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Lotte
Apr 17, 2016 4:36:05 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 4:36:05 GMT
At least the winner is less fake Korean this week. Huh...at least Ko was born in Korea....Minjee was born in Perth....have you been drinking some of Happyfan's Kool-Aid? I didnt think Minjee even spoke English. I did predict sometime ago she would be the greatest Asian player.
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Lotte
Apr 17, 2016 4:47:10 GMT
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Post by don on Apr 17, 2016 4:47:10 GMT
As a non-Asian Dumbo fan, I don't know if I should be happy with her 3rd place, 2nd place, 2nd place, 2nd place, start. Or concerned that she finds a way not to win every week. You do realize that this site is full of white boy Rice Kings. You're just upset that your Yank, Burnett, didn't win...don't worry...you can cheer for Merican Ms. Pouty Face in San Fran next week as she comes in 2nd again to either a Ko or Dumbo win. Tony's not Asian?
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Lotte
Apr 17, 2016 8:32:00 GMT
Post by HappyFan on Apr 17, 2016 8:32:00 GMT
Round 4
Congratulations to Minjee Lee, one of my favorite LPGA players! Phenomenal 64 in the final round to win this thing!
But I gotta admit, right now I'm more disappointedFan than happyFan. Finally, it seemed like In Gee was perfectly set up to win. No top ten players ahead of her playing lights out golf, just a few gals who did not between them have a single LPGA win. No Lydia Ko, no Thompson on a course ideal for a long driver's. And she was playing and putting great, today and before. Yet once again she came up agonizingly short.
So, even though I like Minjee, I really wanted this to be the week In Gee finally broke through. She's gone through more adversity, played better than Lee all year, and it just seemed to be her time. Oh well, better luck next time I guess.
In Gee had her chances. She missed several birdie tries by the barest margins, and ditto the eagle on 13. Even though the putt on 18 was not really on line, that, too, got really close. She had an eagle in round 2 and round 3; an eagle in round 4 would have been enough to force the playoff. How cool would a playoff between those two have been?
And all day, it seemed like Chun was biding her time, slowly creeping up on Burnett, who somehow managed to hang in there while making more mistakes than the Korean. And just when In Gee caught her at last, Minjee came from left field and snatched the win away. Still, it was quite a comeback. She was 64th after round 1, around 10th after round 2, third after three, and second after four. And she had some memorable highlights, including a fantastic eagle putt on 14 from 70 feet, over a ridge to a foot; and a great par save on 16 as well.
So, a great week by In Gee, but in a way, Minjee was more in this thing all week than Chun. She led several times, had some great golf in the first two rounds, and even a poor third round did not knock her out of it. I don't think Minjee is as complete a player as In Gee, but when she gets on a roll she can be formidable, as she proved today.
Great to see her hula, even if it clearly wasn't her strong suit.
Su Yeon Jang had some highlights as well, particularly the eagle on 13 that caught her back into the lead. She did herself proud in her first LPGA event outside of Korea.
Also a shout out to Sei Young Kim for a good title defense, and Chella Choi for rallying to a top 20. Nice to see Q Baek finish t-23rd, although it's a drag So Yeon Ryu didn't do more with her good Friday.
What is UP with Hyo Joo and Inbee. Yeesh, they are not on their games right now...
Good job again by Perth's finest and the rest of the Sisters. Hwaiting!
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Lotte
Apr 17, 2016 8:38:47 GMT
Post by HappyFan on Apr 17, 2016 8:38:47 GMT
For those wondering about the KLPGA penalty Su Yeon Jang suffered when still an amateur that apparently traumatized her, I did find a write up I did back in 2010. It was one of my nominees for most controversial moment of that year in my year-ending awards. I'm reprinting it below: Amateur penalized on KLPGA tour, loses tournament
This incident got a lot of press in Korea when it occurred last September on the KLPGA tour. Amateur Soo Yeon Jang was playing at the KLPGA’s Hyundai Engineering Seoul Economic Women’s Open, and doing quite well. Just the week before, amateur Hee Kyung Bae had won on the KLPGA; would there be two amateur winners in two consecutive weeks? The signs looked positive.
When Jang made birdie on 14 on the final day, she moved to 9 under par, a two shot lead. But on the next hole, her approach landed in the rough next to the green. Her father (also her caddie) planted her golf bag next to her, with a club pointing the direction she should hit her chip. Apparently she was unaware that it is illegal to do this. According to rule 8.2:
Other Than On Putting Green Except on the putting green, a player may have the line of play indicated to him by anyone, but no one may be positioned by the player on or close to the line or an extension of the line beyond the hole while the stroke is being made. Any mark placed by the player or with his knowledge to indicate the line must be removed before the stroke is made.
Thus, Jang was penalized two strokes and fell back to 7 under. This was the score she had when she got into the clubhouse, and it was only good enough for a tie for the lead. She later lost the playoff against KLPGA pro Jung Eun Lee.
Jang later blamed her father for the mistake, and said she would never use him as a caddie again. Ouch! When a Korean girl says something like that about one of her parents, you know she’s pretty angry; saying something against your own father is something that just isn’t done in that country, especially in the press.
(this pic show Su Yeon talking with a rules official about her penalty) The infraction came to light when a TV viewer called in to report it. It was apparently pretty obvious, as several spectators around the green also noticed it. Jang never denied the violation and took her medicine without argument (though with more than a little frustration).
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Lotte
Apr 17, 2016 11:48:39 GMT
Post by 18majors on Apr 17, 2016 11:48:39 GMT
In the end, it just not meant to be for In Gee.
She just couldn't make the putts that count to win any tournaments. The short miss that led to bogey on 4th in Thailand after 3 straight birdies and trailed Lexi by only one; the birdie putt that would've vaulted her over Lydia at 15th hole at ANA; and the short misses yesterday.
In Gee would've won the tournament yesterday by 2-3 shots if she putted like Minjee; but it just not meant to be.
It's only 4 tournaments for In Gee; but it feels like a lifetime of misses. It's a bit surreal.
San Francisco can't come soon enough, In Gee needs to wipe these out from her memory bank.
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Lotte
Apr 17, 2016 11:53:39 GMT
Post by 18majors on Apr 17, 2016 11:53:39 GMT
In Gee leads Lydia 7-6 in 12 rounds; Lydia leads 68.929 to 69.000 in scoring average.
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Lotte
Apr 17, 2016 12:03:17 GMT
Post by 18majors on Apr 17, 2016 12:03:17 GMT
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Lotte
Apr 17, 2016 12:09:05 GMT
Post by 18majors on Apr 17, 2016 12:09:05 GMT
It's the best of time it's the worst of time. In Gee lost to a total of five players, Ha Na, Brooke, Lexi, Lydia and Minjee in 4 tournaments; but has yet to win.
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Lotte
Apr 17, 2016 16:48:40 GMT
Post by HappyFan on Apr 17, 2016 16:48:40 GMT
In Gee leads Lydia 7-6 in 12 rounds; Lydia leads 68.929 to 69.000 in scoring average. Which comes down to the -22 Ko shot on the super-easy Phoenix course, the one that In Gee had to miss due to her back injury. With so few events played, that event is really skewing a lot of players' scoring averages.
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Lotte
Apr 17, 2016 16:52:30 GMT
Post by HappyFan on Apr 17, 2016 16:52:30 GMT
It's the best of time it's the worst of time. In Gee lost to a total of five players, Ha Na, Brooke, Lexi, Lydia and Minjee in 4 tournaments; but has yet to win. Yeah, OK, but she has FOUR TOP THREES (three runner-ups) to start her LPGA career. That's pretty fantabulous. I don't want to be in the position of one of those Korean press people who drove Na Yeon Choi crazy by dissing her for not winning more. In Gee is having an incredible start. The wins will come in time. Remember last year that it took Bo Mee Lee a while to start winning in Japan; she had a number of runner-up finishes before her first win. She wound up winning seven times. I'm totally pumped by what In Gee is doing, and she should be proud! (Last year, In Gee's first win came this very week in Korea, and she won 8 times in 2015. So she's still pretty much on schedule).
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Lotte
Apr 17, 2016 17:44:32 GMT
Post by don on Apr 17, 2016 17:44:32 GMT
In Gee doesn't need to win anything right away IMO. She's the defending US Open champ and she has closed the deal almost a dozen times as a pro, right? I think she's served notice that she will be on Lydia's heels for Rolex #1. What more can you do?
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Lotte
Apr 17, 2016 18:00:02 GMT
Post by SoYeonFan on Apr 17, 2016 18:00:02 GMT
Congratulation to Minjee for her win. In Gee did not lose the tournament, Minjee won it.
Minjee played seventeen aggressive, with a driver, and made birdie. A lot of players played safe with three woods or other. She made a clutch up and down on eighteen. Bottom Line!!! In Gee played good enough to get the win, but Minjee played better. Missed short putts happen, nobody makes them all.
So Yeon, Inbee enough said.
Kudos to Ai for great final round.
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Lotte
Apr 17, 2016 18:22:02 GMT
Post by SoYeonFan on Apr 17, 2016 18:22:02 GMT
With Minjee win she will move into top fifteen. Probably knocking Christie Kerr off the Olympic team for now. Also Sung Hyun is closing in on top fifteen.
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Lotte
Apr 17, 2016 19:49:04 GMT
Post by mr3putt on Apr 17, 2016 19:49:04 GMT
Ya...it's hard to tell from his avatar?....just like when The Smiling Buddha tells everyone he's a banana...he gets a deer in the headlights look.
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Lotte
Apr 17, 2016 19:51:49 GMT
Post by mr3putt on Apr 17, 2016 19:51:49 GMT
For those wondering about the KLPGA penalty Su Yeon Jang suffered when still an amateur that apparently traumatized her, I did find a write up I did back in 2010. It was one of my nominees for most controversial moment of that year in my year-ending awards. I'm reprinting it below: Amateur penalized on KLPGA tour, loses tournament
This incident got a lot of press in Korea when it occurred last September on the KLPGA tour. Amateur Soo Yeon Jang was playing at the KLPGA’s Hyundai Engineering Seoul Economic Women’s Open, and doing quite well. Just the week before, amateur Hee Kyung Bae had won on the KLPGA; would there be two amateur winners in two consecutive weeks? The signs looked positive.
When Jang made birdie on 14 on the final day, she moved to 9 under par, a two shot lead. But on the next hole, her approach landed in the rough next to the green. Her father (also her caddie) planted her golf bag next to her, with a club pointing the direction she should hit her chip. Apparently she was unaware that it is illegal to do this. According to rule 8.2:
Other Than On Putting Green Except on the putting green, a player may have the line of play indicated to him by anyone, but no one may be positioned by the player on or close to the line or an extension of the line beyond the hole while the stroke is being made. Any mark placed by the player or with his knowledge to indicate the line must be removed before the stroke is made.
Thus, Jang was penalized two strokes and fell back to 7 under. This was the score she had when she got into the clubhouse, and it was only good enough for a tie for the lead. She later lost the playoff against KLPGA pro Jung Eun Lee.
Jang later blamed her father for the mistake, and said she would never use him as a caddie again. Ouch! When a Korean girl says something like that about one of her parents, you know she’s pretty angry; saying something against your own father is something that just isn’t done in that country, especially in the press.
(this pic show Su Yeon talking with a rules official about her penalty) The infraction came to light when a TV viewer called in to report it. It was apparently pretty obvious, as several spectators around the green also noticed it. Jang never denied the violation and took her medicine without argument (though with more than a little frustration).
So I assume dad left the pointed iron on the ground when Jang made her stroke? I'm surprised dad did not send her to N. Korea for mouthing off.
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