tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post5692673643692534574..comments2023-11-22T03:32:31.513-05:00Comments on Mostly Harmless: KLPGA Watch: Hee Kyung Bae Outduels Ha Neul Kim and Soo Jin Yang, Outruns Visiting LPGAersThe Constructivisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242149985581771922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post-49424099305825435682013-10-02T01:24:54.021-04:002013-10-02T01:24:54.021-04:00Your model is great because it gets all the world&...Your model is great because it gets all the world's best players on the same stage at the same time and answers the objection/anxiety "what would happen if there were no Americans playing at all?"<br /><br />However, your second model means a lot of golf for the winner of the playoff to see who gets to challenge Team Euro.... Huge competitive advantage for the team with the bye....<br /><br />I dunno, I like the head-to-head focus of my every-year model. If Team USA can't qualify for the finals, they can't qualify. Let the chips fall where they may!The Constructivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242149985581771922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post-59712599072998744892013-10-01T17:00:48.083-04:002013-10-01T17:00:48.083-04:00That could possibly be one solution but with a few...That could possibly be one solution but with a few changes the same format could be used. The foursome would become sixsome with 3 teams of two using one ball, and taking alternate shots until the hole is completed. Fourball become sixball match consists of three teams of two players competing directly against each other then the final day singles played in groups of three. But to keep to tradition ie Ryder Cup which it copies and as it is only a 3 day event you could play the Solheim Cup at clubs where there are 2 courses and played over a week. The first 3 days on course 2 the challenges Team USA play Team Asia-Pacific. Then the next day the winning challenges get 1 practice round main course. Next 3 days the winner plays the titleholders Team Europe on the main course. The defenders would have the advantage to practice on the main course during the first 3 days? but the challengers would get match practice. Imagine if we could have seen this possible Asia-Pacific team competing recently at the 2013 cup.<br />Karrie Webb<br />Inbee Park<br />Na Yeon Choi<br />So Yeon Ruy<br />I.K. Kim <br />Jiyai Shin.<br />Ai Miyazato<br />Lydia Ko<br />Yani Tseng<br />Shanshan Feng<br />Se-Ri Park<br />Chella Choi<br />and the interest and $$$ value to the LPGA for sponsers and TV rights into the Asia-Pacific region to see a team like that playing.<br />Colin N.ZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post-30467486162244510972013-10-01T09:14:22.702-04:002013-10-01T09:14:22.702-04:00I agree with you that the Solheim Cup still needs ...I agree with you that the Solheim Cup still needs to modernize, even with the International Crown and the Olympics. I would love them try to see them add a third team to the mix. One way it could work would be to have Team USA play the Asia-Pacific team in 2014 and the winner faces Team Euro in 2015. The only question is to figure out where it fits in the schedule...but it's not like the LPGA doesn't have a million dark weeks already!The Constructivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242149985581771922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post-36372962021624655052013-09-30T17:20:46.612-04:002013-09-30T17:20:46.612-04:00Your comments on Korean female golfers is so right...Your comments on Korean female golfers is so right. The Asia Pacific region is where the powerhouse of woman's golf is right now. Lucky we can claim Lydia Ko as our own here in N.Z.<br />This is also why the Solheim Cup is fast becoming irrelevant to most of us. Why not have Team Europe, Team USA and Team Asia Pacific. I know this would break tradition but I am sure it could be done. It would be great for sponsors, promote the sport worldwide and make the Solheim Cup the pinnacle of representative golf. I know they are introducing the International Crown but that format still leaves out some of the worlds best players.<br />Colin. N.ZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com