Ron Sirak posted an article highlighting the sheer number and undoubted talent of a new wave of dustbin lids in ladies golf. It is hard to ignore the shift in age from the competitors on the LPGA and LET. You know what they say, “If you don’t tidy your room there will be no driving range for a week young lady.” Well they should anyway. “SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. -- Perhaps the oddest thing about Cristie Kerr's victory Sunday at the U.S. Women's Open was that at the age of 29 she was the second-oldest player to finish in the top-15 at the Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club. And she earned that honor only by a year over 30-year-old Mi Hyun Kim. Clearly, women's golf is becoming like men's college basketball. All the best school-aged players are in the pros. The final singles match putts out at the 2007 Solheim Cup There were 11 college-aged players (22 or younger) among the top 21 on the final leaderboard, including 18-year-old Angela Park, who tied with Lorena Ochoa for second place, two strokes behind Kerr. In fact, half of the top six -- Angela Park, In-Bee Park and Jiyai Shin -- are 18, the age at which most incoming freshmen find themselves. But these three are professionals and have won a combined $505,152 at Pine Needles. Not a bad allowance. And these were not flash-in-the-pan performances. Three of the top 12 on the Rolex Rankings -- No. 6 Morgan Pressel (19), No. 7 Paula Creamer (20) and No. 12 Brittany Lincicome (21) would each be in college if they were not good enough to play professional golf right now. Shin, 18, currently leads the Korean LPGA money list. The youth wave in women's golf is clearly an international phenomenon.” For more on this story click here… For up to date information on what’s going on at the GOLFPUNK Ladies English Open click here… Take advantage of our cracking 2 for 1 ticket offer by clicking here…
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