Stacy Lewis (click to enlarge)
PIG-SOOOOEEEEY! It was another brilliant day for Stacy Lewis, former NCAA Division I Champion at the University of Arkansas and maybe this year the Player of the Year on the LPGA Tour. For POY, it’s almost a lock. With the Mizuno win, she is 58 points ahead of Inbee Park, who has the money list secured. There are two LPGA events left, each worth 30 points to the winner, meaning that Inbee would have to win both events to usurp Stacy’s place atop the POY list. I love Inbee, she’s a great player. But winning back to back weeks on tour is tough. However, that said, Suzann Pettersen just won in Korea and Taiwan in back to back events. So don’t pop the champagne yet, Stacy. All of that will work itself out, but for now what a comeback for Stacy. Seven shots down to start the day, but clawed back with a 10 birdie, 2 bogey round, including birdying the final 3 holes, to eclipse overnight leader Bo-Mee Lee. I’ll be honest, I was rooting for Bo-Mee to win. A win here might have changed her career, giving her an automatic LPGA exemption. However, you have to finish what you start, and she didn’t. It’s too bad, but it doesn’t take away from a marvelous performance from Stacy. It’s her fourth victory of the season and might just have given her the lead she needs to become the first American to win LPGA Player of the Year since Beth Daniel in 1994.
Here’s a nice “in the bag” Stacy Lewis feature:
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STACY LEWIS
BO-MEE LEE
RIKAKO MORITA
JENNY SHIN
KARINE ICHER
YANI TSENG
| Pos | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | Today | Thru | Total | Strokes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stacy Lewis | 71 | 70 | 64 | -8 | F | -11 | 205 |
| 2 | Bo-Mee Lee | 70 | 64 | 72 | E | F | -10 | 206 |
| 3 | Ayako Uehara | 68 | 72 | 67 | -5 | F | -9 | 207 |
| 4 | Yani Tseng | 71 | 70 | 68 | -4 | F | -7 | 209 |
| T5 | Anna Nordqvist | 72 | 71 | 67 | -5 | F | -6 | 210 |
| T5 | Hee Kyung Seo | 73 | 69 | 68 | -4 | F | -6 | 210 |
| T5 | Na Yeon Choi | 69 | 71 | 70 | -2 | F | -6 | 210 |
| T5 | Jenny Shin | 71 | 69 | 70 | -2 | F | -6 | 210 |
| T9 | Beatriz Recari | 69 | 74 | 68 | -4 | F | -5 | 211 |
| T9 | Chella Choi | 74 | 69 | 68 | -4 | F | -5 | 211 |
| T9 | So Hee Kim | 72 | 70 | 69 | -3 | F | -5 | 211 |
| T9 | Karine Icher | 71 | 69 | 71 | -1 | F | -5 | 211 |
| T9 | Rikako Morita | 70 | 68 | 73 | +1 | F | -5 | 211 |
| T14 | Amy Yang | 71 | 72 | 69 | -3 | F | -4 | 212 |
| T14 | Sakura Yokomine | 70 | 72 | 70 | -2 | F | -4 | 212 |
| T14 | Jiyai Shin | 68 | 73 | 71 | -1 | F | -4 | 212 |
| T17 | Mika Miyazato | 71 | 74 | 68 | -4 | F | -3 | 213 |
| T17 | Akane Iijima | 71 | 74 | 68 | -4 | F | -3 | 213 |
| T17 | Inbee Park | 70 | 73 | 70 | -2 | F | -3 | 213 |
| T17 | Mariajo Uribe | 72 | 71 | 70 | -2 | F | -3 | 213 |
| T17 | Miki Sakai | 72 | 70 | 71 | -1 | F | -3 | 213 |
| T17 | Lizette Salas | 73 | 69 | 71 | -1 | F | -3 | 213 |
| T17 | Eun-Hee Ji | 71 | 70 | 72 | E | F | -3 | 213 |
| T17 | Ilhee Lee | 73 | 68 | 72 | E | F | -3 | 213 |
| T17 | Junko Omote | 73 | 68 | 72 | E | F | -3 | 213 |
| T17 | Angela Stanford | 69 | 71 | 73 | +1 | F | -3 | 213 |
| T27 | Giulia Sergas | 73 | 71 | 70 | -2 | F | -2 | 214 |
| T27 | Shanshan Feng | 69 | 73 | 72 | E | F | -2 | 214 |
| T27 | Pornanong Phatlum | 71 | 71 | 72 | E | F | -2 | 214 |
| T27 | Momoko Ueda | 69 | 72 | 73 | +1 | F | -2 | 214 |
| 31 | Mina Harigae | 73 | 73 | 69 | -3 | F | -1 | 215 |
| T32 | Alison Walshe | 72 | 74 | 70 | -2 | F | E | 216 |
| T32 | Hee-Won Han | 71 | 74 | 71 | -1 | F | E | 216 |
| T32 | Gerina Piller | 77 | 70 | 69 | -3 | F | E | 216 |
| T32 | Karrie Webb | 72 | 73 | 71 | -1 | F | E | 216 |
| T32 | Na-Ri Lee | 70 | 74 | 72 | E | F | E | 216 |
| T32 | Kumiko Kaneda | 74 | 70 | 72 | E | F | E | 216 |
| T32 | Yumiko Yoshida | 70 | 71 | 75 | +3 | F | E | 216 |
| T39 | Mihoko Iseri | 72 | 74 | 71 | -1 | F | +1 | 217 |
| T39 | Erika Kikuchi | 74 | 73 | 70 | -2 | F | +1 | 217 |
| T39 | Candie Kung | 72 | 73 | 72 | E | F | +1 | 217 |
| T39 | Danielle Kang | 70 | 77 | 70 | -2 | F | +1 | 217 |
| T39 | Esther Lee | 73 | 74 | 70 | -2 | F | +1 | 217 |
| T39 | Kaori Ohe | 78 | 72 | 67 | -5 | F | +1 | 217 |
| T45 | Maiko Wakabayashi | 69 | 77 | 72 | E | F | +2 | 218 |
| T45 | Sydnee Michaels | 70 | 74 | 74 | +2 | F | +2 | 218 |
| T45 | Teresa Lu | 75 | 75 | 68 | -4 | F | +2 | 218 |
| T48 | Misuzu Narita | 70 | 76 | 73 | +1 | F | +3 | 219 |
| T48 | I.K. Kim | 75 | 71 | 73 | +1 | F | +3 | 219 |
| T48 | Sun Ju Ahn | 74 | 73 | 72 | E | F | +3 | 219 |
| T48 | Yukari Baba | 75 | 70 | 74 | +2 | F | +3 | 219 |
| T48 | Yuki Ichinose | 78 | 71 | 70 | -2 | F | +3 | 219 |
| T53 | Haeji Kang | 72 | 74 | 74 | +2 | F | +4 | 220 |
| T53 | Yeo-Jin Kang | 74 | 73 | 73 | +1 | F | +4 | 220 |
| T53 | Na Ri Kim | 73 | 74 | 73 | +1 | F | +4 | 220 |
| T53 | Mayu Hattori | 70 | 77 | 73 | +1 | F | +4 | 220 |
| T53 | Ritsuko Ryu | 77 | 71 | 72 | E | F | +4 | 220 |
| T53 | Megumi Kido | 75 | 75 | 70 | -2 | F | +4 | 220 |
| T53 | Mo Martin | 75 | 75 | 70 | -2 | F | +4 | 220 |
| T53 | Jennifer Song | 77 | 75 | 68 | -4 | F | +4 | 220 |
| T61 | Caroline Hedwall | 74 | 74 | 73 | +1 | F | +5 | 221 |
| T61 | Vicky Hurst | 77 | 73 | 71 | -1 | F | +5 | 221 |
| T63 | Erina Hara | 73 | 77 | 72 | E | F | +6 | 222 |
| T63 | Jennifer Johnson | 71 | 79 | 72 | E | F | +6 | 222 |
| T63 | Dewi Claire Schreefel | 77 | 74 | 71 | -1 | F | +6 | 222 |
| T63 | M.J. Hur | 75 | 76 | 71 | -1 | F | +6 | 222 |
| T63 | Hee Young Park | 75 | 76 | 71 | -1 | F | +6 | 222 |
| T68 | Jimin Kang | 74 | 72 | 77 | +5 | F | +7 | 223 |
| T68 | Rui Kitada | 72 | 77 | 74 | +2 | F | +7 | 223 |
| T68 | Hyun Ju Shin | 74 | 77 | 72 | E | F | +7 | 223 |
| 71 | Jodi Ewart | 73 | 77 | 74 | +2 | F | +8 | 224 |
| T72 | Shinobu Moromizato | 74 | 75 | 76 | +4 | F | +9 | 225 |
| T72 | Airi Saitoh | 79 | 72 | 74 | +2 | F | +9 | 225 |
| T72 | Sophie Gustafson | 78 | 75 | 72 | E | F | +9 | 225 |
| 75 | Yuko Fukuda | 75 | 74 | 77 | +5 | F | +10 | 226 |
| T76 | Chie Arimura | 78 | 76 | 73 | +1 | F | +11 | 227 |
| T76 | Natsu Nagai | 78 | 76 | 73 | +1 | F | +11 | 227 |
| 78 | Karin Sjodin | 79 | 72 | 77 | +5 | F | +12 | 228 |
| 79 | Miki Saiki | 75 | 73 | 7:00 pm | +1 | F | +4 | 148 |
| – | Soo-Yun Kang | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Young Kim | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Ji Hee Lee | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Fairways and Forehands 
Yes that’s my girl..
I don’t want to say she has it locked up…but she does…of course, you know I love the international players, but it will be good for the LPGA to get an American Player of the Year. 🙂