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The Fine Line
At the Epson Tour Championship, Reagan Zibilski played the round of her life. For others, the difference between an LPGA card and heartbreak was painfully small.
Mark Baldwin
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ListenNever long for the spotlight, Matt Moore made a profound impact on countless lives while quietly engaging in random acts of kindness.
ListenThe anonymous message came from the caddie himself. Days later, Cliff Ellis and Alejandro Tosti each told me their side of what happened.
Defining “All-in”. This is Madison Young. She had full LPGA status 2 years ago, conditional this season. Bounced back and forth between LPGA and @EpsonTour She is broke. More than broke. She and her husband Tyler are over 100K in debt. She still knows she can play. But right now can’t afford Q-school. Sign-ups are early next week. Tyler caddies for her but also works full-time on the road. He’s up early to work and works after each round. I asked if she had a job she could do if she stopped playing “I’m a college dropout who has never had a job.” They have looked into filing bankruptcy. “The only way out at this point is play better” she told me thru tears at the pro-am party this week. The last part of this season she has borrowed from family to just get to the next event. Hoping to play well enough to pay them back. But it’s nearly impossible to play under that pressure. This week’s winner gets $100,000. One good week and the debt would be almost wiped away. Madison is -4 and T6.
No. 14 on the Epson Tour's Race for the Card talks about the pressure of trying to secure her LPGA status at the Epson Tour Championship this week at Indian Wells Resort in Palm Springs, California. Full Any Given Monday can be found on Apple or Spotify.
Forget for a minute whether you agree or disagree with the ruling. The fact Kisner was “going crazy” during the commercial break is what makes golf coverage so boring. Go crazy on air. Say Ogilvy should stop the Presidents Cup on air. Bring in rules officials and question it. But he knows there is a line he can’t cross. because the Tour will call him and shut it down.
Epson Tour Championship with Kate Smith-Stroh and Q&A: LPGA Tour Moves, Tom Kim at High-Stakes Asian Games
| Score |
|---|
| T1 | Carson Lundell Qualified | F | -8 |
| T1 | Seonghyeon An Qualified | F | -8 |
| T3 | Matt Snyder Qualified | F | -7 |
| T3 | Rhett Rasmussen Qualified | F | -7 |
| T5 | Daniel Azallion | F | -6 |
An American Comeback at the Presidents Cup
Really easy to forget this kid just turned 19 years old. Impressive stuff, will be great to see him out on Tour full time next season. https://t.co/385tiNTEQr
101st in points (top 100 keep their card) and likely his last start of the season, and Eddie Pep sinks a long birdie putt to make the cut. Everything about this is great. His reaction, his wife’s, and this why cuts matter. Pretty awesome. https://t.co/P3zKzn5jRd
KFT Tour Champ about to be on Golf Channel. One of the best weeks of the year. Dreams realized. And crushed. Tune in.
Last week, me and @markbaldwin1 went to the @EpsonTour Tour Championship. We wrote about the final round and the emotions of getting, or just missing, an LPGA card From a ln unreal final round 62 to the heartbreak of missing out on a card. Our recap. https://t.co/sthmmYE6pu
We had @LPGA member Natasha Oon on the podcast a few months ago. She was amazing. She told a story about using public transit to get to her instructions 3x a week in college. They heard about it and now…….she’s part of their ad campaign. How cool is that. https://t.co/4UwAcJWzzL
