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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,...
Kerr's Early Dominance May Have Been Her Undoing
This year's US Women's Open began the weekend featuring three American players - two of them prominent stars on the LPGA Tour in Cristie Kerr and Paula Creamer. The Saturday round proved to be the undoing of Creamer's chances as a 79 squandered any real shot of claiming the title. Kerr, though,...
Did A Shortened Saucon Valley Pay Off?
Mike Davis and the USGA reduced the yardage of Saucon Valley's Old Course for each day of the 64th US Women's Open. Never playing its full scorecard distance of 6740, the Sunday final round featured a course that played almost 6300 yards. Almost every hole saw dramatic differences in where the...
US Women's Open Saturday: An All American Showdown
Halfway through the 2009 US Women's Open, it appears that American players are on the cusp of a major championship victory. The final pair features Cristie Kerr - one of the heavy pre-tournament favorites - and one of the fan favorites in Paula Creamer, who has been battling known and unknown...
US Women's Open Thursday: PA & USGA Share A Love Affair
Our US Women's Open correspondent, Nisha Sadekar, checks in from the Saucon Valley. by NISHA SADEKAR BETHLEHEM, PA -- Today was a perfect day. Women's golf is alive and well. You wouldn't even sniff problems circulating within the LPGA. Despite the drama that in regards to Commissioner Carolyn...
Meet Our US Women's Open Correspondent
Many of you familiar with Waggle Room are familiar with Nisha Sadekar. She's the woman behind Play Golf Designs, a former professional golfer herself, and one hell of a businesswoman. I've had her on The 19th Hole as a guest. A number of you may well also remember her from the drive-by shooting...
A US Women's Open Preview That Has Nothing to Do With Carolyn Bivens
Play in the 64th US Women's Open begins tomorrow at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, PA. In Bee Park is the defending champion on a course that will play to a yardage of 6740 yards and a par of 71 (though, as I'll talk about later today, par doesn't really matter). Hound Dog expects that...
The LPGA Schedule Screwed Over Michelle Wie from Getting Into the Open
There has been quite a bit of uproar about the USGA's modified exemption criteria into the US Women's Open. Randall Mell has been doing a good job with the Golf Channel of covering the story of how the USGA changed it criteria for 2009. Here's how the criteria used to work: [T]he USGA offered...
Go On Record: Make Your US Women's Open Picks
As a big fan of the science of prognostication, I always like going on record before a major championship in golf. Hell, I go on record every week before PGA Tour stops for fantasy golf. (And man, did I look bad this week on AK!) But, now it's your turn to predict the winner of the US Women's...
2009 US Women's Open Grouping & Tee Times
The USGA released the groupings and tee times for the US Women's Open, which is next week at Saucon Valley CC in Bethlehem, PA. Here are some of my favorite groupings: Karrie Webb, Australia; Pat Hurst, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Ai Miyazato, Japan Song-Hee Kim, Korea; Katherine Hull, Australia; Angela...
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