Annika Meets the Boys at Colonial [Finishes Day +1]

CBS Sports/USA Network and PGA.com ^ | May 22, 2003 | Jim Nantz

[ewing]

LPGA player Annika Sorenstam will be teeing off shortly in a men's PGA event at the Colonial Country Club [the first time in 60 years this has happened]

Live shot for shot coverage as long as she is in contention to make the cut on USA Networks, PGA Radio is free today for those cubicle bound and wanting live update (link included)

[presidio9]

Right. So he'd just drive them with a thee wood. You can roll the ball up to the greens on all of those courses anyway. If he wanted to hit them with a one-iron he would.

But all of this makes you somehow "right" in what way?

[babble-on]

I just mean, why are people so upset that she's playing? I think its a great little publicity stunt, but people are acting like this is an abomination unto the Lord.

Nay! Verily let not the female whacketh the dimpled projectile in the company of they who have testicles, for it is unclean in my sight!

[presidio9]

This from the troll who doesn't think golf is a sport?

[presidio9]

plus, she's cute

She is definitely not cute.

[hoppity]

You'd have to check the slope for the difficulty of the course. The course rating is based on length, not difficulty.

Slope takes all factors, including length, in to account. Weather, water, etc.

You can have two courses rated at 72, but if one is a slope of 120, and the other is 145, the 145 is much more difficult.

[babble-on]

is too!

[presidio9]

Bob, I've never seen you play, but the accuracy you require and the accuracy required on Tour are different animals. And the men on Tour hit a 3 iron higher than she hits a seven wood.

[presidio9]

Maybe if you have some sort of weird pig fetish:

http://lpga.com/players/playerpage.cfm?player_id=52

She's one of the Lee sisters.

[deport]

Not that it matters as she is in and playing, but here is the current info on Sponsor exemptions......

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12. Sponsor exemptions (a maximum of eight, which may include amateurs with handicaps of 2 or less), on the following basis:

A. Not less than two sponsor invitees shall be PGA TOUR members not otherwise exempt.

B. Not less than two of the top 35 finishers and ties from the last Qualifying Tournament, as well as 2-15 from the 2002 Nationwide Tour money list, if not all of them can otherwise be accommodated. (Note: PGA TOUR members may receive an unlimited number of sponsor invitations. Non-TOUR members may receive a maximum of seven per year).

Sponsor Exemptions

[jpl]

I think someone is going to go low at -6 or -7 before this day is over.

I think you may be right. Sabbatini is on fire; now alone in the lead at 6 under through 11.

[presidio9]

I think you may be right. Sabbatini is on fire; now alone in the lead at 6 under through 11.

I believe Sabbatini teed off from the back, which is easier. God what a stupid golf course Colonial is. Too bad none of the greens have a clown's head on them.

[babble-on]

looks ok to me, but its true I'm not that picky.

[presidio9]

You better not be. Internet trolls are compensating for a lack of social contact in the real world. So I'm guessing the ladies aren't exactly flocking to you, correct?

[jpl]

You're right. Let's see how he manages to negotiate the "horrible horseshoe".

[Ready4Freddy]

They set very exacting standards for 50% of the exemptions. BofA (or the National Bank of Dumb Shiite, for that matter :) could give you an exemption, but would they? Of course not.

[babble-on]

a guy who has to assure everyone up front that he's not gay is a fine one to talk.

[HalfFull]

She hit the ball well enough to shoot 66 or 67 if she makes a few putts. She had 32 putts today while essentially only missing 1 fairway. And she either hit or was on the fringe of all 18 greens.

she will need to putt tomorrow to make the cut.

[presidio9]

I am not assuring people that I am not gay. I proclaiming my solidarity with Senator Santorum

And I'm not the one who thinks shemales are cute.

[Ready4Freddy]

"God what a stupid golf course Colonial is."

Heheheh, would love to see you play Colonial, presidio. It's a classic, beautiful course.

It'd probably eat your lunch.

[presidio9]

The idea of the hack buddy of the corporate president who gets an exemption is an old wives tale. All of the exemptions today go to Tour-caliber players who have not won enough money yet. As an example, there is a kid in Westchester right now who has won the Big East Conference individual championship three years in a row and is VERY well connected. If exemptions were simply given out to accompished players, he would be a shoe-in for one at the Westchester Classic. But he has not been given one, because he is not good enough.