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...
Mostly Harmless Putting Tip Passes Live Play Test
I was so excited about my new pre-putt/trigger routine that I decided to take it to a course I was unfamiliar with--in this case, South Shore Country Club, only a few minutes from our new house. I went off around 6:45 am playing 2 balls, a yellow Srix...
The Best of the Young Guns: Class of 2008, March 2011 Edition
There's no way to make a smooth transition back to normal LPGA blogging from what's going on in Japan, so I won't even try.It's hard to believe the last time I ranked the LPGA's rookie class of 2008 was June 2010, but there you have it. In those 9 mon...
The Best of the Young Guns: Class of 2007, Final 2010 Edition
I'm still in serious catch-up mode when it comes to my ongoing series on how the careers of members of recent LPGA rookie classes are shaping up and stacking up. With the start of the 2011 LPGA season only days away, it's high time I updated the Class...
And the Winner of the 2010 LPGA Prognostication Derby Is….
OK, so I shamed myself into spending a late night doing some elementary-school-level number-crunching and I'm ready to announce the winner of the 2010 LPGA Prognostication Derby. Who will follow former Waggle Room scribe Mulligan Stu in 2008 and Derby...
I’m Back! Miss Me?
Hey all, the move from Dunkirk to Hamburg not only took up much more of my time than I hoped, but also involved a switch in our internet service provider. It turns out the phone line to our new home was damaged while the computer we left in the old ho...
The Best of the LPGA: Final 2010 Edition
It's hard to believe that I haven't had time to update my Best of the LPGA ranking since last August! As usual, I'll be mashing up the LPGA money list, the final Hound Dog Top 70 (which focuses exclusively on LPGA performances and results from 2010), ...
The Best Off the LPGA: The JLPGA’s Finest, Final 2010 Edition
6 JLPGA regulars and 2 irregulars made up almost half my nominees for the coveted Mostly Harmless Best 2010 in Women's Golf award. For irregulars Ji-Yai Shin and Ai Miyazato, the JLPGA took a back seat to their efforts to win the money-list title and P...
The Best of the LPGA: August 2010 Edition
No time like the present to update my July ranking of the Best of the LPGA--seriously, this is my last chance to make this a post-Women's British Open ranking, rather than a pre-Safeway Classic ranking! As usual, I'll be mashing up the LPGA money list...
Recommended Reading: Michael Agger on Tiger, Hound Dog on LPGA
Check out Michael Agger's adroit use of ShotLink data to break down what areas of Tiger's game have been holding him back and compare it to the kinds of stats Hound Dog has to engineer to come up with useful measures of ballstriking and putting perform...
The Best of the LPGA: July 2010 Edition
It's Evian Masters week, so you know what that means here at Mostly Harmless, right? Well, after Whine About My Game Monday, it's time to kick off Ai Miyazato's First LPGA Title Defense Celebration Week with an update to my June ranking of the Best of...
