-#1 Yani Tseng got an eagle on the first hole of her final round, continued on to shoot a 66 and win the Honda LPGA Thailand 2012 at Chonburi yesterday. She bested Ai Miyazato by a single shot and Jiyain Shin by two. Tseng's opening day 73 was definitely the aberration as she then went 65, 65 and 66. Of note: Morgan Pressel got the third ace of the tournament with one at the 8th hole. Michelle Wie shot +1 on the day and finished at +1 and in a tie for 38th place (not impressive). Lexi Thompson, who started the day the same place as the Wie Lass, finished strong with a 66 and ended up in a tie for 14th place (impressive). More recap at lpga.com.
-Mickelson and Bradley tied at Pacific Palisades but several others in position to win. The two leaders, at -7, are being chased by 17 other players who are within five shots. If you add in the six at -1 (which is a pretty good place to be on the fourth day if we look back at the last several weeks), that makes a whopping 25 players in contention later today. Got any predictions?
-The Viking girls came back almost all the way from an 0-8 start but fell a point shy in their day game against Borden yesterday in regional play over at West Washington. Borden then went on to lose to Northeast Dubois, 35-31. Too bad for the Barr-Reeve team: Would have been fun to go over to BNL next Saturday and then up to Terre Haute for the state finals in two weeks. Dang. Btw, the highest Sagarin rated team, Fort Wayne Canterbury, bested Oregon-Davis, 63-45, to win their regional. Expect they remain the favorite to win it all. Brackets for 1A here.
-At Lakeview yesterday: Several golfers took advantage of the almost decent weather (almost 50 degrees, a little windy and overcast) to get in some play. I played 18 holes with Dave Wininger, Doug Denson and Short Jeffers (a game of 6-6-6 where Dave and I partnered up and skinned Doug and Short, something which doesn't happen all that often - like maybe this was the first time that I remember). The three long time Loogootee residents, still fiercely competitive, shed no tears on hearing that our neighbors lost over in Campbellsburg (that would be the Viking girls).
-Another cool day today but much better tomorrow. Got the day off? Lakeview's waiting for you.
-Mickelson and Bradley tied at Pacific Palisades but several others in position to win. The two leaders, at -7, are being chased by 17 other players who are within five shots. If you add in the six at -1 (which is a pretty good place to be on the fourth day if we look back at the last several weeks), that makes a whopping 25 players in contention later today. Got any predictions?
-The Viking girls came back almost all the way from an 0-8 start but fell a point shy in their day game against Borden yesterday in regional play over at West Washington. Borden then went on to lose to Northeast Dubois, 35-31. Too bad for the Barr-Reeve team: Would have been fun to go over to BNL next Saturday and then up to Terre Haute for the state finals in two weeks. Dang. Btw, the highest Sagarin rated team, Fort Wayne Canterbury, bested Oregon-Davis, 63-45, to win their regional. Expect they remain the favorite to win it all. Brackets for 1A here.
-At Lakeview yesterday: Several golfers took advantage of the almost decent weather (almost 50 degrees, a little windy and overcast) to get in some play. I played 18 holes with Dave Wininger, Doug Denson and Short Jeffers (a game of 6-6-6 where Dave and I partnered up and skinned Doug and Short, something which doesn't happen all that often - like maybe this was the first time that I remember). The three long time Loogootee residents, still fiercely competitive, shed no tears on hearing that our neighbors lost over in Campbellsburg (that would be the Viking girls).
-Another cool day today but much better tomorrow. Got the day off? Lakeview's waiting for you.
