2022 Amundi Evian Championship, July 21-24

[iBanesto]

9 minutes ago, Rapidcat said:

 

 

 

Side note: So Yeon Ryu finally up there in 2022. 🇰🇷

Edited July 21, 2022 by iBanesto

[JungleJimbo]

Any interesting golf gear that you've noticed at today's Evian?

 

Today = the first time i noticed one of  @Rapidcat's favourite players (Steph Kyriacou's) Yes!Putter

 

Edited July 21, 2022 by JungleJimbo

[Hankshank]

Really attractive top of the leaderboard so far, gonna be a nice tournament to follow. Really thrilled to see what countywoman Grant can do in a LPGA studded field. Unfortunately, Maja did not get the best of starts.

[JungleJimbo]

 

 

 

[Rapidcat]

1 hour ago, Hankshank said:

Unfortunately, Maja did not get the best of starts.

 

In stark contrast to some of her other events this year.

[Hankshank]

28 minutes ago, Rapidcat said:

 

In stark contrast to some of her other events this year.

Ja, då var hon stark 😉

[JungleJimbo]

On 7/20/2022 at 8:20 PM, Rapidcat said:

 

Grant got her surname from a Scottish grandfather pro golfer who immigrated to Sweden.

 

Stark got hers because she comes from a family of nudists.

Today i learnt that there's a fourth Swedish "next big talent" pursuing an LPGA/LET pro career  (i.e. Beatrice Wallin) often linked together albeit currently less- well-known(?) ... in addition to Grant, Stark and Ingrid Lindblad.

(But only Grant and Stark are at the Evian this week?).

 

Source: https://www.anwagolf.com/en_US/news/articles/2021-04-02/2021-04-02_swede_success_meet_the_swedish_four.html 

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"Collectively, the quartet has won 18 events all over the globe in the last two years, ranging from Swedish women’s professional events to college events here in the states. All four qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open in December and Grant even played in the final group on Saturday, although Stark had the best result of the foursome with a T-13 finish.

 

Here is a breakdown of each player and how each, individually, answered the same four questions about the group as a whole."

 

Linn Grant (21 years old)
Viken, Sweden
Ranking: 2
College: Arizona State University (Sophomore)

Who hits the ball the farthest? I would say we’re all pretty similar. If we were on the range, I’d say Ingrid. Tournament, it’s either Ingrid or me.
Who is the best putter? Ingrid.
Who is the most serious on the golf course? Ingrid. Maybe me.
Who is the funniest? Beatrice.

 

Ingrid Lindblad (20)
Halmstad, Sweden
Ranking: 4
College: Louisiana State University (Sophomore)

Farthest? I didn’t hit it far today, but I’m one of the longest ones. Either me, Linn or Maja. I can’t tell. 
Putter? Beatrice.
Serious? Me.
Funniest? Maja.

 

Maja Stark (21)
Skivarp, Sweden
Ranking: 6
College: Oklahoma State University (Sophomore)

Farthest? Linn. But every day is different.
Putter? Beatrice. She’s nasty sometimes.
Serious? Ingrid.
Funniest? Everyone is funny in such different ways ,but Bea can just say things so quick. Probably her.

 

Beatrice Wallin (21)
Gothenberg, Sweden
Ranking: 10
College: Florida State University (Junior)

Farthest? Maja or Linn.
Putter? I feel like we’re all pretty equal. Maybe Linn.
Serious? Linn or Ingrid.
Funniest? I want to say myself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 21, 2022 by JungleJimbo

[woahnelly]

Yikes, Gina Kim was -4 thru 8 holes ... and shot +7 the next 9 😔

[third-times-a-charm]

Nelly is just a machine. Has she every not been in the top since her run started a season or two ago? Even after her issues this year it's like she never left.

 

Fly to France after all that and STILL place in the top 5? Okay, why not.

 

I'm convinced she would easily be top 25 in PGA events just by sheer fairways/GIR. She doesnt even need the length.

Edited July 21, 2022 by third-times-a-charm

[Golf Dino]

13 hours ago, MagicClassic407 said:

Please Canadian posters,  I'm currently here enjoying NOTL until Fri and would love to watch. My Airbnb has roku. Any Advice on how to watch?

 

I hate to ask, but what is NOTL?  😂

[JungleJimbo]

3 minutes ago, Golf Dino said:

 

I hate to ask, but what is NOTL?  😂

https://www.notl.com/

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara-on-the-Lake

Edited July 21, 2022 by JungleJimbo

[18majors]

1 hour ago, third-times-a-charm said:

I'm convinced she would easily be top 25 in PGA events just by sheer fairways/GIR

 

 

This is intriguing!

 

I've said sometime ago that Nelly should play a regular PGA tour event; she'd have a better than 50% chance to be the first woman to make it to the weekend!

 

 

Edited July 21, 2022 by 18majors

[18majors]

On 7/20/2022 at 8:54 AM, 18majors said:

 

 

Ayaka Furue's extended LPGA battle with Hye Jin Choi offers us front row seats to view "The best of Japan" vs. "The best of Korea" comparison.

 

Currently, Hye Jin is leading "Rookie of the Year" race by a score of 787 to 271.

 

 

 

The plot thickens!

 

Ayaka Furue led Hye Jin Choi, -8 to even; Yuna Nishimura led Min Ji Park, -5 to -4.

[18majors]

 

@AWinfortheAges

 

Nelly heard your comment about Kupcho being the best American LPGA player; she'll try to pull out a rabbit out of her hat this week!

[woahnelly]

I have Furue + Brooke + Ciganda in my pool .. unfortunately Yealimi doesn't want to cooperate 😞

[18majors]

12 minutes ago, woahnelly said:

unfortunately Yealimi doesn't want to cooperate 😞

 

 

She's a “lost soul” right now!

 

Blame it on Hana Bank, they spoiled her when she's just an innocent 17 years old girl!

 

 

Edited July 21, 2022 by 18majors

[subrew]

2 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

 

This is intriguing!

 

I've said sometime ago that Nelly should play a regular PGA tour event; she'd have a better than 50% chance to be the first woman to make it to the weekend!

 

 

 

I always thought Tiger's Hero World Challenge would make for a great mixed event.  Last year it was only 20 players, most of the top ranked men.  So get the top 20 ladies too.  Do a 54-hole regular event, then do a fun 18-hole best ball team event format.  It's basically a fun invitational event, and the course isn't super long.

[Argonne69]

They really need to create more noise near the 8th teebox. Maybe set off some random cherry bombs and/or air horns. A few car alarms might be a nice touch. Sheesh. 

 

[Stooch]

Well because it's on the side of a mountain, I consider this a literal goat track lol.  Actually, the rough along the fairways and around the greens is pretty lush and fairly penal, so you can't hit it all over the yard and get away with it.  Furue finally showing her pedigree and a pretty strong leaderboard but still way too early to give anyone an edge, its really attrition over the course of 4 rounds, you basically have to average a 66 each round to have a chance on the back 9 Sunday. 

 

Brooke is looking more and more comfortable with left hand low and maybe this event rewards the transition to left hand low, as it where Minjee broke through lol but we'll see how it holds up over 4 rounds.  Honestly if she can be successful this week she can probably thank the USGA.  I always read in articles about the driver change, cause I must be missing something, outside the final round at the Chevron she's been deadly accurate and just as long.  With the 48 in driver she was at 67% fairways hit and now she's at 77.8%, so she's been hitting fairways at over 80% clip since the change.   IMO by the end of the week hitting fairways and greens will probably be the deciding factor

[Argonne69]

I love when an on-course announcer says that a 30+ foot putt is "very makeable". Yeah, I guess every putt is makeable, but when it's statistically less than 5 percent, is it very makeable? Lol. 

 

[Argonne69]

In Gee holds the tournament scoring record at -21. That record could be in jeopardy if the course continues to play soft. 

 

[18majors]

 

We saw the same old Lydia on TV, but there is a real ring now:

 

[ChronicSlicer]

1 hour ago, Argonne69 said:

In Gee holds the tournament scoring record at -21. That record could be in jeopardy if the course continues to play soft. 

 

..and Furue and Nelly both got morning tee times. If they both go low, they could be a tough catch.

[Titleist_PT23]

9 hours ago, third-times-a-charm said:

Nelly is just a machine. Has she every not been in the top since her run started a season or two ago? Even after her issues this year it's like she never left.

 

Fly to France after all that and STILL place in the top 5? Okay, why not.

 

I'm convinced she would easily be top 25 in PGA events just by sheer fairways/GIR. She doesnt even need the length.

Respectfully disagree.  She'd be giving up 3 clubs (+/-) on a lot of holes.  Last place on the PGA Tour in driving is 275.6.  Nelly:  271.5 (2022) - 275.1 (2021).  Her GIR won't look as good and the ability to make birdies on courses that are 700 yards longer will drop (she will also have a different ballflight vs. the top PGA guys swinging 10-15 mph faster).

 

She's great but I don't think she's that good...

[Stooch]

30 minutes ago, ChronicSlicer said:

..and Furue and Nelly both got morning tee times. If they both go low, they could be a tough catch.

There doesn't seem to be much difference between AM and PM, really just whether you're getting it done or not.  I guess the ball will travel better for the afternoon but no real difference IMO.

 

The actual real anomaly of today's round is, 8 of the top 9 started on the 10th tee  and 15 of the top 18 players started today's round on the 10th tee 

[ChronicSlicer]

 

9 hours ago, third-times-a-charm said:

I'm convinced she would easily be top 25 in PGA events just by sheer fairways/GIR. She doesnt even need the length.

What place do you reckon the girls that hit more fairways, more greens and drive it within 4 yds of her could finish in? 

[ChronicSlicer]

9 minutes ago, Stooch said:

There doesn't seem to be much difference between AM and PM, really just whether you're getting it done or not.  I guess the ball will travel better for the afternoon but no real difference IMO.

 

The actual real anomaly of today's round is, 8 of the top 9 started on the 10th tee  and 15 of the top 18 players started today's round on the 10th tee 

It's easy to tell when Brooke is playing well...lol. Good to hear from ya, nice observation as well

[gsrjc]

2 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

We saw the same old Lydia on TV, but there is a real ring now:

 

https://m.koreaherald.com/amp/view.php?ud=20220628000565

[Stooch]

14 minutes ago, ChronicSlicer said:

It's easy to tell when Brooke is playing well...lol. Good to hear from ya, nice observation as well

 

Ha ha, well I disappeared abruptly cause the Friday night of the KPMG my modem blew up and then I was away for a week and I basically got a service guy out last week to fix it and they didn't show any of the last week on TV so what was there to say .  I only use my computer to chat online lol

[Cwebb]

I wonder if we'll see "fiery Rose" in this championship