DAILY NOTES - April 20, 2008
- A Win Would Mean...: That this is getting borderline ridiculous. After firing what seemed an almost methodical seven-under-par 65 on Saturday, Lorena Ochoa now holds a one-shot lead over Taiwanese rookie Yani Tseng, a five-shot cushion over Teresa Lu and a massive six-shot advantage over Carin Koch and Suzann Pettersen at the Ginn Open in Reunion, Florida. On the assumption that Ochoa won’t go much higher than 72 or 73 tomorrow (and even that seems a worst case scenario), this virtually guarantees a two-woman battle between the world number one and the upstart Tseng, who, with a pair of top 10s in her maiden LPGA season (including a 2nd at the MasterCard Classic), is not necessarily going to fold. And if Ochoa wins? Well, that would be four straight victories (the first time anyone’s done that since Annika Sorenstam in early 2001) and five victories in her first six 2008 starts. This hot streak cannot last forever, of course, and before the season is over, both Sorenstam and Pettersen likely will pull a bit closer in the Rolex Rankings than they stand at present. But all of that said, it would, I’d imagine, be hard to find much confident money betting against Ochoa today...
- A Recurring Problem?: Another by-product of an Ochoa victory would be a further cementing of her status as the most dominant golfer in the world – at least for the next four to six weeks while Tiger Woods recovers from post-Masters arthroscopic surgery to his left knee. At age 32, and in picture-perfect shape, Woods would not altogether seem the most likely candidate for such youthful knee problems, but this is hardly his first bout with the surgeon’s knife. That same knee had a benign cyst removed from it in 1994, then had fluid drained and another cyst removed some eight years later. Are we looking, then, at the sort of recurring injury that might substantially affect the remainder of Woods’ career? Probably not, from the sound of most orthopedic opinions presently being bounced around. But what if it does? What if, for example, a hilly course like Augusta becomes enough of a problem for the knee that Woods’ ability to compete is legitimately affected? I can already envision the network executives lobbying the USGA and PGA of America to hold all of their Majors on the flattest, easiest-to-walk courses imaginable. And if Augusta’s hills really become a problem? Perhaps suggestions to replace it with the Florida-based Players Championship as the fourth Major will become deafening. Or – gulp! – perhaps the PGA Tour will rely on court-mandated precedent and allow Tiger to play with a cart, just like his fellow Stanford Cardinal Casey Martin. The possibilities, in many directions, seem endless…
- If He Hadn’t Won Already...: …We might be wondering if Ryo Ishikawa was ready for all of this. Japan’s talented 16-year-old professional was the halfway leader at the season-opening Token Homemate Cup with rounds of 68-67, then was tied for the 54-hole lead after adding a third-round 72. But Sunday saw Ishikawa back off quickly, as he double-bogeyed the first hole en route to an outward 38, then doubled the 10th and bogeyed the 11th before salvaging a 74 by with late birdies at the 15th, 16th and 17th. In the end, his 281 total tied for 5th, five behind winner Katsumasa Miyamoto, whose closing 66 proved enough to edge Taichi Teshima by one. Still, a solid professional debut for Ishikawa, whose J Tour victory at the 2007 Munsingwear Open as a 15-year-old amateur certainly gives him something to build on.
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