Here are the leaders after round 1:

Women's Side:
1 Felicity Johnson -8
2 Su-Hyun Oh -6
2 Anne Catherine Tanguay -6
2 Kim Kaufman -6

Men's Side:
1 Nick Flanagan -10
2 James Anstiss -8
2 Hugo Leon -8
2 Kurt Kitayama -8
2 Callum Shinkwin -8
2 James Nitties -8
2 Jason Scrivener -8

For more scores: (Botton of page)

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2019/...-pairings.html

I would like to try something new. Starting this week, and continuing throughout the season, I will be spotlighting an LPGA rookie.

The 2019 rookie that I have chosen to start off with is:

Lauren Stephenson


http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/

I tried to watch a little of the first round (via DVR) last night and just couldn't get into it. Thrown off by the format and it probably didn't help that I was tired and watching on phone. Will be interested to see if I have the same reaction giving it a shot on the TV this weekend.

The coverage is terrible.

Here are the leaders after after the second round of the ISPS Handa Vic Open:

Women's scores:
1 Kim Kaufman -13
2 Haru Nomura -11
3 Su-Hyun Oh -10

Men's scores:
1 Jason Scrivener -14
1 Nick Flanagan -14
3 Wade Ormsby -13

For more scores:
http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2019/...-pairings.html

I agree, the coverage is so disjointed. It's hard to cover 2 tournaments at the same time.

Here are the leaders after after the third round of the ISPS Handa Vic Open:

Women's scores:
1 Kim Kaufman -10
2 Celine Boutier -8
2 Su-Hyun Oh -8
4 Haru Nomura -7

Men's scores:
1 Wade Ormsby -15
2 Callum Shinkwin -13
2 Matthew Stieger -13
4 Justin Harding -12
4 David Law -12
4 Brad Kennedy -12


For more scores:
http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2019/...-pairings.html

Here are the final results of the ISPS Handa Vic Open:

Women's scores:
1 Celine Boutier -8
2 Sarah Kemp -6
2 Charlotte Thomas -6
2 Su-Hyun Oh -6


Men's scores:
1 David Law -18
2 Brad Kennedy -17
2 Wade Ormsby -17

For more scores:
http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2019/...-pairings.html

The ISPS Handa Vic Open has been completed.

The results were quite unexpected.

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/

The LPGA stays in Australia for the second consecutive week, for the playing of the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open.

Here is my preview and lots more:

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/

tony, i appreciate all your work

why was the LPGA leaderboard so non-asian last week? was it full field LPGA? i'm thinking australia's proximity to korea would make it a natural tourney

i'm think the course was very long and hard for LPGA. scores weren't very low. i think the LPGA should do much more of this.

how many yards were the LPGA forward of the men? was it zero?

the course looks like it's yardage-constrained so women may have played same tees as men.... i also think if they play different tees, it takes away from the great idea of them playing together.

Thank you.
The Korean players just chose to take the week off. Many are taking this week off also and starting in Thailand next week.

The men and women teed of at the same distance on about half the holes.

The first round pairings for the ISPS Handa Australian Women's Open have now been posted:

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2019/...lian-open.html

Here are the leaders after round 1:

1 Jodi Ewart Shadoff -7
1 Wei Ling Hsu -7
3 Karrie Webb -5
3 Madelene Sagstrom -5
3 Bronte Law -5

For more scores:
http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2019/...lian-open.html

Here are the leaders of the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open after round 2:

1 Madelene Sagstrom -10
1 We-Ling Hsu -10
3 Nelly Korda -7
3 Haru Nomura -7
3 Hannah Green -7

For more scores:
http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2019/...lian-open.html

Tony, thx for the reply

Koreans and/or any LPGA women taking a week off? i thought that was unheard of. or is that outdated thinking? i.e. more after credit crisis of 2008

Not sure if serious, but just in case you are: The number of tournaments has grown significantly since Mike Whan became the commissioner (it probably hasn't hurt that the economy has been better of course). It would be quite a feat of stamina to play all of them.

Fun fact/quiz:

Only one player competed in 30 events during the 2018 season. Name her.

Answer:

Here are the leaders of the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open after round 3:

1 Nelly Korda -12
2 Haru Nomura -9
3 Jeongeun6 Lee -8
3 Jodi Ewart Shadoff -8
3 Wei Ling Hsu -8

For more scores:
http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2019/...lian-open.html

Hey thats a great question. I think I will use it on my blog. I guessed Brooke Henderson.

That would have been my guess as well.

Because of all the requests I receive for information on LPGA rookies, about ten days ago I decided to try something new on here. I decided that throughout the season I would spotlight different LPGA rookies.

Today's Rookie Spotlight:

Jeongeun Lee6

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/

Booker, i was serious.

i had vaguely noticed there seem to be more LPGA events these days.

my thinking was historically and especially before Whan became commish that most LPGA players played every week... i remember specifically reading that LPGA qualifying tourney success was nowhere near as good as men's PGA for getting into actual tourneys.

but as you say, it's changed........... i might have thought 1) players might be slow to adjust their schedules down; 2) asian women so driven that they'd try to play all them. but i figure they'd soon find it was counter-productive.

as an example, i get the feeling that Brooke Henderson has made a very tangible decision to play less than in past. seemed like even 2 years ago she played every tourney

Fair enough. There are definitely a lot more events. In 2011 the highest number of events played was 23.

Just my opinion but a lot of the asian players have experience playing the KLPGA or JLPGA, so they know what a grind playing tournament golf is. Even those that don't have likely competed as juniors.

I don't think Brooke Henderson is going to play significantly less. She withdrew from the 2 tournaments in Australia due to illness (at least that's what she said). She played 28/33 in 2018, 30 events in 2017, 31 in 2016. As a popular figure with significant sponsor obligations I'd be surprised if she played fewer than 26 or 27. She also seems to enjoy the game more than, say, Lexi Thompson.

It really is impressive how good of a job Whan and his team have done. Going global without stepping too hard on the toes of the KLPGA and JLPGA is big. He's going to need to shift focus some to building purses and bringing in some more name sponsors to step in when contracts don't get renewed.