Lorena..What a Champion thinks.

[MarinePaul]

Originally Posted by gxer

Don't all golfers lose more than they win?

If you are trying to make a point that Lorena has improved with age, OK, that's fair, but she still only won 3 times this year in 22 events.

What happened to her "champion's mind set" during the season? Seriously, it sounds like you're arguing with yourself. Lorena thinks like a champion, where Jiyai doesn't, but she still "only" won three times in 22 events.

[JJfan]

Originally Posted by gxer

Don't all golfers lose more than they win?

If you are trying to make a point that Lorena has improved with age, OK, that's fair, but she still only won 3 times this year in 22 events.

Right on gxer.....Lorena has improved with age, as will Ji Yai, for you or anyone to say Shin doesn't "think like a POY" is an insult to anyone who follows womans golf.

I guess Lorena was just too nice a girl in 2003.

[gxer]

Originally Posted by MarinePaul

What happened to her "champion's mind set" during the season? Seriously, it sounds like you're arguing with yourself. Lorena thinks like a champion, where Jiyai doesn't, but she still "only" won three times in 22 events.

As you know, I was talking about the 3rd round of the LPGA tour championship and Lorena's desire to remain POY.

In addition, and I know you know this as well, you are just trying to argue, but Lorena had a lot of personal issues to deal with this past season.

Next season, with the personal stuff hopefully behind her, she will win more events, but unless she turns into a Wonder Woman during this off season, she will still lose more events than she wins.

[Saint-Just X]

I'd still bet a fair amount of coin on Jiyai Shin being the next number one in the world.

Her last two tournaments,which have seen her,surprisingly,come up short when it mattered,could be due,in part,to being mentally exhausted at the end of a year where she's done a lot of globetrotting.

The break will do her good...

Pax Vobiscum
Saint-Just X

[gxer]

Originally Posted by Saint-Just X

I'd still bet a fair amount of coin on Jiyai Shin being the next number one in the world.

Her last two tournaments,which have seen her,surprisingly,come up short when it mattered,could be due,in part,to being mentally exhausted at the end of a year where she's done a lot of globetrotting.

The break will do her good...

Pax Vobiscum
Saint-Just X

When I look at the rankings and see that Anna Nordqvist would be number 2 based on raw numbers, I start thinking that maybe Anna is going to be the next number one when Lorena leaves the tour to have a baby or two.

[dangerbob]

Originally Posted by JJfan

Right on gxer.....Lorena has improved with age, as will Ji Yai, for you or anyone to say Shin doesn't "think like a POY" is an insult to anyone who follows womans golf.

I guess Lorena was just too nice a girl in 2003.

So are you asking any of the moderators to delete that post?

[MarinePaul]

Originally Posted by gxer

As you know, I was talking about the 3rd round of the LPGA tour championship and Lorena's desire to remain POY.

In addition, and I know you know this as well, you are just trying to argue, but Lorena had a lot of personal issues to deal with this past season.

Next season, with the personal stuff hopefully behind her, she will win more events, but unless she turns into a Wonder Woman during this off season, she will still lose more events than she wins.

Actually, I wasn't trying to argue with you at all. I was just curious as to the apparent discrepancy in your argument.

Personal issues aside, I don't see any player, Lorena, Jiyai, MW, or whomever, being able to dominate the LPGA Tour. There are too many talented players for that to happen.

[gxer]

Originally Posted by MarinePaul

Personal issues aside, I don't see any player, Lorena, Jiyai, MW, or whomever, being able to dominate the LPGA Tour. There are too many talented players for that to happen.

What is YOUR definition of dominate? I have to ask for YOUR definition by using caps for YOUR because it appears YOU have a unique way of arguing, YOUR way.

So, tell me how many wins does it take in a season on the LPGA tour for YOU to agree that a particular player is a dominate player?

[MarinePaul]

Originally Posted by gxer

What is YOUR definition of dominate? I have to ask for YOUR definition by using caps for YOUR because it appears YOU have a unique way of arguing, YOUR way.

So, tell me how many wins does it take in a season on the LPGA tour for YOU to agree that a particular player is a dominate player?

Do YOU think a player is going to have an Annika- like year? Five, six, seven or more wins? Given all the first- time winners this year, and the talent currently on the LPGA Tour, plus those on the horizon, I have a hard time imagining any player being as dominant as Annika was for the majority of her career.

I don't dispute that even the best players lose more often than they win. That's a given. What I AM saying is that, according to your original statement, Lorena is apparently the only player who "thinks like a champion." If you look at her win/ loss record compared to Jiyai's for this season, that argument tends to lose its validity.

What I question more than anything is when did you become a mindreader? How do you know what Jiyai, Lorena, or anyone else thinks?

[Saint-Just X]

Originally Posted by MarinePaul

Do YOU think a player is going to have an Annika- like year? Five, six, seven or more wins? Given all the first- time winners this year, and the talent currently on the LPGA Tour, plus those on the horizon, I have a hard time imagining any player being as dominant as Annika was for the majority of her career.

Also,with fewer events,the quality of field is stronger ;it's impossible to rack up a few wins in tournaments where the bulk of the game's elite aren't present.

I can't imagine anyone winning six or seven tournaments a year in the current climate...

Pax Vobiscum
Saint-Just X