AhmedDimwitson
The Expert
Hope Sorenstam beats the shit out of Singh.
If she's good enough, what the feck is there to whinge about.
If she's good enough, what the feck is there to whinge about.
Originally posted by AhmedDimwitson:
<strong>Hope Sorenstam beats the shit out of Singh.
If she's good enough, what the feck is there to whinge about.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Is she playing of the ladies tees?
Originally posted by AhmedDimwitson:
<strong>Hope Sorenstam beats the shit out of Singh.
If she's good enough, what the feck is there to whinge about.</strong><hr></blockquote>
At least Singh had the guts to say what he thought instead of some politically correct B.S. I think his major gripes were that crap male players don't compete in the LPGA, this is primarily a publicity stunt, and using an exemption for Sorenstam took a spot away from some guy who's an actual member of the PGA. Whether his concerns are legitimate I leave for folks who actually care about professional hitting a ball into a hole in the ground.
Originally posted by kf:
<strong>She's just teed off at the 10th and par'd it.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Eh? What happened to the first 9 holes?
Originally posted by Dans:
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Eh? What happened to the first 9 holes?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Split start, she started on the 10th. She's par'd the eleventh now.
Originally posted by kf:
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Split start</strong><hr></blockquote>
No pun intended?
Originally posted by kennyj:
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No pun intended?</strong><hr></blockquote>
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'kinnell. -1 after 4. Birdied 13th, tied for 10th place!
Originally posted by RUDDY:
<strong>where is she placed now?</strong><hr></blockquote>
18th, -1, after 11
Originally posted by kennyj:
<strong>She's not that good a putter though.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I understand that the rough on the PGA is a good inch thicker than on the LPGA, although Sorenstam is one of the better golfers at staying on the fairway. The greens, I'm told, are much quicker (and quirkier) on the PGA, so if her short game is at all suspect, the greens will eat her up eventually.
Originally posted by FresnoBob:
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I understand that the rough on the PGA is a good inch thicker than on the LPGA, although Sorenstam is one of the better golfers at staying on the fairway. The greens, I'm told, are much quicker (and quirkier) on the PGA, so if her short game is at all suspect, the greens will eat her up eventually.</strong><hr></blockquote>
The pin placement for the men is usually more difficult. The women tend to hit the ball short and run it up to the green. On the men's tour they hide the flag behind bunkers so that you have to land on the green on a fly if you want to get near the hole. The men also put a lot of backspin on the ball to keep it from flying off the green, the women don't do that anywhere near as much. That may prove to be a problem.
It's interesting to watch. I think she can play pretty well again tomorrow, but I think that things will eventually catch up to her. The guys that she was playing with today weren't long hitters. It might be different if she plays against one of the top guys and if she has a couple of bad holes back to back.
Originally posted by Jesper:
<strong>When do they start playing today?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Annika will start at 20:43 swedish time.
Originally posted by Grinner the Gooner:
<strong>The BBC website is promising "hole by hole action as Annika takes on the men"
oooo-errrr! Sounds a bit rude!</strong><hr></blockquote>
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Classic!
Originally posted by Grinner the Gooner:
<strong>The BBC website is promising "hole by hole action as Annika takes on the men"
oooo-errrr! Sounds a bit rude!</strong><hr></blockquote>
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Originally posted by Grinner the Gooner:
<strong>The BBC website is promising "hole by hole action as Annika takes on the men"
oooo-errrr! Sounds a bit rude!</strong><hr></blockquote>
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