In today’s PGW Daily, we talk Evian Championship, the Web.com in a Supermarket Sweep contest, and the European Tour is going outside the box for their new tournament.
Eyes on Evian
These are some of the key groupings for the Evian Championship, the LPGA’s fifth and final major of the year.
All times local.
8:18 AM – Ariya Jutanugarn, Julia Engstrom, In Gee Chun
Jutanugarn is playing better than any golfer on the planet right now, with five wins on the season, all of those in her past 11 events. She was also the winner of the RICOH Women’s British Open, the most recently played major. Chun, from the women’s golf powerhouse of South Korea, is ranked 7th in the world. She has finished in the top 8 of her past three tournaments.
12:58 PM – Brittany Lang, Eun Jeong Seong, Brooke Henderson
Lang, the surprise winner of the U.S. Women’s Open, might not be considered among the LPGA’s “big three”, but with a win here would have more 2016 majors than any of them. Henderson, the #3 ranked golfer in the world has been slumping a little lately as a T14 is her only finish better than 38th in the past three months, but is still having a fantastic season overall, highlighted by outdueling Lydia Ko in a playoff at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
1:20 PM – Lydia Ko, Hyo Joo Kim, Suzann Pettersen
Ko is the world #1 was a runaway #1 for most of the year, but now has Jutanugarn nipping at her heels. Like the other two members of the “big three”, Ko has one major on the season, the ANA Inspiration. The silver medal winner at the Olympics, Ko has only finished worse than 7th once in her last 8 events, with two victories in that span. Pettersen, Norway’s best female golfer, is coming off a T5 in last week’s Manulife LPGA Classic.
1:31 PM – Gerina Pillar, Stacy Lewis, Amy Yang
Lewis and Pillar both represented the United States at the Olympics. Lewis is 8th in the world rankings, with Pillar at 17th. Lewis finished in the top seven of the last two majors.
1:42 PM – Shanshan Feng, Lexi Thompson, Sung Hyun Park
Feng, from China, was the bronze medal winner at the Olympics. Thompson, at #4 in the world, is the highest ranked American in the LPGA. She leads the LPGA Tour in driving distance, and has finished in the top 8 of four of her past six tournaments, including a T8 at the RICOH Women’s British Open.
Smylie the MC
Smylie Kaufman and John Peterson are the MCs at an event for LSU Tiger fans.
Come play bingo at Bogie's on Wednesday night. @JohnPetersonLSU and I will be the MC. Entertaining stuff Tiger fans! https://t.co/95vxKpUI9t
— Smylie Kaufman (@SmylieKaufman10) September 13, 2016
Professional golfer & LSU alum, @SmylieKaufman10, will be at Bogie's tomorrow to host bingo night! Don't miss this! pic.twitter.com/7qCgdZRKGO
— Bogie's Bar (@BogiesBR) September 13, 2016
Invading the Smurf Turf
With the web.com finals in Boise this week, several players took to practice on the famous blue turf at Boise State University.
The #WebTour has taken over the blue turf at Boise State. Follow on Snapchat: webtoursnaps https://t.co/ERf0NXGl0X
— Web.com Tour (@WebDotComTour) September 13, 2016
An afternoon at The Blue. ⛳️ https://t.co/cURweUJo6O
— Web.com Tour (@WebDotComTour) September 13, 2016
Awwww Picture of the Day
Rikard Karlburg spent some quality time with his children.
Anthony Kim Sighting of the Year
He isn’t seen often these days, so it wouldn’t make sense to make it the Anthony Kim sighting of the day. The former star golfer showed at a charity golf event.
SPOTTED: Anthony Kim on a golf course! https://t.co/92qeUk0oXk pic.twitter.com/fwcsri4L9B
— Alex Myers (@AlexMyers3) September 13, 2016
Anthony Kim makes appearance at charity golf event near Dallas along w/ other sports stars: https://t.co/GWyQHscsbH pic.twitter.com/pA6ZZ5A92a
— Golfweek (@golfweek) September 13, 2016
Vine of the Day
Dustin Johnson’s POTY swing is mesmerizing.
https://vine.co/v/5JE06aOhT2Y
Hole Setup of the Day
Lexi Thompson takes on an aggressive downward slope. Remember: y= mx+b.
Future Tournament of the Day
The European Tour will add a new tournament to their schedule. Called the World 6 Super Perth, it starts with 54 holes of stroke play followed by a big cut with the remaining 24 players battling each other on a six-hole match-play shoot-out, plus a “knockout” hole to settle ties with a nearest to the pin contest. The event will be played in February in Australia.
Six hole Sundays, match play final round, new Knockout Hole… https://t.co/YEuDQa198Y
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) September 14, 2016
SuperMarket Sweep!
A number of Web.com professionals competed in a supermarket sweep contest for charity.
All's fair in love and grocery shopping … https://t.co/YNfvAkmHsC
— Web.com Tour (@WebDotComTour) September 14, 2016
Game of the Day
Champions Tour member Gene Sauers played tic-tac-toe at the First Tee Open.
Gene Sauers for the block during the tic-tac-toe finals at the @FirstTeeOpen! ❌ pic.twitter.com/4xkat8xP5V
— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) September 14, 2016
Jab of the Day
D.A. Points calls out Belgium’s Thomas Pieters.
@Thomas_Pieters these are not for you! ? pic.twitter.com/zLIdrXmOrF
— D.A. Points (@DAPoints) September 14, 2016
Protracer Fun!
Jon Rahm has a protracer request.
Classy Pic of the Day
Luke Donald took a picture with Rory McIlroy at his annual “Taste of the First Tee” event.