2021 LPGA Contest

[18majors]

 

Seventeen of our picks are in the field this week; Lydia Ko, Sung Hyun Park, Jennifer Kupcho, Yealimi Noh and Bianca Pagdanganan are sitting out.

[Lobby]

For next year’s contest dare I pick Maria Fassi again?

 

:-)

[18majors]

 

There's always something new; we've co-winners for the first time this year.  @Golf Dinoand @Argonne69both did wonderfully and scored big!

[18majors]

1 hour ago, 18majors said:

 

There's always something new; we've co-winners for the first time this year.  @Golf Dinoand @Argonne69both did wonderfully and scored big!

 

 

Sorry, @Golf Dino and @Argonne69; I've made a big mistake.

 

Actually, @jumpcutbeat @Sharrowto win the week.

 

 

[jumpcut]

10 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

 

Sorry, @Golf Dino and @Argonne69; I've made a big mistake.

 

Actually, @jumpcutbeat @Sharrowto win the week.

 

 

 

When I read your earlier post I thought, "What do I have to do to win around here?" My players were Winner, T4, T6, T6, T13.

 

Eat up, Jin Young...

https://www.instagram.com/p/CU3kecZMgOc/?hl=enl

[Golf Dino]

4 hours ago, jumpcut said:

When I read your earlier post I thought, "What do I have to do to win around here?"

 

I thought it was a conspiracy to keep @Argonne69 and I from winning!  😛    But all kidding aside, I believe that it was A. Lim Kim and SYR that came through for you yesterday!   My players were: 1, T4, T13, T19 . . . good week and congrats @jumpcut @Sharrow!

 

[18majors]

 

At the conclusion of Cognizant Founders Cup on Sunday, October 10, 2021:

 

Congratulations to @jumpcut for winning the week!

 

                                                       This Week                 2021 Season

1.    @jumpcut                         105.11                         626.61
2.    @Sharrow                         96.62                         633.42
3.    @Argonne69                     88.50                         921.24
4.    @Golf Dino                        88.50                         965.32
5.    @agolf1                             85.67                         1,010.65
6.    @Supermilo                       79.48                         516.37
7.    @18majors                        20.05                         935.50
8.    @MagicClassic407           17.88                           453.01
9.    @BadgerLin                      15.55                          738.27
10.    @Stooch                           8.75                           544.96
11.    @Lobby                            4.76                           537.59

 

Top-10 Players:

 

1.    Nelly Korda                                                              337.99
2.    Jin Young Ko                                                            247.98
3.    Lydia Ko                                                                    234.61
4.    Minjee Lee                                                                207.95
5.    Brooke Henderson                                                   162.62
6.    Jeong Eun Lee6                                                       135.21
7.    Jessica Korda                                                           118.76
8.    Sei Young Kim                                                          118.54
9.    Danielle Kang                                                           115.30
10.    Hannah Green                                                          100.97

 

Bottom-5 Players:

 

1.    Bianca Pagdanganan                                               7.09
2.    Sung Hyun Park                                                       10.02
3.    Brittany Lang                                                            16.23
4.    Maria Fassi                                                               28.73
5.    A Lim Kim                                                                 30.72   

Edited October 11, 2021 by 18majors

[HMHS]

2 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

At the conclusion of Cognizant Founders Cup on Sunday, October 10, 2021:

 

Congratulations to @jumpcut for winning the week!

 

                                                       This Week                 2021 Season

1.    @jumpcut                         105.11                         626.61
2.    @Sharrow                         96.62                         633.42
3.    @Argonne69                     88.50                         921.24
4.    @Golf Dino                        88.50                         965.32
5.    @agolf1                             85.67                         1,010.65
6.    @Supermilo                       79.48                         516.37
7.    @18majors                        20.05                         935.50
8.    @MagicClassic407           17.88                           453.01
9.    @BadgerLin                      15.55                          738.27
10.    @Stooch                           8.75                           544.96
11.    @Lobby                            4.76                           537.59

 

Top-10 Players:

 

1.    Nelly Korda                                                              337.99
2.    Jin Young Ko                                                            247.98
3.    Lydia Ko                                                                    234.61
4.    Minjee Lee                                                                207.95
5.    Brooke Henderson                                                   162.62
6.    Jeong Eun Lee6                                                       135.21
7.    Jessica Korda                                                           118.76
8.    Sei Young Kim                                                          118.54
9.    Danielle Kang                                                           115.30
10.    Hannah Green                                                          100.97

 

Bottom-5 Players:

 

1.    Bianca Pagdanganan                                               7.09
2.    Sung Hyun Park                                                       10.02
3.    Brittany Lang                                                            16.23
4.    Maria Fassi                                                               28.73
5.    A Lim Kim                                                                 30.72   

Gunning for 3rd to last soon! 🤣  C'mon Su, my only hope...  the others are a "wash" with others (not washed up of course, how can JYK be considered wash up LOL)

[18majors]

 

 

No LPGA tournament this week; but Nelly, Jessica and Danielle will play a LET event and their Rolex points will be counted.

 

The winner will earn 16.0 Rolex points or less.

Edited October 11, 2021 by 18majors

[18majors]

 

The next time we'll see Jin Young Ko and Nelly Korda in the same field is CME Tour Championship starting November 18, 2021; but both will play one extra LPGA tournament before we get there.

 

Jin Young's recent surge is mostly due to her putting; she's #1 (1.63) in "putts per GIR" at Cognizant and #4 in GIR.  Nelly's putter has been cold since AIG and the Solheim Cup; and it culminated last week when she's #65 (1.85) in "putts per GIR" even though she's #1 in GIR.

 

Whoever putts better will win the battle at Tour Championship.

Edited October 11, 2021 by 18majors

[18majors]

@Sharrow, @Supermilo , @agolf1,  @MagicClassic407,  @BadgerLin,  @Argonne69,  @Lobby,  @Stooch,  @Golf Dino,  @jumpcut

 

The following Rolex points earned from LET Aramco have been added to the tally:

 

Charley Hull                19.5

Nelly Korda                 11.7

Danielle Kang              7.8

Jessica Korda             5.26

[Lobby]

And Danielle finished the Aramco LET bogey bogey. 
 

ah, if frogs had wings…

[18majors]

 

At the conclusion of BMW Ladies Championship on Sunday, October 24, 2021:

 

Congratulations to @Sharrowfor winning the week!

 

                                                        This Week                2021 Season

1.    @Sharrow                          55.80                           689.22
2.    @jumpcut                          55.44                           682.05
3.    @agolf1                              47.16                           1,069.51
4.    @Argonne69                      43.32                          976.36
5.    @Supermilo                       42.82                          559.19
6.    @Golf Dino                         42.56                         1,019.58
7.    @MagicClassic407             26.66                          499.17
8.    @Lobby                              17.66                           553.05
9.    @18majors                          12.66                          964.72
10.     @Stooch                            7.50                            552.46
11.    @BadgerLin                        4.72                            754.69

Top-10 Players:

1.    Nelly Korda                                                                349.69
2.    Jin Young Ko                                                             287.98
3.    Lydia Ko                                                                     246.01
4.    Minjee Lee                                                                 212.55
5.    Brooke Henderson                                                    162.62
6.    Jeong Eun Lee6                                                        136.91
7.    Danielle Kang                                                            128.50
8.    Jessica Korda                                                            124.02
9.    Sei Young Kim                                                           119.40
10.    Hannah Green                                                           102.81

Bottom-5 Players:

1.    Bianca Pagdanganan                                                7.09
2.    Sung Hyun Park                                                        11.20
3.    Brittany Lang                                                             16.23
4.    Maria Fassi                                                                28.73
5.    Marina Alex                                                               40.60

 

 

1.                                                                                  

[jumpcut]

Beaten out of a two-week winning streak by a measly 0.36 of a point? At least it was by a fellow Seoul Sisters member. I have a feeling we'll continue going neck and neck for the weekly wins in the final two events of the season.😝

 

My longtime GolfWRX avatar, Na Rin An, didn't win this week but she knows how to hoist a trophy.

 

 

[Titleist_PT23]

It's down to the following at this point:

 

a) Minjee vs. Brooke

b) Minjee vs. SYK

c) JYK, Minjee, Lee6 vs. Lydia, Brooke, Jessica Korda

 

If neither JYK nor Minjee play Pelican (or play and have a lackluster week), things could be very tight going into the CME...

[Golf Dino]

2 hours ago, agolf1 said:

It's down to the following at this point:

 

a) Minjee vs. Brooke

b) Minjee vs. SYK

c) JYK, Minjee, Lee6 vs. Lydia, Brooke, Jessica Korda

 

If neither JYK nor Minjee play Pelican (or play and have a lackluster week), things could be very tight going into the CME...

 

I don't think so.  There's only two events left and I do not think that the probability is very good that anyone can overtake you at this point.   There's just not enough variation between the top 3 picks . . . most certainly not between you and I . .  . unless Brooke wins Pelican and JYK, Lee6, Nelly, and Yealimi finish so far down in the final standings and Minjee skips it or has one of her poorest finishes of the season - and even that may not be enough! 

 

Actually, the combination of Lydia, Brooke and Jessica have a much better chance of upsetting you than my combination.   But, again, the margin is so big that it will require some poor finishes from JYK, Minjee, Nelly, Lee6 combined with top finishes for L.B.J. to have a solid chance to catch and overtake you.

 

Though as a one Yogi Berra would say . . . "it ain't over til it's over".

 

 

Edited October 26, 2021 by Golf Dino

[18majors]

11 minutes ago, Golf Dino said:

unless Brooke wins Pelican and JYK, Lee6, Nelly, and Yealimi finish so far down in the final standings and Minjee skips it or has one of her poorest finishes of the season - and even that may not be enough! 

 

 

 

Based on the strength of field, the winner of Pelican will earn an estimate of 48 points.  Minjee isn't on the Entries List; you can close the gap with @agolf1 to less than 5.0 points if Brooke wins.

 

 

[Golf Dino]

But the likelihood of Brooke winning is not high . . . more likely a Top-10 finish would be realistic . . . so that is why Brooke won't make up much ground for me.  Though if she did win, it would sure make for an interesting finish to the season at the CME.

 

[18majors]

16 minutes ago, Golf Dino said:

more likely a Top-10 finish would be realistic

 

 

Brooke needs to win, otherwise the fat lady will sing!

[HMHS]

All these scenario computations for the top 🥸...  All I need is JYK and Su Oh to play well and I'm  SOLIDLY out of the bottom of the pile 😈

[Golf Dino]

19 minutes ago, Supermilo said:

All these scenario computations for the top 🥸...  All I need is JYK and Su Oh to play well and I'm  SOLIDLY out of the bottom of the pile 😈

 

Well, as you know, if I had kept Patty Tavatanakit as my rookie, like I had in our initial "rookie" competition, then she would have gained me plenty of points!  But, alas, it was a moment of weakness on my part!  At least I managed to win our Rookie competition that we set out with last season!  😄 

[Titleist_PT23]

5 hours ago, Golf Dino said:

Though as a one Yogi Berra would say . . . "it ain't over til it's over".

 

 

A lot can still happen.  A win by Brooke and/or a "LBJ" win-place-show will make the last week very interesting.

 

I assume JYK and Minjee aren't playing Pelican, which makes it even more interesting...

Edited October 26, 2021 by agolf1
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[18majors]

16 minutes ago, agolf1 said:

I assume JYK and Minjee aren't playing Pelican, which makes it even more interesting...

 

 

Minjee isn't on the list; Jin Young wasn't on the list earlier but she's since changed her mind.

 

I don't blame her; she's gunning after her third win in a row; as well as Rolex #1, Player of the Year and everything under the sun!

 

 

[18majors]

 

Minjee Lee, Lydia Ko and Charley Hull will play the next two LET events.  As before, the Rolex points they earn will be counted.

[18majors]

Maria Fassi’s result from LET this week will also be accounted for.

[18majors]

On 10/29/2021 at 6:34 PM, 18majors said:

Maria Fassi’s result from LET this week will also be accounted for.

 

 

Maria earned 9.00 Rolex points from the LET event, she now has 37.73 in total.

[18majors]

 

Rolex points earned by Lydia Ko and Minjee Lee from the LET event have been added to their totals:

 

Lydia Ko                             264.51

Minjee Lee                         213.98

 

[18majors]

 

Although @agolf1 is favored to win the contest, it's not a sure thing mathematically.  This is the standing as we enter the last two events:

 

1.    @agolf1                              1,070.94
2.    @Golf Dino                         1,019.58             (-51.36)
3.    @18majors                          983.22              (-87.72)
4.    @Argonne69                       976.36               (-94.58)
5.    @BadgerLin                        754.69               (-316.25)

 

I don't know for sure, but the winners should earn 58 points this week and 60 points next week based on the strength of the field.  Therefore the most any contestant can gain against other contestant is 299.72 if all their five picks are different.  As a result, @BadgerLinis mathematically out of the running as the Champion.

 

Both @Golf Dino and @Argonne69have only one different pick from @agolf1; they can both mathematically gain 118 points on @agolf1.   As a result, they're both alive but @Golf Dinohas a clear advantage over @Argonne69.

 

@18majorshas three different picks from @agolf1; he can potentially gain 236 on @agolf1 and is mathematically alive also.  

 

 

 

 

 

[Golf Dino]

1 hour ago, 18majors said:

 

Although @agolf1 is favored to win the contest, it's not a sure thing mathematically.  This is the standing as we enter the last two events:

 

1.    @agolf1                              1,070.94
2.    @Golf Dino                         1,019.58             (-51.36)
3.    @18majors                          983.22              (-87.72)
4.    @Argonne69                       976.36               (-94.58)
5.    @BadgerLin                        754.69               (-316.25)

 

I don't know for sure, but the winners should earn 58 points this week and 60 points next week based on the strength of the field.  Therefore the most any contestant can gain against other contestant is 299.72 if all their five picks are different.  As a result, @BadgerLinis mathematically out of the running as the Champion.

 

Both @Golf Dino and @Argonne69have only one different pick from @agolf1; they can both mathematically gain 118 points on @agolf1.   As a result, they're both alive but @Golf Dinohas a clear advantage over @Argonne69.

 

@18majorshas three different picks from @agolf1; he can potentially gain 236 on @agolf1 and is mathematically alive also.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's kinda like we're trying to win the "Power Ball" or Lotto Max (Canadian) lottery!  Early congrats to @agolf1 . . . though slim it be, there is still hope.   Perhaps if there were a few more events left then we might be able to mount a challenge.  But alas, I suspect that I will come to rue the fact that I ignored my rookie pick of Patty Tavatanakit!  

 

Edited November 9, 2021 by Golf Dino

[18majors]

15 minutes ago, Golf Dino said:

But alas, I suspect that I will come to rue the fact that I ignored my rookie pick of Patty Tavatanakit!  

 

 

Yes, you'd have been a clear leader with Patty!

 

But, don't utter your concession speech too early!  You only need Brooke to win and Minjee outside of Top-2 at LET to take over the lead.