LPGA 2009: Going Where I Have Never Gone

by Ryan Ballengee on Feb 11, 2009 10:13 AM EST

In my writing and broadcasting life, I've never tried to do any kind of predictive list. I haven't said who would win majors, who would do well on the money list, or anything like that. And when I try to predict specific events, I just fall flat on my face. But, the contest ongoing unbeknownst to Ron Sirak between him, The Constructivist, Mulligan Stu, Bill Jempty, and Hound Dog is just too fun to not be in this year.

That said, here is my completely unscientific Top 30 for the 2009 LPGA Tour season.

1. Lorena Ochoa	16. IK Kim
2. Ji-Yai Shin	17. Christina Kim
3. Paula Creamer	18. Morgan Pressel
4. Seon Hwa Lee	19. Hee-Won Han
5. Suzann Pettersen	20. Jeong Jang
6. Yani Tseng	21. Michelle Wie
7. Angela Stanford	22. Stacy Lewis
8. Cristie Kerr	23. Natalie Gulbis
9. Jee Young Lee	24. Karrie Webb
10. Angela Park	25. Brittany Lang
11. Na Yeon Choi	26. Shanshan Feng
12. Katherine Hull	27. Momoko Ueda
13. Eun-Hee Ji	28. Mi Hyun Kim
14. Song Hee Kim	29. Vicky Hurst
15. Ji Young Oh	30. Stacy Prammanasudh

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Hey

You left me out. I’m in the contest too.

by Bill Jempty on Feb 11, 2009 10:18 AM EST reply actions

Whoops, I will edit

Sorry!

by Ryan Ballengee on Feb 11, 2009 10:25 AM EST reply actions

wow -

everybody seems to be solidly on the Shin Train. Should be interesting to watch.

No way Wie makes the top 30 this year. (my anti-prediction) :-)

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Feb 11, 2009 12:34 PM EST reply actions

Haha

I’m sold on Shin. Last year was enough for me.

by Ryan Ballengee on Feb 11, 2009 12:51 PM EST reply actions

how about...

…a graphic with “the experts” across the top and their predictions all on one page ? And put it somewhere we’ll be able to get to it for the entire season.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Feb 11, 2009 1:35 PM EST reply actions