The Evian Championship

Phil
Yup, if Mr. Lee bumps into The Dragon Lady...you know the geriatric will be fired on the spot.

Congratulations to Lydia. This one turned into a real snoozer, but when she gets on like that, the others have to bring their A Games to have a chance to beat her, and no one was able to do that Sunday. I tend to agree that the Evian has yet to really prove itself as a Major caliber event. -16 just does not cut it IMO, especially on a par 71.

I pretty much called it for Mi Hyang Lee yesterday. Like the other first timers in a Major spotlight this year (Sei Young, Jin Young, etc), she found the going rough trying to maintain her lead and play at the same level as she had the rest of the week. I have to ask, though... is she always that slow? It seemed like it took her five minutes every time she took a shot. Hope she works on that.

I was glad that Inbee made a rally to get another top ten. Man, how much better does she have to be to win the big awards this year? She has four wins, two Majors, 13 top tens (and all but two finishes inside the top 20), and a low 69 scoring average, and yet she still is not guaranteed to win ANY of the year ending awards. I hope Inbee irons out her putting issues and comes back strong, because after the season she's had, I sure would be bummed if she isn't POY.

Amy Yang didn't get it done again, but she did creep ahead of In Gee into the fourth spot on the Olympic team. She is now 9th in the Rolex rankings, In Gee 10th and Sei Young Kim up to 11th. Getting onto that team is going to be TOUGH.

Sei Young maintains her lead in the ROY race over Hyo Joo. Minjee has distanced herself from Ha Na Jang. The standings:

Sei Young Kim 1200
Hyo Joo Kim 1108
Minjee Lee 936
Ha Na Jang 694
Alison Lee 693

One of the most idiotic things I've heard this year. A couple of days ago on the GolfChannel broadcast, they were talking about the great rookies on tour this year. They mentioned Sei Young, Minjee Lee, Alison Lee (sure, they deserve it!), Sadena Parks (wait. What?), Charley Hull and I think Yokomine. They did not include Hyo Joo or Ha Na Jang. OK, whatever, a bit weird.

Then Terry Gannon says, "let's not forget the best rookie of them all: BROOKE HENDERSON". I nearly did a spit take. I mean, how much Kool Aid do you have to drink to make a ludicrous statement like that? Sheesh.

(They also claimed that if Hull were spending all her time over here she would be leading the ROY race. Hoo boy).

Anyway....

This has been an incredible year for my favorites. Heck, just In Gee's year makes it one of my all time favorites; throw in two (non-LPGA) wins by So Yeon Ryu and the great Majors for Inbee and it's right near the top. Things have slowed down big time for my faves in the past month, but hopefully there are a few more highlights coming up before the season ends.

Sisters HWAITING!

Boy...that was an in depth summary of a Sista win...oh what....a 'fake' Sista won...now I understand.
Are you and TonyJ long lost brothers (TWINS)....he doesn't care much for the entitled Kiwi neither.

I wouldn't put too much stock in what the Golf Channel announcer say.
To me they have their favorites and it's not going to change.
They wear blinders when it comes to other players.
Namely Korean golfers.
They try to pretend that they are not there.
Everybody knows why.
It is such a shame.
They make those comments to the people who knows very little about the LPGA.

In Gee is 21, not 22, and she was only 20 when she won the Open!

Happy
That's better...thanks for posting a pic of a 'REAL' Ko.

Is that Ko's loop...if yes...I think name is Tom?...he use to be Nancy Lopez's caddy for a long time and also looped for Lorena....and I think he was on Grace's bag too for a short time.

I think I also saw Dottie's ex....Ralph?....at this year's CP CWO.

Ya...you posted the vid previously...Michael Collins is hilarious.

Huh....what about the other loops for the Koreans....Tom Watson/SYR....Kylie Pratt/previously on The Rocket's bag...now her manager and helping out the Mini Rocket, Jason Hamilton/Ko now...but previously on NYC's bag....Dave Brook/Grace Park.....etc, etc.
Chatting with the caddies is a good way to find out more about a specific player....chatting with the parents is another good method to gain some good info too.
The parents are really dedicated following their daughters around the course. Paul Creamer was really struggling walking up here in Canada....I don't know if it's old age or he is recovering from surgery.

I started to get more interested chatting with caddies when I was introduced to some in 2010 in Portland.

Colin started his fame with Annika...until she canned him mid way at a major and had her then husband, David Esch, loop for the remainder of the event.