2022 Chevron Championship

[JungleJimbo]

27 minutes ago, iBanesto said:

How did Mi Hyang Lee qualify?

Yeah, Mi Hyang doesn't seem high-enough on the latest LPGA Priority List (#185 as at 3/24, i.e. Category 15 "Nos. 101-125: Members finishing Nos. 101-125 (and ties) on the previous year's season-ending Points List. Priority is based on the order of the list.")

https://www.lpga.com/-/media/files/priority-list/2022/2022-lpga-priority-listupdate032422.pdf


Blank Page, on the LPGA's Chevron "Tournament Entries" page?
https://www.lpga.com/tournaments/chevron-championship/tournament-entries

presumably the LPGA Priority List/ Race-to-CME = the primary criteria?
..https://www.lpga.com/statistics/points/race-to-cme-globe-season


Possibly she got entry, via KLPGA league table ranking?

 

fyi... #191 per latest Rolex Rankings (https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings)

Edited March 29, 2022 by JungleJimbo

[Seamus_McDuff]

35 minutes ago, iBanesto said:

How did Mi Hyang Lee qualify?

Top 20 previous year

[iBanesto]

37 minutes ago, Seamus_McDuff said:

Top 20 previous year

 

Wow. Top 20 finish is rather generous for a major.

 

Don't get that in the men's majors.

[18majors]

 

Will Patty defend her title and join Jeeno to give Thailand another one-two punch:

 

 

[iBanesto]

1 hour ago, 18majors said:

 

Will Patty defend her title and join Jeeno to give Thailand another one-two punch:

 

 

 

A lot of champions missing in the photo.

 

I assume the dinner is not an actual event.

[iBanesto]

Ha Na Jang will never play a major ever again?

 

Edited March 29, 2022 by iBanesto

[18majors]

13 hours ago, Supermilo said:

Veering off topic a bit: what do the agents actually ask for that make the players sometimes go without it? (Quite a few from Southeast Asia don’t engage in them btw)

 

 

Sorry, I didn't respond to this part of the question earlier.

 

The concept of agency is simple; "the agency invests money and resources to grow the business of young athletes, for a cut of their future income".  

 

The agency usually asks for 8-10% of future income; it's up to the athlete and family to decide whether it's worth it.

 

 

 

 

[JungleJimbo]

1 hour ago, 18majors said:

 

 

Sorry, I didn't respond to this part of the question earlier.

 

The concept of agency is simple; "the agency invests money and resources to grow the business of young athletes, for a cut of their future income".  

 

The agency usually asks for 8-10% of future income; it's up to the athlete and family to decide whether it's worth it.

 

 

 

 

"8 to 10%"? 

(A) "In tennis and golf, agents do not make commissions from their clients' on-court/course earnings, only from the marketing dollars they help generate, for which they receive an average of 20%. Thus, agencies and agents who represent players in these two sports are measured by those marketing figures and not winnings." (22 Dec 2020: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbelzer/2020/12/22/the-worlds-most-powerful-sports-agents-2020-scott-boras-shows-his-clients-the-money/?sh=1455e67b25bc )

 

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(B) "Agent’s Cut: 10 to 20 percent of non-tournament earnings." (https://golf.com/travel/big-time-bucks-heres-how-much-money-is-made-and-paid-by-the-average-tour-pro/)

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(C) This ESPN article (from circa ~2016) mentions the heightened competition has reduced agent commissions significantly?

https://www.espn.com.sg/espn/story/_/id/18268246/how-jerry-maguire-ruined-sports-agency-industry

Quote: 

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"As the players got more guarantees, the money actually declined. Why? Because all of the competition spawned insanely low commission fees. What used to be a four percent fee on a contract was reduced, in some cases, by half. Some agents forced fees even lower in order to score big-name athletes. That means that the money on some of the deals would have had to have been four times as much, or more, to make up for the players' increasing demands for agents to take a smaller piece of their financial pie. Pretty soon, the athlete representation business didn't even make sense to the big acquirers, who eventually spit them out."

Note: Am assuming this ~4% indicative agents fee = refers to non-golf... as the source in (A) above mentions the following: "Agent fees are typically capped and regulated by the players associations, with the top commissions allowed by FIFA (10%) and Major League Baseball (5%), which gives a ranking advantage to soccer and baseball agents.

The NHL and NBA both allow fees to hit 4%, and the NFL caps them at 3%."

Edited March 29, 2022 by JungleJimbo

[BadgerLin]

3 hours ago, iBanesto said:

 

A lot of champions missing in the photo.

 

I assume the dinner is not an actual event.

I assume it’s just one player’s selfie of one of the tables.  Pretty sure it’s an actual event held every year mimicking the Masters champions’ dinner.  A group photo of all the attendees usually surfaces during the week of the tournament.

[18majors]

 

@JungleJimbo

 

Thanks for your information above.

 

There're different ways to structure the deals, but 8-10% of total income for individual sports are common.

[18majors]

 

 

Traveling in style:

 

 

[Seamus_McDuff]

Looks like GWRX has someone at Chevron

 

https://www.golfwrx.com/673934/brittany-lincicome-witb-2022-march/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=GolfWRX
 

 

[MJ2712]

Pairings are out (https://media.lpga.com/)

 

Some of the featured groups we will probably see on the broadcast:

 

Lexi/Jin Young

Atthaya/Inbee

Danielle/Patty T.

Brooke/Lydia

 

 

Also: A Perth pairing with Minjee and Hannah Green; a Solheim reunion with Salas and Kupcho but otherwise lots of random pairings

 

And since we have an odd number of competitors, one player gets to play all by herself, and the lucky winner this year is Annie Park. Is this the only tournament in all of golf that does this?

[Stooch]

27 minutes ago, MJ2712 said:

Pairings are out (https://media.lpga.com/)

 

Some of the featured groups we will probably see on the broadcast:

 

Lexi/Jin Young

Atthaya/Inbee

Danielle/Patty T.

Brooke/Lydia

 

 

Also: A Perth pairing with Minjee and Hannah Green; a Solheim reunion with Salas and Kupcho but otherwise lots of random pairings

 

And since we have an odd number of competitors, one player gets to play all by herself, and the lucky winner this year is Annie Park. Is this the only tournament in all of golf that does this?

 

Maybe I'm wrong but I don't remember them ever going off in groups of 2 at this event, I'm all for it though

[Argonne69]

Sigh. I'm bummed. Definitely happy that the tourney has found a new sponsor, but I'm not thrilled about the change of venue. OK, it's not Augusta National. However, it's been the only major on the LPGA played at the same course for decades. We know what to expect on every hole. With the rough up its a solid test. 

 

I got hooked on the LPGA in 2009 when I watched the final round where Bam Bam made eagle on the final hole with one of the best approaches into 18 ever. Heck, no backboard needed. Lol. 

 

In recent years we've seen a ton of drama. Lexi's penalty leading to So Yeon's win. Lydia's stuffing a wedge close to win her 2nd major. Pernilla outlasting Inbee on a Monday. Stacy beating Yani after Yani committed the fatal sin of touching the trophy before the round. Mirim chipping in several times to force a playoff with Brooke and Nelly. 

 

This week will be bittersweet. 'Hope it's a memorable one. 

 

[18majors]

15 minutes ago, Stooch said:

 

Maybe I'm wrong but I don't remember them ever going off in groups of 2 at this event, I'm all for it though

 

 

It's call "The Chevron Championship", and it needs to be different.

 

It's group of 2, welcome to the new regime!

[18majors]

 

@Argonne69

 

 

I agree, memories and history are precious.

 

But, on the other hand, down here this tournament has never attracted an attendance worthy of a Major Championship.  Time to change!

[MJ2712]

26 minutes ago, Stooch said:

 

Maybe I'm wrong but I don't remember them ever going off in groups of 2 at this event, I'm all for it though

 

Last year they went out in 3-balls but the years before it was always 2-balls. I prefer it too but still weird with one player by herself.

Edited March 29, 2022 by MJ2712

[Stooch]

Not against change, I wanna see the new course in action before I really have an opinion.

[Stooch]

13 minutes ago, Argonne69 said:

Sigh. I'm bummed. Definitely happy that the tourney has found a new sponsor, but I'm not thrilled about the change of venue. OK, it's not Augusta National. However, it's been the only major on the LPGA played at the same course for decades. We know what to expect on every hole. With the rough up its a solid test. 

 

I got hooked on the LPGA in 2009 when I watched the final round where Bam Bam made eagle on the final hole with one of the best approaches into 18 ever. Heck, no backboard needed. Lol. 

 

In recent years we've seen a ton of drama. Lexi's penalty leading to So Yeon's win. Lydia's stuffing a wedge close to win her 2nd major. Pernilla outlasting Inbee on a Monday. Stacy beating Yani after Yani committed the fatal sin of touching the trophy before the round. Mirim chipping in several times to force a playoff with Brooke and Nelly. 

 

This week will be bittersweet. 'Hope it's a memorable one. 

 

 

So, if you take a swim poppies pond tomorrow for kicks, do only lose this event or all subsequent Chevron's lol

[18majors]

 

I will treasure every single minute of it this week:

Two LPGA legends — a course and a commentator — are saying their farewells

 

"Golf is also losing an iconic broadcaster in 2022. Judy Rankin — who announced last fall that she’d retire at the end of this year — will call the action this week at the Chevron. When the winner’s interview concludes Sunday evening and Rankin exits the Golf Channel booth, that’ll be that for Rankin’s run at Mission Hills."

 

 

 

[Argonne69]

35 minutes ago, 18majors said:

 

@Argonne69

 

 

I agree, memories and history are precious.

 

But, on the other hand, down here this tournament has never attracted an attendance worthy of a Major Championship.  Time to change!

 

Sadly, LPGA majors have never attracted big crowds. I expect light attendance in Houston. 

 

[18majors]

2 minutes ago, Argonne69 said:

Sadly, LPGA majors have never attracted big crowds. I expect light attendance in Houston. 

 

 

 

 

Never?

 

How about In Gee Chun and Lancaster in 2015!

[Lobby]

Life is fast right now.  Judy slows life down for me

 

I’m truly sad she’s retiring. I’ll miss her

[Argonne69]

39 minutes ago, 18majors said:

 

Never?

 

How about In Gee Chun and Lancaster in 2015!

 

Yeah, decent crowds. The crowds at Sahalee in 2016 to watch Brooke outduel Lydia were pretty good. Otherwise they're pretty light.

 

Seriously, moving the Chevron has little to do with attendance. Chevron is headquartered in San Relamon, CA, near Oakland. I'm sure there's a Houston connection, but it's not like the LPGA tournaments at The Woodlands, TX drew massive crowds. 

 

Edited March 29, 2022 by Argonne69

[18majors]

10 minutes ago, Argonne69 said:

Seriously, moving the Chevron has little to do with attendance. Chevron is headquartered in San Relamon, CA, near Oakland. I'm sure there's a Houston connection, but it's not like the LPGA tournaments at The Woodlands, TX drew massive crowds. 

 

 

 

I don't know about Houston in 2023, there is always hope it could be different.  On the other hand, Mission Hills has proved to be nothing.

 

 

[Golf Dino]

3 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

on the LPGA in 2009 when I watched the final round where Bam Bam made eagle on the final hole with one of the best approaches into 18 ever. Heck, no backboard needed.

 

Has it been that long already?  🤦‍♂️

[Golf Dino]

2 hours ago, 18majors said:

On the other hand, Mission Hills has proved to be nothing.

 

Well, I disagree on that.  Is the course my favourite?  Heck no and far from actually.  But, there is no other major, save the USWO, that has the longevity as this one -- not the AIG, KPMG, and most certainly not Evian.  It is one that mirrors the Masters in so much as it was the vision of Dinah Shore (Robert T. Jones Jr.,), played annually at the same venue year in and year out with its own set of traditions.   
 

As for Houston, lets hope it is a good course . . . and how is Houston this time of year or even mid March?  

 

Edited March 30, 2022 by Golf Dino

[postfold]

4 hours ago, 18majors said:

It's call "The Chevron Championship", and it needs to be different.

 

Should have gone with Dan Jenkins' name:  The Colgate–Dinah Shore Kraft Nabisco Le Grand Cheval et Petit Chien Classique.

[ThinkingPlus]

1 hour ago, Golf Dino said:

 

Well, I disagree on that.  Is the course my favourite?  Heck no and far from actually.  But, there is no other major, save the USWO, that has the longevity as this one -- not the AIG, KPMG, and most certainly not Evian.  It is one that mirrors the Masters in so much as it was the vision of Dinah Shore (Robert T. Jones Jr.,), played annually at the same venue year in and year out with its own set of traditions.   
 

As for Houston, lets hope it is a good course . . . and how is Houston this time of year or even mid March?  

 

Houston weather this time of year could be almost anything.  Wet, cold, windy, warm, tornadoes, etc... .  I predict many weather delays in the Chevron's future.