Thursday, January 28, 2010

2010 LPGA Preview: The Mostly Harmless Top 30

Following in rjay's and Hound Dog's footsteps (as usual, it seems, but hopefully not in results in this year's LPGA Prognostication Derby), here are my preseason picks for the top 30 on the LPGA in 2010:

1. Ai Miyazato
2. Ji-Yai Shin
3. Lorena Ochoa
4. Michelle Wie
5. Paula Creamer
6. In-Kyung Kim
7. Na Yeon Choi
8. Song-Hee Kim
9. Seon Hwa Lee
10. Ya Ni Tseng
11. Suzann Pettersen
12. Cristie Kerr
13. Angela Stanford
14. Karrie Webb
15. Morgan Pressel
16. Brittany Lang
17. Kristy McPherson
18. Vicky Hurst
19. Amy Yang
20. Katherine Hull
21. Anna Nordqvist
22. Eun-Hee Ji
23. Sun Young Yoo
24. Momoko Ueda
25. Hee-Won Han
26. Jee Young Lee
27. Maria Hjorth
28. Karen Stupples
29. Sophie Gustafson
30. Natalie Gulbis


For my reasoning, check out my sidebar. Next up: my preseason picks for #31 through #50. I'll tell you what--all of them could end up on the top 30 instead of 20 of the players on this list!

[Update 1 (2/2/10, 12:58 am): Here are #26-#30 predictions from Jamie at Snap Hook Herald.]

[Update 2 (12/29/10, 8:50 am): Linking to Bill Jempty's picks to get ready for scoring next month. Anyone else participated?]

[Update 3 (8:54 am): Here's Verdant Garden!]

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