Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia Preview
by hound dog on Oct 11, 2011 3:00 PM PDT
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Defending Champion - Jimin Kang Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 72 holes, begins Thursday (Wed evening EDT) Par 71, 6208 yards Tournament Odds - from Oddschecker.com Last Player In - n/a First Players Out - n/a Scoring Averages - 72.32 (2010) 2011 Scoring Average to date - 73.09
U.S. TV coverage (all times EDT): Thu 930p-1130p GC Fri 930p-1130p GC Sat 930p-1130p GC Sun 930p-1130p GC |
The Tour's second trip to Malaysia is Stop #2 on this fall's Asian Swing. Jimin Kang permanently removed her name from Fluke consideration with her second career victory in last year's inaugural, besting Juli Inkster by one shot. This year's tournament expands to 72 holes, joining next week's Taiwan event in breaking the Asian Swing model of only 54-hole tournaments.
While last week's field was plenty strong, this week's is slightly better as all of my Top 10 players and 18 of my Top 20 will tee it up. Also, recent up-and-comers Tiffany Joh and Caroline Hedwall made the limited field. With ROY front-runner Hee Kyung Seo not playing, this is a great opportunity for Joh to narrow the 282-point gap in that race. With a win, Joh would chop 150 points off of that lead.
I could point out that there is no cut in this four-day event or that the late-evening Golf Channel coverage means that they will be airing taped action at the same time live action is taking place, but I would be duplicating information already provided by Tony Jesselli at Mostly Harmless. The previews at MH by Tony and The Constructivist have been putting mine to shame recently so be sure to check them out every week.
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Field score
Thanks for the mention.
Can you define field score? Haven’t seen that anywhere else.
Field Score
Using my current Top 40 player list, every player from 1-10 counts four points apiece, 11-20 counts three, 21-30 counts two and 31-40 counts one. Maximum score is 100. Crude but useful.
Field score.
I think it’s great. It certainly makes sense that if your missing the #2 player, the field is weaker than missing #39. For my player of the year I use strength of field based on the amount of players teeing it up in the top 50 of the Rolex Rankings. I am always looking for better ideas. In 2012 I am thinking of using a variation of your system, using the top 80 in the RR and assigning a higher value to the higher ranked players.
I don’t know if you keep records of this or not, but do you know whick tournament had the highest and lowest field scores this year. I am curious. My guess wpould be the Kraft and the RR Donnelly.
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