2022 LPGA Season Odds and Ends

[North Texas]

Okay, humble brag time.

 

Played today with someone who won on the Epson Tour last year and shot my low round in over 2 years. Even took money from her. Head up. 

[MagicClassic407]

Looking forward to that live stream tomorrow at noon with LET leaders: Lexi, Nelly & Sagstrom. Penultimate group includes Henderson. But nary a word of it mentioned on TGC Website...

 

[iBanesto]

 

[18majors]

On 10/14/2022 at 10:47 AM, 18majors said:

Not a bad sneak preview to next week:

 

 

A Lim Kim and Yealimi Noh won with 6 skins and $47,000; Atthaya Thitikul and Pajaree Anannarukarn had 4 skins and $13,000.

 

 

Edited October 16, 2022 by 18majors

[MagicClassic407]

Congrats to LEXI for winning the LET tournament this week in NYC. Was hoping for more of a battle within the final group but happy she kept it together down the back nine. Seems brother Nick is a great caddy for her.  🏆  An All-Euro group won the team event (w/the exception of their amateur). Happy to see that, too, as it's a worthwhile trip for them.

 

[ChronicSlicer]

Congrats to Lexi, hope this win helps to break down that mental wall she's been dealing with.

Looks like less than perfect weather conditions got the best of Nelly again.

Lots of 🇸🇪 flags flying on that leaderboard.
Natalie Gulbis at +23 MC  clearly worth the invite 👍 

 

[subrew]

1 hour ago, MagicClassic407 said:

Congrats to LEXI for winning the LET tournament this week in NYC. Was hoping for more of a battle within the final group but happy she kept it together down the back nine. Seems brother Nick is a great caddy for her.  🏆  An All-Euro group won the team event (w/the exception of their amateur). Happy to see that, too, as it's a worthwhile trip for them.

 

 

I'm bummed the Aramco Team Series gets burried at midnight of TGC.  I really dig the format.  At least I could stream it.  But talk about zero coverage on social media, except for the little-followed Aramco Team Series instagram page.  

 

One of my favorite social media golfers, Mac Boucher (canadian lefty who does some content with TXG) got to play with Brooke Henderson.  

[woahnelly]

11 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

A Lim Kim and Yealimi Noh won with 6 skins and $47,000; Atthaya Thitikul and Pajaree Anannarukarn had 4 skins and $13,000.

 

 

 

I watched a bit of it, for some reason production thought it was a good idea to have the volume of the announcers 5x that of the ladies who were laughing and having fun, wish we could hear more of them - at least both teams have some nice spending money!

[8602081]

7 hours ago, woahnelly said:

 

I watched a bit of it, for some reason production thought it was a good idea to have the volume of the announcers 5x that of the ladies who were laughing and having fun, wish we could hear more of them - at least both teams have some nice spending money!

 

Yes, seems like they are having a blast playing..

 

I wish they have subtitle available for this, it would have been fun to watch..  I think announcers were bit surprised that Yealimi spoke very good Korean.

 

They had a long drive contest prior to the competition.. A Lim Kim won with 278 yard drive..

Indoor golf simulator is very popular in Korea..

 

 

Edited October 16, 2022 by 8602081
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[18majors]

 

LPGA, number uno in professional women's sports:

 

 

[18majors]

 

Can't wait to find out 2023 LPGA schedule; USWO moved from late May- early June triggered many other movements:

 

 

[18majors]

 

Old tournament, new sponsor and the purse doubles:

 

 

 

Edited October 19, 2022 by 18majors

[iBanesto]

More Japanese fun - Shibuno and Saso.

 

🇯🇵

 

 

[18majors]

 

Two of my favorites, both desperately need to win Majors.  2023 can't come soon enough:

 

 

[Titleist_PT23]

3 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

Two of my favorites, both desperately need to win Majors.  2023 can't come soon enough:

 

 

Rory needs to win the Masters.  Lydia winning USWO at Pebble Beach next year would be cool.  Probably not possible to have a better champion at such venue (in the context of current active players / where people are reasonably likely to end up in the career standings).

[18majors]

8 hours ago, agolf1 said:

Lydia winning USWO at Pebble Beach next year would be cool.  Probably not possible to have a better champion at such venue (in the context of current active players / where people are reasonably likely to end up in the career standings).

 

I'm not greedy; but yes Lydia, please win 2023 USWO and KPMG!

Edited October 24, 2022 by 18majors

[18majors]

 

We interrupt our programs for a news flash:

 

"Emma Talley, Yealimi Noh, Stephanie Meadow, Esther Henseleit, Pauline Roussin, Linn Grant and Wei-Ling Hsu have been added to the Toto field starting November 3, 2022."

Toto Japan Classic Tournament Entries

Edited October 24, 2022 by 18majors

[JungleJimbo]

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Edited October 24, 2022 by JungleJimbo
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[JungleJimbo]

On 7/20/2022 at 8:20 PM, Rapidcat said:

 

Grant got her surname from a Scottish grandfather pro golfer who immigrated to Sweden.

 

Stark got hers because she comes from a family of nudists.

 

ok @Rapidcat was correct w.r.t. Linn Grant's Scottish Origins (timestamp ~5m17s)

... What are the odds that @Rapidcat is also correct w.r.t. origins of Maja Stark's family name? 
 

You might like this "Round with Radar" with Linn Grant?

 

 

On 7/20/2022 at 3:30 PM, iBanesto said:

 

Funny how Grant and Stark are not Swedish surnames.

 

 

1 hour ago, 18majors said:

 

We interrupt our programs for a news flash:

 

"Emma Talley, Yealimi Noh, Stephanie Meadow, Esther Henseleit, Pauline Roussin and Linn Grant have been added to the Toto field starting November 3, 2022."

Toto Japan Classic Tournament Entries

 

[Titleist_PT23]

3 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

I'm not greedy; but yes Lydia, Please win 2023 USWO and KPMG!

Let's add the AIG Women's Open too!

[8602081]

14 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

We interrupt our programs for a news flash:

 

"Emma Talley, Yealimi Noh, Stephanie Meadow, Esther Henseleit, Pauline Roussin, Linn Grant and Wei-Ling Hsu have been added to the Toto field starting November 3, 2022."

Toto Japan Classic Tournament Entries

 

Another good tournament from a country that loves women's golf..

 

I'd expect large crowd for the tournament..

 

[18majors]

 

This is a definitive proof on how the talent of LPGA has improved over the last ten years:

How scoring on the LPGA has changed from top to bottom since Lydia Ko first won 10 years ago

 

“At all of these championships, the score for the cut is getting lower, the score to win is getting lower, and that’s why I said earlier if you have one OK round, that puts you so much further back compared to maybe before where that could have been OK, and you could have still won."

[Argonne69]

14 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

This is a definitive proof on how the talent of LPGA has improved over the last ten years:

How scoring on the LPGA has changed from top to bottom since Lydia Ko first won 10 years ago

 

“At all of these championships, the score for the cut is getting lower, the score to win is getting lower, and that’s why I said earlier if you have one OK round, that puts you so much further back compared to maybe before where that could have been OK, and you could have still won."

 

Or it could be that they keep shortening the par 5s. How many 450 yd par 5s do we see week in and week out?

 

[Rapidcat]

4 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

 

Or it could be that they keep shortening the par 5s. How many 450 yd par 5s do we see week in and week out?

 

Oh so much yes to this.

 

Example this last week with the longer hitters with mid irons for their 2nd into 15, a hole with no particular demons - so it is simply a par 4.

 

Just no. To get home in 2 should be a fairway for your approach or if less, a hole design with severe difficulty with a long iron/hybrid featuring a big miss penalty.

 

LPAT (and PGAT): falsifying golf.

[Argonne69]

Lydia moved up to #3 in the Rolex rankings, bumping Minjee down to #5. 

 

[18majors]

 

2023 LPGA schedule is coming together, purse increases have been the common theme:

LPGA's LA Open moves to Palos Verdes in 2023, with Los Angeles events now held one month apart

 

"The DIO Implant LA Open is moving to Palos Verdes Golf Club in Los Angeles in 2023, the LPGA and Outlyr have announced. The event will be played March 30-April 2 and feature a field of 144 players and a purse of $1.75 million, up $250,000 from this year.

The LA Open was previously held at Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles. Next year, Wilshire will host the new JM Eagle LA Championship April 27-30 with a $3 million purse, double last year’s winnings."

[18majors]

 

Jeeno will reach #1 with a solo third or better next week in Japan:

 

 

[woahnelly]

23 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

Lydia moved up to #3 in the Rolex rankings, bumping Minjee down to #5. 

 

 

Looks like Jeeno will be #1 after Japan.

 

Yewon Lee (klpga) vaults to #40 after securing her 4th top 5 in 6 tries. Not bad for a rookie. Still looking for that elusive first W. 

[AWinfortheAges]

22 hours ago, woahnelly said:

 

Looks like Jeeno will be #1 after Japan.

 

Yewon Lee (klpga) vaults to #40 after securing her 4th top 5 in 6 tries. Not bad for a rookie. Still looking for that elusive first W. 

 

22 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

Jeeno will reach #1 with a solo third or better next week in Japan:

 

 

 

Can she pull that off? Ayaka Furue stepped off the plane and picked up a win a few weeks ago. It could turn up the intensity on a Japan/Thailand friendly rivalry. 

[18majors]

 

Jin Young Ko, Nelly Korda and Lexi Thompson are making progress, but much more to go:

 

Top 15 Highest-Paid Female Athletes in the World 2022

 

                                         Earning                    Endorsement            Total

 

1.   Naomi Osaka               🎾$1.2M                     $52M                      $53.2M

2.   Serena Williams          🎾$300K                    $35M                      $35.3M

3.   Emma Raducanu        🎾$3.2M                     $23M                      $26.2M

4.   Eileen Gu                     ⛷$100K                     $23M                     $23.1M

5.   Simone Biles               🤸‍♀️$38K                      $9M                        $9M

6.   Jin Young Ko             🏌️‍♀️$3.6M                  $4.7M                     $8.3M

7.    Iga Świątek                 🎾$5.6M                    $2.5M                     $8.1M

8.   Coco Gauff                 🎾$1.7M                      $6M                       $7.7M

9.    Ashleigh Barty          🎾$5.1M                      $2.5M                      $7.6M

10.   Leylah Fernandez    🎾$1.9M                      $4.5M                      $6.4M

11.   Alex Morgan              ⚽$400K                    $5.5M                      $5.9M

11.    Megan Rapinoe        ⚽$400K                    $5.5M                      $5.9M

13.   Nelly Korda              🏌️‍♀️$1.7M                  $4M                        $5.7M

13.   Garbine Muguruza  🎾$2.2M                      $3.5M                     $5.7M

15.    Lexi Thompson      🏌️‍♀️$1.5M                   $4M                        $5.5M

Edited October 27, 2022 by 18majors