2014 CME

[DavePelz4]

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Yikes...Creamer starts the back birdie, bogey, bogey, triple?
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Yeah, but black knee highs... so we got that going for us, which is nice.
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Fixed that for you.

[tbowles411]

[quote name='mnmlistgolfr' timestamp='1416513868' post='10479323']
[quote name='DavePelz4' timestamp='1416509685' post='10478933']
Yikes...Creamer starts the back birdie, bogey, bogey, triple?
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Yeah, but black knee highs... so she's got that going for her, which is nice.
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Hmmm...need pics! LOL

I think a lot of these ladies are running out of gas. Many have played like 4 tournaments or more in a row. When you're tired it doesn't take much to have a round go off the rails.

[Qqq123xx]

Wow they got that color trajectory track thingy going. Pulling out all the stops. Like it.

[tesuquegolfer]

[quote name='rfarrell51' timestamp='1416513178' post='10479247']
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And another birthday girl playing in the CME. Happy Birthday Thidapa!
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I was just looking at her scorecard where I saw he picture and thought, "Man, she's a cutie!"

[Qqq123xx]

Sarah Jane Smith looking quite becoming today.

[mnmlistgolfr]

Yikes...Creamer starts the back birdie, bogey, bogey, triple?

 

Yeah, but black knee highs... so she's got that going for her, which is nice.

Hmmm...need pics! LOL

 

I think a lot of these ladies are running out of gas. Many have played like 4 tournaments or more in a row. When you're tired it doesn't take much to have a round go off the rails.

 

Not the best shot, but you get the idea.

 

[DavePelz4]

Interesting that they're re-pairing the groups for tomorrow based on current standings in the tournament. This is a bit new for the LPGA.

[mnmlistgolfr]

Man, these gals have a busy schedule! Play the Tour Championship during the day, go to the Rolex Awards Celebration at night...

 

 

[78Staff]

[quote name='DavePelz4' timestamp='1416509685' post='10478933']
Yikes...Creamer starts the back birdie, bogey, bogey, triple?
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I wonder if she's lost any distance and timing due to the weight loss? I know when I dropped a decent amount of weight my swing went to crap for a while, had to kinda learn to sync everything back up.

[DavePelz4]

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[quote name='DavePelz4' timestamp='1416509685' post='10478933']
Yikes...Creamer starts the back birdie, bogey, bogey, triple?
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I wonder if she's lost any distance and timing due to the weight loss? I know when I dropped a decent amount of weight my swing went to crap for a while, had to kinda learn to sync everything back up.
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She averaged 226.5 today. Lincicome 278.

That's 23 yards shorter than her average for the year.

[Argonne69]

On the first close-up of Wiesy's putt, I'm thinking to myself, "Gee, her putter grip is resting on her left forearm". Two seconds later Judy says the same thing. I think I have a future in golf broadcasting.

[Argonne69]

Rough start by the final group, but SNaP manages to sneak out front in the race for the million.

 

Ugly doubles by Wiesy and Kanga-Ryu. However, they both managed to crawl back into the hunt.

 

'Love the socks on the Black Diva. She must have accidentally walked into Legs' dressing room.

 

Ugly start by one of my picks, Jenny. Still time to get back into it, though.

 

Was that a Rocket sighting, or a passing comet? Haven't seen one of those in a while.

 

[tbowles411]

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[quote name='78Staff' timestamp='1416536283' post='10481035']
[quote name='DavePelz4' timestamp='1416509685' post='10478933']
Yikes...Creamer starts the back birdie, bogey, bogey, triple?
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I wonder if she's lost any distance and timing due to the weight loss? I know when I dropped a decent amount of weight my swing went to crap for a while, had to kinda learn to sync everything back up.
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She averaged 226.5 today. Lincicome 278.

That's 23 yards shorter than her average for the year.
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Cheeseburger....her man will understand.

[Mr22putt]

What, no mention of HYP?

I'll alway LUV HYP....but she's too difficult to root for...she ROCKETS up the leaderboard one day....then implodes the next day.

 

FYI.....The Mini Rocket will be at final stage Q school....I expect HYP cheering her on and I expect Kylie, HYP's caddie, to loop for little sister.

HYP, younger sister is a KLPGA pro.

[Mr22putt]

[quote name='rfarrell51' timestamp='1416513178' post='10479247']
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And another birthday girl playing in the CME. Happy Birthday Thidapa!
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Yes, cute in this pic...but Thidapa....IMO...either takes a cute pic or not so great.
Seinfeld....two face...lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlh_SHWemHs

[Mr22putt]

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Sarah Jane Smith looking quite becoming today.
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SJS is quite cute....but has a brutal squeaky voice.

[Mr22putt]

tbowles411

Tommy
Change your avatar...Meghan is too dirty....lol....blah.

[mnmlistgolfr]

[quote name='Mr22putt' timestamp='1416544643' post='10481649']
[quote name='rfarrell51' timestamp='1416513178' post='10479247']
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And another birthday girl playing in the CME. Happy Birthday Thidapa!
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Yes, cute in this pic...but Thidapa....IMO...either takes a cute pic or not so great.
Seinfeld....two face...lol.
[media=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlh_SHWemHs[/media]
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Ha Ha Ha... I thought of this too! Even thought about creating an LPGA Two-Face Gallery thread.

[Yellow Jacket]

Yikes...Creamer starts the back birdie, bogey, bogey, triple?

 

Yeah, but black knee highs... so she's got that going for her, which is nice.

Hmmm...need pics! LOL

 

I think a lot of these ladies are running out of gas. Many have played like 4 tournaments or more in a row. When you're tired it doesn't take much to have a round go off the rails.

Strangely the only photo of her on Getty from today's round:

 

[DavePelz4]

Although it's only 1 round, Julieta Granada sole win was as a rookie in 2006. The payout, $1,000,000.

[tbowles411]

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tbowles411

Tommy
Change your avatar...Meghan is too dirty....lol....blah.
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Man, you're harsh. But....OK. We're buddies. I'll do it!

[DavePelz4]

A couple of snaps, no not that snap, from the awards dinner...

 

 

Lydia was apparently cold and showed up in a coat...

 

 

 

[Argonne69]

I'm curious, how can they have an awards dinner when all the awards have yet to be determined? Do they have another dinner planned for next week?

[DavePelz4]

Great question Arg. These were some of the Rolex player awards. I think 5 awards given out, 1 to Wie for performance in majors (which is ironic as she had a WD and MC), Ko for ROY, Austin Ernst and Mirim Lee also won for what I'm not sure and no idea on the fifth award or winner.

You can't go thinking all logical as it will throw the universe off.

[Argonne69]

[quote name='DavePelz4' timestamp='1416585600' post='10483149']
Great question Arg. These were some of the Rolex player awards. I think 5 awards given out, 1 to Wie for performance in majors (which is ironic as she had a WD and MC), Ko for ROY, Austin Ernst and Mirim Lee also won for what I'm not sure and no idea on the fifth award or winner.

You can't go thinking all logical as it will throw the universe off.
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I guess any excuse to dress up, hand out awards, and eat steak and lobster. Yum.

The POTY and Var Trophy will be determined this week, so I expect another gala next week.

Logical? Did you feel the earth shake? That was my wife falling off her chair when you implied that I was capable of logical thought.

[tbowles411]

69 keeps lewis in the driver’s seat

 

Stacy Lewis finds herself in a good position to win the inaugural Race to CME Globe after an opening round 69.

 

“Well, it was a bit of an up and down day. Didn’t get off to that great of a start, but th...e short game was really working all day,” Lewis said.

 

“Just kind of kept me in there to make some birdies there at the end and make a few putts. The golf course is playing so hard. You just got to hang in there, and that’s what I did today.”

 

Lewis, who would also take home Rolex Player of the Year, Vare Trophy and the money list title with a victory. Used two birdies and an eagle to counter one bogey on her card.

 

“It’s nice to be playing and not be talking about it or worrying about it all the time,” Lewis said. “I think we were all kind of a little bit nervous, a little bit hesitant there at the beginning, but we seemed to all kind of settle in. It’s one good round. We got a long, long way to go, but it’s nice to get off to a good start.”

 

 

Courtesy of the LPGA

[tbowles411]

Park and ko stay in the hunt for the million after 71s

 

Inbee Park and Lydia Ko, who are two and three respectively on the Race to the CME Globe, didn’t have their best opening rounds, but stayed in the hunt by finishing the first-round at 1-under 71.

 

Park made her only bogey of the day early on the second hole. The pedestrian-for-her-standards-day included two birdies, one on the fourth hole and... one on the 17th.

 

“Just a boring round today,” said Park. “I think I had many pars and nothing seems like it wants to go in. I gave myself a lot of opportunities, and I feel like I played really, really well, but nothing seemed to drop.”

 

Meanwhile, Ko was bogey-free over the first 14 holes and was 2-under with four holes to go. She proceeded to make bogey on 15 and 16 before a birdie on the 17th to get back in the red numbers.

 

“It was a pretty consistent day: three birdies, two bogeys,” said Ko. “There aren’t a lot of birdies out there. It’s a tough course with this length, especially first couple holes where you’re playing into the wind.

 

Both Park and Ko were asked if they thought about the potential $1 million bonus while on the course.

 

“I think everybody is thinking about the $1 million,” said Park.

 

No, not at all, I enjoyed playing alongside Stacy and Inbee today,” said Ko.

 

She may not have been thinking about the $1 million bonus, but she was definitely pondering her Thursday acceptance speech for winning the Louise Suggs Rookie of the Year.

 

“I’m a little nervous,” said an honest Ko about delivering her speech at the Rolex Awards banquet. “I’m not a very good speaker in front of a large crowd, so I’m definitely going to be nervous. Hopefully everybody will be nice, and even if I make a mistake they’ll be like, yeah, whatever.”

 

 

Courtesy of the LPGA

[tbowles411]

Gal sits in second after 68

 

Sandra Gal currently sits on the leaderboard thanks to an opening round 68 during a windy day at Tiburon.

 

“I had to hit a lot of knock down shots,” Gal explained. “Then again downwind you got to have really go...od control. So I hit lots of different types of shots today. It was pretty crazy. The difference between into and down was enormous.”

 

Starting on the back nine, Gal opened her round with a birdie and added an eagle on the par-5 17th to make the turn in 3-under, 33. A bogey on the second dropped Gal back to 2-under but she was able to close strong with birdies on her final two holes.

 

“Yeah, not going to change anything,” Gal said of her approach to the rest of the tournament. “Just going to play solid and have good pace with your putts. Hopefully hole a couple. I’m not going to change anything.”

 

 

Courtesy of the LPGA

[tbowles411]

Although Julieta Granada can’t duplicate her million-dollar feat of 2006, she got off to a fast start at the CME Group Tour Championship by firing a bogey-free 6-under 66 on Thursday at Tiburon Golf Club. Granada, who ranks 24th on the Race to the CME Globe, snagged a two-stroke lead over LPGA winner Sandra Gal, who carded a 4-under 68.

 

“I just managed my game really well at the beginning where I... was playing really conservative, just hitting the greens, and two putting for par,” said Granada, who made six straight pars to open her round. “The start is really tough out here, but once you get going you can make some birdies out there.”

 

Race to the CME Globe leader Stacy Lewis, who controls her own destiny, closed with an eagle on the 17th hole to stand three shots off the lead at 3-under 69.

 

Granada closed the front nine with back-to-back birdies on the seventh and eighth before a par on the ninth. She opened the back nine with a birdie on ten and then again made consecutive birdies on the 13th and 14th holes.

 

The Paraguay native entered the clubhouse with a birdie on the reachable par-5 17th and ended her day with a short par putt on the 18th.

 

Eight years and one day ago (November 19, 2006), Granada captured her lone LPGA Tour win at the season-ending ADT Championship to earn the first and still only $1,000,000 payday in women’s golf. The big check was both a blessing and a curse.

 

“I wouldn’t take it back,” said Granada with a smile. “But, you’re 20-years-old and it’s your first year out here and life becomes really good so you think you can relax a little bit.”

 

From 2007 through 2011, she posted a total of just five top-10 finishes and struggled. She hit a low point in 2009 when she finished 106 on the LPGA Tour money list.

 

It’s been a long and sometimes difficult process, but Granada was reemerged in 2014.

 

“I’m 28 now and I’ve been through 4th on the money list to 30th on the money list to 100th on the money List,” said Granada. “You just to have to mature as a player and as a person.”

 

Although her season earnings don’t compare to 2006, her season has been just as consistent. She has equaled her career high total of seven top-10 finishes in 2014.

 

She will aim for one more as the LPGA finishes a magical season.

 

“We have really good names out there that have been playing well all year, and it’s just so tight, the battle for whoever wins,” said Granada about the razor close races for the Rolex Player of the Year and the Vare Trophy. “I think it brings even more prestige to this event and see who can come out on top.”

 

Not that Stacey Lewis or Inbee Park need advice, but if one player in the field understands the pressure of a potential million-dollar round, it’s Granada.

“They’re tough and they’re good players, so they will just keep playing their game,” said Granada.

 

“This course is a good finish with 17 being a reachable par-5. It will be interesting to watch, but it’s just golf, and you have to hit one shot at a time.”

 

 

Courtesy of the LPGA

[tbowles411]

Double keeps Ryu out of the final group

 

So Yeon Ryu, who is 5th on the Race to the CME Globe, made birdie on the 11th hole to move to 3-under and stood just three shots back of the lead. After four straight pars, Ryu had a chance to close near the top of the leaderboard.

 

Ryu got off track on the 16th hole when she found the green side bunker....

 

“My bunker shot was quite hard,” said the three-time LPGA Tour winner Ryu. “That bunker was really firm and I really couldn’t expect what’s going on and it bounced really bad late and it landed 40 yards away so I made a double bogey.”

 

Ryu recovered with a birdie on 17 and a par on 18 to close at 2-under 70.

 

Although it could have been a 4-under 68, Ryu is satisfied with day one.

 

“I had so many birdie opportunities today, so I’m really happy with my long game,” said Ryu, who hit 14 of 14 fairways. “I never gave up (after my double) so I look forward to playing the next three days.”

 

Strong play over the next three days could add $1 million to her bank account.

 

“Everybody thinks about the $1 million,” said Ryu with a wide smile. “End of the season can be exhausting and we can lose motivation, but the Race to the CME Globe gives you a lot of motivation. I think that’s why I still have a lot of passion and still really enjoy this tournament.”

 

 

Courtesy of the LPGA