2021 LPGA MediHeal Championship (Jun 10 - 13)

[BadgerLin]

5 minutes ago, Cwebb said:

Is there any dress code at all on this tour, or can they wear just about anything?

A couple years ago I think the tour supposedly issued some “guidelines” on golf clothes.  I think gym shorts and racer back tops were some items  highlighted as inappropriate.  The former was (maybe?) directed at Jaye Marie Greene and the latter at Michelle Wie (not yet West). 

[mallrat]

Does Danielle do it under “growing the game.” There are other Adidas women who dress fine/appropriately; Jessica Korda, but Danielle looks horrible to me. The joggers are bad enough but these shorts are like she forgot her clothes and had to use her workout shorts. 

[KBong]

6 minutes ago, Cwebb said:

Not a good look.  They shouldn't do that

I was at Sahalee....a very prestigious private club in Seattle, for the 2016 KPMG....Wie was on the range in yoga pants....all these guys gawking at her...BJ standing beside her.

 

IMO...the gals don't show enough respect to the private clubs that OPEN their doors to them.

[mallrat]

Just now, BadgerLin said:

A couple years ago I think the tour supposedly issued some “guidelines” on golf clothes.  I think gym shorts and racer back tops were some items  highlighted as inappropriate.  The former was (maybe?) directed at Jaye Marie Greene and the latter at Michelle Wie (not yet West). 

Yeah, there is a pretty big thread on it and I thought it said shirts had to have collars also. Anna N falls into this category as well

[Cwebb]

2 minutes ago, mallrat said:

Yeah, there is a pretty big thread on it and I thought it said shirts had to have collars also. Anna N falls into this category as well

 

At what point is someone actually going to pull the hood up over their head.  Will that be ok too?

[mallrat]

Interestingly I just looked up the press release on the updated dress code. It was from 2017 and says joggers are NOT allowed. Now it is a little curious whether it refers to Pro-Am parties or on course. 

[KBong]

3 minutes ago, BadgerLin said:

A couple years ago I think the tour supposedly issued some “guidelines” on golf clothes.  I think gym shorts and racer back tops were some items  highlighted as inappropriate.  The former was (maybe?) directed at Jaye Marie Greene and the latter at Michelle Wie (not yet West). 

Guidelines still not stringent enough.

 

Trying showing up tomorrow at your club tomorrow in a skort that is 12-14" above your knees (common on the LPGA) and see if you get access to the 1st tee....I think not.

 

At the prestigious clubs here.....I can't play with my shirt untucked...nor would I do so and embarrass the member who invited me.

[BadgerLin]

2 minutes ago, mallrat said:

Yeah, there is a pretty big thread on it and I thought it said shirts had to have collars also. Anna N falls into this category as well

Yeah, and Anna’s and shorts might not even qualify as golf clothes on my local muni.

[KBong]

6 minutes ago, mallrat said:

Yeah, there is a pretty big thread on it and I thought it said shirts had to have collars also. Anna N falls into this category as well

Yes....good one....I forgot about Anna N...again I think a lack of respect to the club you are INVITED to play at.

[Cwebb]

4 minutes ago, KBong said:

Guidelines still not stringent enough.

 

Trying showing up tomorrow at your club tomorrow in a skort that is 12-14" above your knees (common on the LPGA) and see if you get access to the 1st tee....I think not.

 

At the prestigious clubs here.....I can't play with my shirt untucked...nor would I do so and embarrass the member who invited me.

 

I'm in favor of an actual dress code.  As in you have to follow the code, or be fined.  Not just "guidelines"

[KBong]

OK...back to golf.

Lydia is putting like GARBAGE this week.

Have we ever seen her miss so many makeable putts in a tournament?....I THINK NOT.

[mallrat]

I just look at it as a respect issue as said above these exclusive private clubs are opening their doors to you to showcase and grow your game. Not just that but you are a professional, act like it, dress like it and speak like it. 
 

I wonder if the LPGA is afraid of the whole cancel culture movement if they enforce it. IMO, it’s a larger issue in society as well. Yoga pants aren’t shouldn’t be work attire. Heck casual Fridays used to be a stretch to wear jeans. 

[KBong]

Castren not choking.

[mallrat]

Some of these swings amaze me. I feel like there are more technically correct swings than on the PGA. Literally 75% of these swings are swings any instruct would be happy for their students to copy. Add in tempo and I don’t get how more amateurs don’t watch and learn from them

[Cwebb]

3 minutes ago, mallrat said:

I just look at it as a respect issue as said above these exclusive private clubs are opening their doors to you to showcase and grow your game. Not just that but you are a professional, act like it, dress like it and speak like it. 
 

I wonder if the LPGA is afraid of the whole cancel culture movement if they enforce it. IMO, it’s a larger issue in society as well. Yoga pants aren’t shouldn’t be work attire. Heck casual Fridays used to be a stretch to wear jeans. 

 

It actually ends up being where they are promoting "cancelling" classic country club conduct and attire

[Cwebb]

This has been great golf so far.  Classic fairways and greens with balance and tempo

[KBong]

I think the thing holding Crazy Lucy Li back is she still looks small...therefore lack of distance.

 

I appreciate Lucy doesn't have a coach and doing a Hogan......finding it out in the dirt.

[Cwebb]

2 minutes ago, KBong said:

I think the thing holding Crazy Lucy Li back is she still looks small...therefore lack of distance.

 

I appreciate Lucy doesn't have a coach and doing a Hogan......finding it out in the dirt.

 

I question how reliable that swing can be.  The arm swing is way too far inside and 'behind' her

[preiter20]

38 minutes ago, KBong said:

The sad thing is that if you and your female friends showed up at your local premier private club wearing short shorts. short skirts, and yoga pants like what the LPGA pros wear on a week in and week out basis....someone in the pro shop would stop you from teeing off unless you bought some APPROPRIATE clothes in the pro shop to abide by the club's dress code.

I love the sweet tears of the stodgy old golfers club.   I don’t care what people wear as long as you keep up the pace, fix ball marks, and don’t do stupid crap to the golf course.  There are many drunk, 20 ‘cappers playing from the back tee a-holes that I can do without.  Miniskirts, tank tops, and hoodies don’t bother me.

[mallrat]

3 minutes ago, KBong said:

I think the thing holding Crazy Lucy Li back is she still looks small...therefore lack of distance.

 

I appreciate Lucy doesn't have a coach and doing a Hogan......finding it out in the dirt.

My course has a qualifier for amateurs to earn a spot in the  Portland tournament. Lucy played in 2 years ago and I watched her play a little in practice rounds and the tourney. It’s not an overly long course and an average distance can compete easily. She is the Asian Morgan Pressel. IMO, she’s not long enough to compete on your today. She can be competitive and have a decent career and maybe catch lightning in a bottle once or twice but looking at the distances combined with the accuracy of many of the other ladies I just don’t see it.

[Cwebb]

Lauren Kim needs a new putter.

[ChronicSlicer]

10 minutes ago, KBong said:

I think the thing holding Crazy Lucy Li back is she still looks small...therefore lack of distance.

 

I appreciate Lucy doesn't have a coach and doing a Hogan......finding it out in the dirt.

Is it just me that thinks Lucy is going full send on every shot, or is her swing just that aggressive looking?

[mallrat]

4 minutes ago, preiter20 said:

I love the sweet tears of the stodgy old golfers club.   I don’t care what people wear as long as you keep up the pace, fix ball marks, and don’t do stupid crap to the golf course.  There are many drunk, 20 ‘cappers playing from the back tee a-holes that I can do without.  Miniskirts, tank tops, and hoodies don’t bother me.

What makes you think we are stodgy old golfers? Because we expect someone to dress the part?

[KBong]

9 minutes ago, mallrat said:

Some of these swings amaze me. I feel like there are more technically correct swings than on the PGA. Literally 75% of these swings are swings any instruct would be happy for their students to copy. Add in tempo and I don’t get how more amateurs don’t watch and learn from them

TV doesn't do the gals justice...one needs to attend a tournament to see the timing and tempo of these gals...many who are small....who can smash their FW's and 5 irons high on a rope.

 

You should know....I think you've been to watch the gals play at Columbia Edgewater.

I've been to the Portland event 5 times...it was AMAZING when Safeway was the sponsor.

Parking right beside the course...so many hotels near course.

And the best thing is the Sextant bar on the river and right by the course where many loops and some pros would hang out.

I saw Webb slumming it there on Sunday night along with Sarah Kemp....same with Sophie G the night before she announced her retirement.

 

Never cared for the Ghost course at Pumpkin....and Hillsboro was boring.

[Cwebb]

1 minute ago, ChronicSlicer said:

Is it just me that thinks Lucy is going full send on every shot, or is her swing just that aggressive looking?

Her arms get so far inside and behind her, that it's a lot of work to get them back in a decent strike position

[KBong]

5 minutes ago, Cwebb said:

Lauren Kim needs a new putter.

I think Jaye Marie Green uses a similar SLEDGE HAMMER.

 

In my books...if I see a pro using a putter like that...they are struggling with their stroke.

 

Though Jake won the Masters in 1986 with a similar huge shovel putter...he went into the event struggling with the flat stick.

[mallrat]

2 minutes ago, KBong said:

TV doesn't do the gals justice...one needs to attend a tournament to see the timing and tempo of these gals...many who are small....who can smash their FW's and 5 irons high on a rope.

 

You should know....I think you've been to watch the gals play at Columbia Edgewater.

I've been to the Portland event 5 times...it was AMAZING when Safeway was the sponsor.

Parking right beside the course...so many hotels near course.

And the best thing is the Sextant bar on the river and right by the course where many loops and some pros would hang out.

I saw Webb slumming it there on Sunday night along with Sarah Kemp....same with Sophie G the night before she announced her retirement.

 

Never cared for the Ghost course at Pumpkin....and Hillsboro was boring.

I’ve enjoyed the LPGA for awhile but what really won me over was going to the ANA a couple years ago. Took my son who was 4 at the time. Couldn’t walk the course to much because he is a loud little booger. 1st day we were there he found out he could get autographs and so many of the ladies could not have been nicer. Heck Jessica even stopped a photo shoot/interview to come over and talk to him. Some even were shocked/surprised. Then the final day we sat behind 18 where they walk off because if he made an outburst they couldn’t hear us. He got about 7 or 8 signed golf balls that day, didn’t ask for one the ladies just stopped and gave them to him. He’s a fan for life. 

[Cwebb]

I always laugh when they refer to fog, as the "marine layer".  You don't need to make the fog sound better than it really is

[KBong]

2 minutes ago, Cwebb said:

I always laugh when they refer to fog, as the "marine layer".  You don't need to make the fog sound better than it really is

Just like rain in Raincouver here called precipitation.🤣

[KBong]

@Argonne69

If you're gonna pick an Aussie to win a LPGA event soon...pick a pro named Green....not Lee....just sayin.🤣