Monday, October 22, 2007

Programming Note: Honda and IMG Know How to Put Together a Tournament Web Site

Check out the web site for the Honda LPGA Thailand 2007--great information on the course, a recently-updated list of players, just enough other stuff to be interesting without being annoying, and, since it's co-sponsored by a Thai TV station, a link to "TV online." Only time will tell if I'll end up using their live scoring system instead of LPGA.com's--that link isn't active yet. (I think the Solheim Cup was the only time I was unfaithful to LPGA.com--although I would have been this past weekend if I had remembered to check out the Hana-KOLON's live scoring link before the third round.) That is, time will tell only if we have web access in Hershey, PA, although if we do it'll be interesting to see if my dad and/or brother want to check out the tournament with me. We're all golf-mad, just in different ways.

It would be too bad to miss it. The return of Sorenstam, Creamer, Pressel, Miyazato, and defending champion and new mom Hee Won Han to the LPGA--not to mention the presence of 11-year-old Ariya Jutanugarn, one of two amateurs to qualify for the tournament--make up for the absence of Ochoa and Mi Hyun Kim in my book (not to mention the other 9 top Super Sophs. Although the weather may be rather dicey, any golfer will tell you not to trust a 10-day forecast. Monsoon season? What monsoon season? Never heard of it. (Makes you wonder why they don't move the tournament to November if October is the end of the rainy season--oh, yeah, it would mean asking the JLPGA to move the Mizuno Classic a week up. Doubt it!)

The tournament has moved to a 72-hole format and the course has been upgraded since last year. I wish it were starting tomorrow, if only to get the taste of the Mostly Harmless jinx out of my mouth.

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