Thursday, November 3, 2011

Bits and Pieces

-Rainy and cool.  Rain just right for Eric's overseeding of the fairways and the approaches yesterday.  That became necessary after the hot and droughty summers of the past two years.  Nice weather returns tomorrow.  Hurray.

-LPGA is working on a Solheim Cup like event that will involve golfers from around the world.  From ESPNW:

According to the report, plans call for at least eight nations competing with four-women teams in an undetermined match-play type of format. Most likely, the Rolex World rankings at the end of 2011 will be used to determine which countries qualify. Once the teams are determined, respective players would earn their way on either through the rankings or the LPGA money list.
Sounds great. 

-Lakeview's event of a similar nature:  Been wanting to do that sort of thing out at Lakeview for a long time now but have always stumbled over the format and the scoring.  Maybe the LPGA event will help me finally put together such a competition.  (Thursday Leaguers - look for a trial run sometime during next season's play!)

-Keegan Bradley has the first round lead at the HSBC.  A POY candidate if he wins.  Question:  If Rory should win the event - he's at -2, five strokes back, shouldn't he be another strong candidate for PGA POY?  I mean, he already has one POY in his pocket (yes, I know, undeserved and a travesty of justice).

-Rain looks like it's through with our neck of the woods.  Still kinda cool for golf though.  Will trek down to the mail box and test the waters, so to speak.