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Annika Sorenstam to compete in PGA Tour event.

Tiger made a very good statement when he said that this is good for women's golf, but only if she plays well.


There is a LPGA for a reason. I think the bottom rung PGA golfers should start competing in LPGA events. Just to make things fair.
 
I think it will depend on course conditions a LOT. If it's playing fast and she can get her drives to run out a bit so she's not hitting 3-iron into the greens all week, I think she'll have a pretty good shot at top-30. Women may lack distance off the tee for the most part, but they are just as deadly with short irons and around the green as the men.
 
Originally posted by: Fausto1
I think it will depend on course conditions a LOT. If it's playing fast and she can get her drives to run out a bit so she's not hitting 3-iron into the greens all week, I think she'll have a pretty good shot at top-30. Women may lack distance off the tee for the most part, but they are just as deadly with short irons and around the green as the men.
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Annika is especially dangerous on the green.... 😀 expect a strong showing from her.
 
Originally posted by: AU Tiger
Tiger made a very good statement when he said that this is good for women's golf, but only if she plays well.


There is a LPGA for a reason. I think the bottom rung PGA golfers should start competing in LPGA events. Just to make things fair.
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What point would that prove exactly? If you've followed golf at all, you'd note that Sorenstam has been dominant on the LPGA of late. I think this will be an interesting challenge for her and if it gets even more people interesting in golf (a la Tigermania), then all the more power to her.

 
Originally posted by: yamahaXS
Sorenstam averages 265 yards off the tee, which would rank close to 200th in driving distance on the PGA Tour.
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265 yards is more than enough for a short course like colonial.
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I dunno about that. Here's a listing of the holes with yardages.

There are a few long par-fours and one monster par-five (609 yards :Q ) that are going to leave her with long irons into the greens. If the greens are firm, she'll have a hard time getting the ball to stop.

 
Originally posted by: Fausto1
Originally posted by: yamahaXS
Sorenstam averages 265 yards off the tee, which would rank close to 200th in driving distance on the PGA Tour.
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265 yards is more than enough for a short course like colonial.
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I dunno about that. Here's a listing of the holes with yardages.

There are a few long par-fours and one monster par-five (609 yards :Q ) that are going to leave her with long irons into the greens. If the greens are firm, she'll have a hard time getting the ball to stop.
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exactly. I imagine she would have trouble with hole 3,5 and 11 at least.
 
Anyone for a friendly wager as to whether she'll make the 36-hole (Friday evening) cut or not?

5$ paypal says she makes the cut. 😀
 
Originally posted by: MingChia
Originally posted by: Fausto1
Originally posted by: yamahaXS
Sorenstam averages 265 yards off the tee, which would rank close to 200th in driving distance on the PGA Tour.
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265 yards is more than enough for a short course like colonial.
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I dunno about that. Here's a listing of the holes with yardages.

There are a few long par-fours and one monster par-five (609 yards :Q ) that are going to leave her with long irons into the greens. If the greens are firm, she'll have a hard time getting the ball to stop.
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exactly. I imagine she would have trouble with hole 3,5 and 11 at least.
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NEGATIVE! she and everyone else will have trouble parring these holes. 3 and 5 are LONG yes, but the tee shots MUST be accurate. For that reason, Consistency is more important than length. for 11, the test is on the third shot, not the first two because smart play says you lay up and try to birdie rather than eagle.


 
Originally posted by: Fausto1
Originally posted by: AU Tiger
Tiger made a very good statement when he said that this is good for women's golf, but only if she plays well.


There is a LPGA for a reason. I think the bottom rung PGA golfers should start competing in LPGA events. Just to make things fair.
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What point would that prove exactly? If you've followed golf at all, you'd note that Sorenstam has been dominant on the LPGA of late. I think this will be an interesting challenge for her and if it gets even more people interesting in golf (a la Tigermania), then all the more power to her.
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I am well aware of the dominance of Sorenstam last year, but I think that there is no need to give a woman golfer a spot in a PGA tournament. If she can qualify for the tournament like the rest of the field then I would have no problem with it, but she is taking a sponshorship exemption to play, meaning that there is one less spot for a PGA player that may be able to play better than Annika. My comment about making things fair is that if women are going to start playing in PGA events, then men might as well start playing in LPGA events as well.
 
Originally posted by: AU Tiger
Originally posted by: Fausto1
Originally posted by: AU Tiger
Tiger made a very good statement when he said that this is good for women's golf, but only if she plays well.


There is a LPGA for a reason. I think the bottom rung PGA golfers should start competing in LPGA events. Just to make things fair.
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What point would that prove exactly? If you've followed golf at all, you'd note that Sorenstam has been dominant on the LPGA of late. I think this will be an interesting challenge for her and if it gets even more people interesting in golf (a la Tigermania), then all the more power to her.
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I am well aware of the dominance of Sorenstam last year, but I think that there is no need to give a woman golfer a spot in a PGA tournament. If she can qualify for the tournament like the rest of the field then I would have no problem with it, but she is taking a sponshorship exemption to play, meaning that there is one less spot for a PGA player that may be able to play better than Annika. My comment about making things fair is that if women are going to start playing in PGA events, then men might as well start playing in LPGA events as well.
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Hey, it's a sponsor's exemption. They can ask whomever they wish to come play (although this usually goes to amateur champions, top club pros and the like). Obviously if she were going to make a habit of this, then it would be appropriate for her to go through Q school or one of the mini-tours and earn a spot that way. Your point is essentially a valid one, but a man on the LPGA vs a woman on the PGA are really two different things IMO. The man cannot win either way; if he destroys everyone he'll look like a cherry-picker...if he doesn't, he'll just look like a loser (and add validity to the women-can-compete-on-the-PGA-tour argument at the same time). The woman will either do poorly (and thereby reflect poorly on the LPGA...as pointed out by Tiger) or she'll do well and illustrate that the gap between men's and women's abilities, at least with respect to golf, are not as great as we thought. Honestly there are only a handful of women that could even dream of being semi-competitive on the PGA anyway, so it's really not all that big a deal IMO. Good publicity = good for the sport. Fine with me.
 
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: yamahaXS
Sorenstam averages 265 yards off the tee, which would rank close to 200th in driving distance on the PGA Tour.
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265 yards is more than enough for a short course like colonial.
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That's tha average driving distance for the PGA.

amish
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It puts her at about 170th on the driving distance stats. Tied with Mark Brooks and just ahead of Brad Faxon (both of whom have multiple victories on the PGA tour).
 
Originally posted by: AU Tiger


There is a LPGA for a reason. I think the bottom rung PGA golfers should start competing in LPGA events. Just to make things fair.
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Of all the arguments against her playing, this is by far the stupidest. Freaking crackers.

And sponsor exemptions always take a spot away from potentially deserving male players, so who the hell cares if she's a woman or not?
 
It will be intriguing to see how #1 LPGA player fare against male counterpart.

She is a great player and I'd be interested as to how she will deal with more penalizing greens and roughs compared to LPGA.

That event will be a rating jackpot for first two days and possibly weekend, especially if Tiger is in the field.
 
Originally posted by: Jhill
I'm all for her playing on the PGA tour but she should have to qualify just like everyone else.
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Like I said. It's a sponsor's exemption for a single tournament, not the whole tour. Furthermore, just getting to play in a tournament doesn't guarantee you're going to make any money. If you don't make the cut, you go home emptyhanded.

 
I go to the Colonial in Fort Worth every year. Lots of nice pretty, rich women that I have no chance with there.
Of course, I go there for the golf...
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Colonial is a very tough, tight course. I hope she plays well, she'll need her A game.
 
Originally posted by: Jhill
I'm all for her playing on the PGA tour but she should have to qualify just like everyone else.
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Everyone else doesn't have to qualify. Sponsor exemptions are given every week to players far less deserving than Sorenstam.
 
Sorenstam averages 265 yards off the tee, which would rank close to 200th in driving distance on the PGA Tour.
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That doesn't tell me much. If there's 50 people in front of her that are only hitting 270 I don't see it as *that* much of an advantage. Is there list of the hitters in the PGA laying around?
 
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