Big Break Sandals Resorts - summer 2010

Wow, been to great exuma, phenomenal location. This looks like the Old Four seasons that closed last year. If it is... WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE this golf course!!!

I was hitting some balls next to Maiya a couple of years ago and spoke to her and her family a bit (actually left her some extra balls for them to hit since I was tired). Very sweet and a nice family. Great control of her wedges, too.

Looks like I'll be interested this time around!

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Wow, been to great exuma, phenomenal location. This looks like the Old Four seasons that closed last year. If it is... WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE this golf course!!!

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You're exactly right, Sandals did take over the resort after the Four Seasons closed. I guess they're trying to market it to a golf-specific audience by having the show there, because when I think of Sandals, I think of honeymooners all over the place. Will be interested to see how they showcase the golf course.

Some of the contestants can be seen here: http://golf-babes.blogspot.com/

Right now, Kelly and Carling are my two favorites. We'll see once the series begins.

For some reason I'm liking Seema Sadekar. Looking foward to the show.

That's a heavy load of Futures Tour players, more than typical for an all female Big Break. I recognized at least 7 or 8 names from Duramed.

Of the ones I'm familiar with, Ryann O'Toole is the best player. She's a long hitter in the Kim Welch/Gerina Mendoza mold, ranking very high in driving distance and par 5 scoring average this year. Ryann seldom misses a cut. If that course is friendly to a thumper, she would be my early pick.

Carling Coffing has a chance to be the star of the lot from a popularity standpoint, if she lasts long enough and they give her a high profile role, like Brenda McLarnon received. Carling is the biggest cinch I've ever seen to be chosen for Big Break. She is articulate and personable, based on all the videos she did for Golf Channel.com last year, spotlighting the Futures Tour.

I despise the apparent new twist, allowing players to decide each other's fate by vote, instead of purely golf results. You could tell they were flirting with that idea in Big Break Disney Golf, allowing players to assign letters during HORSE, with everyone ganging up on Giuliani.

my honeymoon was at a sandals... really nice places they have. should make for some interesting scenery and courses.

Looking good.

Go Seema! I've played with her about twenty times. Awesome girl and she's got game. Maybe my buddies will go back to back since I also know Mike Perez really well. WOOT!

Go Carling! Super nice girl! I'm thinkin the show is taped by now but good luck to her anyway!

x2. I don't know her but any long-time Type I diabetic gets my rooting interest!

My wife wants to watch this

This means I don't get crude stares when I take control of the remote and watch Golf Channel

Tanaka is also a former bruin, ex-team/class-mate of O'Toole IIRC

Tanaka looks hot and is a local girl. My vote. Where does she play out of here???

Yea....so I just checked out the "lineup" for this next Big Break. There are a bunch of things that I can think of to say but it would all be an injustice. I mean....seriously!?! Hopefully we will see some good golf but honestly who gives a damn! As far as im concerned, they all got game!

[quote name='swbyps' date='11 May 2010 - 10:07 PM' timestamp='1273630071' post='2436055']
Yea....so I just checked out the "lineup" for this next Big Break. There are a bunch of things that I can think of to say but it would all be an injustice. I mean....seriously!?! Hopefully we will see some good golf but honestly who gives a damn! As far as im concerned, they all got game!
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If I read your post correct, we are both fans of female Big Breaks. If every Big Break was female only, I would be happy.

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[quote name='swbyps' date='11 May 2010 - 10:07 PM' timestamp='1273630071' post='2436055']
Yea....so I just checked out the "lineup" for this next Big Break. There are a bunch of things that I can think of to say but it would all be an injustice. I mean....seriously!?! Hopefully we will see some good golf but honestly who gives a damn! As far as im concerned, they all got game!
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If I read your post correct, we are both fans of female Big Breaks. If every Big Break was female only, I would be happy.
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Let me help you read it correctly....Those young ladies are HOT!

Believe I've hit balls on the range in Charlotte at one course or another next to Chris Brady.

By the looks of things, I am looking forward to
this season!!!

Blond in the green and black and blond in the blue and red please. Thanks.

Is that Sandals a couples only resort? Sure would be a good time to be the Tennis pro or something...the ONLY single guy and all these hot ladies at a romantic couples resort...

I will for sure be watching. I really wish I could play some golf with some hot ladies. I think in the 15 years I played golf I've been paired up with a looker maybe once...not including high school practices of course. There just aren't enough hotties in the golf world.

Carling Coffing's got my vote haha the only northeasterner in the group, I've never seen a girl that looks half that good play golf out east. I'd imagine there are more female golfers out west because they are practically nonexistant where I'm from. The only girls I've ever had on the golf course just ride along with me and get drunk while I play.

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Believe I've hit balls on the range in Charlotte at one course or another next to Chris Brady.
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I work with her now, and can't wait to see her on the show. She is a brilliant woman with an amazing career in front of her, golf or no golf. We used to belong to the same club together as well before ending up at the same company and I have played with her......steady driver and everything is put where she wants it off the tee and with the irons. I keep asking her to at least tell me that she was not the first eliminated, but can't get a peep out of her, stupid Golf Channel contracts.

Ryann O'Toole of Big Break Sandals Resorts has a 2 shot lead after the first round of this week's Futures Tour event with a 6 under par 65, including an eagle on a par 5:

http://duramedfuturestour.com/2010/Leawood.asp?p=W051410.asp

lets hope for a swimsuit match play event

My daughter has competed against Sara Brown a few years back when they were in high school It was something else watching Amanda Blumenhurst... Sara Brown, and about a dozen other solid D-1 school bound girls tee it up. The AZ state tourney use to be loaded and you could lose count of all the college coaches there to watch. , Gotta go with the AZ girl.

Fan of the Big Break Series. I know another thread was started but I thought we could have some fun with it with a Poll or two.
The pics posted are the same pics from Golf Channel so they are certainly PG13.

Edit: When the new thread I posted was combined with this one, of course it deleted the polls. I re-posted under LPGA/Ladies Golf. Hopefully it stays separate so as not to defeat the purpose.

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[b]Elena Robles[/b] (26, Redondo Beach, Calif.) A fierce competitor who works numerous odd jobs to make ends meet (substitute teaching, modeling and serving as an extra in television and film), Robles has a history of having a fiery temper on the course. After finding faith and re-dedicating herself to golf in 2009, Robles believes her goal to compete on the LPGA Tour is within reach.

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[b]Ryann O'Toole [/b](23, Los Angeles, Calif.)
The youngest competitor on Big Break Sandals Resorts, O’Toole’s mission is to dominate women’s golf. A recent graduate from UCLA – she was a teammate of fellow contestant Maiya Tanaka – O’Toole also is one of the longest hitters in the field, averaging more than 260 yards per drive in tournaments she has played in 2010.

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[b]Maiya Tanaka[/b] (24, San Diego, Calif.)
A success story from The First Tee Program, Tanaka currently lives out of her car and competes on four professional golf tours (Golden State, California Players, Cactus and the Duramed FUTURES Tours). Tanaka and fellow Big Break contestant Ryann O'Toole were teammates at UCLA and are longtime friends.

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[b]Carling Coffing[/b] (24, Middletown, Ohio)
A sweet, Midwestern young lady on the surface, Coffing is a tough competitor who has overcome enormous odds to achieve her dream to be a professional golfer. Coffing was diagnosed with Type I diabetes at age 5, and after years of giving herself dozens of shots every day, she switched to a diabetic insulin pump in 2008, which is connected to her 24 hours a day. Coffing now competes full-time on the Duramed FUTURES Tour.

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[b]Taryn Durham[/b] (24, Glasgow, Ky.)
The quintessential All-American sweetheart, Durham has the looks, the southern charm and southern accent. While Durham’s resume stacks up with her fellow competitors, she has an edge over her fellow competitors in that she is the only contestant who has competed in a Major Championship (2007 U.S. Women’s Open).

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[b]Sara Brown [/b](24, Tucson, Ariz.)
After a successful collegiate career at Michigan State University and a stellar rookie season on the Duramed FUTURES Tour, Brown endured a “sophomore slump” in 2009, to the point where her usual smile turned to frustration, nearly causing her to quit the game. Refreshed and energized after a winter hiatus, Brown has her eyes set on winning Big Break Sandals Resorts.

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[b]Kelly Sheehan[/b] (32, Orlando, Fla.)
The lone contestant who has not competed full-time on the professional circuit, Sheehan plans to channel her 10 years of experience as a certified PGA of America and LPGA teaching professional to overcome the various challenges facing her on Big Break Sandals Resorts.

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[b]Seema Sadekar[/b] (24, Las Vegas, Nev.)
One of the most fashionable players on the women’s golf circuit – she has a custom-made golf bag covered in faux diamonds and wears stylish golf attire – Sadekar always manages to be noticed wherever she goes. In addition to competing full-time on the Duramed FUTURES Tour, Sadekar is heavily involved with her older sister's golf events company, and also is co-founder of a golf marketing and apparel.

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[b]Stacey Bieber[/b] (25, Fort Worth, Texas)
Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Bieber nearly quit golf after college to pursue a professional career in investment banking. Realizing she could not give up her dream of one day competing on the LPGA Tour, she re-dedicated herself to the game. Her goal is to be on the LPGA Tour in 2011.

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[b]Chris Brady[/b] (25, Charlotte, N.C.)
The lone contestant who had exempt status on the LPGA Tour (2008), Brady hung up her golf clubs when her game and the economy took a downturn in 2009 to pursue an engineering career. Big Break Sandals Resorts will be her test to see if she has the competitive fire and passion to resume her golf career and attempt to return to the LPGA Tour.

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[b]Lili Alvarez [/b](26, El Paso, Texas) –
One of Mexico's elite amateur golfers who grew up competing alongside Lorena Ochoa, Alvarez's fun loving personality is infectious on the Duramed FUTURES Tour. A student at Tulane University in New Orleans who endured the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, Alvarez learned to appreciate life to the fullest.

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Do people still watch this show on the Golf Channel? This show is kind of like American Idol now, it was a great idea and show for the first few seasons, but after 10+ seasons of this they are really reaching to find some players to get on these shows just my $.02