Parting shot: Wendy's Championship, great tourney, great cause
If you missed the Wendy's Championship for Children, you missed a really great tourney. The back nine on Sunday produced high drama, with Annika Sorenstam posting -17 with a final round 66 and sitting as the leader in the clubhouse. 19 year old Paula Creamer, sporting her "pretty in pink" outfit, made a valiant last-ditch charge by birdieing the beguiling par-3 17th hole, which is short but deceptive requiring a shot over water. Meanwhile, Cristie Kerr showed grit and determination by rolling in a huge 20-foot par putt on that same hole, to maintain her lead at -18. Cristie said that putt was "huge," as almost "as good as a birdie." That set the stage for 18 on which Paula Creamer tried to force a playoff with a 50-foot birdie putt that grazed the lip, ... but did not fall in. Said Paula, "I hit a great putt. I thought it was in." The spectators on 18 were screaming with anticipation as the ball almost dropped in. Wow, great finish.
There will be more time to debate how the LPGA can generate even greater fan interest (which we believe is deserved on the women's tour, see Doug's post below). Today, The Golf Blog would like to commend and thank both the LPGA and the Wendy's Championship for Children for the wonderful week of golf. The tournament was a huge success, not only for golf, but for the charity raised for pediatric cancer research at Columbus Children's Hospital ($2.2 million in the previous 4 years).
The hospitality showed to us throughout the tournament in the media tent and out on the course was tremendous. Free Wendy's frosties for the media, well, that's just heaven! There are so many staff and volunteers who made the tournament the huge success that it was. We'd like to single out Tom Sprouse and Paul Rovnak for their invaluable assistance throughout the week. They (along with their assistants) really make the entire media operations run so smoothly. Great job.
4 Comments:
In regard to Doug's comment about inviting a man to an LPGA event, it appears that the bad outweighs the good inalmost every regard.
As Sand Trap mentioned, the man may defeat the women's field by a long shot, thus undermining/ diminishing any attempt by the LPGA to show how good their players are.
As far as a top player, it isn't worth their time. The tournament can't pay them to do it, and if they finished worse than 1st, it would only hurt their marketability.
So the LPGA would have to get a rookie or Nationwide Tour player to do it, and even then he could either destroy the field, or finish in the top ten with a lackluster effort, neither of which would be god for the LPGA.
All around, I think it is a bad idea, and hardly a strong PR move for the LPGA. It would draw interest, but may have negative reactions afterwards.
I agree with some of your comments, though I "run the numbers" a bit differently after seeing the women in person at the Wendy's.
To have blown away the field at Wendy's, a guy would have had to post four straight 65s. Even on a relatively easy course, a player has to be hitting the ball well and putting well to shoot four consecutive 65s.
Plus, after Annika's showing a few year ago, everyone assumes (perhaps rightly) that the very best woman cannot even make a cut when playing with the men. So, in terms of PR realities, a man winning would only confirm what people already think. But if he did not come close to winning (or, better yet, if he was close and there was drama for 4 days)...
Agreed when comparing to the Wendy's event. It would have been difficult for a man to blow away the field, no matter how good they play. But the set-up of the course was easy, as stated in earlier blogs, and the scoring was far lower than at your standard LPGA event. Plus, I don't know how well a pro would play a 6,300 yard course, since it has never happened, but I am willing to bet your standard pro could shoot 65 on it pretty regularly. Perhaps that is wrong...I don't know. Maybe I need to invite Tiger to my local muni. Hmmm...where did i put that phone number?
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