Checking in with the Pros

It’s been awhile since we’ve checked in with the goings on, on the pro tours. Here is an attempt to get you up to date, with lots of linky goodness( which means it’s a good work time waster post. Just sayin. )

Ladies first.

Since the Solheim Cup the women have had 4 tournaments.

1. The Safeway Classic. Which was won by M.J. Hur. I admit, until she won I had never heard of her either. If you are interested here is her bio.

2. The Canadian Open. Which was won by Suzann Petterson

3. P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship. That’s a mouthful hunh? This was won by Jiyai Shin. Ms. Shin is on track to win both Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year. The first time any one has done that since Nancy Lopez in 1978. Here is a very nice write up on her by Stina Stenberg at Golf Digest.

4. The Samsung World Championship. This is an invite only event, which only had 16 competitors this year. It was won by Na Yeon Choi.

And while things are looking better for the LPGA since they removed Carolyn Bivens, they aren’t out of the woods yet. But it’s not for lack of a quality product and fan support. Here is a good write up on the state of things.

Next up for the Ladies is the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge in Danville, CA.

And now the men.

The men have been in the throes of the FedEx Cup playoffs. Here is what Jigger had to say about the FedEx Cup. Here is what I had to say about the FedEx Cup. Since it was pretty much a dud last year, as predicted the awarding of points underwent yet another revision for this year. Here is a nice explanation of how points were awarded this year. And here is an explanation of the whole ‘reset’ thingy.

Got all that?

The first playoff tournament was The Barclays, which Heath Slocum won. The second playoff tournament was the Deutche Bank Championship, won by Steve Stricker. The third playoff tournament was the BMW Championship, which Tiger won. So at the end of 3 here are the current standings. If you go to this page and look there where it says 2009 Playoffs and has a picture of Tiger holding a trophy, you will see wrap-ups of the 3 tournaments. If you are interested these wrap-ups give a nice summary of moved-up, moved-down, and was-eliminated.

Here at The Household we are still reserving judgment on this whole Playoffs thing. As has been noted before, we watch a lot of sports here at the household, which means we watch a lot of playoffs. And we have been watching golf for years. And we have never felt golf needed playoffs. But we could be wrong. We’ll see.

Anyway. Here is Jeff Rude on the FedEx Cup. And here is a write up from The New York Times.

This week is the final tournament, THE TOUR Championship ( and yes, for some reason THE TOUR is all caps ), which will be played at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.

And now, if you followed all those links, you should be fully caught up with both tours, and have wasted at least ½ hour besides. A quick check on the EPSN and People web sites, and it will be time to go home.

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