2023 HSBC Women's World Championship (Mar 02 - 05)

[18majors]

 

Good news, Saturday Round 3 teed off as scheduled.

 

The forecast is for rain no more than 0.04 inch per hour; much better than on Friday.  It's at least one more round to go, Danielle Kang can't let her guards down!

[iBanesto]

J. Ko v Korda.

 

[iBanesto]

J. Ko 3 under through 4 holes.

 

[grm24]

Not the start Patty T. was looking for. Oof.

[JungleJimbo]

1 hour ago, iBanesto said:

J. Ko 3 under through 4 holes.

 

🔥 JYK’s hot start will bring the rain! 🙏🚫 ☔️ 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 4, 2023 by JungleJimbo

[Rapidcat]

14 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

The tournament did a yeoman's work

 

Love the phrase, feels like being transported back to 19th century England.

 

I'm going to work a few of these types of phrases into some future posts, for everyone's amusement (really just for mine).

 

Oh, hang on, I used the words 'transported' with '19th century', not a good combination for some Australians.

[JungleJimbo]

10 minutes ago, Rapidcat said:

 

Love the phrase, feels like being transported back to 19th century England.

 

I'm going to work a few of these types of phrases into some future posts, for everyone's amusement (really just for mine).

 

Oh, hang on, I used the words 'transported' with '19th century', not a good combination for some Australians.

is a Pom = a person who stayed behind in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

... or who sailed to Australia 🇦🇺 ?

 

https://www.huffpost.com/archive/au/entry/great-news-everybody-its-perfectly-fine-to-call-pommie-people-poms_au_5cd386fee4b0acea95023ed5

 

Edited March 4, 2023 by JungleJimbo

[Rapidcat]

21 minutes ago, JungleJimbo said:

is a Pom = a person who stayed behind in England... or who sailed to Australia?

 

Not quite either, a Pom is an Englishman.

 

Of course a Pom is able to travel to Australia, the term 'Ten Pound Poms' (what I suspect you are referring to) is a colloquial term used in Australia and New Zealand to describe British citizens who migrated to Australia and New Zealand after the Second World War. 

 

That's how my parents from London came to Australia in the 1950's.

 

'Pom' is an interesting word in that most Aussies just use it as slang to represent an Englishman (not really used to denote an English woman) but sometimes its delivered with a little spite and so some English sometimes take mild offence to it. In that context, it comes up a lot when Australia play England in cricket.😂

Edited March 4, 2023 by Rapidcat

[Dazgore]

I thought a Pom was Prisoner of his/her Majesty.

As in a convict, and thus Poms were shipped to Australia.

 

[Rapidcat]

1 minute ago, Dazgore said:

I thought a Pom was Prisoner of his/her Majesty.

As in a convict, and thus Poms were shipped to Australia.

 

 

Maybe that's how the term started but certainly not how Aussies have use it for 80+ years  eg we play the poms at cricket, which of course doesn't mean we are playing ourselves.

 

No Englishman would ever call an Aussie a pom now, just wouldn't make sense in how the word is used today.

 

Maybe your example is why some English take offence at being called a pom?

[JungleJimbo]

 

[Dazgore]

40 minutes ago, Rapidcat said:

 

Maybe that's how the term started but certainly not how Aussies have use it for 80+ years  eg we play the poms at cricket, which of course doesn't mean we are playing ourselves.

 

No Englishman would ever call an Aussie a pom now, just wouldn't make sense in how the word is used today.

 

Maybe your example is why some English take offence at being called a pom?

 

I just looked it up, apparently its from rhyming slang for immigrant, short for pomegranate, a reference to the English pale skin and for getting sunburn.

 

There you go...

 

Now back to the golf 🏌️⛳

[JungleJimbo]

4 minutes ago, Dazgore said:

Now back to the golf 🏌️⛳

 

 

 

[JungleJimbo]

On 3/3/2023 at 10:08 AM, JungleJimbo said:

Has anyone else noticed Danielle Kang's Mickelson-/Napa-style heel-shafted putter? (We don't see these often?) 

 

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/danielle-kang-of-the-united-states-putts-on-the-second-news-photo/1470641589?adppopup=true

 

 

 

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/danielle-kang-dk-special-putter-scotty-cameron-hsbc-womens-championship-thailand

 

https://sports.yahoo.com/danielle-kang-thanks-scotty-cameron-153003171.html 

 

 

 

"Danielle Kang moonlights as a putter maker(!), surges up leaderboard in Singapore"

 

golfdigest.com/story/danielle-kang-dk-special-putter-scotty-cameron-hsbc-womens-championship-thailand

 

 

The pelting rain and a nearly 3½ hour weather delay in Singapore couldn't stop Danielle Kang from storming up the leaderboard Friday, jumping from T-29 to take the lead at the HSBC Women's World Championship. The six-time LPGA Tour winner tied a career-best bogey-free 63 with a staunch performance from the newest weapon in her bag: 25 putts by a one-of-a-kind putter stamped “DK Special” built by Scotty Cameron himself.

 

“It was really cool,” Kang said of making her putter, “because I had an idea, then Mr. Scotty Cameron sketched it out, and then all of a sudden my thoughts became real. He molded them, and then we spent hours, and I think it took days for him to make these molds.

 

“And then I was with him for seven hours straight, grinding them, making it, buffering, lie lofting. It was incredible for me to watch. And I absolutely love that putter.”

 

 

 

Edited March 4, 2023 by JungleJimbo

[iBanesto]

1 hour ago, JungleJimbo said:

is a Pom = a person who stayed behind in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

... or who sailed to Australia 🇦🇺 ?

 

https://www.huffpost.com/archive/au/entry/great-news-everybody-its-perfectly-fine-to-call-pommie-people-poms_au_5cd386fee4b0acea95023ed5

 

 

Peter O'Malley.

 

🇦🇺

 

Tiger slayer in 2002.

 

Look at the back of his cap.

 

 

Edited March 4, 2023 by iBanesto

[JungleJimbo]

 

Nice range etiquette/ divot pattern from Nelly!

 

[iBanesto]

Nice to hear Shanshan Feng in the commentary box.

[JungleJimbo]

6 hours ago, iBanesto said:

J. Ko v Korda.

 

 

 

[iBanesto]

6 minutes ago, JungleJimbo said:

 

 

Great birdies from both on the 17th.

 

J. Ko has the eye of the tiger right now.

 

Edited March 4, 2023 by iBanesto

[iBanesto]

Some great iron shots from J. Ko, N. Korda and Hataoka into the 18th green.

Edited March 4, 2023 by iBanesto

[iBanesto]

 

 

Edited March 4, 2023 by iBanesto

[JungleJimbo]

1 hour ago, iBanesto said:

Some great iron shots from J. Ko, N. Korda and Hataoka into the 18th green.

 

Nelly: "Smiley Face, because i ended with two birdies" 🐥🐥

 

 

[iBanesto]

18 minutes ago, JungleJimbo said:

 

Nelly: "Smiley Face, because i ended with two birdies" 🐥🐥

 

 

 

What a putt on the 18th.

 

 

[Rapidcat]

7 hours ago, Dazgore said:

 

I just looked it up, apparently its from rhyming slang for immigrant, short for pomegranate, a reference to the English pale skin and for getting sunburn.

 

There you go...

 

Now back to the golf 🏌️⛳

 

Not correct now, I'm afraid, no matter what your reference is.

 

A pom is what an Aussie (and a Kiwi) calls an Englishman.

 

That's the reality today.

 

Now back to the golf.

 

BTW, there was no golf going on when this exchange was happening, there was a weather break.

Edited March 4, 2023 by Rapidcat

[Rapidcat]

How God awful has this commentary been?

 

Can handle maybe 30 minutes, then it has to go on mute.

 

Try again after 30 minutes and back it goes on mute.

 

What is the LPGAT doing entrusting an events commentary to those 3?

[Argonne69]

Should be an exciting final round. Jin Young looks to be back in top form, but eight players within 5 shots could go low. Three are looking for their first LPGA win.

 

[Rapidcat]

2 minutes ago, Argonne69 said:

Should be an exciting final round. Jin Young looks to be back in top form, but eight players within 5 shots could go low. Three are looking for their first LPGA win.

 

 

Great to see JYK back.....I expect her to win from here.

[woahnelly]

Tough task for Corpuz to be pair with Ko and Korda final group. Hopefully Capt. Stacy is keeping a keen eye out. 

[Rapidcat]

1 hour ago, woahnelly said:

Tough task for Corpuz to be pair with Ko and Korda final group. Hopefully Capt. Stacy is keeping a keen eye out. 

 

Yep, if she doesn't cut it then she's not up to a Solheim spot....probably.

 

Oh, wait, Brittany Altomare, Yealimi Noh.....

 

This Solheim will be no place for those that can't perform under pressure.

 

I can't wait!

[18majors]

 

For Nelly Korda right now, her "Nirvana" isn't to win US Women's Open; it's "Beat Jing Yung Ko in a final group and win a tournament!"

 

It's right here in her hand!