2023 LPGA Season Odds and Ends

[18majors]

 

@Whoa Nelly

 

Annie has one more week to wait for the outcome:

 

 

[AKL Kiwi]

 

 

[AKL Kiwi]

Lydia will continue to play with her Proto Concept irons.

 

https://thegolfwire.com/lydia-ko-signs-three-year-endorsement-extension-with-proto-concept/

[18majors]

7 minutes ago, AKL Kiwi said:

Lydia will continue to play with her Proto Concept irons.

 

https://thegolfwire.com/lydia-ko-signs-three-year-endorsement-extension-with-proto-concept/

 

Great news, we may be able to follow Lydia for another three years!

[Golf Dino]

1 hour ago, 18majors said:

 

Great news, we may be able to follow Lydia for another three years!

 

🤣I guess that is one way to look at it! 👍

[18majors]

Good news all around, I didn't know about Emma, Jasmine and Kaitlyn:

GOLF NUPTIALS IN SEASON

 

"On the women’s side, this year Lydia Ko, Emma Talley, Jaye Marie Green, Jasmine Suwannapura, Caroline Masson, Kelly Tan and Kaitlyn Pap all were married in the winter months."

[woahnelly]

7 hours ago, 18majors said:

Good news all around, I didn't know about Emma, Jasmine and Kaitlyn:

GOLF NUPTIALS IN SEASON

 

"On the women’s side, this year Lydia Ko, Emma Talley, Jaye Marie Green, Jasmine Suwannapura, Caroline Masson, Kelly Tan and Kaitlyn Pap all were married in the winter months."

 

Explains why Papp was a no show at Q school.  Hope to see her in some events this year.  

[North Texas]

17 hours ago, woahnelly said:

 

Explains why Papp was a no show at Q school.  Hope to see her in some events this year.  

 

Always pulling for Kaitlyn Papp and anyone else that played for the University of Texas Longhorns!

[woahnelly]

2 hours ago, North Texas said:

 

Always pulling for Kaitlyn Papp and anyone else that played for the University of Texas Longhorns!

 

Sophia Schubert had a solid season, buyoed by her runner up finish at that Evian. Hope she can keep it up now that she has exemption into all the events this year. 

[Seamus_McDuff]

21 hours ago, woahnelly said:

 

Explains why Papp was a no show at Q school.  Hope to see her in some events this year.  

 

She withdrew because she needed hip surgery. 

[woahnelly]

On 1/25/2023 at 2:27 PM, 18majors said:

 

@Whoa Nelly

 

Annie has one more week to wait for the outcome:

 

 

 

Chances looking slim now, shes now in the bottom 5 of the priority, more players from the KLPGA have entered. 

[18majors]

21 minutes ago, woahnelly said:

 

Chances looking slim now, shes now in the bottom 5 of the priority, more players from the KLPGA have entered. 

 

 

Be patient, she's still in it with 3 days to go!

[18majors]

 

Is this the last semester of amateur golf for Rose?

 

 

 

[18majors]

 

More LPGA on TV:

Docu-series to follow 2023 LPGA Tour season storylines with first episode debuting Feb. 6

 

"DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Jan. 30, 2022 - The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) announced the creation of “Drive On: LPGA All Access,” a multi-episode series that will air on LPGA platforms and give fans a beyond-the-course glimpse into the lives of some of the best golfers in the world – LPGA Tour athletes. The first episode will debut Feb. 6 at 8 p.m. EST on YouTube and LPGA.com, and feature behind-the-scenes moments with players like Gemma Dryburgh, Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Ashleigh Buhai during the 2023 Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions."

[ChronicSlicer]

11 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

Is this the last semester of amateur golf for Rose?

 

 

 

[18majors]

 

She may not be as good as Novak Djokovic, but is as stubborn:

 

 

[fredogolfer]

On 1/28/2023 at 6:48 AM, 18majors said:

Good news all around, I didn't know about Emma, Jasmine and Kaitlyn:

GOLF NUPTIALS IN SEASON

 

"On the women’s side, this year Lydia Ko, Emma Talley, Jaye Marie Green, Jasmine Suwannapura, Caroline Masson, Kelly Tan and Kaitlyn Pap all were married in the winter months."

 

 

On 1/30/2023 at 10:27 AM, 18majors said:

 

More LPGA on TV:

Docu-series to follow 2023 LPGA Tour season storylines with first episode debuting Feb. 6

 

"DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Jan. 30, 2022 - The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) announced the creation of “Drive On: LPGA All Access,” a multi-episode series that will air on LPGA platforms and give fans a beyond-the-course glimpse into the lives of some of the best golfers in the world – LPGA Tour athletes. The first episode will debut Feb. 6 at 8 p.m. EST on YouTube and LPGA.com, and feature behind-the-scenes moments with players like Gemma Dryburgh, Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Ashleigh Buhai during the 2023 Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions."

I hope it’s better than the sample one they did a while back. Production value was low and it mainly featured interviews. Watching Gaby Lopez and Amy Olson make fajitas and play pickle ball wasn’t that entertaining (shocking!!). A lot of these series thrive on rivalries, some contempt from teammates  and competitors toward each other, controversies etc. The LPGA has focused so heavily on making everyone think it’s all rainbows and smiles it won’t be compelling. Those that follow the tour closely KNOW there are players that cheat, hate each other, and are horrible human beings but will the LPGA focus on that? Will they invest the type of money into production to rival Netflix? If not, this will be a disaster because it will basically mean Netflix or another serious platform wasn’t interested and it will appear the lack if interest was justified.

[AKL Kiwi]

2 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

She may not be as good as Novak Djokovic, but is as stubborn:

It was reported here many who did not want to be vaccinated had just got someone else willing to get double vaccinated. It was done at most pharmacies and all they asked for was your name and address and it was immediately recorded into the government database as being done..... no ID was required or asked for. 

[woahnelly]

On 1/29/2023 at 7:32 PM, 18majors said:

 

 

Be patient, she's still in it with 3 days to go!

 

And she's now in reserve status 😞

[18majors]

5 minutes ago, AKL Kiwi said:

It was reported here many who did not want to be vaccinated had just got someone else willing to get double vaccinated. It was done at most pharmacies and all they asked for was your name and address and it was immediately recorded into the government database as being done..... no ID was required or asked for. 

 

Clearly, the vaccination administration is different in every different countries.  Either Linn and Novak have high integrity or they're very strict in Sweden and Serbia.

 

Eventually, issues will be resolved; but it certainly has hurt sports in the meanwhile.

 

 

[18majors]

Just now, woahnelly said:

 

And she's now in reserve status 😞

 

I hear you, it's tough to stomach!

[AKL Kiwi]

33 minutes ago, 18majors said:

 

I hear you, it's tough to stomach!

What Annie has to do is make the most of a much weaker field when she gets to start 2023 at the Blue Bay in China. 

 

41 minutes ago, 18majors said:

 

Clearly, the vaccination administration is different in every different countries. Either Linn and Novak have high integrity or they're very strict in Sweden and Serbia.

 

Eventually, issues will be resolved; but it certainly has hurt sports in the meanwhile.

 

 

 Yes some countries would have used different ways of identifying someone getting vaccinated. Ours was just typical of how we expected it to be handled like everything else during the pandemic. 

[18majors]

2 minutes ago, AKL Kiwi said:

What Annie has to do is make the most of a much weaker field when she gets to start 2023 at the Blue Bay in China. 

 

 

 

Indeed!

 

I wonder why my "Iron Lady" Yealimi Noh didn't sign up to play Blue Bay or Saudi Ladies International!  I guess Yealimi won't be "Iron Lady" anymore now she doesn't have Hana Bank to pay for everything!

[AKL Kiwi]

8 minutes ago, 18majors said:

 

 

Indeed!

 

I wonder why my "Iron Lady" Yealimi Noh didn't sign up to play Blue Bay or Saudi Ladies International!  I guess Yealimi won't be "Iron Lady" anymore now she doesn't have Hana Bank to pay for everything!

I wonder how long it's going to be before we see some of these players joining the LET and relocating to Europe with the increasing purses backed by Saudi oil money. 

[18majors]

2 minutes ago, AKL Kiwi said:

I wonder how long it's going to be before we see some of these players joining the LET and relocating to Europe with the increasing purses backed by Saudi oil money. 

 

 

Good question!

 

The breakdown of LET's 2023 purse, which is 32 tournaments and $37.0 million:

                                                                                                          Tournament                       Purse

Tournaments backed by Saudi Oil money                                              6                                 $10.0 million

LPGA events including 2 majors                                                              4                                 $17.3  million

All others                                                                                                  22                                $10.0 million

 

LET could potentially unseat LPGA If Saudi up the ante from $10.0 million to more than $100.0 million; which can easily be done.

[AKL Kiwi]

25 minutes ago, 18majors said:

LET could potentially unseat LPGA If Saudi up the ante from $10.0 million to more than $100.0 million; which can easily be done.

An example of another benefit...if you look at the Saudi Ladies International the Top 60 LET are exempt and Johanna Gustavsson is #2 with RR #165. Annie Park non-member top 300 WWGR RR #175 probably won't get into the field. As a professional they must start looking at where is the best chance of earning a living while trying to improve their ranking.

[woahnelly]

Annie will have to cushion herself early on in the season in the Cali swing where she plays well. This is the 10 year anniversary of the USC Trojans winning their 3rd national championship, Annie won the individual title as a frosh.

[18majors]

1 hour ago, woahnelly said:

Annie won the individual title as a frosh.

 

 

Those glorious days!

 

I haven't followed Annie closely during her early LPGA days.  I assume she had injury issues early in her LPGA career and it might still bother her somehow.

 

 

Edited February 1, 2023 by 18majors

[ChronicSlicer]

1 hour ago, AKL Kiwi said:

I wonder how long it's going to be before we see some of these players joining the LET and relocating to Europe with the increasing purses backed by Saudi oil money. 

I noticed a fair amount of native European college players chose to go the LET route, obviously closer to the mother land. But imho, if you're trying to get to the LPGA, one would think the Epson tour would be a better shot.

[fredogolfer]

2 hours ago, AKL Kiwi said:

I wonder how long it's going to be before we see some of these players joining the LET and relocating to Europe with the increasing purses backed by Saudi oil money. 

Probably wouldn’t happen unless LET broke off on its own or indeed a Women’s LIV happened. 
 

At this moment it’d be like leaving Walmart to shop at Sam’s Club.