2021 Hugel-Air Premia LA Open (Apr 21 - 24)

[Argonne69]

Race to the CME Globe: 500 Points

 

Format: 72 holes

 

Purse: $1,500,000

 

Location: Wilshire Country Club, Los Angeles, CA

 

Par: 71

 

Yardage: 6450 yds

 

History: This is the 3rd year for the event. In 2019, Minjee Lee cruised home with a four stroke victory over Sei Young Kim to pick up her 5th career victory.

 

Coverage:

 

Apr 21: The Golf Channel 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm (EDT)

Apr 22: The Golf Channel 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm (EDT)

Apr 23: The Golf Channel 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm (EDT)

Apr 24 The Golf Channel 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm (EDT)

 

 

[Argonne69]

Another Wednesday through Saturday tournament this week with prime time viewing. Check your DVR schedule. Looks like a fairly strong field, with only Hyo Joo and Nasa in the Rolex top 10 sitting out.

 

The course should play much tougher than in Hawaii. The last two winners at Wilshire shot -14 and -12. Tricky greens and much more trouble off the tee.

 

The weather looks decent with temps in the mid to upper 60's, and no chance for rain at this point.

 

I'm going with Sei Young this week. She finiished 2nd here in 2019, and has finished T2 and T3 in her last two starts. Some of those putts are going to fall. Inbee will be up there, as well as Amy Yang.

 

Edited April 19, 2021 by Argonne69

[HMHS]

10 minutes ago, Argonne69 said:

Race to the CME Globe: 500 Points

 

Format: 72 holes

 

Purse: $1,500,000

 

Location: Wilshire Country Club, Los Angeles, CA

 

Par: 71

 

Yardage: 6450 yds

 

History: This is the 3rd year for the event. In 2019, Minjee Lee cruised home with a four stroke victory over Sei Young Kim to pick up her 5th career victory.

 

Coverage:

 

Apr 21: The Golf Channel 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm (EDT)

Apr 22: The Golf Channel 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm (EDT)

Apr 23: The Golf Channel 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm (EDT)

Apr 24 The Golf Channel 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm (EDT)

 

 

Coverage not as comprehensive as Lotte, but at least it's easy to remember 😂

[Argonne69]

3 minutes ago, Supermilo said:

Coverage not as comprehensive as Lotte, but at least it's easy to remember 😂

 

Not sure why we get the two 6:30 starts, though.

 

[18majors]

Just now, Argonne69 said:

 

Not sure why we get the two 6:30 starts, though.

 

 

 

Live streaming will start at 6:00 PM on both Thursday and Friday.

 

They could easily live stream 6:00 - 10.00 PM every round, but it looks like the sponsor didn't want to foot that bill.

 

 

[Stooch]

I like Inbee this week with an outside chance of Minjee to defend.  This event has played twice and the lowest winning score was -14, so not really a pushover over 4 days.  Lets see if they continue with the Beth Ann model of dumbing down the course and making it easier.

 

A part of me would like to see Stacey Lewis win and we can pretend we jumped into a time machine and went back to 2015, with Inbee and Lydia winning this year 🙂

[Stooch]

1 hour ago, Supermilo said:

Coverage not as comprehensive as Lotte, but at least it's easy to remember 😂

 

Well, it's not the 1.5 hours of coverage they gave us so many times last year, maybe they're bumping the minimum coverage up 2.5 hours now, I say we take the win lol

[Stooch]

1 hour ago, Argonne69 said:

 

Not sure why we get the two 6:30 starts, though.

 

 

Never forget Golf Central will for ever and always be more important than the LPGA lol

[Golf Dino]

2 hours ago, Stooch said:

 

Never forget Golf Central will for ever and always be more important than the LPGA lol

 

 

Until they have their own version of Dave Hodge!  After Hodge's incident, the powers that be that produced Hockey Night In Canada changed their policy to permit games to continue without being cutaway for the News broadcast. 

 

For those not familiar, the Stanley Cup Playoffs were underway and one of the most intense matchups was Montreal and Philadelphia ... kind of a rekindling of the 1975-76 Cup Finals ...the game was going into the third period tied at 3  and instead of staying with the live hockey, the powers that be decided to cutaway so that they could live air their News Broadcast  ... not too dissimilar to the cutaways from  Live Golf to Golf Central.

 

@Stooch ... I think you're old enough to remember this?  OR were you a diehard Leafs or Bruins fan?

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 19, 2021 by Golf Dino
embed the YT clip

[Lobby]

I like this prime time golf coverage.   Makes for something to watch that's better than the normal nonsense

[iotone]

1 hour ago, Lobby said:

I like this prime time golf coverage.   Makes for something to watch that's better than the normal nonsense

 

For anyone on the West Coast, it's perfect for streaming to close off the work day!

 

I don't understand why they won't allow spectators here this week. If the county is allowing Dodger Stadium to open back up, they should've allowed some capacity here. I was hoping to be able to attend but alas.

 

I'll take former local DK to win. 

[Argonne69]

1 hour ago, iotone said:

 

For anyone on the West Coast, it's perfect for streaming to close off the work day!

 

I don't understand why they won't allow spectators here this week. If the county is allowing Dodger Stadium to open back up, they should've allowed some capacity here. I was hoping to be able to attend but alas.

 

I'll take former local DK to win. 

 

Probably because at the time they decided to go ahead with the tournament things were still locked down. It's takes quite a bit of prep to allow fans on the course, e.g. concession stands, ropes, toilets, etc. 

[ChronicSlicer]

I'm gonna go reach a bit here, and go with Georgia Hall. I like Lexi and Shanshan to make a run as well.
 

[AKL Kiwi]

After demoralising poor Nelly a few days ago they decided to give Jessica a go for 2 rounds .... Lydia might not be too popular with the Korda's come Saturday 😊 Seriously though Inbee is always a chance in any tournament she plays in and is my pick but I think keeping herself in position to be able to defend her Olympic title is more important than winning...should the Olympics go ahead. 

Edited April 20, 2021 by AKL Kiwi

[18majors]

The new Alison Lee aims to rekindle her old glory!

 

 

[Argonne69]

24 minutes ago, 18majors said:

The new Alison Lee aims to rekindle her old glory!

 

 

 

Good to see her playing well, but she has a big hill to climb. From Solheim Cup member to Monday qualifying. Getting into the field is important, but making cuts and collecting a check is obviously a bigger step.

 

[pmcuk]

All eyes will be on Lydia Ko this week. It would be a real treat to see her slug it out again with Nelly, Inbee and SYK. 

 

I have to support Lydia for this one. The Lotte was unforgettable. 

[Argonne69]

I would be surprised if Lydia didn't finish in the top 10 this week. With four top 10's out of five tournaments this season, she's firing on all cylinders.

 

[pmcuk]

14 minutes ago, Argonne69 said:

I would be surprised if Lydia didn't finish in the top 10 this week. With four top 10's out of five tournaments this season, she's firing on all cylinders.

 

 

In Gee Chun is playing nicely again, which must please you!

[Argonne69]

7 minutes ago, pmcuk said:

 

In Gee Chun is playing nicely again, which must please you!

 

Yes, minus the mental blunder at the Kia with her scorecard.

 

In Gee would have had a good week if she was teeing it up. She generally finishes higher on tough courses where par is a good score. She's capable of making birdies, but not like Sei Young or Lydia when they're on a tear.

 

Edited April 20, 2021 by Argonne69

[MagicClassic407]

I'll take Inbee this week. How's this for a flyer:  Morgie!

[HMHS]

4 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

 

Good to see her playing well, but she has a big hill to climb. From Solheim Cup member to Monday qualifying. Getting into the field is important, but making cuts and collecting a check is obviously a bigger step.

 

worthwhile saying that the course is 7 miles from her old jaunting ground - eg UCLA...  i think both who made it had "home course" advantage...   

 

Let's see where they end up this weekend - she's gotta "cash in" on this advantage... otherwise, it'll be all for naught... 

Edited April 20, 2021 by HMHS

[Stooch]

36 minutes ago, Supermilo said:

worthwhile saying that the course is 7 miles from her old jaunting ground - eg UCLA...  i think both who made it had "home course" advantage...   

 

Let's see where they end up this weekend - she's gotta "cash in" on this advantage... otherwise, it'll be all for naught... 

Another good thing, with Covid lockdowns, the Sorority's are probably closed 🙂

[BadgerLin]

1 hour ago, MagicClassic407 said:

I'll take Inbee this week. How's this for a flyer:  Morgie!

Morgan?!  She did finish T3 and T7 the last two times it was played.

 

I’ll take Sei Young with Morgan for another top 10. 

[iotone]

1 hour ago, Stooch said:

Another good thing, with Covid lockdowns, the Sorority's are probably closed 🙂

 

My wife works on the side of the hospital on the campus that is across from Frat row.  She says they're still partying like there hasn't been a pandemic going on.

 

I'd say that's a good sign that she's starting to focus a bit more on golf.

[RainShadow]

On 4/19/2021 at 9:56 AM, iotone said:

 

For anyone on the West Coast, it's perfect for streaming to close off the work day!

 

I don't understand why they won't allow spectators here this week. If the county is allowing Dodger Stadium to open back up, they should've allowed some capacity here. I was hoping to be able to attend but alas.

 

I'll take former local DK to win. 

Likely the members don't want thousands of people "contaminating" their club.

We have a couple of high end resort courses here with memberships that didn't want the rates lowered too much in summer to keep traffic down.

[Stooch]

It's gotta be tough being Yani Tseng these days, every time I look at the leaderboard she near last place and usually before she's even played 9 holes.

[18majors]

 

The driving distance measuring holes are par 4 #6 and par 4 #9; #6 is 427 yards and #9 is 428 yards.

 

 

 

 

[Argonne69]

49 minutes ago, Stooch said:

It's gotta be tough being Yani Tseng these days, every time I look at the leaderboard she near last place and usually before she's even played 9 holes.

 

At what point does a player simply toss the clubs in the nearest pond, and take up rugby?

 

Seriously. This isn't a case of a temporary setback due to injury, or a swing being a little "off". She's DFL in driving accuracy (30.4%), DFL in Greens in Regulation (36.1%), and 120th in Putts per GIR (1.885). Can't hit a fairway. Can't hit a green. Can't stick it close or make a putt. Time to ride off into the sunset and let a rookie have a shot.

 

Edited April 21, 2021 by Argonne69

[Argonne69]

Scoring so far is better than I expected. A number of players are tied at -3 with roughly half a round played. The back nine does seem to play a shot or two harder, though.