2023 ShopRite LPGA Classic (Jun 09 - 11)

[Argonne69]

Race to the CME Globe: 500 Points

 

Format: 54 holes

 

Purse: $1,750,000

 

Location: Seaview Bay Course, Galloway, NJ

 

Par: 71

 

Yardage: 6,190 yds

 

History: This is the 35th year for the event. In 2022, Brooke Henderson rallied from four shots back to earn her 11th LPGA Tour title. Henderson, who entered Sunday in a tie for ninth, recorded a bogey-free 64 to finish at -12, and won in a playoff against Lindsey Weaver-Wright.

 

Coverage:

 

Jun 9: The Golf Channel 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm (EDT)

Jun 9: NBC Sports App 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm (EDT)

 

Jun 10: NBC Sports App 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm (EDT)

Jun 10: The Golf Channel 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm (EDT)

 

Jun 11: NBC Sports App 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm (EDT)

Jun 11: The Golf Channel 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm (EDT)

 

[Argonne69]

The tour heads down the Jersey shore to Atlantic City for another rendition of the ShopRite. Only 3 rounds this week with a fairly poor TV schedule. Oh well.

 

Short, but tough course when the winds are blowing. Small greens and thick native areas will eat you up.

 

[TerpFangolfer]

I haven't heard - is RZ playing this week?

Heard them joking afterwards on Sunday that she had to go take finals??

Edited June 6, 2023 by TerpFangolfer

[JungleJimbo]

16 minutes ago, TerpFangolfer said:

I haven't heard - is RZ playing this week?

Heard them joking afterwards on Sunday that she had to go take finals??

 

https://www.lpga.com/tournaments/shoprite-lpga-classic-presented-by-acer/tournament-entries

[woahnelly]

 

Let's all reminisce to better times, the year 2018. Annie shoots her career low in the final around to win by 1. Look at all those putts! 

[AWinfortheAges]

Yuna Nishimura beats Minami Katsu and Su Hyun Oh in a two hole playoff.

 

Gerina Mendoza gets a top 10 in her 1st start of the season. 

[tonyj5]

My field rating for this event is an embarassingly low 31.5%, down from 36% last year.
My breakdown is 38% from the LPGA Priority List and 25% from the Rolex Rankings.
The field will be led by top ten players:
Atthaya Thitikul
Hyo-Joo Kim
Georgia Hall
Brooke Henederson
Top ten players skipping the event this week:
Jin Young Ko
Nelly Korda
Lydia Ko
Lilia Vu
Minjee Lee
Lexi Thompson
Only seven of the top 25 players are in this week's field.

The Monday Qualifiers are:
Mariah Stackhouse -4
Gurleen Kaur -2

Other Stuff:
The last 5 stroke play LPGA Tournaments have been decided by a playoff. That is a new LPGA record. In fact six of the last seven have been decided that way.
Atthaya Thitikul's top ten finish this past weekend was her 6th of the year, tying her with Nelliy Korda for the LPGA lead.
Both Ayaka Furue and Ashleigh Buhai picked up their 5th top ten. Furue has finished 4th, 2nd, and 4th in her last three starts.
Rose Zhang became the 4th first time winner on the LPGA this year. Zhang's win was the third by an American player this year which leads the tour.

Rolex Rankings:
Rose Zhang made one of the biggest moves in history (if not the biggest) moving up 420 spots. She skyrockets from No. 482 to No. 62.
Jennifer Kupcho moves 26-21
Hae Ran Ryu 35-30
Cheyenne Knight 42-38
Eun Hee Ji 56-45

Edited June 8, 2023 by tonyj5

[HMHS]

I'll root for those who have no playing time on the tour to get into the top 10 and maybe win 🙂   - sort of "grab this opportunity now or forever be damned!"

[aabcuue]

11 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

The tour heads down the Jersey shore to Atlantic City for another rendition of the ShopRite. Only 3 rounds this week with a fairly poor TV schedule. Oh well.

 

Short, but tough course when the winds are blowing. Small greens and thick native areas will eat you up.

Wind is always factor as there's reason its called the bay course. Add in typical Ross touches and it to the difficulty.

[aabcuue]

10 hours ago, TerpFangolfer said:

I haven't heard - is RZ playing this week?

Heard them joking afterwards on Sunday that she had to go take finals??

No that was Rose herself joking.

 

She had a paper due monday and a computer coding project, yes real programming due think she said tues.

Was moving out of apt on 13th.

[Lobby]

The cut is on Friday?  Saturday?

[woahnelly]

29 minutes ago, Lobby said:

The cut is on Friday?  Saturday?

 

Cut after 2 days, so Sat 

[woahnelly]

32 minutes ago, aabcuue said:

No that was Rose herself joking.

 

She had a paper due monday and a computer coding project, yes real programming due think she said tues.

Was moving out of apt on 13th.

 

Sounds like that will be a useful skill to have on the golf course. 

[woahnelly]

8 hours ago, AWinfortheAges said:

Yuna Nishimura beats Minami Katsu and Su Hyun Oh in a two hole playoff.

 

Gerina Mendoza gets a top 10 in her 1st start of the season. 

 

Bold picks, Su is off the grid, but she does play well in AC 

 

I like your vibe, I am picking Jennifer Chang, Gina Kim, or Caroline Inglis for the W. 

 

Edit nvm don't see Caroline in the field.. guess she taking the NJ swing off...one of the Laurens Coughlin/Hartlage to do well, hopefully Schubie turns it around too 

Edited June 6, 2023 by woahnelly

[JungleJimbo]

 

 

[AWinfortheAges]

8 hours ago, tonyj5 said:

My field rating for this event is an embarassingly low 31.5%, down from 36% last year.
My breakdown is 38% from the LPGA Priority List and 25% from the Rolex Rankings.
The field will be led by top ten players:
Atthaya Thitikul
Hyo-Joo Kim
Georgia Hall
Brook Henederson
Top ten players skipping the event this week:
Jin Young Ko
Nelly Korda
Lydia Ko
Lilia Vu
Minjee Lee
Lexi Thompson
Only seven of the top 25 players are in this week's field.

The Monday Qualifiers are:
Mariah Stackhouse -4
Gurleen Kaur -2

Other Stuff:
The last 5 stroke play LPGA Tournaments have been decided by a playoff. That is a new LPGA record. In fact six of the last seven have been decided that way.
Atthaya Thitikul's top ten finish this past weekend was her 6th of the year, tying her with Nelliy Korda for the LPGA lead.
Both Ayaka Furue and Ashleigh Buhai picked up their 5th top ten. Furue has finished 4th, 2nd, and 4th in her last three starts.
Rose Zhang became the 4th first time winner on the LPGA this year. Zhang's win was the third by an American player this year which leads the tour.

Rolex Rankings:
Rose Zhang made one of the biggest moves in history (if not the biggest) moving up 420 spots. She skyrockets from No. 482 to No. 62.
Jennifer Kupcho moves 26-21
Hae Ran Ryu 35-30
Cheyenne Knight 42-38
Eun Hee Ji 56-45

Any preliminary field rating for the US Open? I'm wondering if not for the Kordas possibly being out if it would be the highest ever.

[woahnelly]

1 hour ago, JungleJimbo said:

 

 

 

#5 going to give me nightmares 

[JungleJimbo]

7 minutes ago, woahnelly said:

 

#5 going to give me nightmares 

Who’s that #5 girl? Wichanee Meechai?

[woahnelly]

7 minutes ago, JungleJimbo said:

Who’s that #5 girl? Wichanee Meechai?

 

Wichanee has a beautiful swing, one of my favorites! Also has Callaway on her brim, this mystery woman appears to have no sponsor, or hard to tell since it's a dark cap.

 

I was not ready for all that violence, i think i'm going to sleep with the light on tonight

[Seamus_McDuff]

5 is Suwannapura

[tonyj5]

4 hours ago, AWinfortheAges said:

Any preliminary field rating for the US Open? I'm wondering if not for the Kordas possibly being out if it would be the highest ever.

Not yet

[Seamus_McDuff]

Is this the first tournament this year that has dipped into the “Class A” section of the priority list?

[JungleJimbo]

 

https://www.lpga.com/news/2023/five-things-to-know-about-the-shoprite-lpga-classic

 

 

 

[JungleJimbo]

 

Would the Shoprite LPGA event venue = similarly impacted by the haze/ smoke from the Canadian wildfires?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/07/new-york-air-quality-alerts

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 8, 2023 by JungleJimbo

[SurfDuffer]

7 hours ago, JungleJimbo said:

 

Would the Shoprite LPGA event venue = similarly impacted by the haze/ smoke from the Canadian wildfires?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/07/new-york-air-quality-alerts

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm sitting here waiting to play the pro-am.  4-hour delay due to smoke.

Edited June 8, 2023 by SurfDuffer

[woahnelly]

Here on east coast looked like Armageddon during sunset last night, spooky!  AQI was over 300 (hazardous) by me. Looks like COVID returned with everybody outside wearing masks again! 

[postfold]

10 hours ago, SurfDuffer said:

 

I'm sitting here waiting to play the pro-am.  4-hour delay due to smoke.

 

I thought I read somewhere that it was being reduced to 9 holes.  But I may be confusing that with something else.

 

Dana Finkelstein Fall was certainly not happy today, called Mollie a hypocrite on twitter, presumably over a decision to go ahead with play.

[JungleJimbo]

 

 

[SurfDuffer]

12 hours ago, postfold said:

 

I thought I read somewhere that it was being reduced to 9 holes.  But I may be confusing that with something else.

 

Dana Finkelstein Fall was certainly not happy today, called Mollie a hypocrite on twitter, presumably over a decision to go ahead with play.

The delay was unnecessary.  Really made a mess of things.  Groups on the Bay Course were reduced to 9-holes while the other courses played 18.

[pmcuk]

I was thinking of Paula Reto last night for no apparent reason and here she is in the top ten. Interesting.......

 

Early days but it's no surprise to see Jeeno near the top. 

 

I guess Rose Zhang is emptying out her dormitory at college.....