2019 Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic Jul 04 - 07

[Argonne69]

**Race to the CME Globe:** 500 Points

 

**Format:** 72 holes

 

**Purse:** $2,000,000

 

**Location:** Thornberry Creek at Oneida, Oneida, WI

 

**Par:** 72

 

**Yardage:** 6,624

 

**History:** This is the 3rd year for the event. In 2018, Sei Young Kim captured her 7th LPGA victory with a nine stroke margin, and made history by setting a new all-time 72-hole scoring record at 31-under-par.

 

**Coverage:**

 

Jul 04: The Golf Channel 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm (ET)

Jul 05: The Golf Channel 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm (ET)

Jul 06: The Golf Channel 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm (ET)

Jul 07: The Golf Channel 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm (ET)

 

 


 

 

 

[18majors]

My pick is both under 18 players, Alexa Pano and Yealimi Noh, make the cuts.

This is one of the tournaments with the weakest strength of the field; consequently every player has a chance.

[Argonne69]

'Probably one of the weakest fields of the year. Only 10 players from the World's Top 25 are playing: Sung Hyun, Nasa, 6ix, Ariya, Sei Young, Carlota, Amy, Eun Hee, Hyo Joo, and Moriya. It'll be a good chance for the lower ranked players to pick up some much needed cash.

 

Coverages is a little above average with 3 hours on Saturday and Sunday.

 

The forecast looks decent. There's a chance for showers and t-storms on Thursday and Friday, but it should clear up by the weekend.

 

My pick this week is Carlota. She finished 2nd here last year, and is just too good to not grab a win at some point. Sei Young and Sung Hyun should be in the mix. 6ix is coming off a week of rest, so she could be a factor.

 

I'll be attending the tournament on Friday, and possibly Thursday (late) afternoon. I'll try to post a few pics along the way, and more when I get home. I'm going to try to follow Lucky 6, and walk a few holes with Hee Young and Muni.

 

[Titleist_PT23]

Is next week (Marathon in Ohio) likely to be a weak field too? There are a lot of people playing the team event, and then you have to cross the Atlantic and play Evian/Women's Open. Seems like a good time to take two weeks off. Maybe a few people that aren't in the team event play next week.

[Titleist_PT23]

> @Argonne69 said:

> I'll be attending the tournament on Friday, and possibly Thursday (late) afternoon. I'll try to post a few pics along the way, and more when I get home. I'm going to try to follow Lucky 6, and walk a few holes with Hee Young and Muni.

I wish I would have followed Lee6 at the HSBC. I watched her hit a few on the range and the swing/balls flight was quite impressive.

 

HYP's swing has always been great as well. I'm not sure how much longer she'll be out there.

 

Not sure why you want to watch someone who's #150 on the Money List???

[Argonne69]

The final field for the Marathon hasn't been posted, but it's usually fairly weak as well. Looking at last year's results, it appears that only four players in the World's Top 25 were playing.

 

'Always like to try to follow a young player for a few holes. The lower ranked players generally like any support they can get.

[18majors]

> @agolf1 said:

> Is next week (Marathon in Ohio) likely to be a weak field too? There are a lot of people playing the team event, and then you have to cross the Atlantic and play Evian/Women's Open. Seems like a good time to take two weeks off. Maybe a few people that aren't in the team event play next week.

 

Yes, it's a logical assumption; good window for rookies to make their marks.

Nelly Korda and Lexi retired to Florida beaches after KPMG; most likely won't pick up clubs until DOW.

Sung Hyun Park is playing again this week; she's yet to commit to DOW.

 

 

 

[JaNelson38]

> @Argonne69 said:

> 'Probably one of the weakest fields of the year. Only 10 players from the World's Top 25 are playing: Sung Hyun, Nasa, 6ix, Ariya, Sei Young, Carlota, Amy, Eun Hee, Hyo Joo, and Moriya. It'll be a good chance for the lower ranked players to pick up some much needed cash.

>

> Coverages is a little above average with 3 hours on Saturday and Sunday.

>

> The forecast looks decent. There's a chance for showers and t-storms on Thursday and Friday, but it should clear up by the weekend.

>

> My pick this week is Carlota. She finished 2nd here last year, and is just too good to not grab a win at some point. Sei Young and Sung Hyun should be in the mix. 6ix is coming off a week of rest, so she could be a factor.

>

> I'll be attending the tournament on Friday, and possibly Thursday (late) afternoon. I'll try to post a few pics along the way, and more when I get home. I'm going to try to follow Lucky 6, and walk a few holes with Hee Young and Muni.

>

 

Its been hot and wet up here in Wisconsin for the last two weeks. I expect the course to be soft and the scores low.

 

 

[Stooch]

I'm going with Nanna Koerstz Madsen, a player nobody will think of but has the ability to shoot really low scores.

[18majors]

There've been so many featured articles on Alexa Pano already; more than any LPGA players but Lexi.

 

[https://golfweek.com/2019/07/02/alexa-pano-lpga-thornberry-creek-classic/](https://golfweek.com/2019/07/02/alexa-pano-lpga-thornberry-creek-classic/ "https://golfweek.com/2019/07/02/alexa-pano-lpga-thornberry-creek-classic/")


 

 

[broadbandz]

This has to be Nasa's chance. I still feel she can win a major and the money list this year.

[ChronicSlicer]

I'm taking Amy Yang this week, my sleeper pick goes to some one who has been sleeping far to long... Georgia Hall. How about Nasa and 6ix battle in a playoff? Can Sei Young pull off a repeat performance -31? Once again rooting for the local gal Rachel Rohanna.

[AWinfortheAges]

Should Sei Young decide to be merciful, we get a super playoff that was teased last week: Mariah Stackhouse holds off surging college teammate Lauren Kim, past winner Katherine Kirk, and Sandra Gal for the victory.

[ChronicSlicer]

> @Argonne69 said:

 

> I'll be attending the tournament on Friday, and possibly Thursday (late) afternoon. I'll try to post a few pics along the way, and more when I get home. I'm going to try to follow Lucky 6, and walk a few holes with Hee Young and Muni.

>

 

Enjoy the trip, take lots of pics, I need a new screensaver lol.

[tbowles411]

First time winner this week. Mark it down. :wink:

[preiter20]

Sung Hyun Park is my pick this week, two in a row. Gaby Lopez is my sleeper. Allison Lee and Natalie Gulbis don't even sniff the cut.

[fanofseri]

I'm waiting for a gal to wear a Gale Sayers away jersey to Lambeau Field. Then it will be a real tournament.

[Argonne69]

> @fanofseri said:

> I'm waiting for a gal to wear a Gale Sayers away jersey to Lambeau Field. Then it will be a real tournament.

 

My mother used to love to tell the story of how she first met Gale Sayers. She was a waitress for years, and one day she had Gale as a customer. He was sitting at a table, and he had his leg in a cast propped up under the table with his foot resting on the chair opposite him. When she walked up to the table to take his order she bumped into the chair, and hit his leg, causing him to let out a loud scream. She had no idea who he was at the time, and that he had injured his knee. Her fellow workers told her who she had waited on after he had left.

[Argonne69]

Ugh. I forgot that the course is an out and back design. 'Going to make it tougher to follow groups starting on the 10th, as it's almost a mile hike from the clubhouse. I might pick them up at the 15th green.

[18majors]

A top 10 will earn Yealimi Noh exemption into Marathon next week ; go Yealimi!

[North Texas]

> @Argonne69 said:

> Ugh. I forgot that the course is an out and back design. 'Going to make it tougher to follow groups starting on the 10th, as it's almost a mile hike from the clubhouse. I might pick them up at the 15th green.

 

Looking at the course map, it doesn't exactly look to be spectator friendly.

[Argonne69]

Hanging out near the 6th/15th green might not be bad. One can watch approaches to both greens, and stroll over to the 16th teebox. The 9th/14th green is also a possibility, with the 10th and 15th teeboxes adjacent.

[18majors]

Who's bigger; Alexa Pano or Coco Gauff?

 

[https://twitter.com/tictoc/status/1146516148793544706](https://twitter.com/tictoc/status/1146516148793544706 "https://twitter.com/tictoc/status/1146516148793544706")

[BadgerLin]

> @"North Texas" said:

> > @Argonne69 said:

> > Ugh. I forgot that the course is an out and back design. 'Going to make it tougher to follow groups starting on the 10th, as it's almost a mile hike from the clubhouse. I might pick them up at the 15th green.

>

> Looking at the course map, it doesn't exactly look to be spectator friendly.

 

Much of the course isn’t spectator friendly. The “out and back” design eliminates about half the course for many people, especially if it is brutally hot. The biggest issue, though, is the finishing hole on Sunday. There is NO place for spectators along the 18th hole except the cart path, which has deep woods on one side and a drop off down to the fairway. Two years ago marshals wouldn’t allow people to follow the group up the fairway in case there was a playoff. But the 2nd hole, par 3 down a steep hill, is a great place to set up shop for the day. (And last year the commissioner gave us a ride up the hill to get there. ?)

 

 

[fanofseri]

Put the women at the Milwaukee Country Club. Fewer bugs more people and a real golf course.

[ChronicSlicer]

> @tbowles411 said:

> First time winner this week. Mark it down. :wink:

 

Given the depth of the field, this is very possible.

[fanofseri]

Wei-Ling Hsu is built low to the ground

[Argonne69]

Sei Young -3 after 3 holes. Here we go again. Lol.

[Argonne69]

Jeong Eun Lee 5 on a 58 watch.

[18majors]

> @Argonne69 said:

> Jeong Eun Lee 5 on a 58 watch.

 

@Argonne69

 

They should've invited you instead of Presley Coenelius!