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I have been a fan of Jennifer Kupcho, since back when she overcame migraines

Jul 26, 2024, 9:18 AM

to win the first ever Augusta National Womens Amateur. She has gotten off to a good start in this tournament. Another reason I am a fan is, we NEED some new American players to come up through the ranks and start winning on the Asian (OOPS), I meant LPGA Tour. Nelly Korda is about an army of one. Lexi Thompson is retiring, and she never really lived up to the awesome promise of her athletic ability, thanks to a mediocre short game.

The Tour is currently dominated by players of Asian ethnicity. What makes them so much better? Is their work ethic just that much stronger than American girls? Are American girls no longer interested in golf? I would have thought that by now, what I call "The Annika Effect" would have produced a TON of great young American players, but I see no signs of it.

I am not in any way against Asian players. If they are the best, I applaud them. It just seems that they took over the Tour completely overnight, which is certainly not the case on the men's side of things. I will give them credit for one thing. Most of them seem to have made a concerted effort to learn the English language now. For awhile there, every time you had winner interviews, you had to have an interpreter. That did not make for a great golf broadcast.

Hopefully some of our former Clemson gals can make some waves out on Tour, come on Alice, Savannah, and all the rest!

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I'm sorry, but your post does not make a lot of sense. There is nothing exciting about golf watching guys that can bomb the ball. What is interesting is watching players on courses that make them think, like the recent British Open, where bombing a drive was not the path to better scores. Thinking their way around the golf course made it much more interesting. That is why watching golf on a course with a strategic design is more fun than watching golf on a 7600 yard course that only requires that you hit the ball a long way ...... that is boring.

That said, much of the interest in women's golf has to do with the lack of really good American women presently on the tour. I applaud the Asian women for their skill and competitiveness, but they certainly are not bringing in the American market and probably not helping with American sponsorship.

FRIDAY on the Links . . .

I have been a fan of Jennifer Kupcho, since back when she overcame migraines

Re: I have been a fan of Jennifer Kupcho, since back when she overcame migraines

You are certainly entitled . . .

And having watched the men and the women in person and on tv, the women

Re: I have been a fan of Jennifer Kupcho, since back when she overcame migraines