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2015 KEB Hana Bank Championship Oct 19, 2015 22:41:12 GMT

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Post by mr3putt on Oct 19, 2015 22:41:12 GMT

Oct 19, 2015 18:35:19 GMT mr3putt said:

Oct 19, 2015 16:45:08 GMT don said:

I noticed Solheim USA was pumping up Lexi's win on the twitter.
Is this going to be a thing whenever an American wins? Seems kinda weird (and generally uncool) to be partial on regular tour events.
Who runs Solheim? Is that the LPGA at all?

Classic Merican flag waving.....you mentioned USA Solhiem.....not Solheim....so I'm not surprised about the Merican fanfare/bias.

Talk about flag waving....I saw a video ( I can't find it....maybe others will have better luck) of Whan getting all amp'd up bringing the Solheim Cup into the LPGA offices and putting it into some trophy case.

Whan is the commissioner (not CEO) of a GLOBAL LPGA tour who represents ALL of the tour....IMO....he should be non-partisan...and this is not the only incidence of his bias towards all things Merican.

IMO...they should have waited until Juli came back from the Hana to have her bring the Solheim Cup into the LPGA offices and awarded Suzann a special US flag on her contribution to help the US win the Cup.

I believe the rights to the Solheim Cup belongs to the Solhiem family/organization where they seek out the help of the LPGA & LET/LGU to help administer the events.
I met a really nice lady who works for the LPGA office at this year's CP CWO who moved to Denver for 2 years to manage and organize the 2013 Solheim Cup....she's now back in another Sr. role for the LPGA organization.

OK.....I found it...here's the video.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FznSR_P96pw

If I was a Euro, Asian, etc LPGA pro.....I wouldn't be too happy watching the LPGA commissioner showing so much Yank bias when he should be representing all members of all countries equally.....and don't give this...... the LPGA is a US based entity blah blah blah....if not for international HQ based company sponsorships....the LPGA would be nothing more than an upgraded version of the Symetra.
I equate the above to a NFL, MLB, NBA or NHL commissioner flag waving for a specific team.

It's no wonder why The Smiling Buddha roots for the Euros...even though he lives 50 kms from the Canadian/US border.

OLE OLE!!!

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2015 KEB Hana Bank Championship Oct 19, 2015 23:19:01 GMT

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Post by SoYeonFan on Oct 19, 2015 23:19:01 GMT

Oct 19, 2015 19:58:33 GMT mr3putt said:

Oct 19, 2015 19:43:54 GMT don said:

Another crazy thing I saw was a golf ad that had a flasher in a park open his coat to show a young lady the golf clubs he had under his coat.
Anybody else see this ad? Korean TV feed.

The stupidest Korean commercial they keeping showing is the Honma commercial where the guy has some gross thing on his head and he drops his towel in a sauna room...WTF!!!!

They stopped showing that commercial.
Now it's a policeman, supposedly directing traffic, with a golf club.
Which isn't an improvement.

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2015 KEB Hana Bank Championship Oct 20, 2015 3:07:56 GMT via mobile

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Post by don on Oct 20, 2015 3:07:56 GMT

It is a little jarring to see what must be the entire LPGA office chanting USA, USA. It is a rivalry with the LET so whatever, I'll chalk it up to friendly competition.
Solheim USA seriously needs to let it go during the regular tour events though, and obviously the LPGA but that goes without saying.
BTW, looked like they could use some more diversity in the LPGA office, too.

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2015 KEB Hana Bank Championship Oct 20, 2015 4:26:13 GMT argonne69 likes this

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Post by mr3putt on Oct 20, 2015 4:26:13 GMT

Oct 20, 2015 3:07:56 GMT don said:

1) It is a little jarring to see what must be the entire LPGA office chanting USA, USA. It is a rivalry with the LET so whatever,

2) BTW, looked like they could use some more diversity in the LPGA office, too.

1) It's not a rivalry with the LET...it's with the SC Euros players...the LET comprises players from many countries including the US, China, S. Africa, etc

2) Trump must be a HR consultant for the LPGA office...no Mexicans.
I believe many workers at the LPGA office are female interns (likely passionate golfers too) from the colleges....we don't see many Asians at Daytona Beach neither....likely too beneath them to work for free.

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2015 KEB Hana Bank Championship Oct 20, 2015 7:26:55 GMT via mobile

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Post by don on Oct 20, 2015 7:26:55 GMT

"1) It's not a rivalry with the LET...it's with the SC Euros players...the LET comprises players from many countries including the US, China, S. Africa, etc"

I meant in the context of the organization opposite the LPGA that organizes the Euros for the SC. As in who's building the trophy sat the last 4 years. I guess I'm saying for Whan his big rival is the LET commish during this thing so in that context I'm giving it a pass.

Anyway. I don't know if Whan is a good commish or not. He's gotten a lot of credit for the LPGA rebounding but I think the credit should go to the Asian players and sponsors.

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2015 KEB Hana Bank Championship Oct 20, 2015 7:38:34 GMT

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Post by HappyFan on Oct 20, 2015 7:38:34 GMT

Oct 19, 2015 18:01:52 GMT mr3putt said:

Oct 19, 2015 7:45:55 GMT HappyFan said:

1) I don't quite understand your choice of targets here. 3Putt said:

"The Koreans and 'fake' Korean should be embarrassed and hand in their AZN cards...they handed Lexi the win. While all other pros were going low....the Koreans stalled...Lexi didn't even putt well for the week."

That's far more of a dig at Thompson than anything I said. Yet you completely ignored it. Why?

2) What I said was that Thompson played well, but she was certainly fortunate that Park's putts were stopping on all sides of the edge of the hole without falling,

3) As for not posting any photos of Thompson's win, I actually grabbed all the photos last night before the tournament was finished, and didn't have time to go back this morning before I posted (that's usually how I do it, actually). So I went back just now and here are a couple, m'kay?

Happy
As I continue to say...you are one of the funniest members on this site with all your backtracking when called out or excuses when a Sista doesn't close it out to win.
Assuming I don't have a conflict.....it will be fun meeting you at the 2016 KPMG and being able to stir the pot and raze you in person.
You can run....but you can't HIDE from The Smiling Buddha.

1) My comment about Lexi's poor putting was not a dig at Lexi....it was actually a dig at the Koreans, the 'fake' Korean and the other pros that couldn't chase down Lexi even when Lexi wasn't draining putts at the rate most winners do....I believe Lexi had 126 putts for the week.
I believe Tony didn't call me out because he interpreted my comment as I intended.
Actually a lot of pros were missing short putts all day long....including Ko...who leave some makeable putts short...but you failed to mention Lydia cause she's a 'fake' Korean.
I've said it before....IMO....Lydia's flat stick can go cold at times....IMO...she's focusing too much on line employing Aimpoint Express and forgetting pace of putt too.
IMO....Lydia should have walked away at the CP CWO with at least 2-3 stroke win..she didn't putt well on the weekend.

2) Actually what you said was....."With all due respect to Thompson, the reason she won is because Park was repeatedly robbed on the back nine."

Both Tony and I interpreted your comment as sour grapes and we both viewed it as no different to what Lewis said about Shanshan in the Beijing event in 2013.
If you actually respected Lexi....you would have congratulated Lexi on her win and not comment that Park was robbed on a chance to win.

3) Come on Happy stick to your guns...the only reason you're now posting pics of Lexi is that you got called out.
If any one goes back into completed tournaments threads in this site.....it's a common theme that when a 'real' Korean wins you'll post a detailed summary with lots of pics of the Sistas....but when a non Korean or 'fake' Korean wins you are generally absent at posting pics of the winner with either limited or no commentary about her win.

You'll even bring up Sista's who were irrelevant in an event when a non Korean wins.
Case in point.....the Sime Darby two weeks ago on Korda's win...your comments:

"I like Korda as a person, congrats to her on the win! But it never ceases to astonish me that she has, what, five wins now? More than So Yeon Ryu. But Ryu has something like twice to three times as many top tens. And it's not like Korda is a great closer, either. I mean, she has been absolutely terrible this season, yet somehow she has a win and Ryu doesn't. It just shows you how much futility poor ol So Yeon has dealt with over the years."

Is this not a back handed slight towards Korda?...why even bother to bring up SYR who finished T38 and 16 strokes behind Jess.
You also failed to mention a possible explanation of Korda's poor mid season drought because she's been healing an arm/wrist injury.

Like I've said.....I luv reading your hot and cold responses based on whether who wins an event...kudos....I appreciate your polar views.....you are so funny

Looks like silly season has started early this year.

OK, one more time from the top! Imagine me with a big smile on my face as I type.

No it's not a backhanded slight towards Korda. It's so unlike you to come to the wrong conclusion!

First of all, I congratulated her in the very bit you quoted. Secondly, I didn't know Korda was injured, but it's irrelevant. My point still stands: somehow she manages to get wins while contending far less often than So Yeon. Why do I bring up So Yeon? Because, as I've said many times, I founded this board to talk about the Korean golfers, and I see no problem with focusing on them, win or lose. Who cares if Ryu didn't do well that week? Not the point I was making, obviously. Of course, posters here are welcome to focus on whichever players they want, but I can't see how I'm hurting anyone by focusing on the ones who interest me.

Lexi photos? You know, I have posted the photo of every winner of this event back to 2006 here and on the old messageboard. White or Asian. Even Pettersen! This time I didn't, I explained it, but fortunately you are here to tell me what I was really up to! Geez Louise...

And yeah, your comment was a diss towards Lexi worse than the one I made. Own it! I said she wouldn't have won if a certain player who was actually playing well had gotten one little bit of luck with her very close putts. You said that any number of Koreans should have been able to easily beat her with the way she played. Which is the less complimentary comment?

(by the way, I have no problem with either of those comments; we should feel free to have opinions like that around here. But it is you who seems to think it's not OK).

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2015 KEB Hana Bank Championship Oct 20, 2015 7:43:20 GMT argonne69 likes this

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Post by HappyFan on Oct 20, 2015 7:43:20 GMT

Oct 20, 2015 3:07:56 GMT don said:

It is a little jarring to see what must be the entire LPGA office chanting USA, USA. It is a rivalry with the LET so whatever, I'll chalk it up to friendly competition.
Solheim USA seriously needs to let it go during the regular tour events though, and obviously the LPGA but that goes without saying.
BTW, looked like they could use some more diversity in the LPGA office, too.

If it were LPGA vs. LET, Recent LPGA Player of the Year Inbee Park would have been playing for the LPGA Solheim team.

I agree, this is ill advised. But not too surprising. I highly doubt too many of the Koreans, Canadians or Aussies are bursting with pride that the US won this ...

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2015 KEB Hana Bank Championship Oct 20, 2015 16:10:58 GMT

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Post by don on Oct 20, 2015 16:10:58 GMT

It's the LPGA vs the LET. It really is:) It's just the Americans vs Europeans obviously.
Team Europe Selection process: Top 4 players on LET Solheim Cup points rankings. Top 4 LET players on Rolex Women's Rankings. 4 captains picks.
Anyway my point was Whan's overly "USA" celebration scene in this context isn't as bad as it looks on it's surface. Still dumb though. You gotta let Inkster bring that trophy in.

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2015 KEB Hana Bank Championship Nov 2, 2015 22:19:51 GMT

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Post by fourwaymiss on Nov 2, 2015 22:19:51 GMT

Oct 18, 2015 20:06:49 GMT mr3putt said:

Isn't it crazy how Shanshan and Inbee can finish and contend on a weekly basis.
The LPGA should create a complimentary commercial of Inbee and Shanshan sitting down eating some Korean BBQ and dim sum with Rolex rank #1 and #6 food bibs......after they show the commercial of the LPGA pros working out.
"See Why it's Different Out Here"

Sorry for reviving this old tread, but this gem from Putt really cracks me up.

But you got the ending wrong, instead of "See why it's different out here", they should look into the camera, after finishing their own dish, and say "More"