2021 LPGA MediHeal Championship (Jun 10 - 13)

[Titleist_PT23]

Wie missed the cut by a shot, would have been a decent chance to play the weekend (member).

 

She is currently in category 4 (winner last 3 years).  Does her 2018 HSBC extend to next year as well (2019, 2020/2021, 2022)?  Are there also any extensions due to injury or maternity?  Just wondering how long she can play if the results aren't there (not easy with injury and obligations at home although plenty of players do it).

[BobMorris]

18 minutes ago, agolf1 said:

Wie missed the cut by a shot, would have been a decent chance to play the weekend (member).

 

She is currently in category 4 (winner last 3 years).  Does her 2018 HSBC extend to next year as well (2019, 2020/2021, 2022)?  Are there also any extensions due to injury or maternity?  Just wondering how long she can play if the results aren't there (not easy with injury and obligations at home although plenty of players do it).

Actually I think everyone at +4 made the cut on the number. All Katelyn Dambaugh had to do was par holes 8 & 9 to shut out all the +4's, but she bogey'd them both instead.

Edited June 12, 2021 by BobMorris

[Titleist_PT23]

12 minutes ago, BobMorris said:

Actually I think everyone at +4 made the cut on the number. All Katelyn Dambaugh had to do was par holes 8 & 9 to shut out all the +4's, but she bogey'd them both instead.

You are right, they website is now different with +4 = T70.  I thought everyone was finished last time I looked but maybe not.

[stingerfade]

12 hours ago, MagicClassic407 said:

I see Cristie Kerr WD. Hope she's healthy...........

Not sad 

[Cwebb]

Su Oh will rip your heart out, won't she

[JK Ward]

7 hours ago, agolf1 said:

Wie missed the cut by a shot, would have been a decent chance to play the weekend (member).

 

She is currently in category 4 (winner last 3 years).  Does her 2018 HSBC extend to next year as well (2019, 2020/2021, 2022)?  Are there also any extensions due to injury or maternity?  Just wondering how long she can play if the results aren't there (not easy with injury and obligations at home although plenty of players do it).

She got an extra year for winning the HSBC this year due to the pandemic. Normally it would have been a two year exemption. Seems like she would be eligible for a maternity exemption next year but I’m not sure. 

Edited June 12, 2021 by JK Ward

[Argonne69]

Definitely an odd leaderboard, but with so many top players taking the week off, and a number who appear to be spent from last week's play, it's not a shocker. Lauren Kim has only played in 7 tournaments prior to this in the past 2 seasons, and missed the cut in 6 of them. She finished 81st at this year's Pure Silk.

 

Given the start of her round, Leona managed to turn it around and stay in the hunt. 

 

Is it too soon to label Alison as being "back"? 

 

Lydia really should become a magician. How did she manage only one bogie with some of those tee shots? 

 

I am surprised to see Bronte missing the cut. In 2019 she almost won this thing. 

 

 

[lchang]

18 hours ago, KBong said:

Lousy scoring in the AM....windy & cold?

 

TV never captures it....LMGC looks quite hilly.....wonder how many members cart it.

Most golfers at privates here walk....it never gets too hot here....Capilano is the hilliest of the privates.

TV definitely washes out some of the hills. Eg, the approach shot on 7 is very downhill. So is the par-3 twelfth. Approaches on 8,9, and 13 are much more uphill than they look on tv. 
 

 

(an aside:  I don’t know why they’re doing the massive renovation here. I think the course is great as it is. )

[Goldenswing]

 

Edited June 12, 2021 by Goldenswing
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[Argonne69]

29 minutes ago, lchang said:

TV definitely washes out some of the hills. Eg, the approach shot on 7 is very downhill. So is the par-3 twelfth. Approaches on 8,9, and 13 are much more uphill than they look on tv. 
 

 

(an aside:  I don’t know why they’re doing the massive renovation here. I think the course is great as it is. )

 

They're planning to take out a large number of trees. Sad. I wonder how many golf balls they'll collect. Lol.

 

[18majors]

 

 

Forty-five scores have been posted, and it's +3 for the field; or 72.067 scoring average.

 

Granted, it's smaller field of better players; but it also clear the course is easier today.  We may see a handful at -4 or better, befitting a moving day.

 

 

[North Texas]

Matilda Castren is only 1 shot off the lead but apparently Golf Channel doesn't know it. 

[postfold]

11 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

 Lauren Kim has only played in 7 tournaments prior to this in the past 2 seasons, and missed the cut in 6 of them. She finished 81st at this year's Pure Silk.

 

Might explain why I don't know anything about Lauren Kim.  I would hope to learn something from Golf Channel during coverage but I'm not going to hold my breath. 

[postfold]

Go Lauren Kim!  I'd like to see her grab that top 10 and get into the Meijer.  And thank you GC for giving us some info.

 

Edit:  Yikes!  That was quite a miss on that short birdie putt.  (Can totally relate, of course)

Edited June 13, 2021 by postfold

[North Texas]

Don't understand why Danielle Kang took forever to play her next after hitting it out of bounds. Isn't the rule obvious? 

[Titleist_PT23]

It seems like the fans are suffering from fatigue after USWO.

[KBong]

18 hours ago, lchang said:

TV definitely washes out some of the hills. Eg, the approach shot on 7 is very downhill. So is the par-3 twelfth. Approaches on 8,9, and 13 are much more uphill than they look on tv. 
 

 

(an aside:  I don’t know why they’re doing the massive renovation here. I think the course is great as it is. )

Makes NO SENSE why they are going to CULL  200 trees.....WTH.

[KBong]

18 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

1) Is it too soon to label Alison as being "back"? 

 

2) Lydia really should become a magician. How did she manage only one bogie with some of those tee shots? 

 

1) I need to see a year of steady results before I'll say a pro is "BACK"

 

2) Lydia's driver can be GARBAGE.....there's missing FW's and hitting it into the rough and then there's hitting it into the trees/hazards...Lydia is doing the latter....leading to bogeys and doubles....it's been happening for some time.

Lydia has missed some very makeable 3-7 foots putts...if she made those putts....she'd -7 or -8 and ready to POUNCE on the non LPGA winners at the top....IMO...she's too far back.

[KBong]

I know the pros are likely fully vaccinated????.....I'm I the only one a bit shocked to see them signing autographs w/o a mask.

I kinda surprised autographs and picture requests are allowed.

 

There are still outbreaks here in hospitals and LTC's....and I gotta believe staff have been fully vaccinated for months???

Likely the variants???

[KBong]

Although they are likely to gag

BUT

I'm predicting a 1st time winner...someone who catches lightening in a bottle and the Golf Gods looking kindly on them.

 

It's near possible to predict a winner among the top 10 leaders

Edited June 13, 2021 by KBong

[postfold]

I'm on board with a first time winner.  Really liked Lauren Kim's interview after the round but winning may be a bit too much to ask, she just hasn't been there on the final day any time recently.  I'm on Team Lauren though!  Would also love an Albane win, she's awesome. 

 

If I'm betting* with head instead of heart I like Min Lee and Castren.  Lee is hot and just won on the Symetra and Castren is too good to not win very soon.  I would also place a flier on a VERY ticked off Danielle Kang, she could be so irked by what happened on 18 that she could come out and shoot 62.  Four back is nothing.

 

(* I don't bet, even though it is legal to do so in my jurisdiction)

[MagicClassic407]

Note to Matilda:    Let your FINN flag fly!!🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

[Argonne69]

10 hours ago, North Texas said:

Don't understand why Danielle Kang took forever to play her next after hitting it out of bounds. Isn't the rule obvious? 

 

Not only that, but she put herself in an awkward spot with her drop on the slope. You get 1 club length from the reference point no closer to the hole. She could have dropped the ball further to the left on the flatter portion of the bunker. The fact that the ball was originally above her feet contributed to her airmailing the green.

 

Also, not sure what they were yabbering on about the footprints. If you don't want the ball landing in a footprint, stand behind the spot where you intend to drop it, not to the side. As long as the ball is dropped from knee height you can stand anywhere.

 

She could also have taken a drop on a line behind the point of her original shot. I have to look at the shot again to see how much room she had behind the spot.

 

[Argonne69]

I'm doubling down on my odd leaderboard comment. Lol. 

 

This is only Min Lee's third event of the season, and 8th since 2019. She didn't play on the tour last year. She's missed half the cuts, and her best finish was 31T. She's been on tour since 2015, so she's definitely committed. I watched her play in 2017 at the Volvik. She was in In Gee's group. She seemed to have a solid game, but just missed the cut.

 

Matilda has one top ten in 14 previous events. Albane has been struggling this season and last. She did manage a top 10 at the Drive On in March.

 

What a rollercoaster for Danielle. At least she had a good laugh after sailing her bunker shot OB on the 18th. The 'ol Danielle would have had a meltdown.

 

Odds are definitely looking good for a first time winner, but as we saw at Olympic, the course has teeth, and over par rounds by the top of the leaderboard is a possibility, as is a 6 under round. I'd say the players at -5 still have a chance. The six players at -4 really have their work cut out for them.

 

Watch out for A Lim. She's missed four cuts this season, but seems to put up very good final rounds when she makes the cut. 

 

Any of the possible first time winners would make good stories, though. 

[Stooch]

Been busy this week but great event so far, course is a solid test but you can still score on it.  After Danielle messed up on 18, it's given a whole bunch of players their big chance at an LPGA win, should be fun to see who can hold on, or if a Lydia or Danielle can make a crazy run.

[Stooch]

On 6/11/2021 at 11:25 PM, Cwebb said:

Su Oh will rip your heart out, won't she

 

I learned that lesson well a few years back, I will say she's very consistent in her inconsistency lol

[pmcuk]

Lydia and her driver........ (yet again).....

 

Is there a cure? Ariya went to a 3 wood but she can hit it. 

[Argonne69]

17 minutes ago, pmcuk said:

Lydia and her driver........ (yet again).....

 

Is there a cure? Ariya went to a 3 wood but she can hit it. 

 

Work in progress. Luckily she has the short game to bail her out (most of the time).

 

[18majors]

 

One scenario is the final group will all shoot over par; Albane Valenzuela and A Lim Kim become the players to beat at -6.  This scenario will draw in many more players, including Jennifer Kupcho, Danielle Kang, Lydia Ko, Patty Tavatanakit, So Yeon Ryu and Lexi Thompson.

 

A storybook finish would be Lexi shoots -7 to win and erases (but not completely) her USWO disappointments.

 

 

 

 

Edited June 13, 2021 by 18majors

[18majors]

Great news for WAPT:

 

PXG will title sponsor a new two-week match-play event for up-and-coming pro women

 

"The PXG Women’s Match Play Championship is one of 14 official events on the Women’s All Pro Tour, which is the Official Qualifying Tour for the LPGA’s Symetra Tour."