2021 Kia Classic (Mar 25 - 28)

[preiter20]

Interesting comments today on the Golf Channel app feed.  Judy commented during a break that she was not fond of the flat brimmed hats and Grant said "Perry the Platypus" for some reason.  I love hot mics!  I'm sure the announcers don't, lol.

[preiter20]

In Gee failed to sign her score card, according to Beth Ann Nichols from Golf Week.   DQ.  Bummer.

Edited March 27, 2021 by preiter20

[Stooch]

2 minutes ago, preiter20 said:

In Gee failed to sign her score card, according to Beth Ann Nichols from Golf Week.   DQ.  Bummer.

 

Yikes, poor Ingee, on the plus side it's usually a mistake you only make once.

[Argonne69]

Just noticed So Yeon with the Titleist bag. That's new. Gotta find out what's in the bag. 

 

Major bummer about In Gee. 

 

[Shilgy]

2 hours ago, Tom Kelly said:

Understandable given some of the fine specimens of manhood at the capstone of the golfing pyramid. Bryson could easily play leading man in Rom-Coms, and of course Adam Scott. Even fat Rory is pretty buff these days. I would question whether it's golf she's a fan of  or golfers.

Lol

[Argonne69]

Really surprised by the scores today. Despite the crummy weather yesterday, the scores appeared to be higher today. Best rounds were four -4s. The greens did seem to be firmer, no surprise.

 

Jin Young missed the cut at the last event, and this week it's Sei Young. Quite surprised. 'Nice birdie on the 18th by So Yeon to make the cut.

 

Nice to have Minjee back. Hopefully we'll see a few shots tomorrow.

 

Inbee is six strokes ahead of 6th place. This tournament could be down to the final two groups unless someone does something amazing tomorrow.

 

 

[WestTex]

Oh In Gee... How does one forget to sign their scorecard? Not asking sarcastically, I really am curious. Especially for a pro it should be pretty high on your list of things to do, no? I know a few others have done the same, just seems odd.

 

I suppose I can assume when one does something hundreds of times, it becomes an action without much thought where you can easily slide right by.  Anyone know if that's in a caddy's acceptable expectations of "hey boss, did you, umm, you know, sign our paycheck...?" Either way I assume caddy gets paid for days worked, but 4 days better than 2, plus winnings lol

[Argonne69]

1 minute ago, WestTex said:

Oh In Gee... How does one forget to sign their scorecard? Not asking sarcastically, I really am curious. Especially for a pro it should be pretty high on your list of things to do, no? I know a few others have done the same, just seems odd.

 

I suppose I can assume when one does something hundreds of times, it becomes an action without much thought where you can easily slide right by.  Anyone know if that's in a caddy's acceptable expectations of "hey boss, did you, umm, you know, sign our paycheck...?" Either way I assume caddy gets paid for days worked, but 4 days better than 2, plus winnings lol

 

The caddies are not in the scoring tent. Once she steps outside, she can't go back in to sign the card. I have to assume that she had media waiting outside the scoring area, and she was in a rush to meet with them.

 

It's surprising how much activity there is just outside the tent at some venues. 

[Stooch]

4 minutes ago, WestTex said:

Oh In Gee... How does one forget to sign their scorecard? Not asking sarcastically, I really am curious. Especially for a pro it should be pretty high on your list of things to do, no? I know a few others have done the same, just seems odd.

 

I suppose I can assume when one does something hundreds of times, it becomes an action without much thought where you can easily slide right by.  Anyone know if that's in a caddy's acceptable expectations of "hey boss, did you, umm, you know, sign our paycheck...?" Either way I assume caddy gets paid for days worked, but 4 days better than 2, plus winnings lol

 

I think maybe with Covid, they are restricting those in the scoring tent and the caddies aren't around to add input.

[WestTex]

Thanks for the input! Figured caddies aren't in there at the same time, just would think a reminder before they went in? Either way, good point too about media and covid maybe adding to the pandemonium. Oh well, lesson learned the hard way.

[pmcuk]

17 hours ago, Stooch said:

 

Yikes, poor Ingee, on the plus side it's usually a mistake you only make once.

 

Surely this is a ridiculous and inhuman regulation. All it needs is for the scoring official to take the card in the presence of the player and say "now please can you sign the card". Simple, job done. What if you went into a bank and wrote out a cash cheque to yourself, and the cashier said to you "You've not signed this. That will be a $500 dollar penalty we'll be taking off your account". Absurd.

 

Just shows that sadists are alive and well in the game of golf. 

[Argonne69]

5 hours ago, Stooch said:

 

I think maybe with Covid, they are restricting those in the scoring tent and the caddies aren't around to add input.

 

I don't recall ever seeing a caddie in the tent pre-Covid. 

[chasethebirdie]

Aviara is a great place to play if you ever get the chance. As others have called out above the rough can be brutal!

[Stooch]

21 minutes ago, Argonne69 said:

 

I don't recall ever seeing a caddie in the tent pre-Covid. 

 

I kinda have memories but could be wrong, not certain either way.

[BadgerLin]

Wow, Madeleine Sagstrom has shot herself right into this tournament - and with a double to start her round!  

[Golf Dino]

 

 

I too feel really badly for InGee ... she was a class act with it too.  

 

Nonetheless, at least it was not a major championship.  I think to date this poor fella below had the worst scorecard mishap of all time. 👇👇  (1968 Masters & Roberto Di Vicenzo  and "what a stupid I am")  

 

 

[Titleist_PT23]

Don't the players usually compares/cross-check the scores before submitting (make sure you don't sign for the wrong score)?  If so, I would think most players would usually ask the other(s) if they have signed.  Perhaps they were taking about Wie's baby, laughing at Wie's scorecard, etc and the unfortunate happened.

[North Texas]

36 minutes ago, agolf1 said:

Don't the players usually compares/cross-check the scores before submitting (make sure you don't sign for the wrong score)?  If so, I would think most players would usually ask the other(s) if they have signed.  Perhaps they were taking about Wie's baby, laughing at Wie's scorecard, etc and the unfortunate happened.

 

I worked in the scorer's tent when the WAPT played at our home course last year. One of the things I did was make sure everyone had signed their card and I would let them know before they ever left the scorer's tent. 

[Argonne69]

OK, so who decided to "spice" things up with two driveable par 4s? Someone at the LPGA readin Beth Ann Nichols' article? I don't recall every seeing a pair of short par 4s before. 'Very gimmicky IMHO. 

 

For a while I thought Inbee was going to let a dozen players back into the tournament. With a number of 67s and better, her -2 effort after 16 holes was rather pedestrian, especially with a pair of pars on 9 and 16. Of course she does what the queen does and birdies 17 to almost put this one out of reach. Not a great round, but probably good enough.

 

It would take a real blitz for the players at -6 to win. MJ, Minjee, and Mel have a shot, but they're going to need to fire 66s or better, and simply hope Inbee has an off day.

 

Rough day for Sophia. I hope she at least got a hot dog on the 9th after hitting her drive OB into the hot dog stand. Ouch.

 

Mel couldn't buy putt today, but then again she's in the bottom 40% in both putting statistics.

 

Jin Young got a bit unlucky on the 16th. Her lie behind the green looked awful. Still, it shouldn't take 4 strokes to get up and in.

 

 

 

 

 

[Jordan J. Caron]

Her par putt on 12 was huge after the miss on 11 and then the birdie on 13. And I agree about the two short par 4's. Not sure if I heard Judy correctly but I thought she said only two players didn't birdie 9 while the last group was walking to the green. But that must have been for a certain amount of groups.

[Argonne69]

4 hours ago, Jordan J. Caron said:

Her par putt on 12 was huge after the miss on 11 and then the birdie on 13. And I agree about the two short par 4's. Not sure if I heard Judy correctly but I thought she said only two players didn't birdie 9 while the last group was walking to the green. But that must have been for a certain amount of groups.

 

Yeah, I think you're right. Looking at the players T28 or better, only 7 out of 33 outside the final group made par. The others made birdies or eagles. The final group went par, par, bogie.

 

BTW, I found the "Kia" scorecard from 2017. I played it in mid-February, a few weeks before the tournament. I recall #17 being a beast. The 15th was tough, too.

 

 

Edited March 28, 2021 by Argonne69

[nosil]

17 hours ago, pmcuk said:

 

Surely this is a ridiculous and inhuman regulation. All it needs is for the scoring official to take the card in the presence of the player and say "now please can you sign the card". Simple, job done.

 

The scoring officials do try to check prior to the players leaving the tent and crossing the "line" where they can't go back and sign the card.   Right or wrong,  players get in a hurry and obviously leave without signing their card.   Having watched many players in the scoring tent,  some are in a hurry while others take their time.

 

16 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

 

I don't recall ever seeing a caddie in the tent pre-Covid. 

 

Pre-Covid those in the tent were typically players, caddies, and walking scorer (in case questions arise).   Caddie's were occasionally calling out scores.  

[Stooch]

2 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

 

Yeah, I think you're right. Looking at the players T28 or better, only 7 out of 33 outside the final group made par. The others made birdies or eagles. The final group went par, par, bogie.

 

BTW, I found the "Kia" scorecard from 2017. I played it in mid-February, a few weeks before the tournament. I recall #17 being a beast. The 15th was tough, too.

 

 

 

It was some weird number Judy used to illustrate her point, I think she said "of the 19 top players on the leaderboard, Kristen Gillman is the only one not to birdie #9"

[Stooch]

I was depressing myself by looking at some stats, putting was really important this week or more on point is lag putting was very important this week.  If all players in the top 10 were able to do what Inbee did or didn't do so far this week, the top 10 going into today would be much different and competitive.

 

Inbee has no 3-putts this week, here's what the top 10 would look like if everybody didn't 3-putt

1.  Inbee (-12)

2.  Minjee  (-11)

3.  Brooke H. (-10)

4.  Jin Young Ko (-9)

5.  Lexi  (-8)

     MJ Hur  (-8)

     Madelaine S.  (-8)

     Hyo Joo Kim  (-8)

9.  Mel Reid  (-7)

     Amy Olson  (-7)

 

When trying to grab that trophy it truly is the little things that make up the margins.

 

 

Edited March 28, 2021 by Stooch

[8602081]

Going to call it..

 

Congrats to Inbee..

Possibly the shortest hitter in LPGA.. but Possibly the best putter in LPGA..

 

Drive for show.. Putt for Dough..

 

[ChronicSlicer]

11 minutes ago, 8602081 said:

Going to call it..

 

Congrats to Inbee..

Possibly the shortest hitter in LPGA.. but Possibly the best putter in LPGA..

 

Drive for show.. Putt for Dough..

 

How about one of the best putters in all of golf..

[ChronicSlicer]

Congrats to my pick, Inbee. Nice round by Stacy. The "older" gals getting it done today.

Wonder who would win in an arm wrestling match between Mel and Lexi?

I'll be taking Lexi next week at the ANA. 👍

[Stooch]

Congrats to Inbee on a dominant performance, she never gave them a chance for hope.  Lexi is looking good going into the ANA, she and Ingee seems to be in the most consistent form.  The rest of the top players so far this season seem to be flaky from one round to the next or even one event to another.

[gvogel]

On 3/26/2021 at 10:18 PM, Argonne69 said:

Just noticed So Yeon with the Titleist bag. That's new. Gotta find out what's in the bag. 

 

Major bummer about In Gee. 

 

I would like to see more LPGA players sponsored by Titleist.

[Argonne69]

 

Yeah, solid week and win by Inbee. Surprising to see that it's her first wire to wire win, but she never ceases to surprise. Gotta believe she'll keep playing until she surpasses Se Ri's record.

 

That said, I was quite disappointing in the play by the chasers. C'mon. Only one out of five players breaks par? Heck, three shot 75 or worse. 

 

Nice round by Danielle before the 18th. Hopefully she gets that blow up hole out of her system before next week.

 

Jin Young looking great for next week. 

 

I think Lexi will do well next week, but I'm not jumping on the bandwagon. Six reachable holes for the past two days skews the results. Mission Hills is not quite the pitch and putt they set up this weekend.

 

Very nice week for my pick Hyo Joo, but she didn't do much over the past three days. 

 

Watch out for Amy next week. She's been solid in the majors, but can she get over the hump? 

 

Nelly and Brooke both have work to do on their putting (as we know). Solid day both both, but they can't keep throwing away shots with missed short putts.