The LPGA Kicks Off Its 2014 Season This Week

For the primary time in several years the LPGA season kicks off in January! And they've chosen a fantastic vicinity to do it -- at Paradise Island within the Bahamas. (No relation to the vicinity in which superhero Wonder Woman and her Amazonian sisters come from.) The inaugural occasion become nearly drowned out ultimate year in May; we will hope for higher weather this time of year.

Tony Jesselli has published his Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic preview at his web site (simply click the hyperlink to peer it) so I won't replica his work. I suppose the most critical component to observe is simply how few of the top gamers are planning to make appearances. I suspect lots of them plan to begin their season in New Zealand at:

• the ISPS Handa New Zealand Women’s Open (Jan 31st - Feb 2nd), followed by
• the Volvik Racy Australian Masters (Feb 6th - 9th), both LET events.

Then it's the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open the following, which is co-sponsored by the LET and LPGA. With several players trying to cut down on their globe-hopping schedule, this sort of thing is to be expected.

However, which means some of gamers could have a hazard to get a bounce on the others. To me, the maximum top notch of the missing gamers are (numbers in parentheses are their Rolex Rankings):

• Inbee Park (1)
• So Yeon Ryu (5)
• Shanshan Feng (6)

while

• Suzann Pettersen (2) -- UPDATE: Suzann is NOT playing because she says she's worn out
• Stacy Lewis (3)
• Lydia Ko (4)
• Paula Creamer (13)

all plan to play. Paula probably sees this as a good chance to try and break her victory drought while the others are almost certainly looking to gain ground on Inbee Park. And, of course, it gives them a headstart on the new Race to the CME Globe.

GC plans to begin broadcasts at 11:30am ET Thursday, which almost certainly means live golf. Plus they plan a 3-hour broadcast, which is a nice way to get the season started. This tournament may give us a good indication of how tight the battle for #1 will be in 2014.

I do not know approximately you however I'm looking forward to a few ladies's golfing!

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