Corona Championship - Spoilers Inside

[Harry Longshanks]

OT: I just looked at Duramed scoring. Why is Charlotte not playing?

She didn't want to play in the Brownsville, TX DFT tour stop. She played in the Suncoast Series event instead. Took 7th.

 

[JB]

Surprising? I would think you would want to play in as many DF events as possible if you want to make the LPGA.

 

[Harry Longshanks]

Maybe the purse was relatively small?

Also, Brownsville . . . well, I'll just stop right there.

 

[Harry Longshanks]

Aaaaannnnnd, Lorena is -21.

Edit: Bogey. Back to -20.

At -5/-18, Pettersen is keeping pace with Lorena.

 

[Harry Longshanks]

Whoops. Lorena double-bogies 14 and is suddenly tied with Pettersen at -18.

It's a whole new ballgame now.

 

[JB]

Suzanne is playing really well right now.

 

[Harry Longshanks]

Third Round photos

Spoiler

Lorena:

Suzann Pettersen:

Na Yeon Choi:

Yani Tseng:

 

[soxngolf]

Wow, Paula plus 3 for the day. Glad to see Morgan in the running! (kind of since she is 6 behind, but tied for 4th)

 

[Harry Longshanks]

More photos from the third round:

Spoiler

Cristie Kerr:

Morgan Pressel:

Michelle Wie:

Brittany Lang:

Lorena:

Na Yeon Choi:

Suzann Pettersen:

 

[Harry Longshanks]

SOmetimes the writing on the Golf Channel website just baffles me. This is from the "Shag Bag" blog:

LPGA fans who have been waiting two weeks for the tour to resume could be getting a terrific weekend treat.

Midway through Friday’s second round of the Corona Championship, here’s the leaderboard:

Karrie Webb (-9); Michelle Wie (-9); Lorena Ochoa (-8); Kristy McPherson (-8).

– Randall Mell
Posted April 24, 12:48 p.m. ET

What exactly is the weekend treat for LPGA fans?

That it's yet another competitive event with the best players in the world playing on a beautiful course, and we'll never get to see the action?

 

[Ricearoni]

SOmetimes the writing on the Golf Channel website just baffles me. This is from the "Shag Bag" blog:


Quote:
LPGA fans who have been waiting two weeks for the tour to resume could be getting a terrific weekend treat.

Midway through Friday’s second round of the Corona Championship, here’s the leaderboard:

Karrie Webb (-9); Michelle Wie (-9); Lorena Ochoa (-8); Kristy McPherson (-8).

– Randall Mell
Posted April 24, 12:48 p.m. ET

What exactly is the weekend treat for LPGA fans?

That it's yet another competitive event with the best players in the world playing on a beautiful course, and we'll never get to see the action?
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Sheesh - I wonder if this guy is proud of that bit of reporting?

 

[Harry Longshanks]

Sheesh - I wonder if this guy is proud of that bit of reporting?

I know, right?

I do more "reporting" of LPGA events here! (You do too!)

Hire me Golf Channel!

 

[soxngolf]

How about their coverage on Golf Central? I figured they would have something and before the first commercial they did a tease of the LPGA. Once back from the commercial they discussed the swine flu then showed the leaderboard with the top 3 then 4 or so "notables" of Wie, Kerr, McPherson and someone else....and that was the coverage. No highlights, no pictures, no discussion really of the round other than their scores. They then went of to have full coverage with highlights of the Champions Tour, The Nationwide Tour and the European Tour. Come on, throw us a bone!

 

[JB]

I saw that Soxy. It was ridiculous.

 

[ClairefromClare]

One hole left to play, and Lorena has a two-shot lead over Suzann Pettersen. There are four pairs whose last reported score is on the 17th hole. A big backup, perhaps?

 

[JB]

I saw that too Claire. Both Lorena and Suzanne look great this entire tourny.

 

[ClairefromClare]

I saw that too Claire. Both Lorena and Suzanne look great this entire tourny.

Now Lorena has parred the last hole, but no scores for Suzann Pettersen or N.Y. Choi.

Edit: now her score is missing. This is weird.

 

[ClairefromClare]

Suzann must have birdied the last hole, but Lorena won by a stroke. I'm so glad to see her back on her game!

 

[Ricearoni]

Wow - those fans must have had a blast watching this one.
We're talking rivalry here - How fun is this going to be the rest of the season?

 

[ClairefromClare]

Another frustration--if you click on a player, you see her scorecard but not her stats. I like seeing the stats.

 

[soxngolf]

Another great finish to a tournament with two popular players. Another missed opportunity for the LPGA.:confused2:

 

[JB]

You got that right Sox. However I guess the real question, is would anybody watch if it was on? I saw the ratings for the major and they were NOT pretty.

 

[soxngolf]

You got that right Sox. However I guess the real question, is would anybody watch if it was on? I saw the ratings for the major and they were NOT pretty.

I would have!

Plus, I think the Dinah Shore (aka:Kraft-Nabisco) got people talking, so maybe they would have gained numbers.

 

[JB]

Im with you Sox and I think with TGC covering them next year will help things. However it seems more and more tournies are going overseas.

 

[worst_shot_ever]

Is it me, or do the foreign tournies rarely upload the stats during the "live" lpga.com leaderboard coverage? I recall the same thing with the one in Asia a few weeks ago.