KLPGA: 2015 Seoul Financial Ladies Classic

Are these gals skiing or golfing?

Soo Jing Yang sure is a nutball with her apparel....but it's OK because she stands out.

1) P*SS-OFF........after 3 months of no rain, water restrictions and baked out golf conditions....now it's back to the usual winter muck here......lift, clean and cheat conditions. I haven't whacked the ball in over a week...maybe mid week when the weather improves.

2) Although I haven't skied for 10 years...I live 15 minutes bottom to top by 3 local ski hills and 75 minutes to Whistler where my best friend lives....no need to shell out $200+ for a hotel room.
Van City is great for being outdoors.
You're whacked if you miss the cold weather....I hate winter and less daylight.

Congrats to the winner.....8 birdies no bogies!!!!
The Koreans are gonna have to get more creative...the fake flower petals shower at the end is not cutting it.

I was surfing all night long.....KLPGA, LPGA and the CIMB on GC.....eating Doritos and licorice....sadly only 1 cute youngster showed up for Halloween.....ugh.....and we have our house decked out in spooky stuff.

Gee whiz, HF, you must have been watching the leaderboard only...your 3rd round report was drier than the CNBC stock ticker crawl at the bottom of a TV screen...now I'm going to report what happened! (the next SBS Golf replay will be Nov. 2 at 9AM Local time...Korea did not turn back their clocks one hour)

There's still a breath of life left in the KLPGA honeys of 2010...first, Shin Ae Ahn's win at the ISU, and now Hye Youn KIm, who bunted her way past the muscle monsters that currently dominate the KLPGA these days.

I couldn't stay up past HYK's ninth hole, but I got up in time for the replay to watch her finish on the back nine.  I was cautiously optimistic that this was her day when she chipped in for birdie at #4.  Then she covered over her mouth with the back of hand, which was weird.  Now I see that she has braces...I don't recall any obvious need for them, although one of her front teeth looked longer from top to bottom...maybe that's what's being addressed.  There's no need to cover her mouth, she is adorable with or without them.

On #7, the flag was on the far right of this par 5.  HYK made an aggressive third shot to the right of the flag, which received a favorable roll back towards the pin...made the putt for birdie.  The 8th is a downhill par-3 of 164 yards...HYK dropped it in close for a kick-in birdie.  She had to go for everything because Cho (playing one or two groups behind) wasn't making any mistakes.

The crowning moment was at the par-5 18th (548 yards).  HYK still does her step drive and hit a nice one.  But, she reacted negatively on her second shot with a wood or hybrid...nevertheless, her ball remained on the short grass.  I don't know what her yardage was on her third, but she needed a hybrid, put a good swing on it and stared it down.  The ball hit the green like a feather, rolled a little and bumped off the flag stick.  She made about a three-footer for birdie.

Then came the wait for Cho.  All was well until #17, a downhill par-3 of 190 yards.  She pushed it into the right rough, then hit a dreadful chip that barely reached the green...could not make the long par putt.  At #18, she need an eagle three from the fairway to force a playoff, but was not even close.

BTW, the broadcast had a new golf gear commercial...someone called Asagao Golf, a Korean brand I never heard of before...the website shows pix of their Premium Forged 24K irons...the hosel is stamped MADE IN JAPAN.  If you have to ask how much, you can't afford them.

w/ BC Card teammate Jae Eun Chung
 

Can't watch 'em all! I was trying to catch up with the tivoed LPGA coverage, so I didn't watch this. In those cases I'll still provide what info I can find, but by all means, if someone has more details, bring 'em on!

As for In Gee's ingeery, as far as I can tell she just tweaked her shoulder. I'm cautiously optimistic she'll be able to play out the season without problem. I'll let you all know what I hear!