lpga-player-rankings Stories - Hound Dog LPGA
Top 70 - September 2011
With the seven-week homestretch on the LPGA schedule now reduced to six, this is the perfect time to issue my next-to-last rankings of the 2011 season. The influence of 2010 statistics is dwindling (down to 15% now) so the vast majority of the rating is based on the current season. The third...
Top 70 - August 2011
The majors of 2011 are now behind us and with a two-week respite coming up, it's time to update the Top 70. These rankings are 65% based on 2011 with 35% based on 2010's statistics. As usual, the third column is the player's previous ranking, rookies are in bold and non-members are in italics. ...
Top 70 - June 2011
Even though it's been two months since I've posted an updated ranking of players, only four official events have been contested. But since we have two major championships on-deck, this seemed to be the proper moment. 45% of these rankings are based on 2011 performance with the remainder hinging...
Overcoming The Elite
Following the Kia Classic last month, The Constructivist wondered out loud whether Sandra Gal was the lowest-ranked player in recent years to defeat an elite field. I've mentioned previously how it is much more likely for a lesser player to win against a weaker field, and this seems like a good...
Top 70 - April 2011
I figured the best way to get back into the blogging swing would be to present my first Top 70 list of the year. 25% of the ranking is based on the five events played so far while 75% is based on last year's performance. The number in the third column is that player's final 2010 ranking. Rookies...
2011 Preseason Rankings
Several folks have already weighed in elsewhere with their entries in the 2011 Prognostication Derby and it is past time for me to do so. I tore myself away from things supposedly-more-important this morning and filled out my own Top 30 list. Rookies are in bold, non-members in italics. Notes...
Top 70 - 2010 Final
As I stated on Sunday, Yani Tseng is the 2010 Hound Dog Player of the Year but the race wound up just as close as the Rolex one. Only nine points separated first place from fifth. The third column is their previous ranking, players in bold are rookies, the ones in italics are non-members of the...
Top 70 - September 2010
As this is our final multi-week break of the year (unless other cancellations have slipped by me), it makes sense to update the HD Rankings. 2010 stats now account of 85% of the rating. As usual - the players in bold are rookies, the ones in italics are non-members of the Tour and the numbers on...
The 2010 LPGA Elevator - Moving Down
Here are some players who haven't been performing as well this year as we expected them to: MOVING DOWN Kristy McPherson Kristy finished T10 at the Jamie Farr Classic, so far her only Top 10 finish of the season after registering six (four of them Top 5s) a year ago. She's fallen from #18 at...
Winning Isn't Everything, Is It?
Our good friend Thomas Atkins recently posted his findings on LPGA tournament winners (I was wondering what he'd been up to lately!). It's so chock-full of information, your eyes might go blurry trying to bring it all in. Now that mine have cleared up, I have a few comments I'd like to make on...
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