2022 KPMG Women's PGA Championship (Jun 23-26)

[Yellow Jacket]

6 hours ago, Stooch said:

Yikes, Paige was tad harsh on course setup lol.  They did probably make a bit too long, they can see the radar and they wrecked 3/4 of the morning wave needlessly.  The scores on the 9th when the weather was bad were crazy lol.  Soft course and bad weather in the morning, course should have been much shorter today.  All the top players figured it out, the mid-range and backend player got wiped out.  

Yeah I think her saying it was ridiculous was overblown. There are many ways a course can test you, and with generous fairways, modest rough, and large greens that were soft today, you have to turn to length otherwise players will be throwing darts with short irons.

 

Speaking of commentators, Amanda Blumenhurst is not very good. She’s been at this for a little while and still stumbles through sentences and misspeaks. She said In Gee won the Chevron then said she finished second at the Evian. During a montage of players hitting fairways and hybrids, she consistently confused which type of club the player was hitting in the clip. I’m sure she’s a nice person but this may not be for her.

Edited June 24, 2022 by Yellow Jacket

[lchang]

😮  

 

Historic from In-gee!

Edited June 24, 2022 by lchang

[iBanesto]

 

 

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[Rustbelt]

In Gee's English improved a lot.  She did interview after 2015 through an interpreter.  He actually messed up some translation if I remember correctly.  English is not the easiest language to learn by a Korean speaker.  

[BadgerLin]

13 minutes ago, Rustbelt said:

In Gee's English improved a lot.  She did interview after 2015 through an interpreter.  He actually messed up some translation if I remember correctly.  English is not the easiest language to learn by a Korean speaker.  

I’m in awe of the players that start on the LPGA with limited English and become fluent enough to do interviews in English.  That is a terrific accomplishment!

[Yellow Jacket]

11 hours ago, Creedo77 said:

No wind tomorrow in the forecast. The fairways will still be soft so will play relatively close to how they did today. I do think the sub air will firm up the greens some overnight. Going to make my way out there tomorrow, a buddy of mine works for Kupcho 

My group with Nelly will be one ahead of Kupcho’s today so say hi if you see me when I’m near the ropes! I’ll be wearing fluorescent yellow and pink Nikes. 

Edited June 24, 2022 by Yellow Jacket

[Stooch]

6 hours ago, Yellow Jacket said:

Yeah I think her saying it was ridiculous was overblown. There are many ways a course can test you, and with generous fairways, modest rough, and large greens that were soft today, you have to turn to length otherwise players will be throwing darts with short irons.

 

Speaking of commentators, Amanda Blumenhurst is not very good. She’s been at this for a little while and still stumbles through sentences and misspeaks. She said In Gee won the Chevron then said she finished second at the Evian. During a montage of players hitting fairways and hybrids, she consistently confused which type of club the player was hitting in the clip. I’m sure she’s a nice person but this may not be for her.

 

What bothered me about Paige's rant was the implication it's a contest of who can hit a 7-wood best and not a true test.  Ingee identified she need woods with more loft and changed the clubs in her bag and executed it.  So, for me when you make a plan and execute it, you deserve credit for doing so.

[Argonne69]

Gawd, Brooke's swing plane is flat.

 

 

 

Edited June 24, 2022 by Argonne69

[Stooch]

6 minutes ago, Argonne69 said:

Gawd, Brooke's swing plane is flat.

 

 

 

I don't know, looks like perfect form for a "Slapshot" lol

[iBanesto]

19 minutes ago, Argonne69 said:

Gawd, Brooke's swing plane is flat.

 

 

 

Looks much better than this... 😅

 

[Yellow Jacket]

56 minutes ago, Stooch said:

 

What bothered me about Paige's rant was the implication it's a contest of who can hit a 7-wood best and not a true test.  Ingee identified she need woods with more loft and changed the clubs in her bag and executed it.  So, for me when you make a plan and execute it, you deserve credit for doing so.

Furthermore, she hit 14/14 fairways. Was that her 7 wood? She made 9 birdies and the ones on the telecast were in the 10-15 foot range. Was that her 7 wood? Yes her 7 wood set her up for all those birdies, but all these players are carrying at least a 5 wood anyway (except maybe Lexi).

[JungleJimbo]

Isn't In Gee Chun's 7 wood (Loft adjusted down, from 20.5* to 19*) = more akin to an old-school 5-wood Loft anyway? (based on this Link: https://ping.com/en-us/pros/lpga-tour/in-gee-chun , that was shared by @agolf1)

 

1 minute ago, Yellow Jacket said:

Furthermore, she hit 14/14 fairways. Was that her 7 wood? She made 9 birdies and the ones on the telecast were in the 10-15 foot range. Was that her 7 wood? Yes her 7 wood set her up for all those birdies, but all these players are carrying at least a 5 wood anyway (except maybe Lexi).

 

1 hour ago, Stooch said:

 

What bothered me about Paige's rant was the implication it's a contest of who can hit a 7-wood best and not a true test.  Ingee identified she need woods with more loft and changed the clubs in her bag and executed it.  So, for me when you make a plan and execute it, you deserve credit for doing so.

 

[HankScorpio]

15 hours ago, Stooch said:

Yikes, Paige was tad harsh on course setup lol.  They did probably make a bit too long, they can see the radar and they wrecked 3/4 of the morning wave needlessly.  The scores on the 9th when the weather was bad were crazy lol.  Soft course and bad weather in the morning, course should have been much shorter today.  All the top players figured it out, the mid-range and backend player got wiped out.  

She is still complaining about the course this morning.  Just saw the Nelly interview and she said that she hit Driver, hybrid, 7 wood on 9.  That is crazy since she is one of the longest hitters on tour.  Thankfully they changed the setup slightly and with the nicer weather, you can see the scores coming down.  Well not literally since there is no tv coverage currently 🤬.  In Gee will need to make sure her 7 wood and her putter stay hot because the chasers (Lydia) are coming.

[JungleJimbo]

3 minutes ago, HankScorpio said:

She is still complaining about the course this morning.  Just saw the Nelly interview and she said that she hit Driver, hybrid, 7 wood on 9.  That is crazy since she is one of the longest hitters on tour.  Thankfully they changed the setup slightly and with the nicer weather, you can see the scores coming down.  Well not literally since there is no tv coverage currently 🤬.  In Gee will need to make sure her 7 wood and her putter stay hot because the chasers (Lydia) are coming.

@HankScorpio: You weren't kidding! Lydia at "-5" for R2 after 9 holes?

https://www.lpga.com/tournaments/kpmgwomenspgachampionship/leaderboard
 

 

[Titleist_PT23]

1 hour ago, JungleJimbo said:

Isn't In Gee Chun's 7 wood (Loft adjusted down, from 20.5* to 19*) = more akin to an old-school 5-wood Loft anyway? (based on this Link: https://ping.com/en-us/pros/lpga-tour/in-gee-chun , that was shared by @agolf1)

 

 

 

Yeah, it's a "5 wood."  A long time ago she had a 5W but this was swapped out for the 19H.  In more recent times, her bag has been D-3W, 19H, 22H, 5-GW, SW, LW, Putter.  I've wondered whether she has some non-PING utility iron or something in place of the 5-iron (website only shows i210 6-iron - PW)?

[Golf Dino]

3 hours ago, iBanesto said:

 

 

whoa . . . is that Don Johnson? 😆

[Titleist_PT23]

I may have provoked SYK to go on a tear😆

[ChipDriver]

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/superintendent-series-pete-wendt-of-congressional/id1131723994?i=1000567589580

 

If you have time - this is pretty interesting from CCC's greenskeeper and how he sets up course for PGA; and contrasts changes made from original to new.  Thought it might interest Golfwrxers.

 

Had breakfast this am and chatted with some insiders.  Karrie Webb was in town, and based on the length of the course - she declined to enter.    Friend of one of the players said they hit driver, 3 wood, and still had 7 iron into the green on #9.   Shortest club they had into approach yesterday was a 9 iron.  She said that the course was playing very long - particularly with rain - course was playing soft, and there was not much roll.

 

All of the above makes sense that they have moved the tees forward today.   Could be interesting.  🙂

 

[HankScorpio]

16 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

Yealimi's putting challenges continue:

1.   20% scrambling (1/5)
2.   1.847 putts per GIR

 

 

 

 

 

She is gonna have to turn it around on the back 9 if she wants to make it to the weekend.  +4 thru 10 🥺

[HankScorpio]

Beautiful 🦅for Lexi on 17.   So few women can spin it the way she does.  And I know its been mentioned here a few times but those giant divots she takes has gotta be tough on her body down the road. 

 

[Rapidcat]

58 minutes ago, HankScorpio said:

Beautiful 🦅for Lexi on 17.   So few women can spin it the way she does.  And I know its been mentioned here a few times but those giant divots she takes has gotta be tough on her body down the road. 

 

That eagle was awesome, what a wedge into a blind green.

 

Great reaction from Lexi too, she is box-office.

[imkirby34]

I was just surprised to see Anna Nordqvist wearing something with a collar.

[Argonne69]

PGA Superstore is going to be sold out of 7 and 9 woods on Monday if In Gee keeps firing darts. Lol. 

 

[Rapidcat]

On 6/23/2022 at 4:24 PM, Cwebb said:

I'm picking Leona Maguire

Opening 2 rounds were terrible re her putting with 32 and 33 putts, amongst her worst since she's been on the LPGA tour; you expect her to be under 30 putts. This included 3/3 sand saves (which is not her strength despite her putting prowess). The rest of her game looked fine.

 

I won't be surprised if she shoots one or two low rounds to finish if she gets her putter going (or simply 'normal service resumed').

[Rapidcat]

Sung Hyun with a super -4 today to be -1 for the event.

 

Only 27 putts today - has she had such a good putting round since covid? For reference, she had 34 putts in R1 for a +3.

 

Great to see: #savesunghyun

[Argonne69]

Good thing In Gee's putt hit the cup or it would have run 15 ft past the cup. Crazy good. 

 

[Rapidcat]

Na Rin An is such a talent but needs to learn to temper her aggressive play to be a consistent performer on the LPGA tour.

 

She's still young but some never learn eg Charging Charley.

Edited June 24, 2022 by Rapidcat

[8602081]

Little disappointed  with the lack of coverage..

 

 

I want to see more..

 

[HankScorpio]

Ridiculous how GC ends the coverage so early.  It's a major for goodness sake.  Who cares about a regular PGA event.

[woahnelly]

6 minutes ago, Rapidcat said:

Na Rin An is such a talent but needs to learn to temper her aggressive play to be a consistent performer on the LPGA tour.

 

She's still young but some never learn eg Charging Charley.

 

She not that young at 26. But she is still very talented. She had 2 wins on the KLPGA in 2020 where she really broke out and finished 4th on the money list. 2021 she had 0 wins and finished 9th. She caught some attention playing well at the BMW last year and parlayed that into winning Q school (her or Pauline won, can't remember off the top). 

 

I'd say she's more like A Lim as a late breakout star  vs a prodigious talent like Hye Jin.