2022 JTBC Classic (Mar 24 - 27)

[Argonne69]

Race to the CME Globe: 500 Points

 

Format: 72 Holes

 

Purse: $1,500,000

 

Location: Aviara Golf Club, Carlsbad, CA

 

Par: 72

 

Yardage: 6,609 yds

 

History: This is the 12th year for the event. In 2021, Inbee Park captured her 21st LPGA victory with a 5 stroke win over Amy Olsen and Lexi Thompson.

 

Coverage:

 

March 24: The Golf Channel 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm (EDT)

March 25: The Golf Channel 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm (EDT)

March 26: The Golf Channel 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm (EDT)

March 27: The Golf Channel 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm (EDT)

 

[Argonne69]

Always look forward to the Kia, ummm, JTBC. Lol. Very strong field, but a couple of top players are sitting out, including Nelly and Brooke. 

 

Prime time TV coverage for North America, although two hours for each of the first two rounds is rather pathetic. 

 

[Seamus_McDuff]

2 minutes ago, Argonne69 said:

Always look forward to the Kia, ummm, JTBC. Lol. Very strong field, but a couple of top players are sitting out, including Nelly and Brooke. 

 

Prime time TV coverage for North America, although two hours for each of the first two rounds is rather pathetic. 

 

 

And tape-delayed with no streaming the first two rounds. Need to remember to avoid this thread those two days. 

[iBanesto]

Hee Jeong Lim in the field!

 

[Argonne69]

In honor of the tour this week I wore my cherished Aviara hat. Lol. Had a great time playing the course a few years back. 

 

 

[Seamus_McDuff]

Monday qualifier

 

https://qs.lpga.com/reports/?tourn=KIAQ&report=https://preq.lpga.com/tic/tmscores.cgi?tourn=KIAQ~season=~params=P*1SRC01~#/home

 

Pretty good field with the EPSON event ~90 minutes away

[Stooch]

Always love this event, although little worried with Brooke pulling out, just reinforces things aren't going well with 46" driver.  While I do believe when you're a top 10 player, you  should try an protect your ranking with skipping courses you don't play well, never like seeing a pull out.  But with the thick rough and 2 putting rds over years of 36 and 37 putts/rd, she should probably avoid this event like the plague (ie she's missed the cut here twice, only event on tour she's missed twice I think) but they did replace her with Canadian ..... sorta.

 

While I like other players succeeding, this week I get to openly cheer them on lol  I think Minjee or AT (Jeeno as she's refer to 🙂 ) will have the best week.  I'm hoping  my fave 1(B) Sei Young Kim starts getting back into form.  I will also be cheering for  Jeongeun Lee5 this week, girl is a grinder who just makes cuts, plus who does 6ix think she is always stealing the oxygen from the "Jeongeun Lee" room/space 🙃

[Stooch]

40 minutes ago, Seamus_McDuff said:

Monday qualifier

 

https://qs.lpga.com/reports/?tourn=KIAQ&report=https://preq.lpga.com/tic/tmscores.cgi?tourn=KIAQ~season=~params=P*1SRC01~#/home

 

Pretty good field with the EPSON event ~90 minutes away

The Epson field also got pillaged pretty good, filling in the back end of this event which is a bit of a shame

[HMHS]

critical week for one of them players I always root for (to continue playing the week after🤔)

 

good there’s other stuff happening tv coverage wise (dell match play even w/o Hideki, ncaa bball) otherwise just looking at the leaderboard on thurs/fri isn’t really fun… 

 

 

 

[18majors]

37 minutes ago, Supermilo said:

critical week for one of them players I always root for (to continue playing the week after🤔)

 

 

 

It's a stern test:

1.   Six weeks on the sideline
2.   She needs a T30 or better

But, I'm optimistic that she'll bring up that spirit of 2018 and holes that 20 foot putt!

 

 

[Argonne69]

Yeah, Sei Young needs to get it in gear. She's currently 100th in CME points with just one event played (48th). 

 

[18majors]

This is such a great week and we've got to witness many rookies playing their first tournament as a member:

 

Olivia Cowan

Haylee Hartford

Vivian Hou

Yu-Sang Hou

Stephanie Kyriacou

Brooke Matthews

Sanna Nuutinen

Maddie Szeryk

Savannah Vilaubi

Ruoning Yin

 

Edited March 21, 2022 by 18majors

[HMHS]

3 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

 

It's a stern test:

1.   Six weeks on the sideline
2.   She needs a T30 or better

But, I'm optimistic that she'll bring up that spirit of 2018 and holes that 20 foot putt!

 

 

Yup, plus there's a few of them out there to add pressure lol. Eg friends that are attending all 4 days... (Not me, lol)

 

My "informants" there  will let me know if I should turn off the computer / leaderboard ahead of time lol... 

[JungleJimbo]

5 hours ago, Seamus_McDuff said:

Monday qualifier

 

https://qs.lpga.com/reports/?tourn=KIAQ&report=https://preq.lpga.com/tic/tmscores.cgi?tourn=KIAQ~season=~params=P*1SRC01~#/home

 

Pretty good field with the EPSON event ~90 minutes away

Potential Playoff for Monday qualifying? Currently a 5(!?)-way tie 

 

 

 

Edited March 21, 2022 by JungleJimbo

[JungleJimbo]

 

[JungleJimbo]

 

[JungleJimbo]

57 minutes ago, JungleJimbo said:

Potential Playoff for Monday qualifying? Currently a 5(!?)-way tie 

 

 

 

 

4-way tie (they belatedly updated Louise Ridderstrom’s details). Crazy front9 (31!!), but missed out the playoff by 1 stroke due to bogey on the last?

 

 

 

Edited March 21, 2022 by JungleJimbo

[HMHS]

1 hour ago, JungleJimbo said:

4-way tie (they belatedly updated Louise Ridderstrom’s details). Crazy front9 (31!!), but missed out the playoff by 1 stroke due to bogey on the last?

 

 

 

I feel for these ladies struggling to make these Monday Qualifiers -- too much of a crapshoot in my opinion, but it is what it is... Boy, it's only here I realized Haru truly has fallen off -- I know she hasnt played well since the pandemic started but talk about drop off...  (I know how it feels having seen the ones I follow try some of these with no luck in the past eg Monday Qualis)

[JungleJimbo]

8 minutes ago, Supermilo said:

I feel for these ladies struggling to make these Monday Qualifiers -- too much of a crapshoot in my opinion, but it is what it is... Boy, it's only here I realized Haru truly has fallen off -- I know she hasnt played well since the pandemic started but talk about drop off...  (I know how it feels having seen the ones I follow try some of these with no luck in the past eg Monday Qualis)

@Supermilo
Wonder what would happen  if ... Haru Nomura followed your latest motto, prior to these Monday qualifiers  ...and “consumed raw bull's 🐮 meat in front of his [her]  adversary and would drink raw bull's blood for energy and vitality”

😬🚫🤬 (Might put the others off their game! Steak tartare!

Albeit I prefer the taste of “Pocari Sweat” 🥤)

 

Edited March 21, 2022 by JungleJimbo

[18majors]

1 hour ago, JungleJimbo said:

4-way tie (they belatedly updated Louise Ridderstrom’s details).

 

 

Jillian Hollis took a detour the last two years, but she rolled all the way back to the top:

 

 

 

[JungleJimbo]

6 minutes ago, 18majors said:

 

 

Jillian Hollis took a detour the last two years, but she rolled all the way back to the top:

 

 

 

Thanks @18majors... was wondering why the LPGA website wasn’t updating the Monday Q’s leaderboard for the playoff!

 

happy for Pannarat! Albeit honorable mention to Holmqvist, for the birdie-birdie-birdie finish 🐣🐣🐣 

 

https://qs.lpga.com/reports/?tourn=KIAQ&report=https://preq.lpga.com/tic/tmscores.cgi?tourn=KIAQ~season=~params=P*1SRC01~#/profile

 

..p/s: is there an interesting story behind Jill Hollis’ “FREE WILLY” moniker? (A “Willy” in the USA 🇺🇸 presumably has a different meaning, vs in the uk 🇬🇧 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿  or Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿  🤔 🧐 )

 

 

 

Edited March 22, 2022 by JungleJimbo

[JungleJimbo]

40 minutes ago, 18majors said:

 

 

Jillian Hollis took a detour the last two years, but she rolled all the way back to the top:

 

 

 

Why would they refer to Pannarat as “2016 LPGA Tour Rookie”... it’s odd writing that made me Google it (because I initially interpreted the tweet as her being a Tour Rookie this year!)

 

https://www.lpga.com/players/pannarat-thanapolboonyaras/98781/bio

 

@Golf Dino : Any insights wrt Pannarat? (Given your excellent recent “World of Golf” podcast re 🇹🇭 Thai LPGA players... I need to go re-search for the Link to that podcast!)

https://www.worldofgolf.org/post/the-rise-of-thai-golf 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 22, 2022 by JungleJimbo

[18majors]

 

Another box checked:

HOAKALEI COUNTRY CLUB TO HOST 2022 LOTTE CHAMPIONSHIP

 

[8602081]

On 3/21/2022 at 8:17 AM, iBanesto said:

Hee Jeong Lim in the field!

 

 

Hee Jeong is ranked 3rd in KLPGA.

 

My favorite player in KLPGA is Park Hyun Kyung (Ranked 4th), hopefully she will show up in one of the LPGA tournaments..

 

I also miss Jang Ha na (ranked 2nd)

[Seamus_McDuff]

They added streaming the first two days from 6:30 to 9:30 ET

[18majors]

 

DraftKings betting odds:

 

Jin Young Ko                   4.5/1            Lydia Ko                 10/1           Danielle Kang                    16/1

Lexi Thompson                16/1            Inbee Park              20/1          Minjee Lee                         20/1

Xiyu Lin                            20/1

[ChronicSlicer]

Hyo Joo Kim for the W. Hye Jin Choi as the dark horse.

[Lobby]

Prime time tv Saturday and Sunday is a real treat. 
 

im looking forward to it

 

Thanks to all for the posts on Monday qualifying. Good info

[iBanesto]

11 hours ago, 8602081 said:

 

Hee Jeong is ranked 3rd in KLPGA.

 

My favorite player in KLPGA is Park Hyun Kyung (Ranked 4th), hopefully she will show up in one of the LPGA tournaments..

 

I also miss Jang Ha na (ranked 2nd)

 

Park Hyun Kyung is very good friends with Jin Young Ko.

 

 

[iBanesto]

Anyone who is interested.

 

Jin Young Ko featuring Sei Young Kim and Hyo Joo Kim. A bit more boyfriend chat too.

 

Love how she casually mentions she won the tournament like its nothing special.