the;lpga’s;solid,;unseen;start
the lpga is off to a terrific start with only one problem—few people are watching.
first, 18 year-old Jessica korda won the isps handa women’s australian open at
the magnificent royal melbourne course in a six-way playoff that included three
major championship winners. then the best player in the women’s game, yani
tseng, stormed from behind and closed birdie-birdie to capture the honda lpga
thailand. yesterday, angela stanford (above) survived a four-way playoff to win
the hsbc women’s champions in singapore over na yeon choi, Jenny shin and
shanshan feng, who was trying to become the first player from mainland china to
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win an lpga event. the problem for the tour is that all three events were shown by
golf channel a day late on delayed tape. in this era of instant communication, that’s
a tough sell to a sporting audience—especially when a good chunk of the players in
the field are tweeting about the outcome. now the tour has two weeks off, but when
it returns the lpga should get back on the radar screen of fans and the media. the
tour makes its u.s. debut with the rr donnelley lpga founders cup in phoenix
march 15-18, followed by the kia classic and the kraft nabisco championship, both
in california. now it just has to keep producing exciting finishes. —R.S.
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