Ranking the LPGA’s Rookie Class of 2010
Azahara Munoz was Rookie of the Year in the Class of 2010, the 2nd of 3 classes in what I'm calling the "New Blood" generation on the LPGA. Could anybody pass her by the end of the 2011 season? Or begin approaching the feats of the best in ...
Ranking the LPGA’s Rookie Class of 2010
Azahara Munoz was Rookie of the Year in the Class of 2010, the 2nd of 3 classes in what I'm calling the "New Blood" generation on the LPGA. Could anybody pass her by the end of the 2011 season? Or begin approaching the feats of the best in ...
The Best in the Tseng Dynasty: January 2012 Edition
Since last April's ranking of the Best of the Young Guns generation on the LPGA, a lot has changed, most notably Ya Ni Tseng's achieving escape velocity relative to her peers in the rookie classes of 2006, 2007, and 2008, so much so that it's no e...
Ranking the LPGA’s Rookie Class of 2009
Now that I've finished ranking the rookie classes from the LPGA that I group under the moniker "Tseng Dynasty," it's time to turn my attention to the next generation, which I've been calling New Blood.Simply the Best1. Ji-Yai Shin. 2011 was a down...
Ranking the LPGA’s Rookie Class of 2009
Now that I've finished ranking the rookie classes from the LPGA that I group under the moniker "Tseng Dynasty," it's time to turn my attention to the next generation, which I've been calling New Blood.Simply the Best1. Ji-Yai Shin. 2011 was a down...
Ranking the LPGA’s Rookie Class of 2008
I used to group together the LPGA's rookie classes of 2006, 2007, and 2008 into a generation I called "Young Guns," in honor of the noise so many of them were making in the upper echelons of women's professional golf so soon after they joined the top t...
Ranking the LPGA’s Rookie Class of 2008
I used to group together the LPGA's rookie classes of 2006, 2007, and 2008 into a generation I called "Young Guns," in honor of the noise so many of them were making in the upper echelons of women's professional golf so soon after they joined the top t...
Ranking the LPGA’s Rookie Class of 2007
Having recently reviewed the careers of the LPGA's rookie class of 2006, it's time to update last February's ranking of the Class of 2007--or what I'm starting to think of as "The Incredible Shrinking Rookie Class."Simply the Best1. In-Kyung Kim: ...
Ranking the LPGA’s Rookie Class of 2006
The LPGA's rookie class of 2006 was the 1st that I started paying really close attention to as a group, at first because of the way in which Ai Miyazato dominated Q-School in late 2005 but over time because I became interested in the different kinds of...
Ranking the LPGA’s Rookie Class of 2006
The LPGA's rookie class of 2006 was the 1st that I started paying really close attention to as a group, at first because of the way in which Ai Miyazato dominated Q-School in late 2005 but over time because I became interested in the different kinds of...
Final Check On My Top 30 Predictions
Way back in February, before the first LPGA tournament was played, the Constructivist asked us to predict the top 30 players for the coming year. Since the season is over, and I haven't seen anyone else analyze their picks, let me be the first. 1- Na ...
The Best of the LPGA: August 2011 Edition
I finally got the time to update my Best of the LPGA ranking from the last month that begins with an "A"! Just as in April, I'll be incorporating Tony Jesselli's and Thomas Atkins's latest rankings (both of which focus exclusively on the 2011 LPGA sea...
