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THE WEEK AHEAD (11/16 - 11/22)
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European PGA Tour: Dubai World Championship
Site: Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth course) - Dubai, U.A.E. Yards: 7,675 Par: 72 Defending: New Event Field: World Top 20: Lee Westwood (4), Paul Casey (5), Padraig Harrington (6), Henrik Stenson (7), Sergio Garcia (9), Martin Kaymer (11), Ian Poulter (13), Ernie Els (16), Rory McIlroy (17), Ross Fisher (19) & Retief Goosen (20). ...
Wie Wins! Wie Wins! Whoa, Whoa, Whoa: Some Perspective, People?
Mostly Harmless —
... As I've suggested, even though Lorena Ochoa didn't put herself in the mix on her birthday this past Sunday, she still kept her hopes alive for her 4th consecutive Player of the Year award and Vare Trophy. That Wie was able to beat her on her home course, along with Kerr, Shin, and Miyazato, defnitely speaks to how impressive a spoiler she was. The 4th rookie to win this season, Wie could join Shin in the Million Dollar Club with a good finish in Houston this week. In that case, they'd be the 2nd pair of LPGA rookies ever to accomplish this feat, following on Ya Ni Tseng and ...
LPGA Tour Championship Preview/Predictions/Pairings
Mostly Harmless —
... to make the 6th and the 14th (both water holes) over the course of the week--will they try to tempt anyone to drive those greens? From the pictures on the club site, my guess is that Jones tried to compensate for the flatness of the land by creating lots of undulations in the fairways and elevating lots of greens. Unfortunately Google Earth photos must have been taken in winter or early spring, so the course doesn't look as nice there as it probably will on Golf Channel. The field consists of the top 120 golfers on tour, with some interesting absences, as IceCat ...
2009 LPGA Tour Championship TV Schedule and Tournament Notes
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Paula Creamer is looking for her first 2009 win. (dnkbdotcom/Flickr) THE 2009 LPGA TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP is underway at the Houstonian Golf & Country Club in Houston, Texas. Lorena Ochoa is the early leader after shooting a 6-under ...
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Samsung World Championship
lpga.com 9/21/2009 — South Korean Na Yeon Choi birdied the 72nd hole at the Samsung World Championship to become the sixth Rolex First-Time Winner of the season on Sunday. Choi's four-day total of 16-under-par 272 (71-67-63-71) was one stroke better than Ai Miyazato ...
Meltdown Avoided As Choi Wins Samsung at Torrey Pines
waggleroom.com 9/21/2009 — Na Yeon Choi appeared on her way to a rout at the Samsung World Championship at Torrey Pines. Thanks to a third round of 63, Choi entered Sunday with a two shot advantage over the other 19 players in the field.
During the round, Choi held a lead as large as seven shots. ...
NYC Nearly Chokes Away 1st Victory
jamieintherough.tumblr.com 9/21/2009 — It was supposed to be so easy , and about half a round ago it was. Na Yeon Choi was cruising through the Samsung World Championship, eagling the par-5 6th giving her a whopping 7 stroke lead with only 12 holes to play. You knew Miss Choi was nervous, but there was no way she could blow this ...
KJ Choi is the First Man Out
doubleglover.blogspot.com 8/31/2009 — With only 2 points separating Daniel Chopra and KJ Choi in Fedex Cup points, one may think that it is no big deal... But it is, especially for KJ Choi who, after the first round of playoffs for the FedEx cup, is ranked #101. After The Barclays, only the top 100 players will advance to The ...
2009 LPGA Tour Championship Update, NYC Making a Play
jamieintherough.tumblr.com 11/23/2009 — In 2008 Na Yeon Choi went winless, but still put up a valiant fight in the Rookie of the Year eventually won by LPGA Championship winner Yani Tseng. Yani, would go on to struggle to win her second event not doing so until earlier this year when Soo Yun Kang choked on the 18th hole at the LPGA ...
Safeway Rd. 1, Beth Bader Leads. Wait, what?
jamieintherough.tumblr.com 8/29/2009 — If Beth Bader had a birdie for every round in the 60s she had this year, she would be two strokes worse then then the -8 (64) she fired in the opening round of the Safeway Classic. Nine birdies and a single bogey on the par 4 2nd has given Bader her best round of the year, and a one stroke ...
Solheim Cup Preview: Team USA
mlyhlss.blogspot.com 8/20/2009 — Hound Dog is your one-stop shop for all things Solheim Cup. His preview , evaluation of the teams , and breakdown of individual players' records are excellent enough, but then he went and recommended strategies for putting the best-ball (four-ball) ...