The word is that the Lorena Ochoa Invitational is probably televised subsequent yr. It's too terrible they could not get that labored out for this 12 months!
Earlier this week I wrote approximately the race for Player of the Year on the LPGA. I dealt mostly with Inbee Park and Suzann Pettersen, seeing that Inbee leads but hasn't performed as well recently whilst Suzann has been on a run. As it turns out, other gamers may additionally have a larger say-so within the end than I originally concept. (You can test out the LPGA leaderboard here.)
After 2 rounds there may be a 3-manner tie for the lead at -nine. Anna Nordqvist, So Yeon Ryu, and Pornanong Phatlum (who hasn't gained but) are playing very constant golf -- this is, they're taking pictures more or less the identical ratings every day -- which places them on tempo to shoot around-18. This is sizable, primarily based at the prevailing scores of the beyond winners:
2012 Cristie Kerr 67 - 69 - 67 - 69 = 272 (-16)
2011 Catriona Matthew 69 - 68 - 68 - 71 = 276 (-12)
2010 I.K. Kim 69 - 68 - 68 - 64 = 269 (-19)
2009 Michelle Wie 70 - 66 - 70 - 69 = 275 (-13)
2008 Angela Stanford 68 - 66 - 72 - 69 = 275 (-13) Note that only I.K. Kim has shot that low before. (And she needed a 64 in the final round to do it.) If one of the leaders can post -18, there's a good chance she'll win... and that would seriously affect the available POY points.
There's additionally a 3-manner tie for 4th at -8. Inbee Park is on this institution, and she or he has additionally shot very constant ratings. Gerina Pillar and Lexi Thompson, however, published sixty five and sixty four respectively inside the second spherical. Lexi's coming off a win and, if she or Gerina manages to go low once more, it may make matters very interesting. (The course is already very moist and both gamers are bombers.)
I.K. Kim and Lizette Salas are at -7. Since Inky has the bottom winning score in this course, she's close enough to be taken into consideration a risk.
Suzann is in a 4-manner tie at -6. Stacy Lewis is also part of that four-way tie. I do not think she can catch Inbee however she should actually make it harder for Suzann to seize her.
Here's my point: Suzann started the week 38 points behind Inbee in the POY race. I figured she had a good chance of catching her, but now I'm not so sure. The course conditions favor the bombers (Gerina and Lexi) and I believe they favor So Yeon Ryu as well, given that she won her US Women's Open on a very wet course and is currently tied for the lead. Suzann's only 3 strokes off the lead but, unless Inbee stumbles, the conditions and number of contenders ahead of her may mean she's too far back.
Keep a take a look at on that leaderboard, parents. The POY is probably decided this week.
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