[an amused spectator]

Annika had, what, 4 putts for birdie today? Five?

Your snotty little tone wore on me the other night, and it's wearing on me today. Give the woman her due:

(courtesy of Teacher317)

10th (par 4, 404 yds): On the fairway twice, birdie putt is 18" short, makes par.
11th (par 5, 609 yds): On the fairway all three shots, birdie putt is 10" short, makes par.
12th (par 4, 443 yds): On the fairway, second shot on the rim of the green, makes par.
13th (par 3, 178 yds): Drive is 3 inches off of the carpet, birdie putt is GOOD.
14th (par 4, 457 yds): On the green in two, long birdie putt is 6" short, makes par.
15th (par 4, 430 yds): Drive barely on the fairway, 2nd shot on the green, long birdie putt misses left. 5" par putt is good.
16th (par 3, 188 yds): Tee shot is within 6ft of the pin, birdie putt is barely right, 2" par putt is good.
17th (par 4, 383 yds): On the fairway, approach shot hits the green, long birdie putt missed, 3" par putt is good.
18th (par 4, 427 yds): On the fairway, lucky bounce onto the green, long birdie putt is 15" left, makes par.
1st (par 5, 565 yds): On the fairway twice, third shot is on the green, medium birdie putt misses left, 12” par putt is good.
2nd (par 4, 400 yds): On the fairway, approach shot is on the green, looong birdie putt misses left, makes par.
3rd (par 4, 476 yds): On the fairway, 15 ft birdie putt is just short, makes par
4th (par 3, 246 yds): Drive is on the green, long birdie putt misses just short, makes par.
5th (par 4, 470 yds): Drive misses the fairway, approach rims the green, 60 ft putt, 8ft putt misses, bogeys.
6th (par 4, 393 yds): On the fairway, approach is with 20ft, birdie putt goes long, 5 ft putt makes par.
7th (par 4, 427 yds): On the fairway, approach shot just hits the green, 25ft birdie putt is short, makes par.

8th (par 3, 192 yds): Drive is on the fringe at the front of the green, birdie putt misses, makes par.

Last hole for today...
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I make it 16 putts for birdie, including the last hole. No, you're not biased, not in the slightest.

[Bob J]

Of course, every first putt when on in regulation is a birdie putt, but and no offense, but when someone references a "birdie putt" to me it means a putt that the player has a good shot at making. For me that may mean something under a 6-8 foot range. For pros it may be out to 10-12 feet.

[presidio9]

I stand corrected. She had sixteen birdie putts and a total of 33 putts, which is tied for 112th in the tournament, which may or may not be last place. If it's not, it's damn close.

I never said I wan't biased. I have played a lot of golf with a lot of great women golfers. I know that they are way behind men physically. This is not intended to be a knock on women. It is just a fact that women are different from men.

We knew going in that she was short off the tee for a man and had a bad putting game for women. Some of us chose to put out hands over our ears. Some did not. I'm impressed that she did as well as she did.