2022 BMW Ladies Championship (Oct 20 - 23)

[Argonne69]

Race to the CME Globe: 500 Points

 

Format: 72 holes

 

Purse: $2,000,000

 

Location: Oak Valley Country Club, Republic of Korea

 

Par: 72

 

Yardage: 6,726 yds

 

History: This is the 3rd year for the event. In 2021, Jin Young Ko shot a final round 64 to rally from four shots back at the start of the day to force a playoff where she captured her 4th win of the season with a birdie on the first playoff hole.

 

Coverage:

 

October 20: The Golf Channel 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (EDT)

October 21: The Golf Channel 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm (EDT)

October 22: The Golf Channel 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm (EDT)

October 23: The Golf Channel 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm (EDT)

 

[Argonne69]

On paper it looks like a long course. We'll see how they set it up, though.

 

Defending champion Jin Young is on the entry list, so we'll see how her injury is healing.

 

Looks like a fairly strong field. Nelly and Lexi are sitting out.

 

[HMHS]

InGee aint playing... wonder why. I'm sure someone knows 😁

[Argonne69]

25 minutes ago, Supermilo said:

InGee aint playing... wonder why. I'm sure someone knows 😁

 

Injury I believe. 

 

[18majors]

 

It's no cut and it's short:

 

 

Edited October 17, 2022 by 18majors

[18majors]

1 hour ago, Argonne69 said:

 

Injury I believe. 

 

 

Unfortunately:

 

 

[Lobby]

Damn

[imkirby34]

NYC!!  It's her final LPGA start!  I'm hoping the SBS YT channel is going to have coverage of her final pro start at the SK Telecom Championship (KLPGA).

[Argonne69]

The original schedule had four events in Asia in four weeks. With the cancelation of the Buick last week, and the Swinging Skirts next week, it appears that the BMW and Toto are going to have weaker fields than normal. For most players it would be financially viable to make the month long trip. However, with an off week between the BMW and Toto, are there going to be many players entered in both?

 

[MagicClassic407]

49 minutes ago, Argonne69 said:

The original schedule had four events in Asia in four weeks. With the cancelation of the Buick last week, and the Swinging Skirts next week, it appears that the BMW and Toto are going to have weaker fields than normal. For most players it would be financially viable to make the month long trip. However, with an off week between the BMW and Toto, are there going to be many players entered in both?

 

Maybe with a week in Palau (or some such) in between???

[OnTheBag]

Picks for the week....

 

Favorites would be Lydia, Hannah Green, and Minjee.

Outside is Patty T.  Length comes into play here despite playing poorly all year.

Extreme Dark Horse is Sophia Shubert.  Grew up in East Tennessee playing on sloping fairways at elevation.  This course has a similar strategy to Evian les Bains.

 

Lydia will be challenged by the length but you can never count her out.  Hannah can handle the length.  Minjee plays well on courses like this.

 

This is an RTJ design so expect very few level lies and very large greens with a premium based on shot location over raw power.

[woahnelly]

Bummer no KLPGA stars are featured. 

 

Picking A Lim ftw, she's the only player in the field to have won in Korea this year!

[Argonne69]

Wouldn't be shocked to see a KLPGA player pick up the win. 

 

Edited October 18, 2022 by Argonne69

[18majors]

On 10/17/2022 at 7:14 PM, Argonne69 said:

Coverage:

 

October 20: The Golf Channel 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (EDT)

October 21: The Golf Channel 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm (EDT)

October 22: The Golf Channel 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm (EDT)

October 23: The Golf Channel 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm (EDT)

 

 

 

Schedule has changed:

 

October 19-22                             11:00 PM - 3:00 AM

[Argonne69]

30 minutes ago, 18majors said:

 

 

Schedule has changed:

 

October 19-22                             11:00 PM - 3:00 AM

 

Oh veh. So most of us will record the late coverage, and wind up watching it the next day after the following round is already completed? The LPGA sure can be a buzz kill at times. 

 

Lol. Wait, am I seeing things? Didn't catch the 19th date, so they're actually moving up the coverage, even though it's still too late in the evening to watch it live. 

 

Edited October 18, 2022 by Argonne69

[OnTheBag]

1 hour ago, Argonne69 said:

Lol. Wait, am I seeing things? Didn't catch the 19th date, so they're actually moving up the coverage, even though it's still too late in the evening to watch it live. 

With the shift across the IDL, 11 pm EST Wednesday would be Noon Thursday in South Korea.  That would be a live coverage window.  

[postfold]

All things being equal, I'm glad someone at Youtube TV is going to do the math for me on that and record at the correct time.

[ChronicSlicer]

Sure would be a nice time for Hye-Jin to get that first victory on the LPGA. I'm liking Hye-Jin or Hyo Joo for the W. Maybe Carlota for some dark horse action.

I'll be looking out for Linn Grant as well.

[iBanesto]

I hope J. Ko has recovered from her injury.

 

She has a habit of been able to win tournaments after a long break such as in 2020 and last year.

 

[JungleJimbo]

1 hour ago, iBanesto said:

I hope J. Ko has recovered from her injury.

 

She has a habit of been able to win tournaments after a long break such as in 2020 and last year.

 

 

[iBanesto]

 

 

 

[HMHS]

2 weeks before Suzuka (F1),  last week Zozo... this week, choose whatever Korean and time zone you want... South Korea and South CAROLINA... i've set my (body, not VCR) clock 12 hrs ahead for the month, I'm ready for you Toto! 😈... 

 

I'd say JYK come back with a bang... (She's "sandbagging" us lately, esp with so few vlogs and her accompanying moments that lend me to ask: "why do you keep eating at waffle house and using your own honey"?)  And since Shibuno is complaining about the cold here, it'll be tough for her to win, quick weekend escape for her to Okayama after 2 days 😈

[MagicClassic407]

Winner out of the last group teeing off tomorrow. (JYK, Thitikul, Minjee). Dark Horse: Grant

[pjc]

J Korda not playing, she should be!

 

[pjc]

36 minutes ago, MagicClassic407 said:

Winner out of the last group teeing off tomorrow. (JYK, Thitikul, Minjee). Dark Horse: Grant

Minjee

[JungleJimbo]

R1 has started

 

https://www.lpga.com/tournaments/bmw-lpga-international/leaderboard

 

Photos: https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/lpga-?assettype=image&family=editorial&phrase=LPGA &recency=last7days&events=775787303

 

 

 

 

Edited October 20, 2022 by JungleJimbo

[JungleJimbo]

On 10/18/2022 at 4:22 AM, 18majors said:

 

It's no cut and it's short:

 

 

is SoYeon Ryu a late withdrawal? I was checking to see if she was in the Field Listing (then remembered that tweet photos get truncated when posted to this GolfWRX forum ie the bottom 3 lines of each column in the Listing = not visible unless you click on the tweet!)

 

..edit: Belatedly realised SYR = wasn’t missing from today’s leaderboard... i missed seeing SYR’s name because I wasn’t used to seeing her name at the TOP of Leaderboard! 

https://www.lpga.com/tournaments/bmw-lpga-international/leaderboard

 

 

Edited October 20, 2022 by JungleJimbo

[JungleJimbo]

Wow…Sung Hyun Park aka Namdalla/ Tiger 🐯  / Attack Girl = T1 at -3 !

 

 

Edited October 20, 2022 by JungleJimbo

[JungleJimbo]

Holy cow 🐮… any insights/info on this amateur Kim Minsol? 
 

Didn’t find any recent chatter w.r.t. this player on SeoulSisters. https://seoulsisters.freeforums.net/thread/3270/2022-bmw-ladies-championship

 

..Google search = https://bit.ly/3saVBhi

(“site: https://seoulsisters.freeforums.net/ "Minsol")

 

 

Edited October 20, 2022 by JungleJimbo

[iBanesto]

J. Ko.