With the weather remaining so wet and spring taking so long to take hold here in Western NY, it's great to hear some great news about upcoming majors in women's golf. Steve DiMeglio reports that Morgan Pressel has pledged half her winnings at her title defense in the JLPGA's 1st major of 2011, the Salonpas Cup in May, while James Johnson reports that Lexi Thompson has accepted a sponsor invitation into the Wegmans LPGA Championship in June.
Looking at the field list for the JLPGA major, it'll be interesting to see if recent Rolex #1s Ji-Yai Shin and Ai Miyazato can put together 4 good rounds, if Na Yeon Choi and Mika Miyazato can continue their hot play, or if Chie Arimura, Yukari Baba, and Sun-Ju Ahn will lead their fellow JLPGAers to the top of this year's leaderboard. Still waiting on more news on the field in Rochester--will pass it along when I find out!
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Bruce do have any idea why Jiyai Shin is not listed as one of the 138 players (2 qualifiers added on monday)at the Avnet classic?
She may have decided just to stay in Japan. She played there last week and is playing this week...and is in the Salonpas Cup the week after next, so.... I'll check!
I can't find the field list, but Shin is the defending champ in next week's event, so I'd be surprised if she was skipping it.
Here is the field list.
http://www.bellmicrolpgaclassic.com/players/
No Jiyai listed
No In-Kyung Kim, either. It's the CyberAgent field list I can't find. Wonder if they're having trouble getting golfers to come to Chiba Prefecture....
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