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Old July 9th 03, 08:57 PM
Bill Davidson
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Default Tour de France: No Women Ever?

David Kerber wrote:
IIRC (and I'm NOT a big golf fan) on the first day, she did very well
with her short game; better than many of the men, but on the 2nd day she
seemed to fall apart. Not being able to consistently drive as long as
most of the men puts more pressure on her short game, and any problem
there is going to hurt her more than it might a longer hitter.


Yes, the pressure was on her short game. The men were beating her at the
short game and only the short game. Keep in mind that this was a very tight
course and being able to hit the ball far is not much of an advantage there.

She was +1 for the first day. Her short game was not really good on that
day but other than putting it was rarely tested. On the first day her ball
striking was very good though. She was ranked with the top men for fairways
hit and greens hit in regulation. She still couldn't putt. I think her
average final putt distance was around 3 feet. The top men were more like
7-8 feet and they were making birdies, which she was not. Making green in
regulation means you get at least one putt for birdie. She only missed the
green four times all day. She made one birdie putt (on a par 3). That means
she missed 13 birdie putts. That doesn't work in the PGA.

The second day, she started missing the fairways and the greens. She
needed to shoot par that day to make the cut (one stroke better than the
first day). Instead she was four strokes over par (+5 total) and she
finished near the bottom of the field, tied for 96 out of 111 who finished
two rounds. She did do O.K. on the chipping and made all of her sand
saves the second day but that's just saving par and it doesn't help you
make birdies and she still couldn't putt when she did hit the green.

http://www.pgatour.com/players/02/70...2003,r021.html

If she could putt as well as Tiger or Nick Price or Justin Leonard or any
of the other top putters, she could be a contender on the tighter courses
because of her usually excellent ball striking.

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