2024 LPGA Season Odds and Ends

[MagicClassic407]

I see the LPGA Sr. Championship is at Copper Rock this week. Bummer that I can't find any TV coverage at all, not even on Sunday.

 

[Argonne69]

1 hour ago, MagicClassic407 said:

I see the LPGA Sr. Championship is at Copper Rock this week. Bummer that I can't find any TV coverage at all, not even on Sunday.

 

 

The Epson Tour was there last week. 

 

[18majors]

 

It took a while but Rose Zhang finally reached 100,000 Instagram followers.  Rose has been hyped by American Golf Industrial Complex incessantly, but her grass root support seems to move at a snail pace.

 

Other than Nelly Korda; Muni He and Charley Hull are the only two accounts that have been active over the last one year or so.

[18majors]

CPKC is usually one of the most attended tournament among North American LPGA tournaments:

2024 CPKC Women’s Open brings world-class golf to Calgary

"The 2023 tournament attracted 63,000 spectators and raised more than $3 million for the B.C. Children’s Hospital, and tournament organizers are hoping to surpass that this year."

However, 63,000 spectators is a little disappointing.  

 

The 2015 USWO at Lancaster was the most attended USWO ever; it had 135,000 spectators that week.  Ticket sales of the 2024 USWO at Lancaster next week is reported strong but tickets are still available.  The two most important gauge for LPGA's popularity are TV rating and tournament attendance; hopefully Nelly's higher star profile will start to help.

 

 

 

[18majors]

I expect Nelly Korda, Hannah Green and Rose Zhang to play well next week at USWO; but my other two other favorites Linn Grant and Leona Maguire have been having up and down years.

 

Stats showed Linn has been hampered by erratic driving and poor putting while Leona's driving off the tee continues to struggle.  Hopefully both will show up next week.

[Argonne69]

3 hours ago, 18majors said:

CPKC is usually one of the most attended tournament among North American LPGA tournaments:

2024 CPKC Women’s Open brings world-class golf to Calgary

"The 2023 tournament attracted 63,000 spectators and raised more than $3 million for the B.C. Children’s Hospital, and tournament organizers are hoping to surpass that this year."

 

However, 63,000 spectators is a little disappointing.  

 

The 2015 USWO at Lancaster was the most attended USWO ever; it had 135,000 spectators that week.  Ticket sales of the 2024 USWO at Lancaster next week is reported strong but tickets are still available.  The two most important gauge for LPGA's popularity are TV rating and tournament attendance; hopefully Nelly's higher star profile will start to help.

 

 

Keep in mind that Canada has just over 10 percent the population of the U.S. Not sure how many Americans were willing to drive up from Seattle last year. 

 

[MagicClassic407]

Congratulations to Angela Stanford for the WIN in the SR. Women's Open by 3 over Cristie Kerr. Damn it woulda been a good match to watch! 

 

Does THIS win get Angela an extemption for next week? They haven't announced the special exemptions yet to my knowledge so fingers crossed for her.

 

 

[18majors]

17 minutes ago, MagicClassic407 said:

WIN in the SR. Women's Open by 3 over Cristie Kerr

 

No, it isn't US Sr. Women's Open; it's "LPGA SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP AT COPPER ROCK."

LPGA SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP AT COPPER ROCK

 

 

[JungleJimbo]

 

https://x.com/GolfweekNichols/status/1794532823052730444

 

 

https://x.com/grantboone/status/1794511920654873009

 

 

 

Edited May 26 by JungleJimbo

[GolfMoose]

On 5/23/2024 at 2:35 PM, Argonne69 said:

 

Keep in mind that Canada has just over 10 percent the population of the U.S. Not sure how many Americans were willing to drive up from Seattle last year. 

 

Probably more than will be driving up from Missoula, Montana to Calgary this year?  🙂

 

I hadn't realized that metro Seattle was that large, well over 4 million, but Vancouver itself is roughly 2.5 million.  Conversely, sometimes it seems like the profile of the event locally doesn't get as high in large cities where there is so much other stuff going on; attending in the Toronto area in 2019 I saw nothing in terms of advertisement or mention and friends living there were not even aware it was on....quite different in 2018 Regina, people there knew they were unlikely to see high level pro golf again for a long time.

[Argonne69]

2 hours ago, GolfMoose said:

Probably more than will be driving up from Missoula, Montana to Calgary this year?  🙂

 

I hadn't realized that metro Seattle was that large, well over 4 million, but Vancouver itself is roughly 2.5 million.  Conversely, sometimes it seems like the profile of the event locally doesn't get as high in large cities where there is so much other stuff going on; attending in the Toronto area in 2019 I saw nothing in terms of advertisement or mention and friends living there were not even aware it was on....quite different in 2018 Regina, people there knew they were unlikely to see high level pro golf again for a long time.

 

Probably explains the decent attendance in Toledo and Rogers, Arkansas. 

 

[18majors]

 

Nelly just made it to the list:

Top Gen-Z Female Athletes on Social Media

 

@creativebyrob

As we celebrate the incredible continuing surge in professional women's sports in 2024, it’s clear that a new generation of athletes is not just playing the game — they're changing it! Meet the Top Gen-Z female athletes who are dominating both in their sports and on social media — powered by @zoomph analytics:

1. Toni Breidinger
2. Angel Reese
3. Emma Raducanu
4. Caitlin Clark
5. Sha'Carri Richardson
6. Eileen Gu
7. Cameron Brink
8. Jordyn Huitema
9. Sunisa Lee
10. Nelly Korda

Edited June 4 by 18majors

[Lobby]

How many of those ladies do y’all know?

 

I only know 4 of them

[MagicClassic407]

1 hour ago, Lobby said:

How many of those ladies do y’all know?

 

I only know 4 of them

6

[BadgerLin]

4 hours ago, Lobby said:

How many of those ladies do y’all know?

 

I only know 4 of them

5

[ChronicSlicer]

10 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

Nelly just made it to the list:

Top Gen-Z Female Athletes on Social Media

 

@creativebyrob

As we celebrate the incredible continuing surge in professional women's sports in 2024, it’s clear that a new generation of athletes is not just playing the game — they're changing it! Meet the Top Gen-Z female athletes who are dominating both in their sports and on social media — powered by @zoomph analytics:

1. Toni Breidinger
2. Angel Reese
3. Emma Raducanu
4. Caitlin Clark
5. Sha'Carri Richardson
6. Eileen Gu
7. Cameron Brink
8. Jordyn Huitema
9. Sunisa Lee
10. Nelly Korda

The no.1 ranked golfer in the world is so close to catching up to the unranked self proclaimed scratch golfer Claire Hogle on IG. I think Nelly can do it 🤞

[Shakeshook]

Where's Annika?  Oh, Gen Z... hmmm... who do i know?  Raducanu is still playing tennis?  I only know of Caitlin due to being "cheap shotted" (if there's a word) by some other WNBA player (trending!) 

 

Ok seriously, I don't know anyone there save for Nellie, Clark and Raducanu.  Z is the last letter of the alphabet anyway, so it's not that used... 😛 

[Argonne69]

6 hours ago, Lobby said:

How many of those ladies do y’all know?

 

I only know 4 of them

 

Lol. Two. 

 

[JungleJimbo]

3 hours ago, ChronicSlicer said:

The no.1 ranked golfer in the world is so close to catching up to the unranked self proclaimed scratch golfer Claire Hogle on IG. I think Nelly can do it 🤞

@ChronicSlicer @18majorswhere’s Paige Spiranac? Not Gen Z?

Edited June 5 by JungleJimbo

[Seamus_McDuff]

8 hours ago, Lobby said:

How many of those ladies do y’all know?

 

I only know 4 of them

8

[postfold]

Also 8, though the last one is barely more than name recognition.

[BadgerLin]

3 hours ago, Shakeshook said:

Where's Annika?  Oh, Gen Z... hmmm... who do i know?  Raducanu is still playing tennis?  I only know of Caitlin due to being "cheap shotted" (if there's a word) by some other WNBA player (trending!) 

 

Ok seriously, I don't know anyone there save for Nellie, Clark and Raducanu.  Z is the last letter of the alphabet anyway, so it's not that used... 😛 

Eileen Gu - freestyle skier, big in Winter O’s

[AWinfortheAges]

16 hours ago, Lobby said:

How many of those ladies do y’all know?

 

I only know 4 of them

6

I think I've seen Emma Raducanu's name in this forum, but i don't really know who she is. 

[ChronicSlicer]

20 hours ago, JungleJimbo said:

@ChronicSlicer @18majorswhere’s Paige Spiranac? Not Gen Z?

I assume Paige is Gen Z, I honestly pay next to zero attention to what she does.

It just cracks me up people "follow" Instagram/YouTube golfers than Pro's. But, I see why..

[Rapidcat]

8 hours ago, ChronicSlicer said:

I assume Paige is Gen Z, I honestly pay next to zero attention to what she does.

It just cracks me up people "follow" Instagram/YouTube golfers than Pro's. But, I see why..

 

Just follow Bryson, he's morphed into both an Instagram/YT golfer and a touring pro, so:

 

Plus you get the added bonus of plenty of Paige on Bryson's content.

 

Everyone's a winner.

[3eagles]

Purse was $6,500,000 in 2023.

Onward and Upward  👍

[ChronicSlicer]

5 hours ago, 3eagles said:

Purse was $6,500,000 in 2023.

Onward and Upward  👍

Amundi stepping up the purse for the fake 5th major👍

[WorkItBothWays]

I'm very much anticipating the women teeing it up at St Andrews. Since the last time there it feels like the women's game has had big progress in lots of ways but certainly with respect to purses and I'll admit I am much more interested nowadays. Two weeks of the LPGA in Scotland is great. Let's hope it's sunny with a breeze.

 

I know it has it critics but I've always liked Evian. Quite a few players do cite it as their favourite event.

Edited June 7 by WorkItBothWays

[3eagles]

I see Lilia Vu entered in the Meijer this week. Hope she's pain free and can get tuned up for KPMG on the 20th. 👍👍

[postfold]

According to Grant Boone on twitter In Gee is now out of the KPMG next week.  Boo.  Get well In Gee!