A Big Break Winner Finally Makes The Cut
by Charles Boyer on Dec 13, 2010 9:43 AM EST
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It took 13 seasons, but a winner of Golf Channel's Big Break has finally made the cut at the event they won entry into. Carling Coffing, winner of Big Break: Sandals Resort, played last weekend at the Dubai Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour, and was in eighth place headed into weekend play. She ended up tied for 22nd after rounds of 75 and 74 slid her backwards, where she ended up level with Carin Koch and Lexi Thompson, among others.
Other players - and not all of them winners of the show - have gone on and had success at various levels of the pro game, but so far only Coffing has taken the show's grand prize and earned a paycheck with it.
Featuring 108 golfers from 27 countries, the Ladies' Euro Tour season-ending event was also the conclusion of the season long battle between England's Laura Davies and South Africa's Lee-Ann Pace for the top spot on the Ladies European Tour table, and was won by Iben Tinning, who was playing her swan-song event on the tour. Tinning's four day scores of 70-69-69-69 for 11-under took her off of the Euro Tour stage in style. She earned € 75,000 for her victory.
Pace ended up winning the money title, and became the first ever South African to win the Ladies European Tour's Henderson Money List, formerly known as the order of merit. She earned a €20,000 bonus for the season victory.
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I only saw Coffing on TV a couple of times – one tee shot and one putt for a birdie. It wasn’t her first birdie in the tournament, but she did that dumb “birdie dance” that caused a lot of rolled eyes on The Big Break. She didn’t do that for every birdie, did she ? That’s a good way to make enemies.
"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that justifies it." - Frederic Bastiat
Thats Cool....Glad she played well.
Yeah, the dance gets old fast, but I hope she continues to do well.
The Saints ARE the SUPER BOWL CHAMPS....WHO DAT!
My guess is some of
the regular girls on the tour will get her aside and give her the good word on the “dance” The players themselves have a way of taking care of things….I hope she does well, although I wasn’t impressed with her game on Big Break…..STUB
She struggled under pressure, true
In the BB final, she fell apart a bit, but just a little less than her opponent.
I think that for players of that skill level, the ones that make it to the top are the ones that can manage that competitive pressure the best.
I know that for several years I wanted to win one of my club’s major tournaments so bad that I would promptly go out and fall apart when they came. It was a matter of trying so hard to play that I ended up getting tense and stupid tactically. No one will ever mistake me for a great golfer, but I ought to go and shoot my handicap when it matters instead of wretching the first few holes.
by Charles Boyer on Dec 13, 2010 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
Don’t forget – the handicap formula is set up that they don’t expect you to shoot your handicap or better but 1 time out of 4 rounds. Tournament rounds are even more nerve wracking.
"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that justifies it." - Frederic Bastiat
Yep...1 out of 4
But I want that one out of every four to be when I am concentrating the best and taking my time to not do anything dumb.
With me, it’s just overthinking and sometimes playing too cautiously. In the match play I nearly won, I decided to play with controlled aggression…and to make other people make silly shots when I could. For example, on the 17th hole I told you about the other day, I would go for the green in two but in a way where I would be safe if I missed. They would try to counter and in 4 of 5 matches, my opposition dropped it in the hazard. I just need to play more like that in stroke play events.
by Charles Boyer on Dec 13, 2010 5:07 PM EST up reply actions
And I want to look like Brad Pitt and date Angelina Jolie ! :-D
Isn’t it amazing how we make these great sounding plans and do all the work to play the way we want to…then the golf gods pull the rug out from under our feet ?
"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that justifies it." - Frederic Bastiat
The Greek/Roman gods always had a great sense of humour
at human expense.We wouldn’t allow them into our golf fraternity, however, as they cheated at everything.
Well, no...it's mental consistency
I can manage my thoughts most of the time, and know there will be good and bad.
Sometimes you have to forget all that and stay in the moment, no matter the situation.
by Charles Boyer on Dec 13, 2010 10:57 PM EST up reply actions
did you happen to catch The Golf Fix tonight ? Bubba Watson said something pretty similar. He said he just has to play and not think too much about that he’s doing.
"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that justifies it." - Frederic Bastiat
Bubba does that because to think a lot for him
probably causes him to think of the whole situation, not one shot at a time. The ultimate thinker, Nicklaus, the more he concentrated, the more the pressure came off. For most of us, it probably freezes us over the ball . For me, if I do the basics right, I relax more and play well…when I get lazy, I pick the club up more in the back swing and spray the ball a bit more. Then the frustration grows. Matchplay, I react to my opponent. If he duffs a shot and I’m 230 yards out, I lay up instead of trying to kill him off with a good 3 wood to the green. Stroke play, I’d probably go for it.
Interesting thought. You’re right about Nicklaus being an ultimate thinkier. A while back, I got to meet a guy who used to do some physical therapy for Nicklaus and gave him his pre-round rubdowns at the ’86 Masters. He said that as soon as they started the massage, Nicklaus closed his eyes and started playing his round in his mind – talking his way through every shot he wanted to play on all 18 holes, including where he wanted the balls to land on fairways and greens.
It would be fun to know if, after he played the round mentally, he just saw himself as a part of that plan or went into “one shot at a time” mode.
Hey Eas – when you go out for a round, do you usually play a match with someone (matchplay scoring) or is it mostly stroke play with some games or side bets ?
"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that justifies it." - Frederic Bastiat
Strokeplay or stableford.
I like doing matchplay in winter, but my mates aren’t so keen. 2 of em, who play off 19 and 20 don’t like the 3 quarter shot rule for matchplay , lol. They don’t like less shots off the rest of us.
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