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Post by philknj on Jun 27, 2024 16:00:47 GMT
This one runs July 15-20 at El Caballaro CC in Tarzana, CA ... let's hope The Old Goofball can get out there for a day or two ... and he won't need to sleep in his Ford Fusion to do it.
They have 37 exempt players in the field, including Borovilos, Clemente, Sarah Hammett, Jasmine Koo, RM Malixi, Nikki Oh and * Talley. I'm guessing that Yana Wilson and Mia Hammond were not interested in playing this one.
Qualifying was completed on June 24 ... one name popped out at me ... Kaila Elsayegh, a Pacific Palisades resident, so maybe she has local knowledge at ECCC ... tried to qualify at Shoprite/Acer and bombed out.
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Post by philknj on Jul 16, 2024 2:02:42 GMT
Two-day medal qualifying started today ... top-64 advance to match play. Monday's golf will be finished in about an hour, but the two leaders won't be challenged ... Kylee Choi (USA) and Aphrodite Deng (CAN) each shot 65 (6-under). Others -
RM Malixi 68 (-3)
* Talley 69 (-2)
Megan Meng 69 (-2) of Pennington, NJ Jasmine Koo 69 (-2)
G. Clemente 72 (+1)
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Post by philknj on Jul 17, 2024 11:09:51 GMT
They started an 8-for-3 playoff on Tuesday, but suspended it due to darkness (three players eliminated, now 5-for-3 for Wednesday).
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TV times -
Note: All times EDT
Friday, July 19: 5 p.m.-7 p.m. (semfinal matches), Peacock
Friday, July 19: 8 p.m.-10 p.m., Golf Channel (tape delay)
Saturday, July 20: 6 p.m.-8 p.m. (championship match), Peacock
Saturday, July 20: 10 p.m.-Midnight, Golf Channel (tape delay)
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Kinsley Ni (age 16) of China was low medalist at -11 ... the USGA article says she has lived the last three years in "the Inland Empire of Greater Los Angeles" ... never heard the term Inland Empire before, but it's in Wikipedia:
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Post by aptrojan on Jul 17, 2024 18:01:22 GMT
USC should have already offered Nikki Oh a scholarship yesterday
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Post by philknj on Jul 18, 2024 0:24:43 GMT
Hey, there was a second NJ player in the matches along with Megan Meng ... both were eliminated today. Two big guns advanced by 6 & 5 scores, Jasmine Koo and RM Malixi. Other winners were familiar names ... Clemente, Borovilos and Talley.
Only one ROK flag in today's matches, which is next to the odd name of Chanel Dangela ... she advanced in 20 holes over Emma Wong of Bellevue, WA.
Two flags for Japan made it to the matches and both won. One of them was Yuka Nishina (age 14).
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Post by philknj on Jul 19, 2024 2:03:17 GMT
They're down to the last eight players ... and almost no upsets as six survivors are "name" players in my book (Clemente, Talley, Malixi, Koo, Prashanth and Borovilos) ... if you're in that neighborhood, get down there on Friday. No Canuck has ever won this championship or even reached the finals ... I predict that will end with Vanessa Borovilos ... she's got some horsepower in her swing from what I saw at Jersey City last year.
Jasmine Koo wiped out her first three opponents 6 & 5, 6 & 5 and 8 & 7 ... and I never heard of her next victim (Anna Fang).
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Post by fanofseri on Jul 19, 2024 8:16:32 GMT
I'm missing in action this week with numerous health problems. It's a shame, El Cab is fantastic and you can park a 100 yards from the entrance.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jul 20, 2024 0:43:26 GMT
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Post by aptrojan on Jul 20, 2024 5:49:10 GMT
Malixi v Koo was a good battle. Koo was 3 down after 3 but took the lead after 9 holes. Malixi tied it at 12 and never looked back
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Post by philknj on Jul 20, 2024 10:12:50 GMT
The Expert is a perfect reverse barometer ... the Canuck went down the drain in the quarters. 
* Talley ... last time I saw an iron with a red ferrule, it was an Epon.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jul 20, 2024 15:18:06 GMT
Jasmine Koo played great to the last missed birdie putt on sixteen.
However, Rianne Malixi was on a mission to get to the Finals
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Post by philknj on Jul 21, 2024 7:27:20 GMT
RM Malixi won it by 8 & 7 over * Talley, the biggest margin of victory since they started having 36-hole finals in 2006. This win earned her an exemption into the 2025 JM Eagle LA Championship, which will be played at El Cab (Wilshire CC will be undergoing renovations).
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jul 21, 2024 14:46:45 GMT
Congratulation to Rianne Malixi for a dominating win.
Mission accomplished it was virtually over when the broadcast started.
I think they said that she had fourteen birdies through twenty-seven holes.
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Post by HappyFan on Jul 21, 2024 17:06:07 GMT
Hyo Song was too busy dominating in the UK to play here, but I hope they will invite her to the US Women's Amateur and that she will come. Could be some fireworks!
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