2024 LPGA Season Odds and Ends

[Titleist_PT23]

15 hours ago, AWinfortheAges said:

Does Korea do April Fools in March?

Unfortunately, I'm not surprised.  I think late last season I questioned whether she would even play this year.  When the priority list came out and she didn't exercise the Career Top 20 Category, it wasn't looking good.

 

It's nice she got to play four rounds at Pebble last year.  Hopefully, she can play the weekend at the Chevron.

[JungleJimbo]

 

 

[JungleJimbo]

Thought folks might be interested to see this interview/ mini-documentary 

(It's in Thai, but with English subtitles... albeit @DuenPhen and @airawan likely won't need the subtitles? "เอาใจเชียร์น้องแพงกี้ค่ะ")

 

... timestamp ~3min45s: Galitsky mentioned her lucky break i.e. the owner of Singha happened to pass by the driving range and heard the sound of her driving practice ... said it sounded "different" and gave her a Singha sponsorship that helped her development?

 

...Does anyone here know more about the foot pressure/ weight transfer analysis used in golf coaching, e.g. shown at timestamp ~6m10s?  i.e. is it via pressure plates in the driving range mat... or special shoe insoles, etc?
 

 

..Question to @DuenPhen @airawan on pronunciation: Is it pronounced "Singh" beer? (i've always thought "Singh-a" i.e. as it is spelled in English ... but both Galitsky's father, and the CEO seem to pronounce it as "Singh"?)

 

 

Edited March 24 by JungleJimbo

[DuenPhen]

1 hour ago, JungleJimbo said:

Thought folks might be interested to see this interview/ mini-documentary 

(It's in Thai, but with English subtitles... albeit @DuenPhen and @airawan likely won't need the subtitles? "เอาใจเชียร์น้องแพงกี้ค่ะ")

 

... timestamp ~3min45s: Galitsky mentioned her lucky break i.e. the owner of Singha happened to pass by the driving range and heard the sound of her driving practice ... said it sounded "different" and gave her a Singha sponsorship that helped her development?

 

...Does anyone here know more about the foot pressure/ weight transfer analysis used in golf coaching, e.g. shown at timestamp ~6m10s?  i.e. is it via pressure plates in the driving range mat... or special shoe insoles, etc?
 

 

..Question to @DuenPhen @airawan on pronunciation: Is it pronounced "Singh" beer? (i've always thought "Singh-a" i.e. as it is spelled in English ... but both Galitsky's father, and the CEO seem to pronounce it as "Singh"?)

 

 

When transliterating words of Indian origin, sometimes we Thai just add random vowels at the end of it. Singh is the correct way to pronounce the beer.

 

A couple other notable examples

- Suvarnabhumi airport = Su-wan-na-phum (like plumage)

- The Shinawatra family = Shin-na-wat

 

(also notice now we transcribe one n when there should be two)

Edited March 24 by DuenPhen

[DuenPhen]

Jeeno out of Match Play, but this is to get used to new equipment rather than injury (or so I heard)

[JungleJimbo]

 

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Edited March 24 by JungleJimbo

[iBanesto]

[Seamus_McDuff]

Briana Chacon wins EPSON event. 
 

Here’s her WITB video. She has to look at almost every club to know what she plays. It’s kind of funny.
 

 https://www.epsontour.com/news/2024/atlantic-beach-classic-tools-of-a-winner-briana-chacon

[woahnelly]

8 minutes ago, Seamus_McDuff said:

Briana Chacon wins EPSON event. 
 

Here’s her WITB video. She has to look at almost every club to know what she plays. It’s kind of funny.
 

 https://www.epsontour.com/news/2024/atlantic-beach-classic-tools-of-a-winner-briana-chacon

 

Nice comeback W, surprised Stephenson choked it away 

 

The qualifying field for AZ is mighty stacked today, poor AP doesn't stand s chance!

 

https://qs.lpga.com/reports/?tourn=SCAQ&report=http://tmentry.cgi?tourn=SCAQ~season=2024~alphaorder~

 

 

 

[Tasals]

On 3/24/2024 at 2:24 AM, JungleJimbo said:

 

...Does anyone here know more about the foot pressure/ weight transfer analysis used in golf coaching, e.g. shown at timestamp ~6m10s?  i.e. is it via pressure plates in the driving range mat... or special shoe insoles, etc?

 

 

Its in the mat, the ones ive seen are usually kind of like two plates in a carpet covering kinda thing. Here is what the system looks like not in a range mat

 

 

[Shakeshook]

this one will state that it most likely will "never" be the LPGA for her... (don't want to start a new thread even if it's not 2024 LPGA season anymore) - to some here, might not even be a surprise anymore.   (edit: had to put this here - Rachel Heck -- otherwise others might say what the heck is this dude posting about!) 

 

https://nolayingup.com/blog/why-im-remaining-an-amateur

Edited March 25 by Shakeshook
added who i'm writing about! what the heck!

[3eagles]

https://www.lpga.com/news/2024/2024-jm-eagle-la-championship-tournament-purse-raised-to-3-75-million#:~:text=JM Eagle and Plastpro are,money throughout the 2024 season.

[3eagles]

Along with the above post/story on JM Eagle doubling their purse, the CEO is also providing free lodging for all players. 👍

 

OK Chevron . . .Time to step up!

 

 

[18majors]

1 minute ago, wolfcreek said:

OK Chevron . . .Time to step up!

 

 

 

I agree, Chevron has been the biggest disappointment!

[18majors]

 

Nelly is No. 1 on Rolex Ranking; she's also No. 1 on Instagram:

 

1.      Nelly Korda                       800,600
2.      Muni He                            796,300
3.      Lexi Thompson                595,900

[Lobby]

3 hours ago, Shakeshook said:

this one will state that it most likely will "never" be the LPGA for her... (don't want to start a new thread even if it's not 2024 LPGA season anymore) - to some here, might not even be a surprise anymore.   (edit: had to put this here - Rachel Heck -- otherwise others might say what the heck is this dude posting about!) 

 

https://nolayingup.com/blog/why-im-remaining-an-amateur

What a story on Rachel Heck

 

Those are decisions with huge implications she’s made. I wish her the best. 

[Pops99]

4 hours ago, Shakeshook said:

this one will state that it most likely will "never" be the LPGA for her... (don't want to start a new thread even if it's not 2024 LPGA season anymore) - to some here, might not even be a surprise anymore.   (edit: had to put this here - Rachel Heck -- otherwise others might say what the heck is this dude posting about!) 

 

https://nolayingup.com/blog/why-im-remaining-an-amateur

She had me in the first half. Then she says her path is PE and she lost me there. 

[Shakeshook]

35 minutes ago, Pops99 said:

She had me in the first half. Then she says her path is PE and she lost me there. 

maybe she truly wanted an "outlier" amongst the path she has chosen... it's like scheffler for a while, fantastic everything, until the putting... (nah, I’m stretching it with scheffler, but with PE, she can leave too after 1 week  of 20 hr pitchbook presentations haha)... i hear ya though on PE.  maybe she can save the world investing in global warming saviour products 🙂 

[JungleJimbo]

Hope they expand their kids videos, to include girls playing golf! always nice to see kids enjoying their golf / away from their gadgets.

 

 

[JungleJimbo]

 

 

[JungleJimbo]

 

 

[JungleJimbo]

The Aussie commentary on this Livestream = made me do a Spock-style Vulcan eyebrow ... e.g. after Shannon Tan misses a birdie putt on 17th hole to the right (timestamp: approx 4hr15m into the Livestream)... the Aussie male commentator [Mark Hayes?] says "her putter is further right than Benito Mussolini"? ... the lead commentators then needed to do some damage control e.g . "the comedy stylings of Hayes-ey".

 

The LET website's Leaderboard don't seem to update, until the player completes the Round ... so this local WPGA Leaderboard website seems to be more real-time.

https://www.youtube.com/@LadiesEuropeanTour-LET/streams 

 

 

Edited March 30 by JungleJimbo

[JungleJimbo]

 

 

 

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On 3/21/2024 at 1:04 PM, Awsi Dooger said:

This seemed inevitable, while following So Yeon on Instagram in recent months. Almost nothing regarding golf. Lots of reflective posts and Instagram stories, seemingly trying to talk herself into being happy. Most of the time it looked like she was stuck in a Korean high rise. 

 

I doubt she will stay in the USA. Isn't Chevron in Houston? That's the see you in Houston, her final event. Maybe her eligibility is running out from that 2017 victory in Palm Springs.

 

It's too bad she didn't make the Olympics in 2016. That was more or less an oddity of the calendar. So Yeon was with the qualifying Koreans for years prior to that, and not long afterward. A brief downturn coinciding with others surging before the qualification cutoff kept her off the team. Her great friend Inbee ended up winning.

 

Her two majors were come from behind wins in playoffs, and with a bit of help. I remember the Supermodel missed some putts that could have clinched the 2010 US Open. Then obviously the Lexi penalty years later. But So Yeon was clutch both times. The approach to 18 in 2010 regulation was probably the signature shot of her career. 

 

So classy and elegant. For a while the Golf Channel was doing a brief Wednesday practice round walk and talk before certain events. Not many. West Coast for Eastern prime time.  It always seemed like they made sure So Yeon Ryu was in those televised groups, to be interviewed by Jerry Foltz.

 

That one major got away, when she was in peak form and led almost all week, before inexplicably pulling an iron into the water on a par 3. It was basically the one place you couldn't miss. But I had noticed that pull tendency from the first time I followed So Yeon extensively, while finishing second to Na Yeon Choi at Naples CME 2012.

 

That tournament was also the debut of Michelle Wie's tabletop putting style. I remember seeing that well out onto the course and being stunned at what I was looking at. I came back here and struggled to describe it. I think I wrote torso parallel to the ground. Since it was the final event of the season and Michelle was not in contention that week the media didn't report on it or know about it. Months later during the next season it was full time and Golf Channel etc. tried to pretend it was brand new. 

 

I know this is old news now, but I'm still a little bummed.  I had hoped that So Yeon was going to play the Meijer this year, I was going to make myself take a day off so I could see her (and of course a number of other favorites) one last time.  Like others have said, not much of a surprise that she has decided to retire.

 

Classy and elegant, exactly the right words to describe SYR.

[woahnelly]

On 3/28/2024 at 9:47 AM, JungleJimbo said:

 

 

 

Jenny Shin "the men" 😂

[iBanesto]

Ha Na Jang.

 

Title roughly translates according to Google: The reasons and feelings of falling from money list winner to last place.

 

[JungleJimbo]

1 hour ago, iBanesto said:

Ha Na Jang.

 

Title roughly translates according to Google: The reasons and feelings of falling from money list winner to last place.

 

Was there any discussion of "Luggage-gate"?

 

Edited April 2 by JungleJimbo

[iBanesto]

6 minutes ago, JungleJimbo said:

Was there any discussion of "Luggage-gate"?

 

 

Me no speak Korean.

 

 

[JungleJimbo]

13 hours ago, iBanesto said:

 

Me no speak Korean.

 

 

 

Ha Na Jang channels her inner Beyoncé with her victory dance at #hsbcwomenschamps: 

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10153308162385684 

 

Edited April 3 by JungleJimbo

[woahnelly]

https://m.facebook.com/LPGA/videos/challenging-questions-for-annie-park/701788408493004/

 

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