LPGA: 2016 HSBC Women's Champions

Tony,

When did you first proclaim that ? I want proof !! 

Regardless, it is still a very ballsy call , considering..

1, The hot and cold putting of Lexi, and her occasional shaky short game.

2, You are basically putting the Queen Bee to early retirement.

3, Dumbo so far basically has been following the exact same trajectory as So Yeon Ryu 5 years ago. Look where SYR is now, no chopped liver, but certainly far from top 3.

4, Hyo Joo and Sei Young  are ballers, and will continue to improve.

5, More ballers will come from the KLPGA.

I like bold statements, putting yourself out there.

"I am worried that IGC (assuming she can someday return to the tour) will try for more distance as well. "

SuperSpeedGolf claims IGC picked up 20 yards in 9 months using their swing sticks. Saw it on twitter.


superspeedgolf.com/testimonials/

Anybody know what Ha Na Jang wears around her neck sometime? Some kinda necklace but it looks like a device or something.

Hmmmmm....more smoke and mirrors....again hopefully her handlers who are running Dumbo into the ground....got her a $200,000/yr endorsement in which they are taking a $80.000 cut.

Are the Koreans that easily lead to the well to drink the Kool-Aid?
They should read WRX more....this is where I learn from a handicapper that the great female golfers of recent decades have all been around 5'6".....it might even be able to prove that this stat is statistically significant.

Mannika, Lorena, Se Ri, Karrie, Inbee, Stacy, Lydia....and maybe the newbies will also prove this theory correct....The Hulk, HJK, Bada*s, Minjee, SYR, Brooke, etc....are all around 5'6".
Dumbo doesn't bode well....5'9".

Yes length helps....but golf is much more than that....mental toughness, closing the deal, accuracy, touch, scrambling, putting etc.

If golf was all about length....Lexi, Wiesy, Bam Bam. Yani, Korda, Joanne Klatten, Ciganda, LeBlanc, etc would be destroying their competition week in week out....and it hasn't happened.

Yani is so toasted that the Golf Channel stopped mentioning that she bought Annika's old house.

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Mi Hyang teed off with Lydia and Crusty at #10.  MHL and Ko are -1 after six holes, Even overall.  CK is -2 after six holes, -1 overall.

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PC won some kind of food tasting contest over S.S. Feng.


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Some poses from earlier in the week:







A dose of Lead Poisoning

I can't think of a dominant golfer that fell like Yani. Live is a son of a gun.

Round 3

Another entertaining day of golf, with both Mirim and the Hanagizer playing well against each other.

Ha Na shot a 68 today, but it felt like she left a few out there. Still, she has the lead and will be in the final group tomorrow. A win here would put her in great shape in the continuing Olympics battle, at least until the next event!



Mirim seemed a bit more shaky, but she's pretty handy at saving pars, and that kept her in it when her birdies stopped. Nice to see her having fun!





Meanwhile, Amy made a great run to pip Mirim into the final group tomorrow. She's the highest ranked of the gals in that group, but can she close the deal?



Na Yeon and Chella are four back with an outside shot of taking this.

Bad day for Inbee and So Yeon again. I feel like Inbee is not too far off getting back to her B level at least, but I'm beginning to wonder how long it will take Ryu to get her ducks in line.



Go Sisters!!! Hwaiting!