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Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Preview

Defending Champion - Paula Creamer

Highland Meadows Golf Club

Sylvania, Ohio

72 holes, begins Thursday

Par 71, 6428 yards

Field Score - 95

Tournament Odds - from Oddschecker.com

Last Player In - Michelle Ellis (#165)

First Players Out -Becky Lucidi (#167), Carri Wood

Scoring Averages - 71.48 (2008), 72.04 (2007), 71.56 (2006)

2009 Scoring Average to date - 72.78

 

U.S TV coverage (all times EDT):

Fri  4p-6p  ESPN2

Sat  3p-5p  ESPN2

Sun  4p-6p  ESPN2

Star-divide

One of my favorite events, the Klinger Klassic in Toledo will be contested for the 25th time beginning Thursday.  Paula Creamer blitzed the field in the first two rounds last year, starting off 60-65, and held on to win by two shots over Nicole Castrale.  Paula injured her left thumb during Wegmans so it remains to be seen if she will be able to defend her title as well as she would like.

Over the last few years, Highland Meadows has been the most consistent course on Tour scoring-wise with less than a 0.6 stroke difference between its high/low marks since 2005.  It's not a pushover by any stretch, either - with par at 71, the average has always been between a half and a full stroke over par.  A fine "veteran" course of average length.

Last year's tournament was held near the end of a long consecutive-week stretch in the LPGA schedule and many top players passed it up to prep for the upcoming European swing.  Not so this year - with the U.S. Open next week, the Farr is the unofficial warmup event for the year's third major.  Lorena Ochoa is here for the first time since 2004, after paying the 1-in-4 fine for missing last year.  Karrie Webb and Mi Hyun Kim are the only HD Top 40 players not in Toledo so the Field Score of 95 obliterates last year's 34.  Only three '08 events had lower Field Scores than the Farr but only two '09 events have been higher.  If you've been reading my tournament previews faithfully, you've probably spotted a related trend this year - I'll be posting in depth about that topic soon.

As I mentioned last week this is Event #14 so the money list standings following the Farr will adjust Categories 13-21 of the Priority list for the second time this year, officially effective for Evian but in actuality effective for Safeway at the end of August.  The field cutoff is about ten spots lower than I anticipated, giving Maggie Will, Paige Mackenzie, Na Ri Kim, Brandie Burton, Brandi Jackson, Jackie Gallagher-Smith and Michelle Ellis a second "last chance" at improving their status.  I hope they take advantage.

Se Ri Pak has a record of great success at Highland Meadows (five wins and four other Top 10s over the last 11 years) and has played pretty well in recent weeks.  Do I repeat my 2007 prediction of a Pak victory, even with the strength of this field?  Nope.

1.  Angela Stanford

2.  Kristy McPherson

3.  Jiyai Shin

4.  Cristie Kerr

5.  In-Kyung Kim

6.  Ai Miyazato

7.  Yani Tseng

8.  Lorena Ochoa

9.  Stacy Lewis

10. Se Ri Pak

11. Suzann Pettersen

12. Michelle Wie

 

Stats:  Winner  3-13

Winner in Top 12  6-13

Top 10s      58  4.5

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Other Priority List moves

As I outlined in my SeoulSisters post there could be a few players moving into Category 8 as well. Anna Nordqvist’s maiden win will put her into Category 5 behind Ji Yai Shin, but of course since that win was at a major she’s already punched her ticket to Saucon Valley, Evian and Royal Lytham and St Annes anyway.

Kevin

by IceCat on Jun 30, 2009 11:46 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

you are correct on all points about Nordqvist

I had missed that Category 5 was the “Current Year Win Category”. So there are three ways to move up during the season:

1) winning a tournament (goes to Cat-5)
2) placing in the money list Top 40 (goes to Cat-8)
3) getting reordered by overall money list (goes to appropriate spot just after Cat-12)

by hound dog on Jul 1, 2009 3:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

WBO Qualifier

Once again the Farr serves as the US qualifier for the Women’s British Open: the top 5 players after 36 holes not otherwise qualified get to go to Royal Lytham and St Annes. Entries have now closed for the event.

Kevin

by IceCat on Jul 1, 2009 12:14 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

did you hear?

Angela Stanford’s mom has breast cancer. Or did I hear that from you?

Here’s my preview:

http://mlyhlss.blogspot.com/2009/07/jamie-farr-owens-corning-classic.html

by The Constructivist on Jul 1, 2009 12:39 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Michelle McGann

I have noticed she has been treated better than her 200-207 status, including this week. This will be her 8th event. Others in similar standing have only played 2 or 3. Anybody know why?

by Phil E. Blunts on Jul 1, 2009 6:04 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Bubble player standings

Status player money money list
151. Kang $111,879 50th
152. Sjodin $70,212 75th
153. Jim Jeong $65,105 79th
154. Hanna-Will $65,095 80th
155. Kemp $57,764 85th
156. Yi $48,915 93rd
157. Burton $43,361 96th
158. Mackenzie $40,816 99th
159. Leon $32,207 107th
160. Lucidi $17,944 T124th
161. NR Kim $16,912 126th
162. Gall Smith $9,785 137th
163.Din Ammacappane $7,489 143rd
164. Jackson $7,270 144th
165. Wood $5,750 145th
166. Will $5,597 149th
167. Ellis $0
169. Yang $0
207. McGann $0
397. Jerman $0

Right now Lucidi is 1st alt and Wood is 2nd alt. How big is it for them to get in?
How much does Angela Jerman have to Gain/Lose?

Lets take a look at #152- #159. Money list standings go from #75-#107. With the year ending importantace of being in the top 80 and with only 4 or 5 standard full field events left, this is a big week to jockey ,if in fact #155 is the magic number to get in as many tournaments as possible.

 If not more important is #160 plus. At this point getting in the top 125 and P-15 status for 2010 would be a great achievment.

Def an interesting week for those of us who enjoy the misery these players face week to week:)

by Phil E. Blunts on Jul 1, 2009 6:58 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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