2008 lpga player profiles Stories - Hound Dog LPGA
Player Profiles - Part 9
This is the final segment of my player profile series. If there are any other players you would like to see profiled, let me know in the comments. #45 Kristy McPherson Kristy's six Top 10 finishes were offset by seven missed cuts. She played her best in July when she rattled off three straight...
Player Profiles - Part 8
#38 Meena Lee Winner of the 2008 Yu Ping Lin Award for leading the Tour in driving accuracy, Meena only finished 40th in Total Driving due to a paltry 237-yard average distance (T140). Tied for second in Arkansas and tied for fourth at the Ochoa Invitational, the best of her four Top 10 finishes...
Player Profiles - Part 7
My final three installments of profiles will focus on an assortment of players who finished in the Top 70. #31 Brittany Lang As part of the greatest rookie class in LPGA history in 2006, Lang ranked #25 on Tour with seven Top 10 finishes. In comparison, Brittany's 2007 was - to put it nicely -...
Player Profiles - Part 6
Click the links if you missed Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. #26 Christina Kim (27-20-8) Nine Top 10s in 30 starts but only one of them (T2 at Michelob) was a Top 5. Christina also missed four cuts, two of them coming in majors - the Kraft Nabisco and LPGA Championship. Those 30 starts tied Seon Hwa...
Player Profiles - Part 5
#21 Katherine Hull (NR-NR-21) Quick - how many players won a million dollars in LPGA events this year? If you cheated by looking at the money list and answered 13, you lose. Add Ji-Yai Shin to those official money listers for a record total of 14 millionaires in 2008. Count Hull among those...
Player Profiles - Part 4
#16 Hee-Won Han (28-17-13) Aside from winning an event and finishing only 19th on the money list, it was a typical Hee-Won Han season in 2008. Nine Top 10s (from '03 to '06, her range was 8-11 per season) with two missed cuts (two per year in that prior stretch). All four of her Top 5s came...
Player Profiles - Part 3
Click the links if you missed Part 1 or Part 2. #11 Inbee Park (NR-NR-6) It was a curious path Park walked in 2008. She began with missed cuts in the first two events in Hawaii. March brought three straight Top 10s, one of them a tie for third at Corona. A lull in April and May culminated in...
Player Profiles - Part 2
Part 2 of my Player Profile series, continuing with those who rank in my final Top 30. #6 Cristie Kerr (8-15-5) Won the Safeway Classic in late August, the eleventh victory of her career. Kerr also recorded 11 Top 10 finishes, finished fifth in scoring and did not miss a single cut. On the...
Player Profiles - Part 1
As I did a year ago, I'll profile each of my Top 30 players five at a time and will write up several others who might be of interest. After each player's name, I will list in order where they ranked at the end of 2007, my preseason ranking, and the highest position they were ranked during the 2008...
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