Let's get this straight up front: In the grand scheme of things, one round of golf doesn't mean a whole lot.
Having stated that, it's tough while you handiest get two rounds to prove yourself. We saw very unique testimonies play out Thursday and, although it turned into simplest one spherical, we already understand the end to considered one of them.
Tuesday I did a post about the two Big Break winners teeing it up this week. I said it would be interesting to watch because "one or both of them really could be getting a Big Break."
For Isaac Sanchez, one round did him in. For Jackie Stoelting, the jury's nevertheless out.
Isaac shot sixteen Thursday -- no birdies, 7 pars, 8 bogeys, 2 doubles, and 1 quad. (The quad got here at the 11th, a par-3 island green. Enough said.) The climate in Memphis became tough, as a storm got here thru and behind schedule play for over 3 hours. But even though a number of players nevertheless have to finish their first rounds, it is unlikely the cut will fall sufficient for Isaac to make it. If Isaac shot 58 today, he'd nonetheless be 4.
With the leader at -7, it is tough to believe there might not be quite a few low ratings on a wet direction. Isaac is useless final on the leaderboard, 7 strokes at the back of the subsequent closest player. I do not know what Isaac's plans are -- if he even intends to try and make the PGA Tour -- however it looks as if this won't be the way he makes it.
Meanwhile, for Jackie the tale is a lot brighter. She shot -1, posting four birdies, eleven pars, and 3 bogeys. She's T34, 5 shots off the lead. That's quite appropriate, given how windy the route turned into. But given the quality of the names beforehand of her -- as an instance, the pinnacle 4 are Michelle Wie, Hee Young Park, Shanshan Feng, and Cristie Kerr -- it's not probable that she'll win the match.
Not likely, but now not impossible. Jackie's still very an awful lot in the blend. There are 20 players tied at -1, like Suzann Pettersen; and Jackie's beforehand of Angela Stanford, Catriona Matthew, and Lydia Ko, simply to name some. But because the leaderboard is so crowded, she'll need to play a solid round to make the cut.
Not that it definitely subjects though...
LPGA.Com posted a tale about Jackie and her plans for this season. Although she has some popularity on excursion already, she's selected to lock up a card next yr with the aid of focusing on the Symetra Tour this yr. Gerina Piller is quoted within the article, and she approves of Jackie's plan. (She tells why in the article. It's an excellent read in case you need to understand what players juggling excursions should deal with.) And it seems like Jackie will succeed, as she's #7 in their money listing already.
It's likely that Jackie will end up spending the rest of this year on the Symetra Tour. (I wonder what happens if she makes it? After all, part of her Big Break prize was having all her 2015 Symetra Tour entry fees paid.) But no matter what happens today, it looks like Jackie's already succeeded in her Big Break.
It's fantastic what a bit confidence can do for a participant, isn't always it?
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