August 2009
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Category Nines Revisited
With 9 being such a magic number right now (mainly talking about the blockbuster District 9), and M.J. Hur’s magical win this week at the Safeway, I thought it would be a great time to revisit a post I did back in January questioning, Whether any of the Cateogry 9ers (a.k.a. DFT graduates) would have a season like Violeta Retamoza’s 2008 season. Let’s run down these 5 players,...
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M.J. Who? M.J. Hur Wins in a Playoff
In an exciting final round 2009 Rookie M.J. Hur outlasted Suzann Pettersen and Michele Redman in a two-hole playoff to claim her first tour victory. Down the stretch it was a question of who wanted to win as a series of errant shots, missed putts, and opportunities turned a would be blowout into one of the most exciting finishes so far in 2009.
When Suzann Pettersen reached the 13th she was in...
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I know 16 ladies who aren't pleased with Stacy...
With the second round of the Safeway Classic nearly complete, there are 16 players anxiously awaiting the finishes of Lisa Strom & Kristy McPhereson (playing the 9th and 18th holes, both their last, respectively). If either of them bogeys it will push the cutline up to +1 giving them a chance to play on Sunday. To miss the cut at T71 has gotta be brutal. Notables of this group of 16 players...
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U.S. Open issues tweet warning →
Apparently it’s not performance enhancing drugs cocaine, or the myriad of other things that are the source of the true problems of integrity in the pro tennis world, it is TWEETING.
Did you know in 140 characters or less you can help to corrupt an entire sport? That’s the truth according to the TIU (Tennis Integrity Unit, for you squares not in the know), who issued warnings via...
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Safeway Rd. 1, Beth Bader Leads. Wait, what?
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 cushion over 2009 Rookie and major champion Anna Nordqvist. Not a bad bounce back for Anna who is shaken...
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“You know, if you look at our tour, I think we have a lot of marketable players. ...”
– Michelle Wie on being the defacto player messiah for the LPGA… and stuff.
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Separated at Birth?
Amateur Ricky Fowler at the U.S. Amateur Championships, on the right Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.
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The Descension of Nicole Vaidisova
143rd ranked Nicole Vaidisova’s loss to the 109th ranked and 6th seed Taiwaneese Yung-Jan Chan in the opening round of U.S. Open Qualifying on paper appears to be the expected result. Vaidisova is currently enduring the worst stretch of tennis in her career, and will soon find herself competing in the minor leagues, ITF Challengers, as her ranking will no longer be high enough to get into...
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Kimiko Date-Krumm through to 2R at USO Qualies
The 38 year old machine keeps on trucking! Kimiko Date-Krumm dispatched Russian 28th seed Ekaterina Ivanova in the opening round of the U.S. Open qualifying tournament on Tuesday. After a sluggish start in her return to Flushing Meadows, Date-Krumm gathered herself for a 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory over the player 17 years her junior.
I fully expect Date-Krumm to advance past her countrywoman Yurika...
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Safeway Classic Preview, Will anyone ride their...
After what feels like forever, the LPGA is finally back in action at the Safeway Classic in Portland, Oregon this week. The Safeway is the tour’s first 54-hole event since the Mastercard Classic in March, which was won by Pat Hurst. In 2008 Cristie Kerr was cool in the clutch, sinking a 15-hole birdie putt on the first playoff hole to defeat Helen Alfredsson and Sophie Gustafson.
The return...
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