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GO GO GO GO GO 
Maybe I’ll get to see her when I go home for a month in April
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A 66 on Saturday in a major at age 13! WOW!!! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – GO GO GO GO GO Maybe I’ll get to see her when I go home for a month in April
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A 66 on Saturday in a major at age 13! WOW!!! GO GO GO GO GO Maybe I’ll get to see her when I go home for a month in April
That’s a 66 on Saturday at 13 IN A MAJOR!!! WOW is right. WW – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –
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Perhaps she should play against the guys instead of Sorenstam. She drives the ball 300 yards. I would love to see PGA Tour players being out-driven by a 13-year old GIRL. As they say: You know that the world is going crazy when: 1. The best rapper is white 2. The best golfer is black 3. A 13-year old girl hits it 300 yards Go Michelle!
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Perhaps she should play against the guys instead of Sorenstam. She drives the ball 300 yards.
310 on at least one hole today. I would love to see PGA Tour players being out-driven by a 13-year old GIRL.
Someone should mention that she’s 6 feet tall, so a lot of them will have to look up at her. –Blair "WHICH IS AMAZING TOO!"
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The Golf Channel says they are sponsering her to play the men on the Canadian tour. Not just a long ball hitter, she has been hitting some greens pretty micely with her iron work. Now if she could just drain some of those narrowly missed putts she will go super low.
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A 66 on Saturday in a major at age 13! WOW!!!
Wow is right. I mean, it’s practically unbelieveable. How does an eighth-grader shoot the low round of the tournament (tied with US Open champ Juli Inkster). How is that possible? Granted, women mature physically faster than men. It’s physically possible for young teens to compete, especially in things like tennis and figure skating. But golf is so much more about experience and course management and controlling yourself. The amazing thing is that she could play as an amatuer on the LPGA for EIGHT MORE YEARS before graduating from college. Not to say that she will (she might win the US Women’s Amateur four or five times and decide there’s money to be made on tour rather than spent on pizza in a dorm room). Thirteen years old. Three hundred yards. That is *unreal*. Doug — ___, Doug Massey, ASIC Digital Logic Designer o IBM Microelectronics Division, Burlington, Vermont | | Phone: (802)769-7095 t/l: 446-7095 fax: x6752 | / | . My homepage: http://doug.obscurestuff.com (|)
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I mean, it’s practically unbelieveable. How does an eighth-grader shoot the low round of the tournament (tied with US Open champ Juli Inkster). How is that possible?
The Song girls a couple years ago played in that same tournament and one of them finished in 10th place. They didn’t hit the ball 300 yards and in that sense Michelle Wie is a phenom. The 66 on Saturday is darned impressive but her overall performance, while exceptional, is not without precedent. I hate to say it since I didn’t see the whole tournament but the performance of the final threesome on Sunday certainly fuel the contention that the level of play on the LPGA Tour is suspect in comparison to the men’s tours. This is supposed to be a major championship, however: a) Sorenstam was not at all impressive. Why did she seem to be struggling so mightily and sweating out every hole? She did not have the demeanor of someone who’s in the hall of fame with miles to spare. b) The winner was choking big-time on the 18th hole (for someone experienced enough to have five European wins). Poor tee shot. A good outcome on the second although her shot selection was unnecessarily risky. A very smart and well-executed third. Her first putt was, for a player of her ability, chickenshit. The second putt was nervous and then she just stepped up and whacked the third putt (needed to avoid a playoff) without any preshot routine at all. If she’d lipped out that last putt it would have been like the 18th hole of Goosen’s US Open. c) The 13-year-old put on the show of the day except for her putting difficulties. Understandably, she was in way over her head on the back nine but had played an exemplary tournament to that point. If she had Annika’s caddy reading putts for her she might have won the tournament. Except for the green contours, the course just didn’t look all that difficult to me. Yet it was giving the field fits. (Corey Pavin on a good putting week could have posted multiple rounds in the 66-68 range and no way he’s over par on Sunday–OK, cheap shot). Annika’s game seems to be to hit the ball 250 down the center of every fairway, knock every wedge shot close and never miss a six-footer. If all three of those elements are in place, she goes low round after round and leaves the competition in the dust. When one of those is a little off, she phones in a 72 or 73 and counts on the field to come back to her. When she needs to kick it up a notch and shoot three under on the back nine while missing a few fairways, she can’t seem to do it. Brent Hutto
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The Song girls a couple years ago played in that same tournament and one of them finished in 10th place.
I missed something–when did they become the Song girls? Dave Clary/Corpus Christi,TX Home: http://home.stx.rr.com/dclary Never Forget: http://www.politicsandprotest.org RSG Roll Call http://www.rec-sport-golf.com/members/?rollcall=claryd
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The Song girls a couple years ago played in that same tournament and one of them finished in 10th place. I missed something–when did they become the Song girls?
That’s how I heard Judy Rankin refer to them once. Maybe it’s not correct. Brent Hutto
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I missed something–when did they become the Song girls? That’s how I heard Judy Rankin refer to them once. Maybe it’s not correct.
It was announced just in the past week or so that they would change their name for publicity reasons. There’s only so much that Golf World can do with "Wonglukiet."
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – .<snip…. I hate to say it since I didn’t see the whole tournament but the performance of the final threesome on Sunday certainly fuel the contention that the level of play on the LPGA Tour is suspect in comparison to the men’s tours. This is supposed to be a major championship, however: a) Sorenstam was not at all impressive. Why did she seem to be struggling so mightily and sweating out every hole? She did not have the demeanor of someone who’s in the hall of fame with miles to spare. b) The winner was choking big-time on the 18th hole (for someone experienced enough to have five European wins). Poor tee shot. A good outcome on the second although her shot selection was unnecessarily risky. A very smart and well-executed third. Her first putt was, for a player of her ability, chickenshit. The second putt was nervous and then she just stepped up and whacked the third putt (needed to avoid a playoff) without any preshot routine at all. If she’d lipped out that last putt it would have been like the 18th hole of Goosen’s US Open. c) The 13-year-old put on the show of the day except for her putting difficulties. Understandably, she was in way over her head on the back nine but had played an exemplary tournament to that point. If she had Annika’s caddy reading putts for her she might have won the tournament. Except for the green contours, the course just didn’t look all that difficult to me. Yet it was giving the field fits. (Corey Pavin on a good putting week could have posted multiple rounds in the 66-68 range and no way he’s over par on Sunday–OK, cheap shot). Annika’s game seems to be to hit the ball 250 down the center of every fairway, knock every wedge shot close and never miss a six-footer. If all three of those elements are in place, she goes low round after round and leaves the competition in the dust. When one of those is a little off, she phones in a 72 or 73 and counts on the field to come back to her. When she needs to kick it up a notch and shoot three under on the back nine while missing a few fairways, she can’t seem to do it. Brent Hutto
Can’t agree with your feelings about the LPGA vs. the men’s tour. Just substitute "final three" for "final pair", "Woods" for Sorenstam" (did he really "phone in" a 72 on his bad day…) and you’ve got a good description of the Players Championship – and of course it’s only a sorta major. I think it’s more accurate to consider that Annika had an "off" tournament – and ended up in 2nd place by a stroke – kinda like Tiger, except for the number of places off of first and the number of strokes down. I don’t think the men’s tour looks all that shakey as a result. As for Wie’s performance – it is nothing short of spectacular. Kinda like Tiger when he blew away the field in his first major. Didn’t make me think the men’s tour had gone straight to Hell in a handcart (is that really the expression?). Maybe your game is more consistent than mine – I can relate to having "on" and "off" days. d
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I missed something–when did they become the Song girls? That’s how I heard Judy Rankin refer to them once. Maybe it’s not correct. It was announced just in the past week or so that they would change their name for publicity reasons. There’s only so much that Golf World can do with "Wonglukiet."
Then henceforth Kutilda will be known as Dang. Dave Clary/Corpus Christi,TX Home: http://home.stx.rr.com/dclary Never Forget: http://www.politicsandprotest.org RSG Roll Call http://www.rec-sport-golf.com/members/?rollcall=claryd
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The girls’ mother is Thai; their father is Korean. They are now using their father’s last name which is Song.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I missed something–when did they become the Song girls? That’s how I heard Judy Rankin refer to them once. Maybe it’s not correct. It was announced just in the past week or so that they would change their name for publicity reasons. There’s only so much that Golf World can do with "Wonglukiet."
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I mean, it’s practically unbelieveable. How does an eighth-grader shoot the low round of the tournament (tied with US Open champ Juli Inkster). How is that possible?
Maybe instead of "thirteen year old Michelle Wie" we should be saying "six foot tall, thirteen year old, experienced competitor and expert golfer Michelle Wie". Then it won’t look so impossible. What’s fun is the commentators describing that when she’s swinging she’s all business, and when she’s not she’s just another thirteen year old girl. I can’t imagine the Men wanting just another thirteen year old boy tagging along for the round… –Blair "I have balls older than her."
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and no way he’s over par on Sunday–OK, cheap shot). Annika’s game seems to be to hit the ball 250 down the center of every fairway, knock every wedge shot close and never miss a six-footer. If all three of those elements are in place, she goes low round after round and leaves the competition in the dust. When one of those is a little off, she phones in a 72 or 73 and counts on the field to come back to her. When she needs to kick it up a notch and shoot three under on the back nine while missing a few fairways, she can’t seem to do it.
You could say the same thing about Mickelson. How many times has he needed to shoot three under on the back while missing a few fairways and been unable to do it, whether he’s chasing Tiger or someone else. Tiger’s consistency seems to make you think that everyone else can be as inhuman as he is. The rest of them struggle sometimes and fail to win. Just because Annika’s the best player on the LPGA doesn’t mean she’ll win every week. Even Tiger didn’t win last week when everyone was certain he would based on his recent play. — "Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." — Mark Twain
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – and no way he’s over par on Sunday–OK, cheap shot). Annika’s game seems to be to hit the ball 250 down the center of every fairway, knock every wedge shot close and never miss a six-footer. If all three of those elements are in place, she goes low round after round and leaves the competition in the dust. When one of those is a little off, she phones in a 72 or 73 and counts on the field to come back to her. When she needs to kick it up a notch and shoot three under on the back nine while missing a few fairways, she can’t seem to do it. You could say the same thing about Mickelson. How many times has he needed to shoot three under on the back while missing a few fairways and been unable to do it, whether he’s chasing Tiger or someone else. Tiger’s consistency seems to make you think that everyone else can be as inhuman as he is. The rest of them struggle sometimes and fail to win. Just because Annika’s the best player on the LPGA doesn’t mean she’ll win every week. Even Tiger didn’t win last week when everyone was certain he would based on his recent play.
In a way, I would say the same thing about Mickelson. Like Annika, Phil has exactly one way to win a golf tournament. Phil’s way is quite different than Annika’s (gambling and flop shots versus fairways and greens and give yourself as many birdie putts as possible) but what they have in common is the ability to win important tournaments with their B-game or C-game Square-Root-of-Pi game or whatever it takes on any given day. Tiger has that ability, although it’s not uniquely his. It has always been a mark of great champions. Arnold Palmer exhibited a variety of ways to win (although his first choice of a game to play looks a lot like Phil’s) and Jack Nicklaus has won major championships the Annika way or by shooting pars and letting the competition self-destruct (call it the Nick Faldo way) or by dumping in several long birdie putts in the last round or by landing amazingly long and soft 2-irons on hard greens (probably Tiger Wood’s first choice of ways to win). Even going back a few years on the LPGA Tour, Nancy Lopez did not need to hit 10 fairways and 16 greens on Sunday to win. Nancy’s very best golf may not have been as impressive as Annika’s but she certainly knew how to drive the ball in the rough and still scrape out a score one stroke better than the competition. And it’s not that Annika can’t do that, it’s just that she isn’t as good at it as some other great players have been. She’s still, IMO, one of the very best ever to play on the LPGA Tour. Brent Hutto