2020 CME Group Tour Championship Dec 17 - 20

[fanofseri]

I bought some Kerr Cellars wine in a couple of stores in California and also at kerrcellars.com.  If you want to an afro you have to see Cristie as a kid, google Oscar Gamble White Sox or see my high school graduation photo.  

Edited December 20, 2020 by fanofseri

[stingerfade]

1 hour ago, fanofseri said:

Give the devil her due.  Kerr Cellars produces excellent wine and Cristie's golf game is razor sharp.  She's a tad slow and an afro doesn't suit her, otherwise she's world class.  

No thanks. She’s completely unlikeable

[Mike_Honcho]

i think the golf cart wreck story is over already...let it go.

[GolfTurkey]

Just watching the recorded coverage here in Australia and can’t help thinking it would have been awesome If Biden had picked Judy Rankin as VP

[ronnbee]

8 hours ago, fanofseri said:

I bought some Kerr Cellars wine in a couple of stores in California and also at kerrcellars.com.  If you want to an afro you have to see Cristie as a kid, google Oscar Gamble White Sox or see my high school graduation photo.  

she was huge

Edited December 20, 2020 by ronnbee

[18majors]

Koreans can't be prouder

 

'Same group for 3 days in a row' Kim Se-young and Ko Jin-young fight for pride on fire

 

[ronnbee]

11 hours ago, stingerfade said:

No thanks. She’s completely unlikeable

 

[Gsea]

Freaking Lexi looked like a 20 cap on the par 5 14th. Should have hit the green in 2 or at least stuck that wedge. Unbelievable

[8602081]

4 hours ago, ronnbee said:

 

 

 

I think she's on par with Patrick Reed  on dislikes..

 

She's a good player, but something about her that is not likeable..  Just like Patrick, even before his cheating scandal..

 

 

one more thing..

 

Jin Young Ko.. She's got swagger..

 

 

Edited December 20, 2020 by 8602081
adding addition instead of posting another.

[Rustbelt]

Let's hope that 2021 season will be closer to normal.  Too bad that Jin Young Ko will be done after this event.  She is locked in like last year. 

[ChronicSlicer]

Goodbye 2020 and hello Jin Young Ko. Not sure how she does it, but I hope it continues for many years. Well done.

 

I don't really think JYK needs Strickers help, if it ain't broke don't fix it. Maybe she can pass his number on to Lexi.

 

Few surprises on the board with Hannah and Mina.

 

Bummer for Sei Young, but a fantastic season overall.

[AWinfortheAges]

And still....

 

[HMHS]

JYK gives new meaning to the word - cash in and run! LOL... She's no no.1 for nothin'... Congratulations to both JYK and SYK!.... (the future Korean champ will be a ?YK LOL...)

[Argonne69]

That was impressive. The best make it look so effortless. Birdies on 5 of the last seven holes. Four tournaments in this bizarre season, and she bags a win, a T2, and a 5th in the last three. I don't see her getting knocked from her #1 ranking any time soon. 

 

Not the day Sei Young was after. For the second day in a row her driver was misbehaving. She also put herself in a few awkward spots on the par 5 approaches. Still, a share of 2nd, and the Player of the Year is going to take a little sting away. 

 

Impressive rounds by Hannah and Mina. Didn't see those coming. 

 

Lydia didn't let me down with a solid top 5. She's got to get a few more putts to drop. She didn't snag a win this season, but it sure looks like her game is back in shape. Should be a good 2021. 

 

Overall I thought it was another excellent tournament. Weather cooperated, and it looked like a toss up going into the final nine holes until Jin Young took control. 

 

[pmcuk]

I thought pretty early on that SYK and JYK would slug it out to the end, so no surprises really. In this case, just a tournament with a lot of money attached to it, but hardly the most exciting of the season. You might have thought that money sharpens the concentration, though if you look at the names at the top they've been pretty familiar through the season. Nice to see both Lydia and Ariya back and scoring. It's been a while. I'm going to miss the LPGA until it returns. 

[ChronicSlicer]

28 minutes ago, Argonne69 said:

 

 

Lydia didn't let me down with a solid top 5. She's got to get a few more putts to drop. She didn't snag a win this season, but it sure looks like her game is back in shape. Should be a good 2021. 

 

 

 

It really does seem as though she is on the right track, not to confident she will be dominate again but if she chooses the right events her raw talent could easily get her a few more W's.

I certainly expect her to be hanging around come Sundays.

[Argonne69]

13 minutes ago, pmcuk said:

I thought pretty early on that SYK and JYK would slug it out to the end, so no surprises really. In this case, just a tournament with a lot of money attached to it, but hardly the most exciting of the season. You might have thought that money sharpens the concentration, though if you look at the names at the top they've been pretty familiar through the season. Nice to see both Lydia and Ariya back and scoring. It's been a while. I'm going to miss the LPGA until it returns. 

 

With the CME played so late in the season we don't have to wait long. The Diamond Resorts is just 4 weeks away. 

[MagicClassic407]

Working today there were a few incidents. Christina Kim came racing to #1 as she was first off in that 7:25a group. When she stepped off the golf cart w/club in hand, I had exactly 7:25a on my handheld. Her scorecard shows an 8 for that hol...eI'm pretty sure she got dinged 2 strokes. There were 2 officials nearby discussing. Anyone hear for sure on the telecast? She ended up shooting a great score, even with the 8. Def cost her a few $$ though.

[nal0781]

That was just a clinic from Jin Young.  Very happy for her.

[Argonne69]

19 minutes ago, nal0781 said:

That was just a clinic from Jin Young.  Very happy for her.

 

The fact that she needed a very high finish last week just to qualify for the CME is a statement about her game. 

 

She hit 91% of the fairways this week, and 82% of the greens. When her putter is hot, she's almost unstoppable. 'Really wish the LPGA would get ShotLink so we could see her proximity to the hole. It sure looked like she stuffed a bunch today. 

 

[Yuck]

Cristina Kim with a 68 after starting with an 8?  That’s unreal.

Edited December 21, 2020 by Yuck

[stingerfade]

4 hours ago, MagicClassic407 said:

Working today there were a few incidents. Christina Kim came racing to #1 as she was first off in that 7:25a group. When she stepped off the golf cart w/club in hand, I had exactly 7:25a on my handheld. Her scorecard shows an 8 for that hol...eI'm pretty sure she got dinged 2 strokes. There were 2 officials nearby discussing. Anyone hear for sure on the telecast? She ended up shooting a great score, even with the 8. Def cost her a few $$ though.

Oh well. Not a fan of obnoxious people lol

[Mike_Honcho]

it was kinda hard watching sei yung struggle after she'd been cruising...

[Warrick]

JIn Young, my absolute favorite swing in golf.  I could just sit on a range and watch her hit balls all day.

 

it was the lone good mark for me yesterday, everything else sucked yesterday.

[tbowles411]

14 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

 

The fact that she needed a very high finish last week just to qualify for the CME is a statement about her game. 

 

She hit 91% of the fairways this week, and 82% of the greens. When her putter is hot, she's almost unstoppable. 'Really wish the LPGA would get ShotLink so we could see her proximity to the hole. It sure looked like she stuffed a bunch today. 

 

She definitely put on a show.  That was cool to watch.  I thought Lexi was going to do it, but it's hard to compete against what JYK did.

[8602081]

1 hour ago, tbowles411 said:

She definitely put on a show.  That was cool to watch.  I thought Lexi was going to do it, but it's hard to compete against what JYK did.

 

 

Lexi played ultra conservative..  Even the announcers were questioning some shots.. especially on a par 5.. she had chance to reach in 2, but layed up..

 

[Stooch]

Beautiful round J Y Ko, she was really dialed in on the back 9.  Sei Young had a dud for a final round but it was probably the first average one in about 2-3 months.  Hannah had a nice day, that double and 3-putt from 6 feet on 18th Saturday, must have hurt.

 

A Psychologist can make a fortune with the top players and maybe it's as bad every year but I really noticed this year, have a great round than the next round you shoot par or worse.  I know the saying but it getting crazy that you can almost always predict a bad round after a good one lol  

 

I hope everyone has a Happy Holiday and Merry Christmas, see in 3 weeks when we start back up again.  So much for working on things the girls won't have much downtime or time to work on much with the holidays.

[Gsea]

3 hours ago, 8602081 said:

 

 

Lexi played ultra conservative..  Even the announcers were questioning some shots.. especially on a par 5.. she had chance to reach in 2, but layed up..

 

Yeah Lexi was very disappointing. She could have given it a run with a better "approach" plan and that par 5 was embarrassing. 

[new2g0lf]

1 hour ago, Gsea said:

Yeah Lexi was very disappointing. She could have given it a run with a better "approach" plan and that par 5 was embarrassing. 

I kept waiting for her to get aggressive but she never did.  It's as though she expected the rest of the field to play back to her.  With her distance she should be able to steal a few more strokes than she did.

[Awsi Dooger]

The outcome seemed like a formality when Sei Young didn't put any distance between herself and Jin Young on Saturday. Sei Young is a flashier player but no question she is more erratic and error prone and mentally less sturdy than Jin Young. All my life I've watched the more vulnerable player give way on Sunday to the robotic methodical type, like Faldo over Norman in the 1996 Masters.

 

My opinion of Sei Young may seem harsh. But it is shaped by the three consecutive events I watched her play in late 2019 and early 2020. Yes, she pulled out CME on the final hole last year with the great putt. That doesn't deflect my memories of how she played that day. Not well at all, on a gettable course. Her scores declined every round. Then the same thing happened when I attended Diamond Resorts in Orlando last January. Everyone was touting Sei Young as likely to overcome Inbee on Sunday. I had my doubts, based on watching CME two months earlier. Sure enough, Sei Young was every bit as flat in Orlando. She missed the 3-way playoff. Then the following week in Boca Raton Sei Young again had huge opportunity on Sunday, especially with unproven Madeline Sagstrom in the lead. But Sei Young had easily the worst final round of any of the leaders, including an air mailed fairway bunker shot in the middle of the back nine, leading to double bogey. 

 

Bottom line I think her gutsy reputation is exaggerated. I'm well aware of the playoff results. That was a younger player and the type of thing that is prone to regression. I suggest she is now like a frontrunning racehorse who can relax and extend when not threatened by hoofs alongside. But if she senses a mentally strong and equally capable player -- especially Korean -- in her way, I think the strange fanned drives and mistakes will show up.

 

This player needs Johnny Miller leads. And she is capable of that.

 

Otherwise it was interesting to see so many blimp shots of the layout. I'm always attending the event so I don't get to see the coverage. The standout aspect is so much water that doesn't come into play at all, like the huge pond left of 10, and another huge pond between 9 and 18, plus the huge pond between 4 and 5. Such a waste. The second shot on 4 is really the only time the water comes into play on any of those holes, and that's only when the pin is tucked in the narrow early segment of that green. There is also water right on 13 and right on 14 that basically doesn't come into play. The 14th would be a much better hole for the ladies if they moved it up 15 yards and tempted the big hitters to attempt the green in two. That tee box can accommodate it easily. I have no idea why they are so reluctant. 

 

Fairways seemed to be running out more this year, making it even more curious Lexi was so hesitant with driver.

 

Also I continue to be sickened that young players like Nelly Korda and Yealimi Noh are making the misguided choice of crosshanded putting

Edited December 22, 2020 by Awsi Dooger