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Hello and welcome to Dorsa's Golf Club.
Well, you guys, I'm so glad to be back.
It has been a while. I had some really
great time off and I am so thrilled to
be back. We went up to Kiwana Mountain
Lodge up in Copper Harbor, Michigan. And
I know I have talked with you all about
Kiwana and how special it is. And we had
a fantastic time. I cannot wait to tell
you more about our time there. Um I
think I will talk about it a lot more um
in a later episode. this week. I'm going
to release a second episode this week on
Friday because I have a lot to cover
today and and I have a lot more to cover
regarding the countdown to the crown,
the international crown as you all know
coming up in October. And so to fit in
everything that I want to talk about and
everything that has been going on while
I was gone, I need to talk about a lot
today and um cover a lot over the next
few weeks leading up to the
international crowns. But I just want to
say how delightful my time off was at QAnon.
QAnon.
Oh, so if you don't know, Copper Harbor
is up in the Upper Peninsula in
Michigan. And the Upper Peninsula, I was
going to say grab a map, but probably
just on your cell phone, look up the UP.
And then the UP has a peninsula, several
peninsulas, but the largest peninsula
that juts into Lake Superior. And at the
very farthest point of that is Copper
Harbor, Michigan. And Kiwana Mountain
Lodge has the golf course that is the
farthest north golf course in Michigan.
And so we stayed there at Kiwana
Mountain Lodge and played golf. And it
was so beautiful. The leaves were
turning and the weather was beautiful.
And we just had such a relaxing nice
time. There were so many beautiful birds
out and we saw deer and it just was so
so peaceful. Everyone had gone back to
school and so there were not many people
there staying and so it was quiet and
peaceful and relaxing. And Copper
Harbor, the town there is I mean it's so
small but so cute. A few little
restaurants that were still open and
then a wonderful bookstore called
Grandpa's Barn. And so it's actually a
barn that is a bookstore. I haven't
actually finished a book in a very long
time other than listening to audiobooks
as I'm making long commutes driving and
uh so I read two books very quickly
front to back which was a record for me
for this year and in a long time
unfortunately I used to read all the
time. So read two books very quickly got
lots of sleep. played golf and we
decided that really the way that we play
golf, we like to play our 18 holes over
two days, basically nine holes one day,
have a day in between, and then finish
up our our round of 18 holes on the
second day with a day in between. That's
how we got in our 18 holes of golf. They
have a wonderful nine-hole golf course
there at Kiwana and they used to have 18
holes at some point. um converted the
back nine. It's now all trails,
wonderful hiking trails. And then in the
winter you can go snowshoeing and
cross-country skiing. And I'm dying to
get up there sometime in the winter.
I've never been snowshoeing and I really
would like to. But yeah, it it is a
fantastic location up there. So, I'll
tell you a lot more about the trip and
everything about the wonderful mountain
lodge up there. But there's so much to
cover today. So, let me go ahead and get
into it. While we were gone, uh there
were a couple different tournaments. So,
the first weekend that we were gone,
which was September through 14th, was
the first tournament that I had missed.
So, that was the Kroger Queen City
Championship and that was played in
Cincinnati, Ohio. That tournament was
won by Charlie Hull and that evidently
ended up being a very exciting
tournament, a very exciting ending with
Charlie Hull winning. So Charlie has
only won, this is now her third LPGA win
in her entire career. Her last win with
the LPGA was back in 2022 and then her
first win with the LPGA was back in
2016. So, she's had to wait a while
since her last win in 2022. Okay. So,
very similar to the way that Gino ended
the previous tournament there in Boston.
So, the FM championship there in Boston
with her and Miranda Wong where Gino
came in second and it was her and
Miranda Wong kind of battling it out
till the very end and Gino lost by one
point. It was very similar with Gino and
Charlie Hull here in the uh Kroger Queen
City Championship. And again, Gino lost
by one point. And so Gino Titakun from
Thailand, Charlie Hull is from England.
And the two of them were battling it out
up till the very last hole on the very
last day. And they had come up to the
18th. Gino had a one-shot lead entering
the 18th. And so she evidently had
reached the green I guess in two in two
shots and this was a par five on the
18th and so she could have won you know
I don't know about fairly easily I don't
know where exactly she had landed but
she could have won Charlie had come up
you know to the to the green the problem
was evidently Gino then four putted
four putted
to then get in the hole on the 18th.
Oh my goodness. And so she bogeied. So I
mean on the very last hole to four putt
for a bogey and and then Charlie birdied
the same hole. And so Charlie won by one
point. And so she finished at 20 under
and Gino finished at 19 under. So it
came down to that very last hole. Oh
man, I feel I feel for Gino. This is now
the second time again in the last two
tournaments or those previous two
tournaments that she had come down um uh
to being so close to winning and she's
only won one tournament this year.
Again, there were very high expectations
for her and just kind of not what people
had been expecting from Gino. Gino is
still number one in the world with uh
the Rolex rankings and the CME points
for the year, but but still this is kind
of disappointing. However,
this gives us a yet another new winner
for the year. So, we have not had a
repeat winner. And so, Charlie is our
uh I guess 25th um uh new winner. And
so, we're very very close to tying the
record. I'm rooting for us to break the
record um that we had uh gotten getting
very close to tying. Okay. So, some
other notable things. Body W uh came in
third, solo third at 18 under. The purse
was 2 million uh for that tournament. H
man, which is low. Uh the winner share
was $300,000. Charlie uh earned
$300,000. So, congratulations to
Charlie. Um and that really bumped her
up in uh the CME uh points, the race for
the CME. I was looking um I'm going
going to go through the CME points. um
at some point because we you know after
the after the international crown toward
the end of October there then the next
really big tournament is that CME
championship that is at the end of
November it's the weekend right before
Thanksgiving and so that is what this
entire year this race to the CME championship
championship
that is what this is all about. So, the
top 60 ranked women with CME points get
invited to that CME championship
tournament uh that weekend right before
Thanksgiving. It's in I believe Naples,
Florida. And so, 60 women will get to go
to that tournament and play. And the
winner gets she alone gets $4 million.
So, it is a huge deal if you're in that
top top 60 of the CME points. and get
invited to that tournament and have a
chance uh to win $4 million. And I'm
sure the other amounts of money that you
can win, I'm sure, are huge. And it's a
much smaller uh amount of people that
you're playing against. It's only 60 or
59 other women if you're one of the 60.
And a lot of tournaments, I mean, you're
sometimes with 120 women, 154 women. Um,
and so to only be playing with 60 total
women with that chance of winning $4
million for the winner, that's not the
total pot. That is the winner gets $4
million. It's a really big deal. So
those CME points, very, very important.
Now, that leads us to this tournament
that was supposed to be held, started to
be held this last weekend.
And that was the tournament that was
supposed to be held right outside, I
think it's technically in Rogers,
Arkansas, but I think of it as
Bentonville because it is the tournament
sponsored by Walmart. And so, it is the
Walmart Northwest Arkansas Championship
in Rogers, Arkansas. It was supposed to
be held September 19th through 21st. It
is just um one of those remaining 3-day
tournaments. So, 54 whole tournaments.
One of the very few. I actually I I had
been planning on going. Stuff had
happened. Work coming back from Kiwi,
everything had happened. Just kind of
busy in my life. And I had decided, my
husband and I had decided we're just
we're not going to go this year, but we
really would like to go next year. We
really wanted to go because we love
Bentonville so much. We went to
Bentonville. It's actually now been
almost exactly 3 years ago. We went to
Bentonville in the fall. I guess it was
maybe the first weekend in October when
we went and it was so wonderful. It was,
I think, maybe one of the last trips
that we had that we got to have with my
mom and uh my in-laws, my husband's
parents, and it was so fantastic. We got
a house, an Airbnb house right there in
Bentonville. It was a spectacular
location, a wonderful house. We went to
Crystal Bridges. That's really why we
were going. So, Crystal Bridges is a
wonderful art museum. Alice Walton, one
of the Walmart Aeryses, she uh has put
her money into art and she has
put together this spectacular art museum
there in Bentonville and it's free and
it focuses on American art and the art
museum itself is like the architecture
is so cool and beautiful and I think
they're been expanding the art museum,
but they they were having this special
exhibit at night. And so my
father-in-law was pushing my mom in a
wheelchair cuz she was having difficulty
walking at the time. So he was pushing
her around at night through this exhibit
and it was a bunch of really cool
interactive things uh with light and
sound and kind of going through these
woods in Arkansas outside the museum. It
was a really cool event and then the
museum through the day uh was just it
it's a spectacular museum and so we were
going to go kind of have an excuse to
see the museum because we were going to
go to the tournament and we were really
really excited and disappointed that we
weren't going to go and um then I got
really busy this weekend. was working.
Um, and then I basically was like, "Oh,
I've got to find out what happened with
the tournament." And I logged on. It got
rained out. So, the women were able to
play essentially one day of golf. On
Friday, they all I believe were able to
play 18 holes, so a round of golf. And
then Saturday, I was just reading, I
don't think anyone was able to play more
than three holes. And then it got rained
out. And then it basically was announced
on Sunday that with the continuing rain
throughout the full day on Saturday, it
kept raining, the amount of rain, they
got over 3 in of rain and then it kept
raining and then the forecast was for
more rain Monday and Tuesday. So, they
weren't even going to be able to make up
um the amount of holes that they needed
to actually call it an event. And so I
guess with the rules they needed to play
at least 36 holes to be able to count it
as a qualifying tournament. And so they
weren't able to even count it as a
tournament. And so they weren't able to
award anyone any CME points. And so this
is where it's really kind of a gut punch
for everyone who is playing these
tournaments and trying to get those CME
points and figure out, you know, where
they're going to end up in the CME
ranking, not only for this, you know,
big tournament in November, but also
where they'll end up at the end of the
year where they're going to end up on
that ranking because that will really
affect what tournaments they're able to
partic participate in next year. Like I
said, I'm going to do more of a deep
dive on that later. If you want to hear
more sooner than I get into it, I highly
recommend listening to the mixed bag.
Their most recent episode, they talk
about they talk about the Queen City
tournament, but they also talk about
women who are on the bubble. They
discuss being on the bubble and they
kind of talk about the implications of
the CME points, what exactly it means,
and they give a very good explanation of
why these points are so important, where
you are in the ranking, kind of what
events you'll be invited to, what events
you're guaranteed to be able to
participate in. And so, uh, if you want
more information before I do my my deep
dive on it, please listen to that
episode of the mixed bag. It's really
informative. It's great. Uh Matthew
talks through it. Um and it's it's just
a a great episode in general, but also
they give really good information on why
this is so important and such an
important time of year for the women and
again why it's such a gut punch that
they weren't able to get any CME points
from this tournament. We're winding down
the number of tournaments that anyone is
able to participate in uh before the end
of the year here. And so to have an
entire tournament, you know, just kind
of yanked away, it's just really
disappointing. But anyway, so next year,
I really hope that I'm able to attend.
And if you're listening and you have the
whole year now to plan ahead, if you're
thinking of going to any tournaments
next year, if you live anywhere around
Bentonville, Arkansas, I mean, people
fly in there all the time because
obviously it's Walmart headquarters and
so a lot of business goes on. So, I'm
sure that they have some decent flights
in there. Try try to plan a trip there.
Bentonville is it's a cute little town.
I remember some really good food, some
good restaurants. Also, their their
Walmart museum. They have I mean, I
think it's kind of a cute just small
museum, but they also have at the end
they have kind of a um like an ice cream
soda shop type thing. and they have
their prices still like whatever time
period that Walmart was opened and so oh
my goodness. So we got like a I don't
know you can get like a root beer float
for like 10 cents or something ridiculous.
ridiculous.
It's a lot of fun but the museum the
museum is worth it even if you do
nothing else. I mean obviously go to the
tournament but plan a weekend you know
stay an extra day go to the museum. The
museum is free and I just really really
highly recommend just go to Bentonville.
It's a great great city. Highly
recommend it. Okay, enough about that.
I want to next encourage you this
weekend, guys. It's the RDER Cup and
there's not an LPGA tournament probably
because it's the RDER Cup. Please watch
the RDER Cup. I know I've described it
this way before, but if you don't
recall, the Ryder Cup is it's the men's
version of the Saulheim Cup. So, the
Saulheim Cup, which is going to be
played next year, is where the US women
play the European women. So, it's a team
event where the US plays Europe. The
Ryder Cup is the men's version of that.
And so our American men, the team is
going to be playing playing European men
and they the teams are set. It's been a
lot of drama already, of course. I mean,
it's been, you know, drama all year
about Keegan Bradley. He's the American
team's captain. Was he going to be a
playing captain? I I can't even get into
it. I I don't want to get into it. I
have too many opinions. I don't want to
get into it right now. All right. The
reason I recommend that you watch the
writer cup this weekend and by the way
it's being played I think it's is it
Friday through Sunday. It's Friday
through Sunday. You can watch it on NBC.
It's going to be on NBC and Peacock. So
if you have the Peacock app, uh it'll be
on NBC. I think they're doing stuff on
USA. If you have cable um but definitely
network, it's going to be on NB NBC. And
then I also saw and I was looking on the
Peacock app. Uh Colin Jo from uh if
you've seen him on SNL, he's going to be
doing some like breakfast at Beth Page
Black, which is the golf course where
it's being played. Uh so I'm sure that's
going to be very funny. So I'm going to
be, you know, watching that, tuning in
for that on on uh Peacock. So, the
reason I recommend that you watch the
RDER Cup, even if you don't watch men's
golf, typically watch it to start
getting a feel for how team events are
played, so that you'll know what to
expect when you are watching the Hana
Life Plus International Crown
and for next year when you're watching
the Saulheim Cup because it will be able
you'll start being able to pick up
what's going on with Forball. ball
forsomes and then this um the singles
event. So because Hana the international
crown I won't say it the full name every
time but the international crown you
know we are going to have our four ball
and then I was looking I think I may
have stated it wrong when I was
describing the event. I think it is
primarily four ball and then I think
they are playing forsomes maybe the last
day along with some singles. So fourball
is exactly what it sounds like. We have
our team of two for example two US women
and then say two Japanese women if
they're playing each other and each one
is playing a ball. So that's the four
ball. So you'll watch out for that. And
then forsomes it's where we have our
teams. So four women, so two US women,
two Japanese women, but only two balls
are being played. So each team of two
women just has one ball and they're
playing the one ball. So each team is
just playing one ball. So that's
foursomes and then four ball. Obviously,
they're playing with four balls. So each
woman is playing her own ball. Oh, oops.
I just pulled out my earring. Got to put
it back in.
Anyway, so the writer cup will give you
a really good chance to be watching how
these team events are played and
watching kind of the strategy of who
they put up against one another, how it
all works because it will be very
important to be watching this um next
year with Salheim Cup, US versus Europe
and then also again with the
international crown coming up in oh my
goodness like basically a month a month
so it is starting October 23rd so when
this is posting which is going to be on
Tuesday September 23rd that is when the
uh international crown is starting I
can't believe it and you guys I am going
to be in South Korea for this event I I
can't tell you how excited I am I cannot
wait I can't wait. Oh my goodness,
there's so much to do in the meantime.
So, that's why I recommend watching The
Writer Cup. Now, another reason why I
recommend watching The Writer Cup is
because it is so dramatic.
If you are someone like me who enjoys
watching reality television, if you like
drama, if you like all of those things,
watch The Writer Cup. And in
preparation, here's what I recommend. Go
to no laying up the podcast and there
are three episodes that I recommend you
listen to. You are going to laugh and
laugh. They are so funny and they will
give you really good background on the
drama, the absolute drama, the hilarity,
the stakes
of the writer cup and
how enjoyable and hilarious this can all
be. And by the way, this is these
episodes I'm going to tell you about are
from Rder Cups from 19919. They aren't
even from the Ryder Cup two years ago
where there was also a lot of drama. If
you want more information about that,
you can look at no laying up the
chipping forecast. They discussed it. if
you want to also um on Netflix the docue
series about golf full swing they also
on full swing I think it's season 2 it
has some of the drama that was going on
with the writer cup the one that was in
Rome 2 years ago it is so funny it is so
funny you can love the drama you can
love to hate certain people you can get
all involved you can root for your
country you can root for the other team
whatever you I love it. I love it.
Here's the order that I recommend
because I think I I think that this is a
really good order to give you some
context. So, go to No Laying Up and go
to episode 921
and that's called Golf Feuds and that
discusses the 1999 Ryder Cup. It is the
funniest episode. It is so funny. that
will just give you some context about
the writer cup and about the um
just how seriously this stuff is taken
for years and the rivalry and how it all
goes. And if you go to 9, episode 945,
that is an episode kind of a deep dive
into some some investigations going on
uh that no laying up did. And this one
is talking about Beth Page Black.
That is the name. So Beth Page is the
golf course and black or I guess the
golf club and Beth Page Black is the
specific golf course that uh the RDER
Cup is going to be played at. So there's
Beth Paige black and red and blue and
yellow and green, I think. But Beth Page
Black is the actual course that they're
going to be playing for the writer cup.
And so that episode
it doesn't talk
it's it's an episode that talks about a
lot of other things, but it also
discusses Beth Paige Black and how
difficult it is as a course. And it's
just a really fascinating episode. So
don't think that it's all about the
writer cut because it it's not. It's
just a really interesting episode and
gives you some context about Beth Page
Black and you know why it is such um a
well-known course and it's just also a
really fascinating episode and will give
you some idea I think too on possibly
the type of fans that are going to be
there. The local the local fans, the
local American fans. Okay. And then the
last episode I recommend is episode 425.
And so it's obviously much earlier, but
it is an episode that discusses the 1991
RDER Cup. It's a great episode. Again,
highly recommend it. It really again
just gives some wonderful background. So
just as you're exercising, as you're
running errands, as you're just wanting
something on in the background,
anything, just put on these three
episodes of no laying up, do it early.
Do it in preparation. And then starting
on Friday, you will have some excellent
context when you put on the writer cup.
If you don't have time on Friday, if
you're working, if you're doing
whatever, Saturday and Sunday, turn it
on. NBC, Peacock, maybe USA, but
definitely NBC network, Peacock app.
Please put it on. It's going to be
great. Okay. So, like I said, you'll
then learn about match play. So, you'll
see four ball forsomes and then the
singles. You'll see the strategy. So,
that will help you get ready for the
International Crown. And so my next
segment which I'm going to talk about
now is the international crown, the
countdown to the crown. And so our main
feature today,
we are going to be talking about team
USA. I'm so excited. So I want to talk
about our four players and then I'm
going to talk about their fashion a
little bit. It's really interesting what
I found out. Okay, team USA. So, as you
all know, each team has four players.
And the four players are chosen based on
the Rolex rankings.
And so, our four US players are Nelly
Corda, Lilia Vu, Angel Yen, and Lauren
Coglin. I think this is a fantastic
team. I think we have some strengths and
weaknesses, but I think together they're
going to be wonderful. So, let's talk
about each one of them. And I know that
you probably have heard me talk about
each of them independently, but I want
to go into them a little bit more so
that you all feel like you really know
our US players very well and you can
start learning about them a little bit
more yourself and so you can really
fully start rooting for them and be
prepared to cheer them on for the
international crown. Just as a preface,
I highly recommend if you are on
Instagram, go ahead and follow our US
women. Follow them on Instagram and then
also if you want to go ahead and follow
um Hanwa Life plus International Crown,
you can be getting news on all of the
team um all the different teams. Uh then
when the event does start, you know,
you'll be getting information on it,
too. So, let's talk about Nelly Corda.
Nelly, as you know, she just dropped in
the Rolex rankings from number one where
she had been I just read she had been
there for 71 weeks. 71 weeks in a row.
She had been ranked number one in the
world. She just just dropped to number
two I think in August. Uh now Gino
Titakun from Thailand is ranked number
one and Nelly Corda is ranked number two
in the Rolex world rankings. So she's
ranked number two. The race to the CME
Globe, she's ranked number six. So Nelly
Corda joined the LPGA in 2017. So she's
been with the LPGA for uh many years
now. Um compared to some of the other
players that we'll talk about and she is
27 years old. Nelly is really
incredible. So, I know this year and
it's been interesting talking like with
my husband as we've been watching golf
uh watching the LPGA and going to these
tournaments. You know, last year I
wasn't watching the LPGA, but I was
listening to a podcast about golf. And
so, again, primarily I was listening to
the chipping forecast and I was
listening to No Laying Up. And so I knew
like last year in 2024
in the first I think eight tournaments
of the year, Nelly Corda had won six six LPGA
LPGA
wins out of the first eight tournaments
of the year. And then I think she won a
total last year, I'm looking it up, I
think last year she had won a total of
seven wins last year.
And you know, I had heard that through
these men's podcasts and then watching
women's golf this year. Nelly hasn't won
yet. And so going to these events and
seeing the media and seeing the crowds
around Nelly and like you know she's not
she's not winning. She's not always in
the top of the leaderboard. And again to
see everyone crowding around and again
you know you know the coverage is
following her whether or not she's top
of the leaderboard you know the TV like
the media coverage the TV coverage is
around Nelly and it's it's kind of
frustrating because it's like okay like
why we have we have really good players
who are actually leading
why are they showing Nelly and talking
with my husband and then describing like
well this is why they're showing Nelly
like This is what she was doing last
year. And then here, listen to what
she's done in her career. This is why
Nelly Corda is a big deal. Okay. So,
even when she's not winning, like she's
up there, relevant, and she's been
around and been relevant. So, like I
said, even when she's not winning, she's
been number one in the world, the number
one women's golfer in the world for 71
weeks in a row. Like I said, last year
she had won seven times. I mean, we just
talked about at the beginning, you know,
Charlie Hull, who is a very good player.
She has had a very good career. She's
had good earnings. She's known as a very
good player. She's up there a lot.
She's, you know, she tied for second in
the AIG Women's Open. She she's up there
in the leaderboard a lot. She's a good
player. She's won three tournaments
total in her entire career with the
LPGA. It is hard to win tournaments. And
last year, Nelly Corda won seven
tournaments in one year. Like, that's
that's really good. Nelly Corda is
really good. And so I just I'm trying to
I'm trying to put this in perspective
about why Nelly Corda is a big deal. So
even though she hasn't won this year,
like Nelly Corta is a really big deal.
In 2024, she uh was in 16 events and she
made the cut 13 times. She uh was a
member of the US Solheim Cup team in
2024. She also represented the US team
at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She had a
historic season, like I said, with seven
wins um and an an additional four top 10
finishes. Okay. 2023,
18 events, she made the cut 16 times.
She had a she recorded nine top 10
finishes. And in 2023, she was a member
of the US uh team at the International
Crown and she was a member of the US
Salheim Cup team in 2023. 2022 she was
in 15 events and made the cut 13 times
and she had eight top 10 finishes in
2022. 2021 she was in 17 events, made
the cut 16 times. She was also then in
uh she was a member of the US Saulheim
Cup team and she represented the United
States in the Tokyo Olympics and she won
the gold medal. All right. And I mean it
just keeps going back. um 2019 she was
also a member of the US Solheim Cup
team. So even back here when she was an amateur
amateur
um she played on the 2015 US Junior
Saulheim Cup team. All right. So we know
Nelly Corda is incredible. I think what
is very important here in this team
event is that Nelly has participated in
so many team events. her experience on
these team events is going to be really
important here and because as we go
through you'll see that we don't
necessarily have that experience with
the other women on the US team. So
having been in the Olympics so many
times representing the US, having won
the gold at the Olympics, so being in
those very high pressure situations, but
then these team events, being a member
of the Saulheim Cup team multiple times,
and having been a member of the
international crown team event already,
I think is very important. So, not just
US versus Europe, but also having been
in the team event where it is multiple
countries as a team event, I think is
very important. So, she has that
experience and she'll be able to bring
some of that knowledge and experience to
the other players and I think that that
is going to be so important for Nelly to
bring to the team. Our next player,
let's talk about Angel Yen. Angel Yen is
the next in our leaderboard and she is
ranked number 10 in the Rolex rankings.
She's ranked number eight in the race to
the CME. She's had two career wins with
the LPGA. Her rookie year was also 2017
with LPGA. And Angel Yin is 26 years
old. Now let's talk about her stats a
little bit. Okay, so Angel's wins, this
is really good. So, Angel won for the
first time with the LPGA in 2023. And
then her most recent win was this year
in 2025. She won the Honda LPGA uh
Thailand event. So, I think this is
really good because Angel having won
this year, I think that that's a very
positive thing. That's showing an upward
trend for Angel. Rolex ranking is very
good. Number 10 in the world. That's
fantastic for the US. And so as far as
Angel's concerned, she has been a member
of the Saulheim Cup team for uh three
different times. So she was a member in
2017, 2019, and 2023. And it looks like
she's had a pretty good record there. 53
and one. I think that that is five wins,
three losses, and one tie. And so that's
a very good record as far as team events
go. So she's had experience in team
events. She has a winning record with
team events. I think that's fantastic
experience that Angel has had. And again
having kind of that upward trend as far
as winning this year. Um I think is
really very good for Angel and uh what
she's bringing to this team event. Now
2024 uh she participated in 20 events,
made the cut 13 times. Uh she did earn
seven top 10 finishes
and um her best event was a uh
solo second at the CME uh championship,
which is quite good. 2023 she was in 18
events and made the cut 15 times and she
had six top 10 finishes
let's see and in 2023 she was a member
of the US uh Saulheim Cup team. So, it
looks like I don't think she's been a
member of an international crown
that I can see.
But I think it's really great that she
has been in these team events and like I
said that she has won uh recently that
she has had this recent LPGA win because
I think for her mentally that's going to
go a long way and really you know I
don't know it says to her that she
absolutely deserves to be part of this
team that she is providing a lot to this
team and clearly is a very important
member of the team with very good
experience to bring to the table. Okay,
let's talk about Lauren Coglin. Lauren
Coglin has also had two career wins
and she is 15th in the Rolex rankings,
24th in the race to the CME Globe. Her
rookie year was 2018
and Lauren is 32 years old. Now, you've
heard me talk about Lauren Coglin in the
past. Um, Lauren
uh had been with the LPGA for many years
and hadn't won, was getting very close to
to
stopping playing golf, was really
questioning whether this was a career
that she could continue. Um, I think her
husband had quit his job and was catting
for her and they were trying to decide
if this was something that they were
going to continue or not. And then she
won she won her first tournament last
year in 2024 and uh and then she won
again and it was just I don't know if
they were backtoback ones uh but it was
really amazing and uh the timing of it
was so spectacular because she also
then made the Saulheim Cup team uh for
America in 2024. It was just wonderful.
And she went uh she was a so she was
first time member of the US team in the
Saulheim Cup. Um and she did really
really well there. So looking here she
was 3 and one. So won three of her
matches. Uh didn't lose any and was tied
one. That is an incredible performance
especially as a rookie going into a team
event. Very high pressure. Really
outstanding. And so 2024 was just an
amazing kind of breakout year for
someone who had been playing since 2018
was thinking of giving up. It really is
an amazing story. I know I've told you
this before, but no laying up. They uh
they actually sponsored her. Their
podcast sponsored her and they have
several episodes about about her and her
story. Um, but I think there's one
specifically called like Lauren Coglin's
story or something. Uh, and I I
recommend listening to it, but it's
really an amazing story. I like Lauren
Coglin very much. She
everything I have seen of her at
tournaments. She seems to be very chill,
very calm, cooled,
very calm under pressure. I think she's
going to bring that to the team. I
especially, my goodness, with her
record. I know she's only been in one
team event uh there with the Salahheim
Cup in 2024, but that's a fantastic
record that she has. And so, I think
that that is going to be really great
for this team. I'm thrilled that Lauren
is on this team. Okay, let me talk about
our final player on the US team, and
that is Liliau. I really like Liliau.
She is ranked currently 28th in the
Rolex rankings and 64th in the race to
the CME Globe. Julia has had five career
wins and was a rookie in 2019. That's
when she joined the LPGA. She is 27
years old. So, let's look at her bio.
Okay, of Lilia's five wins, two have
been majors. That's great. That's pretty
amazing. And so she won the Chevron
Championship and then she also has won
the AIG Women's Open. Those are
impressive, you know, very impressive to
of your five wins to have two of them be
major wins.
Um, she has been, this is very good, she
has been in two Saulheim Cups. So she's
been in those team events in 2023 and
2024. And then she was in the
international crown uh team event in
2023. She was also a member of the US
team for the Paris Olympics in 2024.
And so that is really great. She next to
Nelly Corda has the most uh experience
with team events. So between the
Olympics, the International Crown and
Salheim Cup team events, Lilia Vu has
some great experience there. Okay, here
are my thoughts though. So Lilia has not
been playing as well this year as she
has in the past. I think she had a back
injury. Um I think she has been kind of
getting back into things. Um, recently
though, I feel like a couple tournaments
though I've been seeing her maybe coming
back up. So hopefully I'm hoping that
just kind of her deep well of experience
will come into play. Lilia is also a
player that I think I think every player
can get in their head, of course, but
she seems to get very focused,
very intense. And while that that can be
great if you're doing well, it also I
think can turn into potential negative
energy when you're not doing well. This
is the same with Angel Yen. Angel is so
hilarious. I know that I've talked about
like Okay, so Angel, if you ever watch a
press conference that uh that
documentary on YouTube
uh about the LPGA Drive on Angel, Angel
is just herself and she's very open and
honest and wonderful and so likable. I
really like Angel Yen. She talked about
in a press conference discovering she
had a gluten allergy and how she refused
to believe it because she's too old to
get a gluten allergy. She's just
hilarious. Angel's Angel's just so funny
and she can be so happy and delightful
and open and free. And then when you see
her on the golf course and she is not
doing well, she is
she doesn't seem like a player who can
just shake it off. I mean, I know she
does really well. like she is very high
in the rankings and she is doing well
this year. But like the attitude that
she portrays and watching an athlete
like walking down the golf course like
it's just interesting watching her like
going to a tournament and watching her
when she's not playing well. She can get
I don't want to say depressed but like
in a funk like really in a funk. So
here's my thinking. I think that these
women together can have some fun. And I
think that Angel will do really well in
a team event. I think Angel can bring
some good vibes, some really fun good
vibes, and Lauren can bring some kind of
chill energy. Nelly is just stable. But,
you know, watching her Instagram when
she's just kind of like just having fun
with her friends and not being like
super professional golfer girl, she
looks like a really fun hangout like fun
vibe. And then Lilia, I think Lilia also
just needs to have some fun here this
year. Everything has gotten so serious
and all of these women are doing great
in the rankings. If the four of them can
just go
and have fun, I
I think absolutely they're going to win.
So that's what I'm going to do to
challenge these ladies. Get out of your
head. Go have a good time. Everything
that I have heard about Korea and the
fans is that it it is so wild
and so crazy with the fandom that it's
going to be I mean and clearly I mean
you all have experienced it and not me.
But have fun. Who cares? treat this like
such a fun girls trip and then I think
they're unstoppable. That's what I
think. That's what I'm going for. And I
think that that then will blend the
perfect parts of each of these women and
kind of get rid of any of the potential
negative parts or not negative but you
know the parts that might bring them
down and might challenge them. And I
think that this then can be a really
amazing team. That that is what I'm
thinking. Let me tell you about what I
have found with the uniforms. So I think
there's a lot more going on with the
Salheim Cup uniforms. What I found for
the Hanwa
uh Life Plus international crown
uniforms is Hanwa this year has
partnered with a company called I think
it's a new a new golf a new golfware
company and they are the ones doing all
all of the uniforms for the
international crown. So all team, all
countries, all teams, they are doing the
uniforms this year.
And what I saw at least the picture,
they all look
kind of the kind of the same, kind of
boring. I mean, they are different
colors. And the US the US had it's like
navy blue shirts and maybe like and polo
polo and then like kind of around the
the sleeve the bottom of the sleeve it's
like a red stripe
and then it says like hanwa and then
like I don't know that's about it and then
then
someone else's was you know maybe maybe
someone had pink and then someone else I
mean And uh and then they all were
wearing pants in the picture and they
all were wearing so it's polos and pants
and belts
and they looked like that's it. I just I
hate to say that they just kind of look
boring. I'm hoping that there's more
variety because it just it did not it
did not look that interesting and that's
really disappointing to me. Okay. Yeah.
So let me describe it a little more. So
yes, it has the US flag and then
yeah, that's about it. Okay, this is
Korea. So Korea, it looks like they have
a black polo and just around the stripe
around their sleeve is white and the
Korean flag and then their kind of visor
is like a kind of a royal blue.
US's visor is just like a navy blue like
with a kind of red stripe. Oh, let's
see. Thailand here. the Gino. It's kind
of a raspberry maroon, I guess, with a
blue stripe on their sleeve. I mean,
literally, it's they're all the same
polo, just different colors. And then
the flag of the country, kind of like a
patch looking thing. And they're all
tucked in. They're all white belts. And
then it looks like we have maybe navy
pants. And looks like Miley Lee is
wearing white pants. I'm sorry. I mean
it I was hoping for something a lot more
exciting when I was talking about
fashion. I was so excited to look this
up and to discuss this and unfortunately
this is just kind of a bust. And I went
to Okay, so a new um yeah I mean it
looks like when I went to their company
like website and stuff, it looks like
they have pretty great golf clothes, but
I don't know why.
I mean they could have really cute
skirts. They could have they could have
all kinds of stuff. I don't know. I'm
hoping there's more to come. I'm going
to keep looking. If I find more, I'll
let you know. I did think this this was
interesting though. I believe that this
is a Korean company, a Korean, uh,
golfware company that they are
partnering with. And so, uh, it looks
like is it I apologize if I'm
mispronouncing this, but Chanyuk Park,
executive director of Hana Life
Insurance said, "It is truly meaningful
for us to partner with a new golf, which
is attracting attention not only in
Korea, but also abroad for the
tournament's official uniforms. The
uniforms represent the unity and
solidarity of the athletes representing
their nations and are among the
tournament's highlights. We hope many
will experience the excitement that the
world's top golfers will bring through
their team play.
So, um, and then the the head, um, of
the new business department of a new
golf, um, a global golfware brand, uh,
said, "This official sponsorship of the
Hanwa Life Plus International Crown
presents a valuable opportunity to share
the values of challenge and passion that
a new golf embodies while promoting the
brand globally. We aim to support
athletes in achieving peak performance
with uniforms that blend functionality
and style, leaving a lasting impression
on fans as well. Like that's a great
statement and that's what it should be.
Um because it should, you know, golfware
should balance functionality and style.
Like that's the whole point of why I
wanted to explore and talk about, you
know, women's golf fashion more because
of that balance of functionality and
style which I think is so interesting
and fun. by leaving a lasting
impression. Unfortunately, the
Okay. All right. [Music]
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All right. On that note, I want to just
leave you all with
letting you know that on Friday, I am
going to next discuss Japan's team
because I've got to get through these
teams. So, I'm going to be talking about
the four players from Japan
and um I'm also going to be telling you
a little bit more about my trip uh to
Kiwana Mountain Lodge because I want to
tell you more about the golf there. It
was so fantastic. Anyway, I have oh man,
I have so many wonderful recommendations
on shows and various things, but I've
already told you about really the big
focus this weekend is for the writer
cup. And in advance, if you need some
podcast to listen to, I've given you
those recommendations for no laying up.
Those are fantastic episodes. But until
we talk later this week, I hope you have
a fantastic week. If you have good
weather, we're having lots of rain here,
but if you have good weather, try to get
out and golf because at least if you're
living up in the north, we are counting
down the days until we no longer have
golf weather. So, try to get out, try to
do something outside.
And until next time, bye.
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