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Rikand · 14-09-2019 7:27pm

bobbyss wrote: »

Thanks. Why are are there so many top players missing?

Most of the top ladies players are Asian and the Solheim cup is America Vs Europe

Mantis Toboggan · 14-09-2019 7:35pm

Van Dam can get it out there to 320 but yeah she's very much the exception. On a shorter course I'd fancy one of the Asians to be able to make a cut.

Joe_ Public · 15-09-2019 10:34am

Yeah, maybe a course like Crans Sur Sierre or comparable would give them a chance for sure. It would be fun to see someone try again, Wie was the last i think but that was all hype. I remember Sorenstam giving it a good rattle before that. Trouble for the females is, once you go over 450 yards, most of them will be hitting woods for their approaches and that makes it tough. I love watching Inbee Park, such a lovely languid style, she's one of top females but her average driving distance is 250 yards. Lexi Thompson would probably be the one with the best chance of competing.

Joe_ Public · 15-09-2019 3:46pm

Tuning in and out today, very interestingly poised. Hall v Thompson has been a great scrap. Think europe experience will just about nose them home, but looks like could go right down to the wire.

Mantis Toboggan · 15-09-2019 4:17pm

Has Ireland ever had anyone on a solheim cup team?

Joe_ Public · 15-09-2019 4:29pm

Pretty sure not, remember one decent irish pro from a few years back but cant recall her name off hand. We'll have 2 next time round though!

Joe_ Public · 15-09-2019 4:35pm

You know they're under pressure when they're not conceding 8 inch putts!

fullstop · 15-09-2019 4:35pm

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Pretty sure not, remember one decent irish pro from a few years back but cant recall her name off hand. We'll have 2 next time round though!

Who will we have next time?

fullstop · 15-09-2019 4:36pm

Joe_ Public wrote: »

You know they're under pressure when they're not conceding 8 inch putts!

And they then spend 30 seconds plum bobbing said putt

Joe_ Public · 15-09-2019 4:40pm

fullstop wrote: »

Who will we have next time?

Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow. It's an optimistic it must be said! You'd be happy with one making it, more likely Maguire.

fullstop · 15-09-2019 4:44pm

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow. It's an optimistic it must be said! You'd be happy with one making it, more likely Maguire.

Very optimistic I’d have to say. Hopefully one of them will get in.

Joe_ Public · 15-09-2019 4:59pm

Well, its optimistic on the basis that Maguire likely has the talent and can hit the ground running when she gets on the lpga next year. And the bar for europe qualifying isn't exactly sky high: Caroline Hedwall and Anne van Dam were both automatic picks and ranked 93 and 116 in the world respectively. Though she slipped a bit recently, Maguire was ranked inside top 200 a short while back, so i dont think its all that much a leap for her to get well into contention. Have to see how it goes.

LuckyGent88 · 15-09-2019 5:29pm

That is some story. What a finish

Joe_ Public · 15-09-2019 5:32pm

Unbelievable...just incredible. What a match!

fullstop · 15-09-2019 5:32pm

That was brilliant. Couldn’t see them winning after Hull and Van Dam matches.

Charlie19 · 15-09-2019 5:33pm

There is just something beautiful about the Solheim and the Ryder cup.

Give me those two competitions over any other.

Joe_ Public · 15-09-2019 5:35pm

The whole thing just swung so many times over the course of the day, thought europe were getting on top earlier, then us had it in the bag. Then all change with 2 putts within seconds of each other. Americans will be sick, but contributed to absolutely great match.

blackcard · 15-09-2019 6:02pm

Fabulous entertainment. 5 matches ended on the 18th, another 4 on the 17th. So many swings during the day until the US looked like sealing it at the end. Huge pressure on that last putt.

Rikand · 15-09-2019 11:35pm

Law was so clutch!

Mushy · 16-09-2019 7:43am

Rikand wrote: »

Law was so clutch!

Thought it was gone when she didn't get out of the bunker on 15.

Roger_007 · 16-09-2019 8:39am

I watched most of the Solheim cup. The golf was good, the finish was exciting and nail-biting. It should have been a tremendous advertisement for the women's game.
However most of the women I know, particularly the younger generation, didn't see it and had little or no interest in the whole thing. When I mentioned it to my niece she said " how could I watch it, we don't have Sky Sports".
I think that the powers that be in women's golf should at least have tried to have the competition shown live on free-to-air TV. They are putting commercial interests above the promotion of the game.

Mantis Toboggan · 16-09-2019 8:50am

Roger_007 wrote: »

I watched most of the Solheim cup. The golf was good, the finish was exciting and nail-biting. It should have been a tremendous advertisement for the women's game.
However most of the women I know, particularly the younger generation, didn't see it and had little or no interest in the whole thing. When I mentioned it to my niece she said " how could I watch it, we don't have Sky Sports".
I think that the powers that be in women's golf should at least have tried to have the competition shown live on free-to-air TV. They are putting commercial interests above the promotion of the game.

It was on free to air, it was on sky sports mix.

Roger_007 · 16-09-2019 12:26pm

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

It was on free to air, it was on sky sports mix.

The person I was talking to didn't have Sky anything.

paulos53 · 04-10-2019 7:46am

Stephanie Meadow is leading after the 1st round on the LPGA tour with a bogey free round of -8

She needs a big week to keep her card. The remaining events are all limited fields so this might be her last event of the season

paulos53 · 06-10-2019 9:07pm

Stephanie Meadow just finished birdie-birdie and is currently T5. Great putt on the 18th with the pressure of a tour card on the line

https://twitter.com/LPGA/status/1180937881403174913

Zaph · 07-10-2019 7:33am

She finished T6 and has managed to hold onto her card by finishing 99th on the money list.

billy3sheets · 03-04-2021 1:46pm

Interview with Shanshan Feng asking her what she did on her break from golf last year. Sounds like she managed to put golf out of her mind for a while

https://www.facebook.com/LPGA/videos/450538402871897/

Rikand · 05-04-2021 1:43pm

Tavatanakit was just too good last night but it was great to see Lydia Ko finding some form. Some round of golf from her

Joe_ Public · 05-04-2021 1:59pm

Rikand wrote: »

Tavatanakit was just too good last night but it was great to see Lydia Ko finding some form. Some round of golf from her

Incredible round of golf from Ko. Actually thought she maybe even left a shot out there, but wouldn't have been enough anyway.

Tavatanakit was cool as you like. Saw on Saturday at near 540 yard 2nd, she went with driver & 7i. That's prodigious hitting on the lpga tour!

LuckyGent88 · 05-04-2021 6:58pm

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Incredible round of golf from Ko. Actually thought she maybe even left a shot out there, but wouldn't have been enough anyway.

Tavatanakit was cool as you like. Saw on Saturday at near 540 yard 2nd, she went with driver & 7i. That's prodigious hitting on the lpga tour!

Course was playing firm and fast but she is a huge talent and a big hitter too. She averaged 323 yards off the tee this week and hit 85% of her greens in regulation.

What a round from Ko to apply some pressure at least and nice to see her consistently in form again. She is still only 23 after all and many more wins ahead of her. She could write an interesting book later in life

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