The slowest/fastest players on LPGA ?

[4waymiss]

Having watched Kevin Na in the final group over the weekend makes me wonder who are the Kevin Nas of the LPGA.

 

I have only been to a few events, and the GC announcers are usually reluctant to call them out, so I can only try to connect the dots from what I see on TV.

 

 

The Kevin Nas:

 

1, Julieta Granada

Noone switches clubs and checks the wind more than she.

 

2, Azahara Munoz

I once followed her for a couple of holes, will not make that mistake again.

 

3,Brittany Lang (?)

Tom Abbott has repeatedly expressed his annoyance over her long putting routine.

 

4, Lydia Ko (?)

They say she is now taking quite some time on the green with her aim point stuff, even for short putts.

 

5, Sakura Yokomine

Jerry Folze actually called her out.

 

6, Morgan Pressel (?)

Based solely on the fact that she got penalized in the match play event. Or maybe she was just the victim of playing with Azahara that time...

 

 

The Rickie Fowlers:

1, Charley Hull

She has to take the cake for this one. The fastest trigger in women’s golf, to my knowledge.

 

2, Sei Young Kim

It also helps if you can hole out from fairway.

 

3, Stacy Lewis

Proves that you can be fast AND good.

 

4, Brooke Henderson

The biggest adjustment she may need on the LPGA maybe is to learn to play slow.

[Qqq123xx]

Pressel getting penalized was a direct result of Munoz.

[PZero]

[quote name='4waymiss' timestamp='1432669881' post='11630434']
The Rickie Fowlers:
1, Charley Hull
She has to take the cake for this one. The fastest trigger in women’s golf, to my knowledge.

2, Sei Young Kim
It also helps if you can hole out from fairway.

3, Stacy Lewis
Proves that you can be fast AND good.

4, Brooke Henderson
The biggest adjustment she may need on the LPGA maybe is to learn to play slow.
[/quote]

Maybe that's why I like them all so much.


However, I don't think Rickie is all that fast of a player. He certainly isn't Snedeker fast.

[will227457]

I followed Inbee Park last month, got to be one of the fastest I don't think I even saw her take a practice swing. Just took aim stepped up and hit

Slowest for me Christie Kerr, I couldn't stand it....

[Hakko]

Dame Laura is pretty quick from what I've seen. Also Brittany Lincicome; she just steps up and hits it.

[North Texas]

Paula Creamer seems to have gotten pretty slow.

[Palauan Hammer]

Slow player vote for me goes to both Azahara, and Christie Kerr.

Charley Hull is fun to watch, seems like she hits her shot before the cameras can even adjust haha.

[Lou Loomis]

Beatriz Recari is brutally slow too, I believe

[rtran]

if stacy lewis took longer than she does not to play I wouldn't mind

[4waymiss]

[quote name='Lou Loomis' timestamp='1432789057' post='11641136']
Beatriz Recari is brutally slow too, I believe
[/quote]

Yes, how could I have left out Beatriz.

I remember one time ( I believe was the British Open ) when her group was almost 2 holes behind. Dottie Pepper was the announcer and she sounded like she was ready to jump out of the booth and hit the shots for them.

[78Staff]

yeah Munoz, Kerr, Bea all pretty slow. Stacey is slow side imo, esp. on the greens. Petterson seems slow also, and Paula has slowed way down, as already mentioned.

[Argonne69]

I timed one of Kerr's shots in the early rounds this past weekend. 90 seconds. Oy.

[4waymiss]

+ Sandra Gal. But at least she has other "features" to keep me engaged.

[bravedave]

[quote name='4waymiss' timestamp='1432669881' post='11630434']
3, Stacy Lewis
Proves that you can be fast AND good.
[/quote]

Seeing Stacy live I cannot get over how fast she plays especially chips shots. She wastes no time. Christina Kim called Sandra Gal Painfully slow in her book.

[bravedave]

[quote name='Argonne69' timestamp='1434466533' post='11761584']
I timed one of Kerr's shots in the early rounds this past weekend. 90 seconds. Oy.
[/quote]

Foltz was saying how even the players were commenting how deliberate Kerr was playing at the Manulife.

[Argonne69]

[quote name='bravedave' timestamp='1434567783' post='11770520']
[quote name='Argonne69' timestamp='1434466533' post='11761584']
I timed one of Kerr's shots in the early rounds this past weekend. 90 seconds. Oy.
[/quote]

Foltz was saying how even the players were commenting how deliberate Kerr was playing at the Manulife.
[/quote]

It was probably longer than 90 seconds. I timed her from the moment the camera cut to her until she took her shot. I assume she was at her ball well before the camera cutover.

At the previous tournament, she took 65+ seconds on one of the par 3's.

[Guia]

They put Kerr on the clock and she still was slow. It is ridiculous how slow some of these players are.

[Anna]

anyone in lpga can't be kevin na .. i hope so
have you watched what he is doing there?
he must check always where are his balls or are they still there .. before and after every movement .. in this case i don't mean golf balls
it takes a lot of time

Mrs Kerr is wonderful when selecting a club
60 yrds to the flag, at first all clubs out on the fairway .. driver - too long, putter - wrong color - 3w - too suitable, 3 iron - too heavy, sand wedge - not too expensive, nice design, fit my clothes .. yes i take this, how much .. she thinks she is shopping clothes

[color=#FF0000][i]2, Azahara Munoz
I once followed her for a couple of holes, will not make that mistake again.[/i][/color]
As in movie "Some like it hot", last words: - "Nobody is perfect"
all men don't like women, hahaa

[pickerjohn]

Playing as a single in the final round of a tournament
Karlin Beck recorded -2 in just over 2 hours. the commentator
used it as an example that a good round could be played in that time.

[4waymiss]

+ Lincicome (fast)

Bam Bam thank you madam, and off goes the shot.

[warfelg21]

[quote name='will227457' timestamp='1432672106' post='11630670']
I followed Inbee Park last month, got to be one of the fastest I don't think I even saw her take a practice swing. Just took aim stepped up and hit

Slowest for me Christie Kerr, I couldn't stand it....
[/quote]

It's Cristie Kerr....I got the stink eye from her for spelling it wrong.

Inbee is amazingly fast. I teed off right behind her when she was here for a practice round (LCC USWO site), and after she left the 1st hole, I saw her again at where 6 tee and 4 tee meet up. Then I never saw her again.

Cristie managed to get around all 18 in 3 hours 35 minutes. That kinda shocked me knowing how slow she can be.

Also shockingly fast: Ko, Creamer, and Jennifer Johnson. JJ played a few holes with me and barely managed to keep pace.

[canadianglen]

good topic. in my opinion -

slowest

1. Cristie Kerr - there are never enough excuses under the sun for Ms. Grrr to step away

2. Beatriz Recari - the most split personality player I've ever seen on the LPGA

3. Sandra Gal - green play really puts her in this crowd

honorable mention - Catriona Matthew, Morgan Pressel, Julieta Granada

fastest

1. Charley Hull - self described style of hit the ball, go find it, hit it again, put it in the hole. repeat.

2. Inbee Park - complete confidence in her game enables this

3. Laura Davies - the only thing she does faster than play is practice

honorable mention - Brittany Lincicome, Stacy Lewis, Natalie Gulbis

[Awsi Dooger]

Ariya Jutanugarn is the fastest player out there. It's not an intelligent pace but it's a rapid pace. She may be the only tour player in history who hit so quickly during a playoff that the TV cameras missed the beginning of the shot. That happened early this year on a chip shot into a par 5.

From what I've seen in person the past few years, there are countless players on the brutally slow list who rarely make the TV coverage so it's not well known. Ariya's sister Moriya is one of them. It's remarkable how differently they approach the game, even as their builds look more and more alike as Moriya fills out.

Paula has become an incredibly slow player but it's more pronounced when she is in contention, which doesn't happen as often these days. Paula now takes forever debating club choice with Colin, particularly when it's windy.

Overall the women are unnecessarily slow and most of it is on the greens and on the short game. IMO, the pace of play issue is wildly overblown in terms of men's golf. If the PGA has 9 holes remaining in a normal event, they'll get to the wire in 2 hours or slightly less. On the LPGA it's more like 2:30 or above. For some reason the overseas events are even worse, especially at the end of the season in Asia. They apparently don't push the players to keep going. Maybe they are overly mindful of the spectators and don't want to hurry the afternoon. Those events can sometimes threaten 3 hours for the final 9 holes. It's not as bad early in the season in the Australian events.

[Rustbelt]

How many players got penalty for slow play during a tournament? Ji Young Oh got +2 in Meijer.

[4waymiss]

+ Carlota Ciganda

Aggressive players usually play fast. It doesn't take much time to find the flag and fire at it. But apparently not Carlota.

What's with Spain that produces all these slow pokes. Beatriz is painfully slow, Aza is not far behind.

[creampuff]

I think one of the reasons why slow play shows up is dubious pre-shot routines that tells me the player can't commit to the shot. The other pet peeve is taking divots on practice swings.

[8602081]

[color=#282828]Azahara Munoz reminded me of Sergio in his younger days.[/color]
[color="#282828"]She keeps re-gripping over and over on her pre-shot routine...[/color]

[TheLarch]

Suzanne Pettersen's entire group is always fast, but that's because they get to pick up all the putts under 2 feet...