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[tonyj5]

ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open Preview & Pairings



The wait is over. After a three month break the LPGA season will kick off this week with the playing of the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open.

The long layoff it seems, wasn't long enough for most of the LPGA stars. Either that or Commissioner Michael Whan forgot to inform his players that there is a tournament this week.The following players will not be playing in this event:

Inbee Park, Na Yeon Choi, Ai Miyazato, Suzann Pettersen, Shanshan Feng, Mika Miyazato, Amy Yang, Cristie Kerr, Paula Creamer, Sun Young Yoo, Hee Kyung Seo, Sandra Gal, I.K. Kim, Candie Kung, Se Ri Pak, Hee Young Park, Julie Inkster, Meena Lee, Natalie Gulbis, Morgan Pressel, and Momoko Ueda.

This will be good news for the players who are way down on the Priority List, as they will be able to get into a tournament very early in the season. Cheyenne Woods and Lydia Ko, are two of this week's sponsor exemptions.

This is the first of 28 tournaments this season. Here are some of the key details:

http://mlyhlss.blogspot.com/2013/02/isps-handa-womens-australian-open.html

[Matt10]

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Lol again with this, Tony? At least got some comments in your other thread - but you never responded once in that thread to anyone?

Hard to be part of a community when you're just pushing your own agenda, man.

[tonyj5]

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Here are the pairings for the first 2 rounds:

http://tinyurl.com/bjsy9vo

[CMH]

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edit: Tony J has approval to post this content.

[tonyj5]

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Here are the leaders after round 1:

1- Lydia Ko -10
2- Mariajo Uribe -9
3- Jiyai Shin -8
4- R. Lee Bentham -7
4- A. Uehara -7
4- MH Lee -7
7- Guila Sergas -6
8- Sarah Jane Smith -5
8- Beatriz Recari -5
8- Kristie Smith -5
8- Angela Stanford -5
8- Yani Tseng -5
8- Katherine Hull -5
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[Pappy Knuckles]

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Tonyj5: A golf forum legend. I respect the hustle man lol.

[daflyboys]

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I just order my Jiyai Shin poster!

[tonyj5]

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Here are the leaders after round 2:

1- Mariajo Uribe -15
2- Jiyai Shin -14
2- Lydia Ko -14
4- Kristie Smith -10
5- Beatriz Recari -9
6- Holly Aitchison - 8
6- Sarah Jane Smith -8
8- Gerina Piller -7
8- Jessica Korda -7
8- Yani Tseng -7

[OnlookerDelay]

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You going to update the leaderboard after round 3? I can't seem to find it on LPGA.com, ESPN.com, Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Fox Sports, etc.

[tonyj5]

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You going to update the leaderboard after round 3? I can't seem to find it on LPGA.com, ESPN.com, Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Fox Sports, etc.

Leaders after round 3.

1- Jiyai Shin -17
1- Lydia Ko -17
3- Beatriz Recari -11
4- G. Nocera -9
4- Carlotta Ciganda -9
4- M. Jutanugarn -9
4- Y.Tseng -9
4- Mariajo Uribe -9

[tonyj5]

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Final standings:

1 Jiyai Shin -18 F
2 Yani Tseng -16 F
3 a-Lydia Ko -14 F
4 a-Moriya Jutanugarn -13 F
4 Beatriz Recari -13 F
6 Gwladys Nocera -12 F
6 Carlota Ciganda -12 F
8 Catriona Matthew -11 F
8 Thidapa Suwannapura -11 F
8 Katherine Hull-Kirk -11 F
8 Mariajo Uribe -11 F
12 Florentyna Parker -10 F
12 Anna Nordqvist -10 F
14 Dewi Claire Schreefel -9 F
15 Christel Boeljon -8 F
15 Stacy Lewis -8 F
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[tonyj5]

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Congratulations goes out to Jiyai Shin for winning the first tournament of the 2013 season. Jiyai held off a charging Yani Tseng to capture the ISPS Women's Australian Open. The Constructivist's full recap can be found here.

The tour moves to Thailand this week for the playing of the Honda LPGA Thailand.

This will be tournament #2 of 28 this year.

Don't be fooled by the fact that this is a limited field event. This will be one of the strongest fields you will see all year for a non-major event, 18 of the top 20 ladies on this week's Rolex Rankings will be teeing it up. Even more impressive than that, 56 of the top 60 ladies on the LPGA Priority List will be in attendance. My strength of field rating is 80%. Way up from last week's 49.5%.

Here are the key details:

http://mlyhlss.blogspot.com/2013/02/honda-lpga-thailand-preview.html

[tonyj5]

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Here are the pairings for the first 2 rounds:

http://tinyurl.com/ag95o5m

[tonyj5]

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Here are the leaders after round 1:

1-Stacy Lewis -9
2- Karine Icher -6
3- C. Matthew -5
3- Amy Yang -5
3- Inbee Park -5
3- Gerina Piller -5
7- Beatriz Recari -4
7- S.Y. Ryu -4
7- Lizette Salas -4
10- Ai Miyazato -3
10- Karrie Webb -3
10- Angela Stanford -3
10- Lydia Ko -3
10- 4 others

Other notable scores:
Jiyai Shin -2
Azahara Munoz -2
Lexi Thompson -1
Suzann Pettersen -1
Cristie Kerr -1
Michelle Wie +2
Natalie Gulbis +3
Paula Creamer +4
Cheyenne Woods +5

[tonyj5]

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Here are the leaders after round 3:

1 Ariya Jutanugarn -11 F
2 Beatriz Recari -8 F
2 Se Ri Pak -8 F
2 Stacy Lewis -8 F
5 Inbee Park -7 F
6 Lizette Salas -6 F
6 So Yeon Ryu -6 F
8 Shanshan Feng -5 F
8 Gerina Piller -5 F
8 Na Yeon Choi -5 F
11 Catriona Matthew -4 F
11 Amy Yang -4 F
13 Angela Stanford -3 F
13 Ayako Uehara -3 F
13 Nicole Castrale -3 F
13 Mi Jung Hur -3 F
13 Lexi Thompson -3 F
13 Jiyai Shin -3 F