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Originally Posted by JoMar
It was still a great tournament as most of the LPGA games are. Their game is closer to our game. Though I still can't hit a 241 yard second shot to the green  |
I'm not sure most of them can either. I've seen these women play and have played with a few of them back in the day. Of course they all hit it longer these days and there are a few exception but the ones I've seen play and played with hit it about 220 off the tee. Look back to when Anika played in that men's event. She went on a long term project to build muscle and develop more distance. After all that, she couldn't hit it close to her male counterparts.
I sometimes wonder if the television folks are giving accurate yardages.
I don't mean to take anything away from them. They are great players. It's just that I've never seen any of them hit it that long.
And retiredguy123 is correct. I've been to several LPGA events and am sometimes shocked at where the tees are placed. I ran into a few of the girls at the Foot Joy factory when I worked in Brockton and they were playing at Ferncroft in Middleton, MA. Their response was. "Wouldn't you rather watch us make birdies?" I think that's what the tour has in mind when they do these kind of things. I just think that it's a shame that when Arnold Palmer and Desmond Muirhead designed such a great hole they decided to put that pond behind the green to make player think about whether they want to go for that green or not. Then the LPGA comes along and places and artificial barrier to allow them to just bomb it with no consequences. I felt bad for Nellie Korda. Even though she screwed up that hole, she probably would have won that tournament if not for that wall.