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After a two week break, the LPGA tour resumes this week with the playing of the Sybase Match Play Championship. This is the only tournament of the year that is not decided by stroke play. This is a single elimination tournament, lose once and you are out. The only change this year is that the players are not picking from a hat to determine their opponents. The players will be seeded according to their Rolex Ranking at the start of the event. Here are some of the major details:

http://mlyhlss.blogs...ip-preview.html

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Here are the brackets for the Sybase Match Play Championship, directly from their official website:

http://sybasematchpl...ase-Bracket.pdf

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Here are the pairings, including the tee times for the first round:

http://www.lpgascori...rnamentID=27863

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Here are the first round results:

Round 1 Complete
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Anna Nordqvist (26) def. Beatriz Recari (39), 2 and 1

Jiyai Shin (7) def. Jennifer Song (58), 6 and 5

Natalie Gulbis (42) def. Mika Miyazato (23), 1 up

Amy Yang (10) def. Amy Hung (55), 3 and 2

Inbee Park (18) def. Hee-Won Han (47), 3 and 2

Morgan Pressel (15) def. Mindy Kim (50), 5 and 4

Jenny Shin (31) def. Jimin Kang (34), 4 and 2

Na Yeon Choi (2) def. Grace Park (63), 2 up

Jessica Korda (43) def. Hee Kyung Seo (22), 1 up

Sun Young Yoo (11) def. Amanda Blumenherst (54), 4 and 2

Sandra Gal (27) def. Pornanong Phatlum (38), 2 up

Stacy Lewis (6) def. Pat Hurst (59), 4 and 3

Azahara Munoz (19) def. Lindsey Wright (46), 4 and 3

Karrie Webb (14) def. Tiffany Joh (51), 4 and 3

Sophie Gustafson (30) def. Karen Stupples (35), 4 and 3

Jodi Ewart (62) def. Suzann Pettersen (3), 3 and 1

Haeji Kang (48) def. Caroline Hedwall (17), 3 and 2

Candie Kung (49) def. Catriona Matthew (16), 3 and 1

Katie Futcher (33) def. Chella Choi (32), 4 and 3

Yani Tseng (1) def. Jeong Jang (64), 1 up

Eun-Hee Ji (44) def. Maria Hjorth (21), 1 up

Angela Stanford (12) def. Wendy Ward (53), 2 and 1

Vicky Hurst (37) def. Meena Lee (28), 2 and 1

Cristie Kerr (5) def. Belen Mozo (60), 2 and 1

Karine Icher (40) def. Hee Young Park (25), 4 and 2

Jennifer Johnson (57) def. Paula Creamer (8) , 2 and 1

Julieta Granada (41) def. Brittany Lang (24), 2 and 1

Ryann O'Toole (56) def. Brittany Lincicome (9), 2 and 1

Mina Harigae (45) def. Michelle Wie (20), 3 and 2

So Yeon Ryu (13) def. Karin Sjodin (52), 2 and 1

Katherine Hull (36) def. Song-Hee Kim (29), 3 and 2

Mariajo Uribe (61) def. Ai Miyazato (4), 2 up

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Here are the second round results:


Jodi Ewart (62) def. Sophie Gustafson (30), 3 and 1

Azahara Munoz (19) de. Karrie Webb (14), 2 and 1

Stacy Lewis (6) def. Sandra Gal (27), 4 and 3

Sun Young Yoo (11) def. Jessica Korda (43), 2 up

Yani Tseng (1) def. Katie Futcher (33), 3 and 1

Candie Kung (49) def. Haeji Kang (48), 1 up

Karine Icher (40) def. Jennifer Johnson (57), 2 and 1

Julieta Granada (41) def. Ryann O'Toole (56), 6 and 5

Katherine Hull (36) def. Mariajo Uribe (61), 1 up

So Yeon Ryu (13) def. Mina Harigae (45), 3 and 2

Vicky Hurst (37) def Cristie Kerr (5), 19 holes

Angela Stanford (12) def. Eun-Hee Ji (44), 4 and 3

Na Yeon Choi (2) def. Jenny Shin (31), 3 and 2

Morgan Pressel (15) def. Inbee Park (18), 3 and 2

Anna Nordqvist (26) def Jiyai Shin (7), 2 and 1

Amy Yang (10) def. Natalie Gulbis (42), 5 and 4

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Here are Saturday's results:

Round 4 Complete
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Morgan Pressel (15) def. Anna Nordqvist (26) 5 and 4

Vicky Hurst (37) def. So Yeon Ryu (13) 2 up

Candie Kung (49) def. Julieta Granada (41) 2 and 1

Azahara Munoz (19) def. Stacy Lewis (6) 5 and 4



Round 3 Complete
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Morgan Pressel (15) def. Na Yeon Choi (2), 19 holes

Anna Nordqvist (26) def. Amy Yang (10), 3 and 1

So Yeon Ryu (13) def. Katherine Hull (36), 5 and 4

Vicky Hurst (37) def. Angela Stanford (12), 2 and 1

Candie Kung (49) def. Yani Tseng (1), 3 and 2

Julieta Granada (41) def. Karine Icher (40), 1 up

Azahara Munoz (19) def. Jodi Ewart (62), 2 and 1

Stacy Lewis (6) def. Sun Young Yoo (11), 2 up

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Round 6
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Final
Azahara Munoz (19) def. Candie Kung (49), 2 and 1

Consolation
Morgan Pressel (15) def. Vicky Hurst (37), 2 and 1


Round 5 Complete
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Candie Kung (49) def. Vicky Hurst (37), 2 and 1

Azahara Munoz (19) def. Morgan Pressel (15), 2 and 1

[RoverRick]

Tony

What did you think of the rules violation with Morgan today? Good call or bad call?

[stevenhw8]

I believe it was uncalled for. With only 4 players left on the field, an important semifinal and leading 3 up, it wasn't necessary. It will always have you wondering what if...

If the LPGA wants to speed up play, they should have done so since day 1 and have ZERO tolerance. 5 seconds over the shotclock? Penalty! Don't leave any gray areas open to controversy.

I wish the PGA had the balls to do the same thing!

[RoverRick]

stevenhw8, on 21 May 2012 - 03:17 AM, said:

I believe it was uncalled for. With only 4 players left on the field, an important semifinal and leading 3 up, it wasn't necessary. It will always have you wondering what if...

If the LPGA wants to speed up play, they should have done so since day 1 and have ZERO tolerance. 5 seconds over the shotclock? Penalty! Don't leave any gray areas open to controversy.

I wish the PGA had the balls to do the same thing!

Excellent points. It does sound rediculous to say, "The rule is you have 30 seconds once you get put on the clock. so for a par 3 that is 100 second to play the whole." Which is kinda fuzzy math in the first place, and it is based on someone else keeping time. But then to say. "She had 100 seconds, I gave her 120, but she took 129, so I called a penalty."


I totally agree with the fact that the timing was very poor. In a stroke play event, it is a.) more important to keep the pace of play up because you have to go 18 holes no matter what. and b.) the penalty is not as severe. You can recover from a one stroke penalty but to do so in Match play , well, there are only 18 chances in match play. c.) What is worse is that they match may well have been over, thus making it a shorter match, in the next two or three holes, but by assessing the penalty, they extended the match and made it last longer.

A penalty such as that should be enforced on day one, but come on, a penalty that severe at that point of the game had the effect of turning the match around not speeding up play.