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On today’s AGM we talk about LPGA Q-school and the fallout for the players.
Also we talked about the many great stories from KFT finals and the players getting their cards.
Give it a listen ,like, subscribe etc.
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Why does LPGA continue to treat the players as an afterthought? The greens haven’t grown in? Can’t find a different course? The men would never put up with it - and the Tour wouldn’t put them in that position. Meanwhile, there are plenty of courses in the Midwest where hurricanes never are an issue.
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I’m caddying for a friend this week and just adding some context on how much this is costing players: entry fee alone is $3500-4000 (depending on if you have to start at stage 1 or exempt to 2) hotel/airbnb, rental car, groceries, yardage books/advance practice rounds
BREAKING NEWS:
A very unfortunate situation at @LPGA 2nd stage in at Plantation Country Club in Venice Florida.
The stage (there is only one second stage site) was set to begin Tuesday and the entire field is in Florida. However it will not be played this week.
In an email sent to players they were told the course was unplayable from the rain from the Hurricane. The course wasn’t going to be able to mow until mid week and with more rain scheduled next week the decision was made to delay it for two weeks.
However there is important context. One of the two courses at the club redid all of their greens starting in June. And because of weather (over 50 inches of rain) there have been delays.
In fact the course is still not open to the members yet and the first rounds were to be played Sunday by the players in the Q-school field.
In an email sent to players last week the tour indicated there would be areas that were marked ground under repair.
“Areas not fully recovered will be marked ground under repair”
So the situation seemed less than ideal to start, tho a source did tell me the conditions had improved greatly over the last few weeks.
But they couldn’t recover from the latest rain and it left the Tour no choice.
With so many international players this leaves a real logistical nitemare for the players and at a huge financial burden.
Really unfortunate.
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Their history of good decision making is poor, at best. There should always be a backup plan, end of story.
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LPGA Q school is run horrifically every single year. There’s a disaster every single year without fail.
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@acaseofthegolf1 my friend, 🇮🇹 Ale Fanali has published this in her Instagram account.
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To add some more context to the LPGA Q-school cancellation.
Multiple players who are Euro Tour members skipped the event in Korea this week in order to get to the States. Skipping a $2 million purse, (part of the Aramco series events) by FAR the biggest purses of the year.
Others decided to play that LET event in Korea then caught a flight today that will get them to Florida tomorrow. Those players found out about the cancellation via email during their flight.
The new date is…..the same week as another Aramco Series event in Europe….missing another $2 million dollar purse event.
Multiple players reached out about Airbnb’s booked for a week that won’t be refunded, groceries bought, etc. This is before new flights or long drives.
For the international players obv the flight replacements will be even more.
Daniela Iacobelli retweeted
BREAKING NEWS:
A very unfortunate situation at @LPGA 2nd stage in at Plantation Country Club in Venice Florida.
The stage (there is only one second stage site) was set to begin Tuesday and the entire field is in Florida. However it will not be played this week.
In an email sent to players they were told the course was unplayable from the rain from the Hurricane. The course wasn’t going to be able to mow until mid week and with more rain scheduled next week the decision was made to delay it for two weeks.
However there is important context. One of the two courses at the club redid all of their greens starting in June. And because of weather (over 50 inches of rain) there have been delays.
In fact the course is still not open to the members yet and the first rounds were to be played Sunday by the players in the Q-school field.
In an email sent to players last week the tour indicated there would be areas that were marked ground under repair.
“Areas not fully recovered will be marked ground under repair”
So the situation seemed less than ideal to start, tho a source did tell me the conditions had improved greatly over the last few weeks.
But they couldn’t recover from the latest rain and it left the Tour no choice.
With so many international players this leaves a real logistical nitemare for the players and at a huge financial burden.
Really unfortunate.
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The legend @DIac1127 using heads to sign flags.
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Pro-am party at Indian Wells Resort
1. Annabelle Pancake and Megha Ganne in a a Q and A at the pro am party with @EpsonTour
2. The legend @DIac1127
3. It’s rare to run into unique pro-am gifts. But a Cowboy Hat is one of them.
4. Pro-am at 8am today with Julia Gregg.
Daniela Iacobelli retweeted
What a mess ...
A surprising move.
Chad Coleman, the @LPGA's chief marketing officer who only assumed the role this spring, has stepped down to spend more time with his family. Staff was informed this morning.
The LPGA has hired Aon exec Taylor Strick as its new SVP/Marketing
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'I don’t know what the f*** we’re doing so wrong' - Mel Reid shares frustration over 'heartbreaking' Solheim Cup numbers golfmonthly.com/news/dont-kn…
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Pretty boring round for @DIac1127 on the @EpsonTour to finish 3rd this week.
I texted her a congrats and she said “the old bird still got it”
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PSA: don’t sit next to @DIac1127 at the slots, she will smack your hand when she wins big and bruise you
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Amen. This is beautiful!
I challenge anyone to find more fair pricing of food and drink at a professional sports event like this… @MeijerLPGA Classic. Come out for Father’s Day where all dads and kids 17 and under are FREE.!
@mglbill
@GolfweekNichols
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This is Frank.
He is one of the 200+ unsung heroes volunteering to help with agronomy this week @USOpenGolf.
Today alone Frank will fill over 1,000 divots around Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
He woke up this morning at 2 a.m. to begin his 4 a.m. shift.
People from all around the world come to help out this week. Frank traveled 600 miles from North Carolina.
"For me this is a World Cup, World Series, national championship rolled into one. There's so much preparation that goes into this. It's phenomenal. Golf course superintendents are an incredible community. I wasn't going to miss this."