Kraft Nabisco Championship (year's first major)

[tonyj5]

After five exciting tournaments, the tour moves to Rancho Mirage, California.

This will be the year's first major championship.

Yani Tseng has won three of the first five tournaments this year.

Stacy Lewis is the defending champion.

Here are the vital details of the years first major, including TV times and the field list:

 

http://mlyhlss.blogspot.com/2012/03/kraft-nabisco-championship-preview.html

[GolfSpy WD]

Would love to see Yani go three in a row.

[tonyj5]

Here are Thursday's Pairings:

 

http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Pairings.aspx?TournamentID=27859

[Kanoito]

Yani is bagging this one!

[GolfSpy WD]

Yani is bagging this one!

 

3 in a row would be astounding. I'm rooting for her, she's more fun to watch than most men on the PGA. Pairing with Paula is some really nice icing on the cake.

[JMiller]

WOW check this out I looked up that Las Vegas Odds To Win The 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship

http://www.lasvegassportsbetting.com/Bodog-LPGA-Golf-Odds_P4089.html

 

Yani Tseng --> 7/4 favorite to win, the next closest as of this post is 12/1 to win.

[GolfSpy WD]

WOW check this out I looked up that Las Vegas Odds To Win The 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship

http://www.lasvegassportsbetting.com/Bodog-LPGA-Golf-Odds_P4089.html

 

Yani Tseng --> 7/4 favorite to win, the next closest as of this post is 12/1 to win.

 

They were talking about what a big deal Tiger's win was with a 5 stroke margin. Meanwhile Yani had a 6 stroke margin in her victory last week. She won the Kraft Nabisco in 2010, so 7/4 seems pretty damn reasonable .

 

She's also earned $792k so far. Second place is Ai Miyazato at $369k

[tonyj5]

Here are the first round leaders:

 

1 Amy Yang -6

2 Lindsey Wright -5

3 Yani Tseng -4

4 Hee Kyung Seo -3

4 Jodi Ewart -3

4 Haeji Kang -3

4 Sun Young Yoo -3

4 Nicole Castrale -3

4 Paula Creamer -3

4 Katherine Hull -3

11 Julieta Granada -2

11 Se Ri Pak -2

11 Hee-Won Han -2

11 Candie Kung -2

11 Cydney Clanton -2

11 Vicky Hurst -2

11 In-Kyung Kim -2

[JMiller]

They were talking about what a big deal Tiger's win was with a 5 stroke margin. Meanwhile Yani had a 6 stroke margin in her victory last week. She won the Kraft Nabisco in 2010, so 7/4 seems pretty damn reasonable .

 

She's also earned $792k so far. Second place is Ai Miyazato at $369k

 

ohI think 7/4 was fine she is a huge favorite mathematically but doing 3 weeks in a row would be an accomplishment. I just didn't expect the next person to be 12/1 more so on the beating. Figured maybe 9/1 was more like it maybe 8/1. I think that was more the WOW factor is that the gap was so large.

 

She is in striking distance after day one so they seem to have gotten to close however.

[tonyj5]

2nd round leaders:

 

 

1 Yani Tseng -8

2 Haeji Kang -7

3 Sun Young Yoo -6

3 Lindsey Wright -6

5 Karin Sjodin -5

5 Na Yeon Choi -5

5 Se Ri Pak -5

8 Eun-Hee Ji -4

8 Momoko Ueda -4

8 Vicky Hurst -4

8 In-Kyung Kim -4

8 Amy Yang -4

13 Maria Hjorth -3

13 Cristie Kerr -3

13 Hee Kyung Seo -3

[tonyj5]

3rd round leaders:

 

1- Karin Sjodin -9

1 Yani Tseng -9

3 Haeji Kang -7

4 Hee Kyung Seo -6

4 Eun-Hee Ji -6

4 In-Kyung Kim -6

4 Na Yeon Choi -6

4 Sun Young Yoo -6

9 Katherine Hull -5

9 Vicky Hurst -5

9 Se Ri Pak -5

12 Suzann Pettersen -4

12 Azahara Munoz -4

12 Lexi Thompson -4

12 Ha-Neul Kim -4

12 Amy Yang -4

[tonyj5]

Final Standings:

 

1 x-Sun Young Yoo -9

1 In-Kyung Kim -9

3 Yani Tseng -8

4 Stacy Lewis -7

4 Amy Yang -7

4 Hee Kyung Seo -7

4 Karin Sjodin -7

8 Natalie Gulbis -6

8 Se Ri Pak -6

8 Na Yeon Choi -6

11 Angela Stanford -5

11 Ha-Neul Kim -5

11 Vicky Hurst -5

11 Eun-Hee Ji -5

15 Karrie Webb -4

15 Catriona Matthew -4

15 Suzann Pettersen -4

15 Azahara Munoz -4

15 Haeji Kang -4

[RoverRick]

I did not get to watch any of this, or any other golf this week because I was playing golf most of the time. But I did see where Kim missed the putt on 18. That is sickening when that happens. I did it a hole yesterday (12 inch side hill tap in, totally missed the hole and rolled below the hole leaving a 5 foot bogey putt.) early and at the end of the day when we compared score cards, it was the difference.

 

 

I was looking through the list of leaders Tony posted and noticing the oriental names when Natalie pops up out of no where. It is kind of neat to take a name and follow it through its position on the end of the day leaderboard.