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It is unlikely we wwill be doing LPGA Tour tournaament previews in 2024. The was not enough interest in the previews, nor enough feedback on them in 2023 to justify the amount of time that is required to research and make the previews.
The 2024 AIG Women’s Open. St. Andrews. 22-25 August, 2024. Comprehensive Preview by The Caddie.
***NB*** I inadvertently omitted Nelly Korda's 'Player Profile' from the first posting of this video & just realized it. It has been added to the end of the player profiles in this video.
*This is a comprehensive preview of the tournament in which 40 players are profiled & rated.
*There is also an image gallery of the course & a course description & analysis.
*Please use the contents list below to navigate to where you want to go if you don’t wish to view the entire video.
*Comments & other feedback are welcome & appreciated.
*There will be a final round update after R3 has concluded, so watch out for it.
*There is music in the first 5 minutes and last minute of the video.
Contents
00.00 Introd...
*This is a comprehensive preview of the tournament in which 40 players are profiled & rated.
*There is also an image gallery of the course & a course description & analysis.
*Please use the contents list below to navigate to where you want to go if you don’t wish to view the entire video.
*Comments & other feedback are welcome & appreciated.
*There will be a final round update after R3 has concluded, so watch out for it.
*There is music in the first 5 minutes and last minute of the video.
Contents
00.00 Introd...
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The 2024 AIG Women’s Open. St. Andrews. 22-25 August, 2024. Comprehensive Preview by The Caddie.
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*This is a comprehensive preview of the tournament in which 40 players are profiled & rated. *There is also an image gallery of the course & a course description & analysis. *Please use the contents list below to navigate to where you want to go if you don’t wish to view the entire video. *Comments & other feedback are welcome & appreciated. *There will be a final round update after R3 has conc...
The 2024 AIG Women’s Open. St. Andrews. 22-25 August, 2024. Comprehensive Preview by The Caddie.
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*This is a comprehensive preview of the tournament in which 40 players are profiled & rated. *There is also an image gallery of the course & a course description & analysis. *Please use the contents list below to navigate to where you want to go if you don’t wish to view the entire video. *Comments & other feedback are welcome & appreciated. *There will be a final round update after R3 has conc...
The 2024 Paris Olympic Games Women’s Golf Tournament. Final Round Prospectus by The Caddie.
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*In this final round prospectus The Caddie narrows it down to those he thinks still in contention for a medal. *Please do tell us your thoughts. We want to hear who you think will win the medals & why. birdie.caddie125@gmail.com chipbogey125@gmail.com
The 2024 Olympic Games Women’s Golf Tournament. A Comprehensive Preview by The Birdie & The Caddie.
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THE FINAL ROUND PROPECTUS IS NOW AVAILABLE ON RUclips The Olympic Games Women’s golf tournament is played at Le Golf National 07-10 August, 2024. This is a comprehensive preview of the tournament. This is an updated & revised version of the original video. The updates & revisions appear before the preview begins Featured in this preview: *All 60 players in this tournament are profiled & rated -...
The 2024 Olympic Games Women’s Golf Tournament. A Comprehensive Preview by The Birdie & The Caddie.
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THE FINAL ROUND PROPECTUS IS NOW AVAILABLE ON RUclips The Olympic Games Women’s golf tournament is played at Le Golf National 07-10 August, 2024. This is a comprehensive preview of the tournament. This is the original preview. There is an updated & revised version available, although the updates & revisions are not really that significant. Here’s the link to the latest version of the video: ruc...
The 2024 CPKC Women’s Open (Calgary, 25-28 July, 2024). A Concise Preview by The Caddie.
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*In this concise preview 20 players are profile & rated. *There is also a course description & other useful information. The link to our fully comprehensive preview of the 2024 Olympic Games Women’s Golf tournament (available now on RUclips) is below: ruclips.net/video/U6xhc67x4Is/видео.html
The 2024 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship (LPGA Tour major). 20-23 June, 2024. Birdie & Caddie Preview.
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There is a final round update for this video: ruclips.net/video/Fe_Rvn22d8Y/видео.html *Did any other previewers highlight both Yuka Saso & Hinako Shibuno in their previews of the 2024 US Open? We did!!!!!! Have a look. *This is a comprehensive preview of the tournament, in which we profile & rate 25 players. *If you want to skip the ‘preliminaries’ & go to the course photo gallery, course desc...
The 2024 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship (LPGA Tour major). 20-23 June, 2024. Birdie & Caddie Preview.
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*Did any other previewers highlight both Yuka Saso & Hinako Shibuno in their previews of the 2024 US Open? We did!!!!!! Have a look. There is a much shorter version of this preview on RUclips, which contains only the player profiles & ratings. *This video incorporates a comprehensive preview of the tournament in which we profile & rate 25 players. *If you want to skip the ‘preliminaries’ & go t...
The 2024 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Player Profiles & Ratings Only. Birdie & Caddie Preview.
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*Did any other previewers highlight both Yuka Saso & Hinako Shibuno in their previews of the 2024 US Open? We did!!!!!! Have a look. *These are the player profiles & ratings only extracted from our full & comprehensive preview of the tournament, which can be found at the link below. This is the last opportunity these players have to qualify to be among the 60 Olympians in Paris. So, there's mor...
The 2024 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship (LPGA Tour major). 20-23 June, 2024. Birdie & Caddie Preview.
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*Did any other previewers highlight both Yuka Saso & Hinako Shibuno in their previews of the 2024 US Open? We did!!!!!! Have a look. *This is a comprehensive preview of the tournament, in which we profile & rate 25 players. *If you want to skip the ‘preliminaries’ & go to the course photo gallery, course description notes, player profiles, or consolidated ratings of the players for this tournam...
Previous Winners of the US Women’s Open Golf Championship 1946-2023: ‘Portrait Gallery’. The Birdie.
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This video clip is excerpted from our comprehensive preview of the 2024 US Women’s Open Golf Championship. I have re-posted it as a ‘stand-alone’ clip because I think it may be of interest to a lot of people. -The Caddie birdie.caddie125@gmail.com chipbogey125@gmail.com Link to that preview: ruclips.net/video/NSNIzvkSmGA/видео.html Music in this RUclips Clip: ruclips.net/video/4Jb3jCljH-M/видео...
The 2024 US Women’s Open. LPGA Tour. After the Cut: Analysis & Prospectus by The Caddie
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In this video The Caddie looks at the winning chances after so many top players were eliminated from the US Women’s Open after the cut. birdie.caddie125@gmail.com chipbogey125@gmail.com
The 2024 US Women’s Open Golf Championship, LPGA Tour. Previewed by The Birdie & The Caddie.
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*This is a comprehensive preview of the 2024 US Women’s Open Golf Championship. *We profile and rate 50 players for this tournament. Contents 00.00 Introduction 03.10 Previous Winners of the US Women’s Open 05.20 Location & Weather 07.25 Notes on the Tournament, Golf Club, & Course by The Caddie 12.25 Lancaster City & Lancaster CC Golf Course Photo Gallery 16.15 Player Profiles & Ratings 49.45 ...
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I think there was too much coverage of Stacey Lewis, Catriona Matthew & Karrie Webb, none of whom looked likely to make the cut. Sure, why not show the distinguished 'veterans' playing the 18th green? But this is an LPGA Tour major & the focus should be on the players well in contention for making the cut. Poor judgement by the producers, etc. in my view.
I'm inclined to agree, Icy. The coverage of those players was a bit over the top at the expense of showing players there really ought to have been more focus upon. I also agree poor balance by the producer or whoever! - THE CAD
@@birdieandcaddy Saw virtually nothing of the Japanese players. Very poor balance.
Hi again, guys. I was wondering what happened to Nelly Korda in the preview I looked at initially - it seeems you posted Lydia Ko's profile twice. Entertaining course description & some good player profiles! It will be interesting to see what happens in R2. I'll look forward to your final round preview.
Hello, Icy. It's always good to get your comments. Yes, when you get a bit tired & too tired to check everything before you post the video it's easy to make an error! *It's certainly an interesting watch - some very unfortunate 'multi-bogeys', but we like that, don't we?😀 *The leaderboard could go topsy-turvy in R2, since many players will be a little more composed & know better what to expect going into R2. But a lot of very good players were tripped up in R1 & they'll need to get moving. *I'll do a final round preview, for sure - THE CAD
@@birdieandcaddy ps. I don't think Angel Yin will be joining your fan club any time soon.😀 More seriously, I think Angel is one player who can laugh at herself!
Are you doing a final round update for this tournament?
Hi again, Icy. I'll probably do a final round 'prospectus & Preview', as I do for some of the big LPGA Tour tournaments, especially since there has been so much interest in our preview of this tournament. That leaderboard will change remarkably after R3 as the 'cream' rises to the surface, so expect plenty of fireworks today as the presssure really goes on - could be a great finish to this tournament as it compresses at the top end of the leaderboard going into R4. -The Cad.
The most ridiculous thing I've seen so far in this tournament was Lydia Ko making the sign of the cross before teeing off at the first tee in R2. It's ridiculous because you have to wonder why one of the greatest players in the history of the women's game needs to invoke the supernatural to help keep her on the fairway. Furthermore, people should keep their religious rituals & symbolism out of the Olympic Games. This ought to be an entirely secular sphere. Bad form, Lydia Ko!!!!!
I agree 100%, Icy. It made me cringe, too. People should keep their religious nonsense right out of this. The 'Age of (primitive) Superstition' passed away centuries ago. Stupid, brainless stuff, Lydia!!! Are you trying to embarrass New Zealand? It's not a Catholic country. Get real!!!!😂 - The Caddie
@@birdieandcaddy Someone should complain to the Olympic Games Committee about it.😀
@@IcyMelts-nd8or People should do this nonsense in private & not in the Olympic 'arena' in front of the cameras. It's a religious statement, that's why she did it in public rather than in private.
I just got around to watching the entire preview. Far & away the best golf preview I've ever viewed. Amazing that you guys provide so much information about all 60 players. In fact, I think it's great that you give all 60 players equal coverage, even though everyone knows a lot of them have no chance of winning the gold medal - you can bet every other preview of this tournament will mention only Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu, Celine Boutier & a few other players! Great photos of the players, great course desccription by the Cad, love the music & artistic depictions of Paris, too. Super great, guys!
Hi, Icy. Thanks so much for your kind comments. I'm a little surprised there has been so much interest in the preview. I'm in France & was amazed when I looked at the number of views it's had so far, bearing in mind the tournament is still over a week away. - The Bird.
There is zero publicity for this tournament on RUclips & not much publicity for it elsewhere. How do they expect to get anybody (outside the local community) interested in it? These pro-ams are brainless, too. The LPGA Tour players have little time for rest & recovery in between tournaments as it is without the imposition of these idiotic pro-am tournaments, which are held on what ought to be largely a rest day for the players. concerned.
I agree entirely with both points, Icy. I can't see any pre-tournament interviews for this event on RUclips - probably due to the "brainless" imposition on the players of the pro-am tournament. -The Cad
Hi, guys, you didn't do an update like you did after the cut in the US Open. Are you doing one after R3? You were right on the money with Nelly Korda. Who do you think will win it?
Hi, Icy. We thought anyone who made the cut has a chance with 2 rounds to go on that course, so we didn't see much point in trying to call it at that point. I think The Cad is doing a final round prospectus at the end of the day. He's good at weighing up things, so look out for that. I'll stick my neck out & say Hinako Shibuno will win it, but Lilia Vu is the one I'd be worried about. -The Birdie
@@birdieandcaddy It's good to see quite a bit of coverage of the players warming up. It brings a different perspective to things.
@@IcyMelts-nd8or Yes, it's great.
Hi again, guys. Do you think Lexi & Nelly can keep it going for 4 rounds?
Hi, Icy. It's hard to know what to read into that leaderboard. The only certainty is that this is another very slippery course, with only around 13-14% of the field under par after R1. *What happens next may depend on what they do to the course - flags, tees, & whether they water it. *If they water the greens, then they' ll soften up, but I don't think they'll want to make it any easier; apart from which it will dry out again by mid-afternoon at the latest, so watering might be seen to unduly favour the early starters. *I think there'll be a lot of dynamic movement on that leaderboard as some players get their heads around the course, while there'll be some desperation from those needing to get under the cut line. *Lexi & Nelly may be at the top of the leaderboard, but nobody has looked really solid & steady so far in this tournament. *Your guess is as good as mine as to what happens tomorrow. It's intriguing, that's for sure. -The Cad.
Just looking at the pairings, guys. I can't understand why somebody is pushing Sophia Popov into the limelight - she must have friends high up in the LPGA who have a say in the pairings. She shouldn't be playing with Atthaya Thitikul & Hyo-joo Kim, since she's Rolex-ranked no. 344. That's a joke!!!!.
I'm inclined to agree with you, Icy. She's on the comeback trail, but in a major the 'elite' pairings should be of the best players in the rankings at the moment, unless there's a very good reason why they should be otherwise. An exception to the 'rule' in this tournament is the soon to be retiring Lexi Thompson, who plays with Jin Young Ko & Yuka Saso - fair enough, she's been one of the greats of the game. But you could also say LInn Grant is getting unjustifiable favoured treatment - it seems someone keeps pushing her into the limelight, too. She's playing with Lilia Vu & Minjee Lee, but she shouldn't be. Jiyai Shin, for one, should be paired in Linn Grant's spot - she's higher in the Rolex rankings than Grant & is the winner of 62 tournaments on the LPGA, KLPGA & JLPGA Tours combined. Beat that! - The Birdie
@@birdieandcaddy I agree entirely, Birdie. 👌I'd call what's happening with some of these highly questionable pairings 'corruption' of sorts, but I know you guys have said before there's a lot of corruption at the top of the LPGA.
Great profiles of the players you cover in the preview, guys. I always learn something I didn't know about a lot of players from your previews. I think some of the Nelly Korda fans will put a price on your heads for rating her only a 7.5/10 chance to win at Sahalee. But you guys highlight all the plus & negative factors for the players & you always give really good reasons for what you're thinking. I think that's what makes your golf previews the best on the Internet.
Hi, Icy. Always good to read your comments & to know someone out there actually has an opinion about what we do.😀 When you look at all the top players we left out of the preview - Hannah Green, Minjee Lee, Lydia Ko, Charley Hull, Xiyu Lin, Alison Lee, etc.- then you can see it's not easy deciding who to include in the previews; bearing in mind we always like to go outside the square, to some extent at least. So, we have to make some difficult choices when it comes to excluding players. But, hey, at least we included Nelly in the preview! Cheers. -The Birdie.
@@birdieandcaddy I believe this is the last chance these players get to qualify for their country's Olympic Games team if they're in contention. Is that right?
@@IcyMelts-nd8or That is absolutely correct, Icy. There's a lot riding on this tournament for some of these players - some will be looking to hold onto their Olympic Games team spots, others will be trying to grab their places. We'll know a couple of days after this tournament who the 60 Olympians are going to be. -The Caddie
Hi guys, just went back over your preview. Good calls for Saso, Andrea Lee & Shibuno. Nobody else would have rated those 3 players as you guys did & yet they're in the top 5 going into R4. The course description was fantastic, too, & very accurate. And the Birdie rated Nelly Korda only 8.5/10 & said she wouldn't be surprised if all the favs got knocked over in this tournament - another great call.
Thanks, Icy. The preview didn't get as many views as we were hoping for, except from Japanese viewers - there were twice as many views of the small part of the preview I translated into Japanese as there were for the english language videos. * I think maybe our previews are not popular with a lot of people - even though they're the most comprehensive golf previews to be found in any media - because you have to read the content, but also because we don't tell people what we think they want to hear (as in "Nelly Korda, Nelly Korda, yay, yay, yay.....")😀. *The Birdie is at Lancaster & said she's never seen so much stunning golf before!
Some good calls there, Mr. Caddie. I remember you guys saying more than once this year that Saso would win a big one in 2024. She's not over the line by a long way, but you were right in the preview about how good she is with the putter & at reading tricky greens. Disaster for Nelly. Looks to me like she'd have to go -6 to get past the cut line tomorrow & I think you're right, that ain't going to happen.. The fans woud have been stunned by the '10' on a par 3. That was the most spectacular mishap of the year & Nelly Korda did it.
I said in the preview there would be carnage, but I wasn't expecting that! Four players under par? Wow! This is the US Open & all the best players in the world! *I'd say anyone who makes the cut tomorrow will have a chance of winning on this course. *I think it's a fantastic, if brutal, course & a very cleverly designed course in the way Flynn used the landscape. *Did I hear a commentator say "Maybe it's too difficult"? It may be difficult, but everyone gets their chance on this course. *Best round of LPGA golf I've ever watched, at least from the entertainment standpoint.. *Nelly's debacle was unbelievable, but nobody is bullet-proof on a course like this one. We were expecting the worst for Nelly on this course, which is why we rated her 8.5/10 while rating numerous other players at 8.75 & 9.0.
@@birdieandcaddy Saso was better than the -2 after R1 looks. She was paired with Hannah Green & Brooke Henderson. She beat Green by 8 shots & Henderson by 12 shots.
@@IcyMelts-nd8or You're right. Brooke ended up in the disaster zone with Nelly.
The commentators aren't in the real world if they think Nelly can make the cut from there. Unfortunately, it's not going to happen, despite the help of NBC commentators who believe in witchcraft.😀
Hey, Caddie, brilliant description of the course in your preview. Very accurate. That guy who you said in that earlier post that those guys in that Golf Channel preview didn't know what they were talking about was right.
Ha, ha, Icy. You get research & analysis here, not poorly-informed conjecture.😀 The CAD.
The organizers of the US Open need to confront reality. The pairing of Lexi Thompson with Rose Zhang & Minjee Lee is something of an aberration - Lexi is no. 54 in the Rolex rankings & no. 64 in the CME rankings. She should be playing with 'lesser lights'.
I just watched the preview for this tournament on Golf Channel. It seems like these guys (Birdie & Caddie) are the only ones who realize there are 154 players in this tournament & more than 3 or 4 winning chances. I think those GC previewers have got the course all wrong, too. Many greens may look like over-sized saucers, but they ain't easy!.😀
The winning score on this course in 2015 was -9 (In-gee Chun). I don't think the course has changed so much they're going to go -20 or something crazy like that. I saw that preview on GC. Those guys don't really know what they're talking about. I think the course description in this video is far more accurate.
Hi, Guys. I'm attending the tournament & I'm already there. I can tell you these greens are not what they seem from photos & video flyovers. But their common sense ought to tell most people that in a US Open (with the best players in the world competing) in which the winner goes -9 that this is a very difficult course. Some of these greens do look like "big saucers", although they're more like inverted saucers in most cases. The Caddie's description of them in the preview is accurate. - The Birdie
A golf tournament preview to beat them all, guys.👍 Too bad Lilia Vu had to withdraw. The bookies think there's only 1 player in this tournament & not 154 players. I agree with The Birdie. I don't think Nelly Korda is anything like a home run in this tournament. I've never seen an LPGA tournament field this good before.
Hi, Icy. The Birdie has gone to Lancaster, but she'll have trouble deciding which players to watch each day. *This is the best LPGA Tour field I've ever seen, too - I counted 13 players coming off the JLPGA Tour alone & they're all good players. *I wouldn't bet on Nelly Korda to win the US Open, but I'd take 2/1 that she gets beaten.😀 *There are quite literally dozens of players with a realistic chance of winning this year's US Open, & especially so given that the course is something of an 'enigma' & a real leveller, at least I think it is. *This is going to be a fantastic tournament whoever wins it. *Thanks for the comment, Icy, always appreciated. - The CAD.
@@birdieandcaddy What about Rose Zhang, Cad? In the betting market I looked at the bookies have Rose Zhang as the 2nd fav.
@@IcyMelts-nd8or I wouldn't have rated Rose quite as highly as The Bird did in the preview, but Rose is a great player. However, I don't think she has enough experience at this level to be able to beat some of these players on this course. And this is certainly the strongest field of women golfers Rose has ever come against. The CAD.
@@birdieandcaddy That's what I was thinking.🙃
I was just watching a live interview with Lindsey Weaver-Wright, who is returning to the LPGA Tour after having a baby. For no apparent reason she started crying half-way through the LIVE interview. They stopped the LIVE interview & shortly thereafter deleted it from RUclips. Psychologically, maybe she's not ready to play competitive golf.
Yes, I got a notification about the live interview & was watching it.😱 That was tragic!!!! -The Caddie
'PromoSM' 😘
One thing I don't like about THESE broadcast commentators is that they never call a poor shot a poor shot. *Instead, they make all kinds of excuses for it. *That's not their job. *A commentator's job is to call the action & if someone plays a poor shot, that's the way they should call it.
"You know, Caddie, I don't think I've seen Lucy Li smile on the LPGA Tour in the last 2 years." "I think she probably needs facial surgery to make it possible, Birdie."
"You know, Caddie, I don't think I've seen Lucy Li smile on the LPGA Tour in the last 2 years." "I think she probably needs facial surgery to make it possible, Birdie."
The Blue Bay LPGA tournament is limited to 108 players - by the organizers apparently. *The Chinese organizers of this tournament allocated an unprecedented & unwarranted 30 ‘invitation’ spaces for this tournament, 28 of which it allocated to Chinese players, most of whom have no right to be playing in this tournament. *On the other hand, there were 31 reserves for the tournament, most of whom ought to have had a prior right to play in it ahead of most of the China invitees, since they are LPGA Tour ‘Q-School’ graduates. *If the Chinese are going to abuse the invitee facility & effectively cheat in this way, then that’s another good reason to exclude them from the LPGA Tour. -The Caddie
The Blue Bay LPGA tournament is limited to 108 players - by the organizers apparently. *The Chinese organizers of this tournament allocated an unprecedented & unwarranted 30 ‘invitation’ spaces for this tournament, 28 of which it allocated to Chinese players, most of whom have no right to be playing in this tournament. *On the other hand, there were 31 reserves for the tournament, most of whom ought to have had a prior right to play in it ahead of most of the China invitees, since they are LPGA Tour ‘Q-School’ graduates. *If the Chinese are going to abuse the invitee facility & effectively cheat in this way, then that’s another good reason to exclude them from the LPGA Tour. -The Caddie
**NB** If you're wondering why the LPGA hasn't posted anything (interviews etc.) about this tournament on RUclips, it's because RUclips is banned in China. Which makes you wonder why the LPGA is bothering to go there in the first place - the LPGA should ditch its China tournament connection altogether & allocate the tournaments concerned to other countries.
The Blue Bay LPGA tournament is limited to 108 players - by the organizers apparently. *The Chinese organizers of this tournament allocated an unprecedented & unwarranted 30 ‘invitation’ spaces for this tournament, 28 of which it allocated to Chinese players, most of whom have no right to be playing in this tournament. *On the other hand, there were 31 reserves for the tournament, most of whom ought to have had a prior right to play in it ahead of most of the China invitees, since they are LPGA Tour ‘Q-School’ graduates. *If the Chinese are going to abuse the invitee facility & effectively cheat in this way, then that’s another good reason to exclude them from the LPGA Tour. -The Caddie
***NB*** If you're wondering why the LPGA hasn't posted anything (interviews etc.) about this tournament on RUclips, it's because RUclips is banned in China. Which makes you wonder why the LPGA is bothering to go there in the first place - the LPGA should ditch its China tournament connection altogether & allocate the tournaments concerned to other countries.
Thanks for a great breakdown. Dig the Chinese John Lee Hooker tune at the end!😊
Thanks. Yes, she's a wizard on that instrument.
The European commentators on the broadcast 'talk up' Linn Grant as if she's already attained the elite echelon on the LPGA Tour; which she hasn't - she's not even in the T20 in the rankings. More generally, their commentary needs to be less 'Eurocentric'. -The Caddie
*Interesting that Sarah Schmelzel is the leader after round one. *On last year's LPGA Tour her best placing was T10 & she missed the cut 7 times. *But I'm not saying she should be drug tested!😀 ***More seriously, her all-round performance stats on the 2023 tour were those of a T40 player; so, I have no idea why she didn't get better results & is currently ourside the T100. -The Birdie
Great insight!
The absolute worst post!
Where are the reasons? Too brainless to have any? The Birdie.
😳 *Promo SM*
ps. Nelly Korda could struggle to even make the 2024 US Olympic team unless she plays some of her best golf early in 2024 - there are 16 tournaments (including 3 majors) before the Olympic qualification cut-off date, so those chasing a place in the US team will have plenty of opportunities to get past Nelly in the rankings. *** It may seem inconceivable to most people that Nelly Korda wouldn't be there to defend her Olympic title, but it's a far from unlikely scenario as things stand at the moment. ***The Caddie.