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It would seem to be a course where you better be on top of your ballstriking or it will be a rough day.  I see Danielle had enough "screw it, I'm gonna sit on the beach the next 3 days till our flight back the mainland".  This place looks pretty volatile and the top of the leaderboard will probably change 6 times before the back 9 on Sunday (Sat)

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12 hours ago, Golf Dino said:

 

Wow . . . Brooke and Danielle are going to have to pick things up for tomorrow's late round if they wish to make the cut.  

Brooke was 13/14 fairways but 9/18 greens, it could just be one of those days with her irons but I have noticed in high wind conditions this season she's having a hard time hitting the green, which again outside a bad day was never really the case.  So this has me wondering in higher wind condition is Brooke struggling with her new ball flight and penetration due to switching to a completely new ball this season, something to keep and eye on going forward.

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21 minutes ago, Stooch said:

is Brooke struggling with her new ball flight and penetration due to switching to a completely new ball this season, something to keep and eye on going forward.

 

Completely agree.  She has struggled with the wind this season . . . so we will see if that TM ball can hold up for her.

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WD's pilling up and everyone (many very good player) just fighting it out there.  For a one off event, that to be kind, is a little out of the way, not sure you wanna be the course that seem to play tough with crazy winds added on top.  But I guess those who come to Hawaii know the deal, there's always lots of top pro's who skip this event (come think about it), a bad week in heavy wind can wreak havoc on a pro's mechanics.

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On 4/13/2022 at 10:26 AM, Rapidcat said:
On 4/11/2022 at 10:52 AM, Stooch said:

Could be the indecision, there wasn't even a course for this event until a few weeks ago.  Not awe inspiring for a one week trip with a pretty long flight.

That's a key issue.

 

An interesting one to try and work out Mollie's effectiveness: why was it so last minute in securing a venue but on the other hand, maybe Mollie (& team) rescued the event from oblivion? Wouldn't want to see too many of these last minute 'saves'.

 

Who knows, but I expect those playing are happy to have a chance to play for some prizemoney on a decent course.

 

Can't leave these comments all to be made by our (temporarily?) departed friend KBong.

 

Yeppers, both are real issues. The last minute decision on the course, yes, but IMO the big one is probably the travel. While traveling has picked up again, it is still often an irritating nightmare. Airports are jammed, delays really common, still have to fully mask on planes (which is a pain on long flights), no Covid tests for domestic (i.e., from the US), but a negative Covid test taken within a day of departure for any foreign flights.

 

And everything about travel - from flights to hotels to cars to even restaurant food - is going up, especially in tourist locations like Oahu, and especially during holidays (this is Easter week after all - yesterday was the biggest travel day of the year so far). Anyone that didn't finish in the top 50 would likely lose money by going. 

 

Not exactly hard to see why a lot of women might have just decided to skip it. 

 

PS. You're right - where the heck has KBong been?

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3 hours ago, Stooch said:

WD's pilling up and everyone (many very good player) just fighting it out there.  For a one off event, that to be kind, is a little out of the way, not sure you wanna be the course that seem to play tough with crazy winds added on top.  But I guess those who come to Hawaii know the deal, there's always lots of top pro's who skip this event (come think about it), a bad week in heavy wind can wreak havoc on a pro's mechanics.


Actually I just noticed that - five WDs already, and it's only the second day. That course is playing hella rough. 

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Deleted in frustration! LOL... let's just say Su Oh, YuSang and Bianca are the ones I have followed intently, golfing career wise 🤣... at least there's still Hinako to make this  tournament interesting to follow (and the rest of the JLPGA gang, ooops, Nasa is on the beach now)... EDIT: oh, oh, Ayaka wants "in" too!!! (on the beach that is) 🤪

 

 

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added Ayaka as things are getting interesting, in heading to the beach? :P
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1 hour ago, Argonne69 said:

Don't know if it's the course, or the coverage, but just not getting into this one. The course doesn't look like a Hawaiian course. OK, there are palm trees, but if it wasn't for the aerial shots, I'd think it was in California. Lol. 

 

Who's the genius at The Golf Channel who decided that having the same feature group two days in a row was a good idea? Pfffttt. 

 

Hopefully the final two rounds will bring a little excitement. 

 

Can't get into this one either,  it has a "pre season" vibe about it.  Maybe it's the leaderboard..

 

Impressed to see both Fassi and Bianca playing 3 days in a row.

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3 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

Don't know if it's the course, or the coverage, but just not getting into this one. The course doesn't look like a Hawaiian course. OK, there are palm trees, but if it wasn't for the aerial shots, I'd think it was in California. Lol. 

 

Who's the genius at The Golf Channel who decided that having the same feature group two days in a row was a good idea? Pfffttt. 

 

Hopefully the final two rounds will bring a little excitement. 

 

For me its the course, I like hard courses but this just seems cruel to watch lol.   I'm betting Ernie was drunk designing this one "I'll make a 2nd shot golf course in which you have to land the approach to specific parts of the green to get close, and gale force wind in which you'll have to do it" lol. It just looks like no fun to play lol

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38 minutes ago, Stooch said:

For me its the course, I like hard courses but this just seems cruel to watch lol.   I'm betting Ernie was drunk designing this one "I'll make a 2nd shot golf course in which you have to land the approach to specific parts of the green to get close, and gale force wind in which you'll have to do it" lol. It just looks like no fun to play lol

It’s big but not easy!

as well, those bunkers… sand from the beach to make players think they’re on the beach instead of goofing, I meant golfing??? 
 

Did all those WDs take off early to LA or can the cameras pan to the beach at least? 😂

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4 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

Don't know if it's the course, or the coverage, but just not getting into this one. The course doesn't look like a Hawaiian course. OK, there are palm trees, but if it wasn't for the aerial shots, I'd think it was in California. Lol. 

 

Who's the genius at The Golf Channel who decided that having the same feature group two days in a row was a good idea? Pfffttt. 

 

Hopefully the final two rounds will bring a little excitement. 

 

I’m just getting into this one… especially round 3 🤪🇯🇵… I’m certainly watching the whole coverage intently tomorrow night…

 

truth be told I watched too see what wind they’re talking about on Wednesday, not so much Thursday, half intently tonight, esp the back 9 when they showed more of 🎌 😆

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