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  • Lexi Thompson Wins 1 Million Dollars and Vare Trophy!

If this was a Hollywood script, no one would believe it. Who would possibly believe that after 33 LPGA tournaments, the award for Player of the Year, the LPGA 2017 money title, The Race for the CME Globe (and the 1 million dollar bonus), and the player to finish the season in the #1 position in the Rolex Rankings, would all come down to the final stroke on the final hole of the final tournament. But yet that is exactly the way it played out at the CME Group Tour Championship.

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    Unbelievable - the $1M bonus should ease the pain of that putt.

    Hmmm....took her great play all year to win a mill but Cook did it in 4 days - and hers is
    an annuity. His is in the bank. Somewhere Mickey Wright is rolling her eyes.

    I was rooting for Lexi but that was one of the worst looking passes at the ball I've ever seen, and I don't mean just by a pro. Pure choke job. It's going to take awhile to get over that one.

      Par4QC You just have to be honest about it all, do you watch the LPGA? I don’t, I literally could not care less about it, that’s why it’s not paying big. Sport of any sort at a professional level is an entertainment production, the more people who watch, the more money available.

          DC300 I watch every now and again, but not often enough to be considered a serious fan. They remind me of how good I might be (I hit the ball about the same distance as many of them) if I spent some time practicing and using course management. I saw, and cringed when I saw, Lexi miss that putt in the end yesterday. Glad for her that she was still able to get the Vare trophy despite that costly putt.

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              ode Absolutely! Her average driving distance is 30 yards more than mine and I probably have only hit a handful of drives in my life longer than her average.

                  johnnydoom and I don't mean it as a slight either (well maybe a little), she can really smash it! Will be interesting to see how she progresses with her short game as she gets older!

                    garyt1957 Putting was her weakness as an Amateur. Kept her from advancing in the U.S Girls Junior and U.S. Women's Amateur, more than once. Was a horrible putter. Better now, but it will happen again, as it does happen to the best occasionally.

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                        Par4QC

                        I dunno, did tw or jack or ?? Miss two footers. IMO the term best or great gets tossed around far too much. Lexi is not great!

                          puttnfool You feel sorry for them because they earn a living playing golf?

                          No, I don't believe you're quoting him accurately. There was context in the statement. In the sentence prior he noted a male professional golfer of less 'stature' who was not nearly so successful (again, within a context) yet, had a bigger pay day.

                          Some folks believe the PGA is 'too' lucrative; that mediocrity is rewarded too much.

                              professor I didn't quote him. Simple fact is, they all have the same opportunities. The ladies earn what their skills demand.

                                When the LPGA tour gets to a decent percentage of the attendance of the PGA tour draws then you can start paying the gals more money. They just do not draw, where are you going to get the money. I feel they deserve more money also but you have to have the money ( i.e. sponsorship's and attendance ) to be able to pay them. It's a business.

                                  RobertThomas That's what people either don't understand or don't wanna face up to. Everyone wants to scream "equality" and talk about how their feelings are hurt that they're not getting exactly what someone else is getting, but what they don't realize is they just don't have the skills, talent, etc. to get what they want. Simply put, they need to work harder.

                                      Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I believe at least two tennis majors, The US Open and Wimbledon, have equalized the purses paid to men and women for those events. I do not follow tennis close enough to know the details but one argument was they could be sharing the allotted time blocks for television coverage and the events are running concurrently on different courts so in essence, same gate.

                                        mikeintopeka if that's true, then I guess I'd agree. Easy problem to solve, though, just don't have the tournaments at the same time. USGA has that covered, I think.

                                          puttnfool they don't realize is they just don't have the skills, talent, etc.

                                          Yet, the poorest of the LPGA players could wipe your ass with your own shirt!!

                                          Get real.

                                          DC300 You just have to be honest about it all, do you watch the LPGA?

                                          Absolutely! I've even stayed up late into the night watching their foreign tourneys, when they get broadcast. They play similar golf that we all do(or should)....smart golf. No trying fancy shots, no trying to outhit one another. Probably because they are playing for peanuts and need to make sure they score as low as they can in order to make a cut/cash a check.