Manulife Round One 2012

[bobawiefan]

Hello Wie Nation:

No fanfare or hoopla this morning…
Michelle is paired with FENG, Shanshan and SJODIN, Karin and they tee off in about 30 minutes…
Michelle has not tweeted since leaving Stanford.
The current weather it clear about 72 F with 19 kmh winds
LOUDEN, Stephanie is atop the leader board at -2 thru 2 on the back nine
36 players have teed off…
6 players under par
17 players even
13 players over par
More players even or better than players over par…
Hope Michelle starts the climb out of the cellar today
Back shortly

Go michelle go

[bobawiefan]

Ok, here we go…GOOD LUCK MICHELLE
One eagle on hole 5 so far
I’m not sure about the yardage…going from the black tees and will adjust yardage from TV
Michelle should get some good TV coverage these first two days
46 players Off and running…10 under par…21 even…14 over par
Michelle, karin, and feng currently Even…T11
Up first…hole one 389yd par 4

Go michelle go

[bobawiefan]

hole one...389yd par 4...Par...E...T14
hit the fairway...fairways hit 1 of 1
hit the green...gir 1 of 1
two putt...putts/gir 2...total putts 2
karin and feng...E T14...all three hit the fairway, green and all 2 putted
up next...414yd par 4

go michelle go

[bobawiefan]

hole two...414yd par 4...Birdie...-1...T6...Now that's a start michelle
karin birdie..-1...T6...feng birdie...-1...T6
hit the fairway...fairways hit 2 of 2
hit the green...gir 2 of 2
one putt...putts/gir 3...total putts 3
up next 166yd par 3

go michelle go

[bobawiefan]

hole three...166yd par 3...bogey...E...T26
karin par...-1...T9...feng par...-1...T9
missed the green...gir 2 of 3
chipped...chip saves 0 of 1
two putt...putts/gir 3...total putts 5
up next...432yd par 4

go michelle go

[bobawiefan]

hole four...432yd par 4...Par...E...T28
karin par...-1...T11...feng par...-1...T11
hit the fairway...fairways hit 3 of 3
hit the green...gir 3 of 4
two putt...putts/gir 5...total putts 7
At this point, their are 27 out of 72 players under par
Ok, Michelle, let's take advantage of these par 5's...an eagle would be great
up next, 563yd par 5

go michelle go

[bobawiefan]

hole five...563yd par 5...Par...E...T28
karin...birdie...-2...T2...feng...par...-1...T13
missed the fairway...fairways hit 3 of 4
missed the green...gir 3 of 5
chipped...chip saves 1 of 2
one putt...putts/gir 5...total putts 8
Don't seem to be any Dist. holes
up next...519yd par 5

go michelle go

[bobawiefan]

hole six...519yd par 5...Birdie...-1...T15
karin...birdie...-3...T2...feng...birdie...-2...T4
missed the fairway...fairways hit 3 of 5
hit the green...gir 4 of 6
one putt...putts/gir 6...total putts 9
up next...436yd par 4

go michelle go

[bobawiefan]

hole seven...436yd par 4...Bogey...E...T25
karin...par -3...2nd...feng...par -2...T3
missed the fairway...fairways hit 3 of 6
missed the green...gir 4 of 7
chipped...chip save 1 of 3
two putt...putts/gir 6...total putts 11
Of note: karin and feng have 6 ot 6 fairway hits
up next...324 yd par 4

go michelle go

[bobawiefan]

hole eight...324yd par 4...Birdie...-1...T15
karin...birdie...-4...2nd...feng...birdie...-3...T2
hit the fairway...fairways hit 4 of 7
hit the green...gir 5 of 8
one putt...putts/gir 7...total putts 12
up next 176yd par 3

go michelle go

[bobawiefan]

hole nine...176yd par 3...Bogey...E...T26
karin...par...-4...T2...feng...par...-3...T4
missed the green...gir 5 of 9
chipped...chip saves 1 of 4
two putt...putts/gir 7...total putts 14
Michelle, your even on the front nine...The back nine appears to be easier
You haven't lost this tournament...Attack Michelle Attack the back nine
up next...339yd par 4

go michelle go

[bobawiefan]

hole ten...339yd par 4...Bogey...+1...T37
karin...par -4...T2...feng...par -3...T4
hit the fairway...fairways hit 5 of 8
missed the green...gir 5 of 10
chipped...chip saves 1 of 5
two putt...putts/gir 7...total putts 16
up next...351 yd par 4

go michelle go

[bobawiefan]

hole eleven...351yd par 4...Par...+1...T36
karin...par...-4...T3...feng...par-3...T7
missed the fairway...fairways 5 of 9
missed the greeen...gir 5 of 11
chipped...chip saves 2 of 6
one putt...putts/gir 7...total putts 17
up next...156yd par 3

go michelle go

[bobawiefan]

hole twelve...156yd par 3...par...+1...T39
karin...par...-4...T3...feng...birdie...-4...T3
hit the green...gir 6 of 12
two putt...putts/gir 9...total putts 19
up next 410yd par 4

going to TV...will be back after the round to post final results
hope they show some Wie golf

go michelle go

bobawiefan

[bobawiefan]

Hello Wie Nation:

The rest of the story:

Hole thirteen…410yd par 4...Birdie
Missed the fairway…fairways hit 5 of 10
Hit the green…gir 7 of 13
One putt…putts/gir 10...total putts 20

Hole fourteen…402yd par 4...Par
Hit the fairway…fairways hit 6 of 11
Hit the green…gir 8 of 14
Two putt…putts/gir 12...total putts 22

Hole fifteen…377yd par 4...Par
Hit the fairway…fairways hit 7 of 12
Hit the green…gir 9 of 15
Two putt…putts/gir 14...total putts 24

Hole sixteen…408yd par 4...Par
Hit the fairway…fairways hit 8 of 13
Hit the green…gir 10 of 16
Two putt…putts/gir 16...total putts 26

Hole seventeen…179yd par 3...par
Missed the green…gir 10 of 17
Chipped-putt…chip saves 3 of 7
One putt…putts/gir 16...total putts 27

Hole eighteen…468yd par 5...Birdie
Hit the fairway…fairways hit 9 of 14
Hit the green…gir 11 of 18...On the green in two
Two putt…putts/gir 18...total putts 29...Had an eagle putt

Manulife Financial LPGA Classic…Jun 21-24...2012
Grey Silo Golf Course
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Par: 71
72 Holes…Yardage: 6354
Round One Results and Score…
70...-1...currently T20

Front Nine:
3 pars…3 birdies…3 bogeys
Fairways…4 of 7...57%
Greens…5 of 9...56%
Total putts per Gir…7
Putts per Gir…1.4
Chip saves…1 of 4...25%
Total putts…14...1.56 putts/hole
Sand saves…No sand attempts
Dist…No dist. Holes

Back Nine:
6 pars…2 birdies…1 bogeys
Fairways…5 of 7...71%….excellent
Greens…6 of 9...67%…good to excellent
Total putts per Gir…11
Putts per Gir…1.57
Chip saves…2 of 3...67%
Total putts…15...1.67 putt/hole
Sand saves…No attempts
Dist…No dist. Holes

Round One results:
9 pars…5 birdies…4 bogeys
Fairways…9 of 14...64%…good
Greens…11 of 18...61%…good
Total putts per Gir…18
Putts per Gir…1.6...good to excellent
Chip saves…3 of 7...43%
Total putts…29...29 putts/rd or 1.6 putts/hole
Sand saves…No attempts
Dist…268.5 Yds

Par 3’s
2 pars…0 birdies…2 bogeys
Gir…1 of 4...25%
Total putts per Gir…2
Putts/gir…2
Total putts…7...1.75 putts/hole
Chip saves…1 of 3...33%
Sand saves…No attempts

Par 4’s:
6 pars…3birdies…1 bogeys
Fairways hit…8 of 11...73%…excellent
Gir…8 of 11...73%…excellent
Total putts per gir…13
Putts/gir…1.63
Total putts…18...1.64 putts/hole
Chip saves…1 of 3...33%
Sand saves...No attempts

Par 5’s:
1 pars…2 birdies…0 bogeys
Fairways hit…1 of 3...33%
Gir…2 of 3...67%
Total putts per Gir…3
Putts per Gir…1.5.
Total putts…4...1.3 putts/hole
Chip saves…1 of 1...100%
Sand saves…No attempts

And what a good story it was…
Michelle back nine was good to excellent
Her par 4’s was real big improvement.
Watching her putting on TV…I like it…She was aggressive…I saw only one short putt… Her come back putts were firm…showed a lot of confidence in her putting stroke
She needs to smile more…
Michelle tees off at 12:48 PM…EST…TV comes on at 12:30 PM…EST…
Wie Nation should get some good coverage of Michelle’s golf game tomorrow..

Got to love wie golf

bobawiefan