Well, today's the day. Will she shoot par, make the cut, miss the cut or finish dead last? My prediction is that she'll struggle today with all the pressure, but tomorrow she'll be just good enough to make the cut.
Also, Vijay Singh's a wuss.
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Vijay Singh should've kept his mouth shut if he was planning to withdraw. If he wants to run his mouth, that's fine but not if you're going to turn tail before the tournament, regardless of the alleged reason.
I think Annika will make the cut...
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I think she will make the cut. She is going to have to make up the strokes she will lose on the par 5's by shooting well on Par 3's and short Par 4's. But I am confident Annika will have no problem doing that.
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Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion. For instance, let's say you're an astronaut on the moon and you fear that your partner has been turned into Dracula. The next time he goes out for the moon pieces, wham!, you just slam the door behind him and blast off. He might call you on the radio and say he's not Dracula, but you just say, "Think again, bat man."
It's still early, but she's playing one-under through seven holes, including a par on those notorious par-5's everyone keeps talking about.
If I read correctly, +3 made the cut last year, so at this pace I think she'll make the cut.
On a side note, did anybody see what her odds of winning the thing were? One site, according to ESPN, has her at 201-1.
Does it mean anything? Probably not, but it's pretty interesting...
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In the first two rounds of pro golf events (with a lot of people), they often start half the field on the second half of the course. It's a lot quicker than having everyone wait to go to the first tee; more people are on the course at the same time, so the whole process takes less time.
Those who start on 10 the first day start on 1 the second, an vice versa.
Due to the high # of golfers playing, most tourneys start groups on #1 and on #10 as a timesaver. The Masters finally went to a #1 & #10 start for the first time in it's history this year.
According to www.pgatour.com - Annika birdied the Par 3 13th hole and is now -1 thru 9 holes. I hope she makes the cut.
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Some tournaments even go so far as a "shotgun start" where 18 groups go one each to an assigned hole and the tournament is started by a gunshot. This is more common for club tournaments where they've got around 18 groups and want to get everybody playing ASAP.
ObAnnika: She'll do fine. I don't personally understand the whinging and the moaning and the hey hey; in most other sports, women are precluded from competing with men simply due to the differences in physical capabilities (a situation exacerbated when you're talking about the prime physical specimens that are professional athletes). But golf is more about concentration, strategy, and consistency than about physical capabilities. They need to realize it's shouldn't be, "OMFG I lost to a GIRL," it should be, "Wow, she's THAT good."
Hey- this is totally cool with me. In all things, I say if a woman can and wants to hang, play, fight, work, or anything else with the men, and she CAN do so without a crutch, I say she is welcome to it. I can't see why there is such a fuss about this...
So she ended up at 1 over par. Around what most were predicting, but I were Annika, I'd be pissed. She hit an amazing number of greens and fairways today, and if her putter was going at all, she could've easily been -2 or -3.
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Originally posted by VanillaSkyShe's doing a good job so far. Keep up the good work, Annika!
Annika has written me personally to thank you for your support. (I have no idea why she didn't just write you!)
Originally posted by Pool-BoyHey- this is totally cool with me. In all things, I say if a woman can and wants to hang, play, fight, work, or anything else with the men, and she CAN do so without a crutch, I say she is welcome to it. I can't see why there is such a fuss about this...
Annika also told me that she was LITERALLY on pins and needles waiting for you to share your opinion with a waiting world.
Originally posted by Pool-BoyHey- this is totally cool with me. In all things, I say if a woman can and wants to hang, play, fight, work, or anything else with the men, and she CAN do so without a crutch, I say she is welcome to it. I can't see why there is such a fuss about this...
Annika also told me that she was LITERALLY on pins and needles waiting for you to share your opinion with a waiting world.
Not surprising. Most people are.... Or they should be.
Annika did fall pretty hard in the second round, but she still showed grace and poise in her disappointing Friday.
The problem is that her rounds are not going to change many minds. Her defenders can point to her first day and her attitude overall. Her detractors can look at her second day and her sponsor's exemption (which is my only problem with her playing in the tourney...she needs to qualify to play in the PGA events like most everyone else).
Overall, this whole deal was a success for golf because of the sheer magnitude and amount of reaction it garnered. Hell, this is the first time in many years that I have watched the first two rounds of any golf tournament. I just feel bad for CBS, who will be broadcasting the final two rounds that 1/4th of the audience will watch now that Annika is out of the tournament.
The Hurricane main eventing a Raw show? See, the WWE is listening to the 'Net. Well, they're listening to me anyways. Look for the next push to go to Molly.
If she is going to play more, even on just a semi-regular basis, she does need to qualify. As a one-shot, I think it was OK to take the exemption. But I don't think it would be fair to do the PGA tour on exemptions.
I have my doubts that she will play again. I mean, I think she could hang alright with the guys. But on the other hand, is that good enough for Annika, to merely hang? When she is on the LPGA, she is a champion, a Hall of Famer. I think the best she could ever hope for on the PGA is to be average, with it more likely that she would be below average. I don't think that would be good enough for Annika. Most champions want to compete for #1, not to just make the cut.
I think she did what she wanted to do. I think she knows that she can play with them. She also probably now knows that her game is far from perfect, and she does have things she can work on. And I do think she did shut some people up who thought that she would totally embarass herself out there. I think that's all she wanted to do.
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