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

[ChronicSlicer]

3 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

 

 

I agree with these and have written posts similar to these; but I'm not too worried about it from Nelly's perspective.

 

Jin Young has been a proven star before she joined LPGA in 2018 and has been a bona fide LPGA super star since 2019.  Nelly, on the other hand, was a nobody until 2021 season.  2021 was the beginning of their rivalry; Nelly owned the first half and Jin Young the second half.  2022 fizzled because both had health issues.

 

No question, Jin Young won the first battle of 2023, but with an asterisk mark.  The weather was bad and Nelly still new with her TaylorMade equipment.

 

I'd give more weight to the Drive On Championship coming up in less than 3 weeks.

 

 

How do know Nelly's perspective of said situation?

 

Not exactly sure Nelly was a nobody before 2021, in fact I'm pretty sure women's golf was highly anticipating her LPGA debut. You yourself admitted to drooling over her as a teen.

 

So you seriously blaming the weather for Nelly not winning, the same bad weather Jin Young played in and outperformed everybody else in? It's not like she played horrible golf...if she shot an 80 in the final round I'd likely agree.

 

Still blaming the club switch that went into testing in October and been in the bag since at least early January?  I guess a 4th, 6th, and a 2nd place is normal for people who aren't used to "new clubs" yet.

 

Anything else you can come up with, new shoes too big, hat too tight, carpal tunnel from signing autographs?

 

Excuses aren't gonna justify she was simply outplayed by the better player. It's not really a big deal, it happens.

[AKL Kiwi]

1 hour ago, ChronicSlicer said:

Jin Young played in and outperformed everybody else in?

Sure JYK eventually won but she only outperformed everyone in the third round with DK scoring the lowest round (63). Some days they drop for you others they don't and under the constantly changing conditions I don't want to read too much into the win. As for the Korda's I'm sure having multi millionaire parents helps when you start out in this sport something many others would love to have supporting them. 

 

Had Nelly won the Korda sisters would have made history as being the first to bookend a tournament ☹️

Edited March 7, 2023 by AKL Kiwi

[iBanesto]

Peter Allis summed it up well when Ben Curtis won the 2003 Open Championship (I'm paraphrasing):

 

"They all came, they all played and he came out the winner."

 

End of the day, history will remember the wins and not who "played well".

 

 

 

 

[18majors]

 

Thanks, Grant:

 

 

Edited March 7, 2023 by 18majors

[North Texas]

19 hours ago, tonyj5 said:

Since there is no tournament this week, I will put this here.

There was plenty of movement by LPGA players in the Rolex Rankings this week:

Jin Young Ko made the most important moving jumping 2 spots from 5-3.
Daniel Kang jumps up four spots 18-14
Ayaka Furue moves up 28-23
Allisen Corpuz leaps into the top fifty 51-36, as does Eun-Hee Ji 54-44
Outside the top 100, Elizabeth Szokol bolts up 46 places 153-107

Nelly Korda and Ashleigh Buhai are the only players to have top ten finishes in each of the first 3 LPGA tournaments of the year.

 

Please type bigger for us old guys 😉

[ChronicSlicer]

20 hours ago, AKL Kiwi said:

Sure JYK eventually won but she only outperformed everyone in the third round with DK scoring the lowest round (63). 

Too bad for Danielle that it takes 4 rounds to win, or outperform one's opponents. Which is what happens everytime a winner is crowned in any sport, they outperformed the opposition.

[AKL Kiwi]

3 hours ago, ChronicSlicer said:

they outperformed the opposition.

If your reasoning is there is no luck (success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions) involved in golf then I would agree what you are saying is true.....😊

Edited March 8, 2023 by AKL Kiwi

[ChronicSlicer]

 

On 3/7/2023 at 8:26 PM, AKL Kiwi said:

If your reasoning is there is no luck (success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions) involved in golf then I would agree what you are saying is true.....😊

I believe there is a fine line on what can be considered luck on a golf course. 

[Argonne69]

11 hours ago, ChronicSlicer said:

 

I believe there is a fine line on what can be considered luck on a golf course. 

 

"The more I practice, the luckier I get." - Gary Player

 

[ChronicSlicer]

23 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

 

"The more I practice, the luckier I get." - Gary Player

 

Well, that settles it, golf is a game of luck then. Wonder if Tiger or Jack would consider picking my Powerball numbers for me?

[18majors]

 

I's trying to post a video, but was unsuccessful!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 11, 2023 by 18majors