Lucy Li's 62 At Poppy Hills

gteasy · July 17, 2018

USGA Ladies' Junior Championship at Poppy Hills...two days of stroke play qualifying...white tees, par 71, 71.2/135 mens rating...average score Monday was 76.8...Lucy Li shot 62!!...afternoon tee time and a club and a half wind...13 girls broke par...beat her nearest competitor

by four shots...gallery of five for this golfing genius...where's the story?

gioguy21 · July 17, 2018

USGA Ladies' Junior Championship at Poppy Hills...two days of stroke play qualifying...white tees, par 71, 71.2/135 mens rating...average score Monday was 76.8...Lucy Li shot 62!!...afternoon tee time and a club and a half wind...13 girls broke par...beat her nearest competitor
by four shots...gallery of five for this golfing genius...where's the story?

apparently there wasn't anything fashion related for the guys here to follow...

larrybud · July 17, 2018

If you've looked at the TV ratings for the LPGA, you'll understand why there's no story for a junior tournament of a player which 99% of Golfwrx members have never heard of.

golfgirlrobin · July 17, 2018

Recipe for no coverage and little GolfWrx interest:

- Ladies

- Juniors

- Not old enough for people here to discuss her relative hotness.

(She’s a real talent; hope her parents don’t ruin her.)

gioguy21 · July 17, 2018

Recipe for no coverage and little GolfWrx interest:

- Ladies
- Juniors
- Not old enough for people here to discuss her relative hotness.

(She’s a real talent; hope her parents don’t ruin her.)

its ashame too. that's insanely good golf.

DavePelz4 · July 17, 2018

She was my pick to win the Women's US Open...because she's smart enough to have fun playing and eat ice cream at the end of the round.

Sounds like she has her priorities in the right place.

duffer987 · July 17, 2018

I did actually post a link to the leaderboard in the US Senior Womens Open thread yesterday, while she was making the turn at 5 or 6 under.

TBH the only reason I knew about it, is because I follow the NCGA on the twitter and they mention the good play of Cali players, especially on what is the association's home course.

It's cool to see, as Robin says how her parents stay out of the way and also that as she continues to grow/get older she ends up having enough length to properly compete when she's in her late teens.

sharkiesj · July 17, 2018

Recipe for no coverage and little GolfWrx interest:

- Ladies
- Juniors
- Not old enough for people here to discuss her relative hotness.

(She’s a real talent; hope her parents don’t ruin her.)

And topics of huge, massive interests here on Wrx:

1. Scratch golfers comparing themselves to #130th ranked LPGA players. Supposedly playing the same golf course but at different times, in different conditions and different circumstances.

2. Hypothetical conditions where a scratch golfer could break 85 at Augusta National with no caddie, no practice rounds and imaginary Sunday conditions and pin positions.

3. One PGA player accuses another PGA player of cheating by taking a bad drop. Nobody's right and everyone is wrong. Likewise, everyone doesn't have a clue and nobody, in the history of the PGA Tour, has ever cheated. Right? Or wrong? Wait... right? Oh I see, I'm wrong.

farmer · July 17, 2018

Amazing player, never mind her age.

md1m · July 18, 2018

Recipe for no coverage and little GolfWrx interest:

- Ladies
- Juniors
- Not old enough for people here to discuss her relative hotness.

(She’s a real talent; hope her parents don’t ruin her.)

I consider myself a true golf fan, and I follow the PGA, Champions, European, Web, Symetra, Asian, Mackenzie (Canadian), as well as the STPGA my son plays in. So don't have the time or energy to follow the ladie's juniors, but have heard of Lucy and look forward to seeing how she does when she gets to the LPGA.

CasualLie · July 18, 2018

White tees are not too bad at Poppy; it does put birdie into more reasonable play for almost all the holes, but regardless, 62 is quite an impressive score. The greens at Poppy are not easy, so just making the 9 birdie putts and not having any hiccups for a bogey is incredible.

Some kids just have an incredible amount of "natural talent". I practiced a lot at the same facility when she was maybe 5? At that time there were not too many kids hanging out, but some who seemed to be there all day. Her family were golf fanatics, her brothers were there all the time and good junior players. Then I didn't really notice the family wasn't hanging around as much and I heard her parents were not all that thrilled with the local instructors (it was a Jim McLean licensed school), and for good reason, so they just called Jim directly, went to Florida and saw him. But as good as she was as a little kid, I wasn't really paying attention. Quite a few good junior golfers came through there because it is one of the better practice areas and the area is really surrounded by a lot of private clubs that are a totally different situation.

When Lucy first qualified for the US Open, someone had to remind me that it was the same girl we saw all the time and she lives just down the street from me. And all I could think was "really? wow...good for her". I don't think there is a danger of her parents ruining her, the family seemed pretty normal - they just have a kid who is a golf prodigy.

Will she win majors and dominate the LPGA? Who knows? Such a fine line from child superstar to grinding on a tour week in and week out; so much can change. I would bet someday she will win a major, seems logical, but you just never know. It's just cool to see a kid who loves playing and can shoot those kinds of scores - amazing.

Argonne69 · July 18, 2018

Amazing talent, and I certainly believe she'll be a power house on the LPGA before long.

That said, only a few people have any clue about junior golf, especially women's golf.

95124hacker · July 19, 2018

I played Poppy Hills 2 weeks before the US Girls Juniors and they had nets over tee boxes between “3 Poppy” and “2 Poppy” markers. The greens were fast & firm. Cart paths only because they didn’t want tire tracks influencing the outcome. I stunk up the place that day. Tough course all around.