LPGA 2nd Stage Qualifier – Round Four

I’m looping for Megan Osland.

Eighty blows keeps Megan from the finals. It wasn’t meant to be.

LPGA 2nd Stage Qualifier – Round Three

I’m looping for Megan Osland.

Four over yesterday and the same today but we’re still in the hunt for the top eighty.

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Thursday’s post was my 1400th for Life on Tour on WordPress.com. Some kind of milestone I guess.

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No lunch provided for the volunteers this week. Where does all that entry fee money go?

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Met Mark Scott, Neil Carter and Motorcycle Jim at Bogeys Restaurant after the round yesterday. Good times.

Is that a Captain Kangaroo lookalike masquerading as Jim?

Mark is pushing a trolley this week. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. 🙂

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I added three more caddie/player match-ups to yesterday’s list if you’re interested.

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Then there was this:

China continues to wage its war on golf, makes joining golf clubs illegal

Coates tournament in Ocala will kick off LPGA season

LPGA 2nd Stage Qualifier – Round One

I’m looping for Megan Osland.

Two over today. I double on seventeen spoiled the day.

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We played the Bobcat and on the par three third, Kathleen Ekey missed the green right and her ball nestled against the stone retaining wall encompassing some trees. There wasn’t anything on the rule sheet so we all figured it was an integral part of the course and an unplayable lie was called for. Nope. She called for a ruling and got a free drop. It seemed to be an error of omission on the part of the officials. Hope nobody gets screwed on that one.

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Looks like Mary Narzisi is throwing in the towel as far as playing. She’s on the other side of the bag with Lauren Doughtie and is considering a caddie career I heard.

Here are some caddie/player match-ups.

Caddie	Player
Srcaper	Kate Scarpetta
Chris McCalmont	Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras
Motorcycle Jim	Gemma Dryburgh
Mark Scott	Lindsay McGetrick
Jeff Steffler	Anne-Lise Caudal
Jody Keepers	Erica Popson
Michelle Simpson	Patricia Sanz Barrio
Neil Carter	Amy Boulden
The Nerd	Heather Angell
Greg Sheridan	Jean Chua
Chris Benz	Benyapa Niphatsophon
Portland John	Elisa Serramia
Bully	Jordan Ontiveros
Tom Borwick	Hye-Min Kim

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Then there was this:

Yang’s 9-for-9 may be unprecedented

Symetra extends sponsorship of LPGA secondary tour

LPGA 2nd Stage – Tuesday

I’m looping for Megan Osland.

Walked the back nine on the Bobcat Course early. Then we touched them all. The Panther is on tomorrow’s agenda.

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Megan stopped in the clubhouse afterwards for a bite and I kept her company. The dinner crowd started to arrive consisting of members who have been enjoying their golden years for some time. A vision of Bushwood Country Club came to mind. All they needed was a band to play “the dance of the living dead”.

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Plenty of caddies here that I haven’t seen in some time. There was even a “Flipper” sighting.

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Then there was this:

Safeway becomes new title sponsor of Napa event

LPGA Qualifier 2nd Stage – Monday

I’m looping for Megan Osland.

Left the Mayor’s house early in the morn and made it through Orlando without delay. After breakfast at Chick-fil-A, I arrived at The Plantation Country Club and walked the Panther Course. The greens were redone and are expectedly firm.

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Met Megan on the range after stepping off eighteen. She’s a left-handed righty. That is, right handed except for sports such as hockey and golf.

The wind was howling right to left on range which made it difficult for Megan to correct her fade.

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Staying with Chris McCalmont and Scraper in a rental house about five miles from the course. Nice digs.

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Ran into Yu Ping Lin and Gloria Park. They have a harem of players here. “The Pinger” asked if I knew of a caddie looking for work. She needs one more.

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Congrats to the top ten Symetra players. Quite a battle for the last two spots.