thanks for a well thought out answer. |
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Post by aptrojan on May 20, 2024 20:31:44 GMT
Yes perhaps she will hang around a bit due to her power. LC has improved every year since her rookie year, there's always a few who play their best golf in their 30s like LC, Jodi, Buhai, Ryann that were never prolific in their 20s. Maybe even Annie will get a second career resurgence 😠Annie's resurgence will begin when she wins ShopRite again in three weeks. I'll take an Epson win at this point! 😂 |
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