Wegmans LPGA (spoilers)

[JB]

I really think that they need to start playing some longer or tougher courses. These scores each and every week are getting really low. I feel the same way when we watch a mens event that ends up with the winner at 20 under.

 

[Harry Longshanks]

Yes, I'm having trouble: my girl Jeehae is 7 over already.

Seriously, though, it's coming up fine for me, although it is telling me that play is suspended.

Carp. I can't get it to work in FF or IE. I keep getting "page cannot be found." The main LPGA page works, just not the scoring page.

I forgot to do photos of the first round yesterday, so here they are:

Spoiler

Cheyenne Woods:

Michelle Wie:

Sandra Gal:

Kristy McPherson:

Brandi Jackson:

 

[worst_shot_ever]

Hello, Brandi.

[Oh, and Jeehae is actually only at +4, not +7. Sorry.]

Don't know how helpful this unformated data may be, but here's the results as they're currently displayed, Harry:

June 25 - 28, 2009 | Rochester, Ny | Locust Hill Country Club | Par 35-37=72 | Yardage - 6,365

Last Update: 6/26/2009 12:02 PM EDT
(*)=amateur (#)=player started on back 9 Tee times are listed in local times for the tournament site.

Position Player Today Thru To Par R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
T1 Sandra Gal -1 4 -9 64 64
T1 Jiyai Shin -2 4 -9 65 65
3 Michele Redman -1 4# -6 67 67
4 Kristy McPherson 12:26 -5 67 67
T5 Jennifer Rosales -1 11# -4 69 69
T5 Becky Lucidi +2 8# -4 66 66
T5 Stacy Lewis 12:15 -4 68 68
T5 Morgan Pressel 12:26 -4 68 68
T5 Brandi Jackson 1:21 -4 68 68
T5 Diana D'Alessio 1:32 -4 68 68
T5 Haeji Kang 1:54 -4 68 68
T12 Minea Blomqvist -1 12 -3 70 70
T12 Alena Sharp -1 8 -3 70 70
T12 M.J. Hur +1 7# -3 68 68
T12 Sarah Kemp E 7# -3 69 69
T12 Brittany Lang -4 7 -3 73 73
T12 Mika Miyazato E 4 -3 69 69
T12 Se Ri Pak 12:15 -3 69 69
T12 Michelle Wie 12:59 -3 69 69
T12 Reilley Rankin 1:32 -3 69 69
T12 Mindy Kim 2:05 -3 69 69
T12 Karen Stupples 2:05 -3 69 69
T23 Joo Mi Kim -2 11# -2 72 72
T23 Ji Young Oh +1 6# -2 69 69
T23 Helen Alfredsson +1 4# -2 69 69
T23 Na Yeon Choi +1 4 -2 69 69
T23 Amy Yang +1 4 -2 69 69
T23 Brittany Lincicome 12:37 -2 70 70
T23 Wendy Ward 12:37 -2 70 70
T23 Pat Hurst 12:48 -2 70 70
T23 Anna Grzebien 1:10 -2 70 70
T23 Amanda Blumenherst 1:10 -2 70 70
T23 Hye Jung Choi 1:54 -2 70 70
T34 Aree Song E 12# -1 71 71
T34 Beth Bader E 11# -1 71 71
T34 Carri Wood E 10# -1 71 71
T34 Meaghan Francella E 7# -1 71 71
T34 Jimin Kang -2 7# -1 73 73
T34 Laura Diaz +1 4 -1 70 70
T34 Lindsey Wright 12:15 -1 71 71
T34 Sun Young Yoo 12:26 -1 71 71
T34 Natalie Gulbis 12:37 -1 71 71
T34 Nicole Castrale 12:37 -1 71 71
T34 In-Kyung Kim 12:59 -1 71 71
T34 Taylor Leon 1:21 -1 71 71
T34 Heather Bowie Young 1:32 -1 71 71
T34 Allison Hanna-Williams 2:05 -1 71 71
T34 Becky Morgan 2:16 -1 71 71
T34 Irene Cho 2:16 -1 71 71
T50 Carolina Llano -3 12 E 75 75
T50 Jimin Jeong E 11# E 72 72
T50 Kris Tamulis -2 11 E 74 74
T50 Jin Joo Hong +2 10 E 70 70
T50 Anja Monke -1 10# E 73 73
T50 Stacy Prammanasudh +1 6# E 71 71
T50 Jee Young Lee -1 4 E 73 73
T50 Candie Kung 12:26 E 72 72
T50 Anna Nordqvist 12:37 E 72 72
T50 Karrie Webb 12:48 E 72 72
T50 Meena Lee 12:48 E 72 72
T50 Ai Miyazato 12:48 E 72 72
T50 Karin Sjodin 1:10 E 72 72
T50 Louise Stahle 2:16 E 72 72
T50 Allison Fouch 2:16 E 72 72
T65 Stephanie Louden +1 10 +1 72 72
T65 Paige Mackenzie -2 9# +1 75 75
T65 Katherine Hull +2 7 +1 71 71
T65 Young Kim -1 7 +1 74 74
T65 Meg Mallon +1 7 +1 72 72
T65 Lorie Kane E 7 +1 73 73
T65 Rachel Hetherington E 5 +1 73 73
T65 Amy Hung E 5# +1 73 73
T65 Leta Lindley E 4# +1 73 73
T65 Jane Park 12:15 +1 73 73
T65 Yani Tseng 12:48 +1 73 73
T65 Paula Creamer 12:59 +1 73 73
T65 Soo-Yun Kang 12:59 +1 73 73
T65 Michelle Ellis 1:10 +1 73 73
T65 Marisa Baena 1:32 +1 73 73
T65 Ashleigh Simon 1:43 +1 73 73
T65 Giulia Sergas 1:43 +1 73 73
T65 Lisa Strom 1:54 +1 73 73
Projected Cut (not official until second round play is complete)
T83 Audra Burks +2 12# +2 72 72
T83 Katie Futcher +2 11# +2 72 72
T83 Shi Hyun Ahn E 11 +2 74 74
T83 Sarah Lee +2 10 +2 72 72
T83 Young-A Yang -1 10 +2 75 75
T83 Il Mi Chung +2 9# +2 72 72
T83 Laurie Brower +1 9# +2 73 73
T83 Shanshan Feng +2 9 +2 72 72
T83 Anna Rawson +1 8 +2 73 73
T83 Chella Choi -1 7# +2 75 75
T83 Momoko Ueda +1 6# +2 73 73
T83 Silvia Cavalleri E 5# +2 74 74
T83 Mi Hyun Kim E 4# +2 74 74
T83 Vicky Hurst 12:26 +2 74 74
T83 Inbee Park 12:26 +2 74 74
T83 Kyeong Bae 12:59 +2 74 74
T83 Eva Dahllof 1:21 +2 74 74
T83 Johanna Mundy 2:05 +2 74 74
T101 Russy Gulyanamitta +3 12# +3 72 72
T101 Jeehae Lee +4 11# +3 71 71
T101 Na Ri Kim E 9 +3 75 75
T101 Kris Tschetter +5 8# +3 70 70
T101 Teresa Lu E 7 +3 75 75
T101 Hee Young Park +4 7# +3 71 71
T101 Brandie Burton +2 5# +3 73 73
T101 Seon Hwa Lee E 4# +3 75 75
T101 Jeong Jang 12:15 +3 75 75
T101 Hee-Won Han 12:15 +3 75 75
T101 Cristie Kerr 12:48 +3 75 75
T101 Christina Kim 12:59 +3 75 75
T101 Becky Iverson 1:10 +3 75 75
T101 *Cheyenne Woods 1:21 +3 75 75
T101 Karine Icher 1:21 +3 75 75
T101 Jeanne Cho-Hunicke 1:43 +3 75 75
T101 Jill McGill 1:54 +3 75 75
T101 Mikaela Parmlid 2:16 +3 75 75
T119 Jin Young Pak +4 12 +4 72 72
T119 Leah Wigger E 12 +4 76 76
T119 Erica Blasberg E 10 +4 76 76
T119 Michelle McGann +2 10 +4 74 74
T119 Janice Moodie +2 8 +4 74 74
T119 Louise Friberg E 5 +4 76 76
T119 Julieta Granada 1:32 +4 76 76
T119 Birdie Kim 1:43 +4 76 76
T127 Maggie Will E 11 +5 77 77
T127 Jamie Hullett 1:10 +5 77 77
T127 Moira Dunn 1:21 +5 77 77
T127 Cindy Rarick 1:32 +5 77 77
T127 Marcy Hart 1:43 +5 77 77
T127 Meredith Duncan 1:54 +5 77 77
T133 Eunjung Yi +2 12 +6 76 76
T133 Young Jo E 8# +6 78 78
T133 Song-Hee Kim +1 4# +6 77 77
T133 Jackie Gallagher-Smith 2:05 +6 78 78
T137 Kim Hall +2 10# +8 78 78
T137 Eun-Hee Ji 12:37 +8 80 80
T137 Sarah Jane Smith 2:16 +8 80 80
T140 Mollie Fankhauser 1:54 +9 81 81
T140 Sung Ah Yim 2:05 +9 81 81
T142 Dorothy Delasin +6 12 +10 76 76
T142 Vicki Goetze-Ackerman +3 9 +10 79 79

 

[Harry Longshanks]

Okay, I got the leaderboard here to work:
http://www.wegmanslpga.org/leaderboard/leaderboard.html

But the http://www.lpgascoring.com/leaderboard.html one still doesn't work.

 

[worst_shot_ever]

I see Jennifer Rosales has made a surprisingly strong start so far, in the big group tied for 5th at -4. She's all but dropped out of sight over the last few years, but there was a time when she was among the small contingent of really popular, attractive, rising stars on the LPGA. I believe she was levelled by injuries, and she's never really gotten her spit back. Hope she can keep it up, as a Rosales who begins winning again would be fun to watch and her charisma wouldn't hurt the LPGA, either.

 

[Harry Longshanks]

Tweet from Jane Park:

 

[Harry Longshanks]

Tweet from MP:

 

[bogeyme]

Tweet from Jane Park:

That doesn't look promising. :sad: Get the squeegies out.

 

[Harry Longshanks]

It looks like they have finally restarted play.

 

[worst_shot_ever]

Tweet from MP:

The ghost of Morgan Pressle.

 

[Harry Longshanks]

The ghost of Morgan Pressle.

Nice catch WSE!

cept'em you spelled her name wrong.

worst_speller_ever?

 

[JB]

Im watching this coverage on ESPN2 and I think this may be the worst picture I have ever seen for watching golf. Is anybody else struggling with grainy picture? As usual the ESPN commentary is the worst out there.

 

[Harry Longshanks]

Im watching this coverage on ESPN2 and I think this may be the worst picture I have ever seen for watching golf. Is anybody else struggling with grainy picture? As usual the ESPN commentary is the worst out there.

Great. :bad: Can't wait.

 

[worst_shot_ever]

Watching now. Picture quality is no-def. (Notwithstanding the claim in the ESPN2 sidebars.) Rosales finished solid with a round of 69.

 

[Harry Longshanks]

I can't find any photos of the second round. How do the ladies' outfits look today? Anyone looking particularly sharp?

 

[Harry Longshanks]

I MP

And I'm definitely Wietarded.

Natalie Gulbis preparing to eat Brittany Lincicome's shoulder:

Nice grip Paula:

JiYai Shin stomping the field . . . again:

Cheyenne Woods (no jokes here. Tiger could have me found and killed with a single phone call.)

 

[worst_shot_ever]

Now squeeze, Paula. So I heard from the lousy commentators that she broke into tears over an injury on one hole (right before a hole she birdied). I began watching after that, however, so I didn't see what it was she hurt.

 

[Harry Longshanks]

Now squeeze, Paula. So I heard from the lousy commentators that she broke into tears over an injury on one hole (right before a hole she birdied). I began watching after that, however, so I didn't see what it was she hurt.

Her left thumb was bandaged up. The announcers said it was swollen up pretty good.

 

[soxngolf]

Paula did end up withdrawing at +1, which would have made the cut.

Morgan had a nice early AM round and is at -10, one shot behind Jiyai. Stacy Lewis is one back of Morgan after a nice back 9 (which was the front for her, she started on #10) and Kristy McPherson is in 4th, one shot back of Stacy and 8 under. Michelle is at 7 under, tied for 5th.

Notables that missed the cut: Christina Kim, Jeehae Lee, Cheyenne Woods

I was disappointed that there was no coverage of Stacy Lewis at all yesterday. She was tied for 6th at 5 under while the TV coverage was live, so why didn't we see her at all?

I am really excited about the weekend rounds. It is fun to have a leaderboard where a lot of your favorite players are in contention. Hope it starts happening more often for everyone, helps get attention to the game.

 

[soxngolf]

As usual the ESPN commentary is the worst out there.

I Judy Rankin

I also really like Jane Crafter as an on course commentator too. She will let us in on little things, like Lorena's chocolate fixes and Paula's conversation with her parents about the thumb.

I would listen to them any day over Johnny Miller.

 

[soxngolf]

A couple of great pairings today:

12:57 Jiyai Shin, Morgan Pressel, and Stacy Lewis
12:46 Kristy McPherson, Michelle Wie, Mindy Kim

Coverage on ESPN2 at 3:00

 

[JB]

I Judy Rankin

I also really like Jane Crafter as an on course commentator too. She will let us in on little things, like Lorena's chocolate fixes and Paula's conversation with her parents about the thumb.

I would listen to them any day over Johnny Miller.

Rankin and J Miller are the same to me. Judy is a marvelous lady and a wonderful ambassador to the game of golf. She is a terrible commentator. She wants to babysit these girls rather than be real about their performances. She is constantly covering for poor play and will never say anything negative. Just my opinion of course.

 

[Harry Longshanks]

I Judy Rankin

I also really like Jane Crafter as an on course commentator too. She will let us in on little things, like Lorena's chocolate fixes and Paula's conversation with her parents about the thumb.

I would listen to them any day over Johnny Miller.

Agree on all counts. Kay Cockerill is good too.

I've forgotten the name of the one woman who is an okay announcer, but her voice is really harsh (EDIT: Donna Caponi-Byrnes.) And Beth Daniels, bless her heart, always has decent things to say, but her nasal voice just drives me nuts.

 

[Harry Longshanks]

Notables that missed the cut: Christina Kim, Jeehae Lee, Cheyenne Woods

Paige MacKenzie also missed the cut. :sad:

 

[Harry Longshanks]

Michelle Wie has 2 bogies through the first 3 holes. :bad:

MP is +1 through 3 holes.

Stacey Lewis is -2 through 3 though.

And Yani Tseng is -4 through 10.