The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - 2/12/09

by Ryan Ballengee on Feb 13, 2009 10:29 AM EST

I'm going to start doing a quick summary of the day that was in golf each day on the blog. I won't go into the same amount of detail as game stories that you might find through the major publications or other blogging pals that do in depth summaries. I'd like to use these as a jumping off point for talking all things golf.

And if you have a better name for it, let me know. Here we go!

The Good

Michelle Wie - She fired -6 round of 66 in her first round as a LPGA card holder. She usually plays well in Hawaii for obvious reasons, but this has to get the performance monkey off of her back right away. Eight birdies on your card will do that for you.
LPGA Tour rookies - Vicky Hurst and Mika Miyazato are at -2. Stacy Lewis is -1. Ji Yai Shin is E. Not a bad start, though I would guess there are higher expectations on Shin that the others.
The Beemer - Always seems like a few times per year that Rich Beem decides to find his form. Yesterday's first round at Pebble Beach was one of those times. He played his front 9 in five under par and rallied after a bogey at 16 for two more birdies.
Angela Stanford - I said on LPGA on GNN that I expect big things of her this year. So far, she's delivered. So what if it's one round?
Noh Seung-yul - A 17-year-old from South Korea, fired a 10-under 62 on Thursday to take the first-round lead at the Malaysian Open on the European Tour. Ryo Ishi-who?

The Bad

Last place - On the LPGA side, it was Young Jo with an 85. Robert Floyd fired 80 at the Pebble Beach event. Who? Floyd finished 48th in the event last year, but missed his other two cuts. Ohhh, I get it now.
Se Ri Pak - There's not much talk of Pak these days among the Korean elite and an opening round of +7 (79) will not help.
Anna Rawson - Last week, she played an angry Sunday to finish 10th in Australia. That didn't carry over to Hawaii where it isn't nearly as hot. She fired an 80.

The Ugly

Vijay Singh - Yeah, he doesn't lead the tournament, but he came in for a landing at even par yesterday. He can't be upset about that. But one birdie and one bogey all day? Consistency is boring.

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The Classics never go out of style...

…any time you can work a Clint movie in – do it. It may seem like a cliche – but it’s one I never get tired of. Keep the name.

Good first effort, too !

I would add the LPGA broadcast crew outside of Brian Hammond (except for his incessant references to Wie). They still laugh at their own “jokes”, hold their breath throug a sentence followed by an annoying exhale (a horrid FM dj affectation). The worst part of the night was giving Se Ri Pak “100% credit for the Korean golf explosion on the LPGA” – leaving out Grace Park, who came on the scene just 2 years later.

Then, to add insult to injury, they said that there were kids in Korea watching Pak saying “well if SHE can do it – I sure can.” Nice – real nice.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Feb 13, 2009 11:35 AM EST reply actions

Hang on...

…a guy coming off of knee surgery shooting even par is “Ugly” ? “Consistency is boring” ? Come on – picking on one round in a vacuum ? What about the other 17 who shot even par without knee surgery ? -1 or +1 isn’t “consistent” ?

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Feb 13, 2009 11:39 AM EST reply actions

I had to come up with something

Haha, I’m still trying to figure out what’s ugly about golf other than Ryan Moore’s PING headband.

by Ryan Ballengee on Feb 13, 2009 11:57 AM EST up reply actions

I like it!

Athough I might have put Robert Floyd in the Ugly category – of course he was consistent with a 40-40. Or maybe Patrick Sheehand with a triple at Spy Glass. I have to agree with Courtgolf – Vijay doesn’t deserve to be called ugly.

by red tees on Feb 13, 2009 11:57 AM EST reply actions