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Mixed Messages from the US Women's Open

Our US Women's Open correspondent, Nisha Sadekar, files her final report on the tournament and Ji' s win.

BETHLEHEM, PA -

The US Women’s Open has come to a close and Eun Hee Ji is the 2009 Champion.

I was playing golf yesterday and it is virtually impossible to track scores on a blackberry, unless you want to wait 5 minutes for outdated updates.  (Not really.)  That is what texting your friends at home is for - to get them to send you updates.  I was also able to scroll through Twitter updates to find the necessary information.

Ji made a clutch 20-footer on 18 to secure the title, and normally I’d be able to find the highlight of it on TV, but I couldn’t. 

In fact, last night while watching CNN, the scrolling bar at the bottom of the screen said "Kerr extends lead at the open."  Are you serious?

Instead of seeing Ji hoisting the trophy in the air, I saw footage of Cristie Kerr making a mess of her final round and getting mad about it.  In the ESPN highlight reel, they showed one point where she attacked her golf bag by kicking it.  Now there’s footage that women’s golf needs right now.

In search of more "2009 US Women’s Open Championship" information, I went online and found an article in which Juli Inkster decided to speak out on Carolyn Bivens taking a hike from the LPGA. 

"I expect it to be resolved this week and then move on," Inkster said Sunday after her final round of the U.S. Women's Open at Saucon Valley Country Club.  Inkster finished T-26, alongside Lorena Ochoa.  "I think Carolyn has done a lot of great things for our tour and I think she worked really hard," Inkster said. "But some of the things she tried just didn't work, whether it's her fault or not, it just wasn't working."

Inkster said the board plans on taking its time to find a new commissioner.  "Right now, we want to take our time and find the right person for the job," she said. "And you can't do that on a whim."

In other interesting finds, while surfing the LPGA website, their "Quick 18" question and answer featured Kyeong Bae, a young Korean player that finished T-9 this week.  When asked what her favorite pizza toppings were, her response was "Pineapple, ham, and potato."  Am I the only one that doesn’t know that you could get potato on a pizza? 

Sure there are problems surrounding the LPGA, but the tour still has an opportunity to finish the year on a strong note.  The presence of the players at the Women's Open this week was truly amazing.  There was a lot of positive energy out there, which leads me to believe that the same energy isn’t filtering through to the media.  That is something that will need to be handled immdediately upon the entrance of the "interim commissioner."  

Congrats Eun Hee Ji on a well deserved open.

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now that’s dedication – trying to keep up with scores via the Blackberry while playing your own round of golf !

I had the DVR running to get all the action, but saw the last 3 holes in the clubhouse – so I’m not in this fan’s league. I’m impressed.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

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