One of my faves (and the lovely lass pictured in my avatar) Jee Young Lee gets a nice shoutout from Golf Digest this month. They picked her as one of their "longshots" to keep an eye on at the U.S. Women's Open.

It's nice to see Jee Young getting some ink. But why is she a longshot? Sure, she hasn't won yet outside of Korea, but c'mon, the girl makes tons of money, pops up on leaderboards left and right, and has a pretty darn high world ranking!

To add insult to injury, Golf Digest then rank Jeong Jang's picture and said it was Jee Young Lee. Ouch. Somebody needs to invest in better copy editing!

(Their other longshots were Yani Tseng - you're a month too late, GD! - Louise Friberg and Minea Blomqvist.)

Here's a post in her Golf For Women blog by Stina Stirnberg about the last episode of Big Break:

http://www.golfforwomen.com/magazine/blogs/editors/2008/05/big-break-shock.html

There's also a preview clip of the next ep.

Stina says Liz and Adrienne were both "inconsolable" after their ousters. And not to underestimate Susan who "can play the pants off most of you."

Hey, Susan can play my pants off any time ... heh heh heh .... um, don't tell my wife I said that!

Want to win a trip for two to the ADT Championship in Florida? The winner also gets a chance to make a $1 million shot.

The sweepstakes is offered by Blue Diamond Almonds, which is an LPGA sponsor this year. They have booths at some of the tournaments, giving away samples. I've tried these - in fact, got some at the grocery store this morning - and they are really good. Especially the Wasabi and Soy Sauce flavor, mmmmmm.

There's a page on LPGA.com -- http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=14054&mid=1 -- where you can click into the entry form.

First round: Jill McGill 67, Lorena Ochoa 76. What the hell is going on??? Reminds of that Bill Murray speech in Ghostbusters about cats and dogs living together ... How shocking would it be if Ochoa missed the cut?

If that happens tmorrow, I think I'll start stocking up on canned goods, batteries and ammunition ...

Yes, YOU could win Hank Haney in a sweepstakes! Tiger doesn't need him anymore!

I kid! I kid! The sweepstakes is the Gillette "Get the Look of Champion" sweepstakes, and you can enter at http://www.dlblairsweeps.com/j8112/sweeps.form. The big prize is a trip for two that includes a private coaching session with Hank Haney.

As always check the rules before you enter!

Is it my imagination, or has Adams always signed mostly Champions Tour golfers to endorsement deals? That's the impression I have of Adams. They never tried to compete on the same field with the big boys, and they mostly focusted on signing the old guys. Maybe that's wrong, but that's the impression I have.

The reason I was thinking about this is that in the last two days I've seen announcements that Adams has signed Rory Sabbatini and Aaron Baddeley. A change in direction? A step up in playing field? Are they making a play to become one of the top-level companies?

Haven't posted a sweepstakes in a while, but here's a good one. Golf Digest, NBC and the USGA are teaming up for this one -- the winner gets to play Torrey Pines a week before the U.S. Open in 2008, along with three celebrities.

The idea behind this one comes from last year's U.S. Open when Tiger Woods said that a 10-handicapper wouldn't be able to break 100 at Oakmont under U.S. Open conditions. So here's a chance for a 10-handicapper (or scratch, or 20 or 30, or whatever) to play a U.S. Open venue under U.S. Open conditions.

Oh, and the round will be televised. Sounds scary!

Enter by Jan. 29, 2008, at www.gdopencontest.com