This week the LPGA debuts some other in their new match stops. This one is in Irving TX, and it's referred to as the North Texas LPGA Shootout. In addition to the match domestic page link, you may additionally take a look at out Tony Jesselli's preview. Isn't this a cool brand?
The North Texas LPGA Shootout is the first LPGA tourney in Texas in more than two decades. This might be tune to the ears of Angela Stanford, who's from Texas and has a swing well-perfect to the typically windy conditions there. (Stacy Lewis, who's additionally getting a number of interest, is an adopted Texan. She became sincerely born in Ohio and currently lives in Florida, but she did stay in Texas for a while and went to university in Arkansas, just north of Texas but with similar winds.)
For those of you who have never been to Texas, it's notoriously flat. I went down there on a mission trip when I was just out of high school and -- as the old joke goes -- How flat was it? It was so flat that everybody on the bus stood up and applauded when we saw any sort of mound. The only thing is... it wasn't a joke. We really did stand up and applaud. It really is that flat in most of Texas, and that's why the wind is such a factor.
According to the blurb at the web page at LPGA.Com in which I determined the emblem:
With a $1.Three million purse, the North Texas LPGA Shootout will feature a full-subject of a hundred and forty four players contending over 4 days of 72-hollow stroke play competition. The ?Shootout? Format of the event will consist of two cuts; the primary may be made after the second one round to the top-70 and ties, and the second reduce can be made to the pinnacle-50 and ties after the 1/3 round on Saturday.I know the men have done two cuts on occasion, but it usually isn't planned that way from the start. (The old International tournament used multiple cuts, but it used Stableford scoring as well.) This should make the tournament a bit more "cutthroat" if you know what I mean.
A short test over at climate.Com showed likely winds within the 10-15mph variety. Hold on to yer hats, pardners -- looks as if them girls are gonna have their hands full! Welcome back to the Lone Star State, girls!
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