MEIJER LPGA CLASSIC FOR SIMPLY GIVE BELMONT, MIJUN 16-19

[8602081]

• Race to the CME Globe: 500 Points
• Format: 72 holes
• Purse: $2,500,000
• Par: 72
• History:

  This is the eighth year for the event.

• Yardage: 6,638

It was a battle to remember in the final round of the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, as Nelly Korda prevailed against Leona Maguire to capture the fifth title of her LPGA Tour career and her second of the 2021 season.

 

 

• June 16 Golf Channel (ET)3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
• June 17 Golf Channel (ET)3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
• June 18 Golf Channel (ET)3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
• June 19 Golf Channel (ET)3:00 - 6:00 p.m

Edited June 13, 2022 by 8602081

[8602081]

Could be tough one for ratings, since it's competing with Men's US Open..

 

[Stooch]

Well we do get solid TV times everyday, although they probably could have went 2-6 for 4 hours of coverage each day which generally seems like their max for the LPGA lol

[Argonne69]

Brooke probably can't wait for the tournament to start. With 2 wins in the last four playings of the event, she's gotta be a favorite. Lexi and Nelly also do well here. 

 

[postfold]

"Mijun" in the thread title sounds an awful lot like a MINJEE prediction.  😛

 

This is a well run event and if I can find the time I hope to get over to see it.  Probably will not given that I have tee times to attend to, but maybe.  Conditions should be ideal, we've had a cool spring with plenty of moisture, just some occasional mild heat.  Good conditions for growing grass.  As of right now the weather forecast is fantastic too.

 

Saw on Facebook that Yuka Saso was in town already this past weekend, putting in work on the range at Boulder Creek across the street.  There was at least one other player there as well.

[postfold]

Looks like Tiffany Chan, Mariah Stackhouse and Alena Sharp are your Monday qualifiers.  Chan has been on a bit of a heater lately!

[MagicClassic407]

1 hour ago, postfold said:

Looks like Tiffany Chan, Mariah Stackhouse and Alena Sharp are your Monday qualifiers.

Thought it was just 2...........brutal I know.

[ChronicSlicer]

Gotta give Lexi a go for this one. Su Oh, or Xiyu (Janet) Lin with some dark horse action. 

[HankScorpio]

11 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

Brooke probably can't wait for the tournament to start. With 2 wins in the last four playings of the event, she's gotta be a favorite. Lexi and Nelly also do well here. 

 

She was in fine form on that last day in NJ.  Her ball striking was on point and the putting held up.  Her distance and accuracy off the tee will give her an advantage over most of the field.  She will be tough to beat this week and going into the PGA.

 

This should be another good warmup for Nelly going into the next major and helps that she is defending champion in both tournaments. 😆

[JungleJimbo]

 

[Argonne69]

A bit surprised to see some of the players teeing it up for the third straight week with a major next week, e.g. Lydia, Celine. With two majors in a four week span, I would have expected a week off in there somewhere.

 

 

[JungleJimbo]

Monday Q's: https://qs.lpga.com/reports/?tourn=MGAQ&report=https://preq.lpga.com/tic/tmresult.cgi?tourn=MGAQ~season=2022~result=PF~ 

Alas ... I keep hoping that Pannarat's perseverance at the Monday Q's = would eventually get a pay off, with her qualifying for the LPGA tournament proper!
 

Edited June 14, 2022 by JungleJimbo

[8602081]

2 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

A bit surprised to see some of the players teeing it up for the third straight week with a major next week, e.g. Lydia, Celine. With two majors in a four week span, I would have expected a week off in there somewhere.

 

 

 

Isn't this a dream for most retired people?

 

Travel and play golf around the world.. I assume for pros.. they play at least 3-5 times a week.. 

 

[Stooch]

2 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

A bit surprised to see some of the players teeing it up for the third straight week with a major next week, e.g. Lydia, Celine. With two majors in a four week span, I would have expected a week off in there somewhere.

 

 

 

I know from Brooke doing some TV hits after her win, it sounds like she's taking the DOW team event off, which will give 3 weeks off and you can fly over to France Thurs or Friday, instead Sat or Sun from the DOW, maybe others are doing the same.  This year was weird with the gaps between events but if I read the schedule right, there NO time off from the CP Women Open in Aug to the Tour Finale in Nov.   I think the choice for the players is play the DOW and the skip the Irish event after The British Open or vice versa.  Or perhaps the bigger names might skip both

[Stooch]

8 hours ago, HankScorpio said:

She was in fine form on that last day in NJ.  Her ball striking was on point and the putting held up.  Her distance and accuracy off the tee will give her an advantage over most of the field.  She will be tough to beat this week and going into the PGA.

 

This should be another good warmup for Nelly going into the next major and helps that she is defending champion in both tournaments. 😆

 

I suspect Brooke will play fine over the course of the week but watching interviews after the win, she seemed really relieved to finally put all back together.  I suspect her opening round she'll exhale and probably only shoot a 71-70 while all the leaders shoot 65 or 66.  You have to score here, the winning score will probably -20 or better, so you gotta fire every round.  The same thing happened to Jeeno after her win, firing a 74 R1 of the Chevron before playing well the last 3 rounds, it sorta natural reaction after a pressure release from a win

[Stooch]

11 hours ago, ChronicSlicer said:

Gotta give Lexi a go for this one. Su Oh, or Xiyu (Janet) Lin with some dark horse action. 

 

I like Lexi also and Sei Young Kim as a darkhorse (i know she's not a darkhorse) but SYK is fighting it to put 4 rounds together, can she do it here.  

[HankScorpio]

Nice to see Brianna Do in the field this week again.  She didn't make the cut at the Shoprite but hoping she can make it this week.  She was a feel good story at the Lotte.  I guess the re-shuffle really helped her.

[8602081]

3 hours ago, Stooch said:

 

I like Lexi also and Sei Young Kim as a darkhorse (i know she's not a darkhorse) but SYK is fighting it to put 4 rounds together, can she do it here.  

 

 

Yes, Yes, Yes... I think Lexi got her putting issue put away.. She should be very close to winning some tournaments..

 

[postfold]

15 hours ago, MagicClassic407 said:

Thought it was just 2...........brutal I know.

 

Yeah, it was wrong on the LPGA site, looks from JJ's post like they fixed it.

[woahnelly]

14 hours ago, ChronicSlicer said:

Gotta give Lexi a go for this one. Su Oh, or Xiyu (Janet) Lin with some dark horse action. 

Su seems to play well at this course, she finished well last week too, hopefully her slump is behind her. 

 

Annie was in contention 2 tournaments ago before falling apart on the back 9 shooting an ugly 74 and finishing T7.

 

Surprised Yealimi hasn't taken a week off. Her and Stacy Lewis played the most events this year. Yealimi keeps sliding back in the Globe and Rolex Rankings. She's fighting to keep her card at this point. 

 

 

[Golf Dino]

Wow . . . now there is a Feature Group:  

Group 33 / 12:59 p.m. Tee Time  1st Tee 

Nelly Korda,   Bradenton, Florida

Sei Young Kim,  Seoul, Republic of Korea

Brooke Henderson,  Smith Falls, Ontario

 

2022 Meijer LPGA Classic – First- and Second-Round Groupings.pdf

 

 

ROUND ONE

 

 

Edited June 14, 2022 by Golf Dino

[Golf Dino]

And the Tee Times for ROUND TWO (Friday)

 

 

 

 

[HankScorpio]

1 hour ago, Golf Dino said:

Wow . . . now there is a Feature Group:  

Group 33 / 12:59 p.m. Tee Time  1st Tee 

Nelly Korda,   Bradenton, Florida

Sei Young Kim,  Seoul, Republic of Korea

Brooke Henderson,  Smith Falls, Ontario

 

2022 Meijer LPGA Classic – First- and Second-Round Groupings.pdf 65.05 kB · 1 download

 

 

ROUND ONE

 

That's a good group.  I'm guessing they will feature Lexi, Lydia, and Minjee for Round 2?

[ChronicSlicer]

8 hours ago, woahnelly said:

Surprised Yealimi hasn't taken a week off. Her and Stacy Lewis played the most events this year. Yealimi keeps sliding back in the Globe and Rolex Rankings. She's fighting to keep her card at this point. 

 

 

I wouldn't take time off either , if my job was in jeopardy.

[woahnelly]

3 minutes ago, ChronicSlicer said:

I wouldn't take time off either , if my job was in jeopardy.

 

Good point.

 

Even Pauline Bouchard, who is having an underwhelming season by all accounts, is ahead of her in the standings, despite playing 3 less events! 

 

 

[ChronicSlicer]

8 minutes ago, woahnelly said:

 

Good point.

 

Even Pauline Bouchard, who is having an underwhelming season by all accounts, is ahead of her in the standings, despite playing 3 less events! 

 

 

Considering Pauline hasn't even been a professional for a full year yet, I'd say her performance so far is fairly normal. Just because she was a former no.1 ranked am means nothing in my world. As we all know the transition from college to LET to the LPGA are three totally different animals. Sometimes taming that animal is a tough task. Imo she should have played the LET or Epson for a full season first.

[woahnelly]

1 hour ago, ChronicSlicer said:

Considering Pauline hasn't even been a professional for a full year yet, I'd say her performance so far is fairly normal. Just because she was a former no.1 ranked am means nothing in my world. As we all know the transition from college to LET to the LPGA are three totally different animals. Sometimes taming that animal is a tough task. Imo she should have played the LET or Epson for a full season first.

 

Yeah I remember she played well on the LET towards the end of last year and dominated at Q school, even the great experts on the US Open winner projection site had her in the top 5 😂 aged like milk 

[IcemanYVR]

3 hours ago, HankScorpio said:

That's a good group.  I'm guessing they will feature Lexi, Lydia, and Minjee for Round 2?

Thats a stellar group… they know they’re going against the US Open. 

[HankScorpio]

31 minutes ago, IcemanYVR said:

Thats a stellar group… they know they’re going against the US Open. 

Yeah it's gonna be tough to compete this week against a Major.  Best we can hope for is a shootout for the top ranked players.   

[JungleJimbo]

12 hours ago, postfold said:

 

Yeah, it was wrong on the LPGA site, looks from JJ's post like they fixed it.

 

On 6/14/2022 at 9:49 AM, MagicClassic407 said:

Thought it was just 2...........brutal I know.

 

On 6/14/2022 at 8:34 AM, postfold said:

Looks like Tiffany Chan, Mariah Stackhouse and Alena Sharp are your Monday qualifiers.  Chan has been on a bit of a heater lately!

@postfold @MagicClassic407 The two Monday Q's = Tiffany Chan and Alena Sharp (according to this LPGA tweet) ...

Did they do a sudden-death playoff (or count back) to differentiate between Alena Sharp and Mariah Stackhouse's tie score?