tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22367882.post6978831308940421850..comments2009-10-18T15:56:22.908-07:00UMRBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06210612092775063104noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22367882.post-56848427872438030942009-10-18T15:56:22.908-07:002009-10-18T15:56:22.908-07:00cpbill,<br /><br /> That is Rachel. The important part is not that she missed a short putt for a piece of the gold. The thing that will stand her in good stead, in golf and in life, is that she came from five shots back in snotty conditions to close on a girl who was essentially playing her home course.<br /><br /> There is no tournament player alive who has not missed a scoring putt on a high wind day, particularly in the Autumn when the greens are slippery anyhow. Had that putt happened on the fourth hole, we&#39;d simply have been talking about how her great comeback just fell a stroke short.<br /><br /> Sub-par is a lot to ask of an Illinois girl player on the courses they play. <br /><br /> I should add that the Stephanie from CP and Jamie from QND held it together well. Stephanie had a disaster hole on Friday and kept her poise througout. Most guys I know would either walk off or break things. Keep in mind, she did not have a team event but she played valiantly on to the bottom of the 36th hole.<br /><br /> In the words of Ben Hogan: &quot;Golf and Tournament Golf bear no similarity to one another.&quot;<br /><br /> Kentucky has produced many good girl golfers. They have now started letting grade school age girls play on the smaller HS teams, if they can play their way on, so I suspect Ky. Girls golf is going to continue to improve. Of course, you can&#39;t improve on Emma Talley&#39;s character.<br /><br /> TYFCBUMRBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06210612092775063104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22367882.post-66536914247833050062009-10-18T15:30:47.357-07:002009-10-18T15:30:47.357-07:00I have a granddaughter who has never shot a sub-par round in competition but has a scholarship in KY - must not be too many Emmas there. How about the local girl who had a one foot putt on 18 to go to plus 23 and tie for the Ill State Championship and missed it?cpbillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22367882.post-60170364139719831242009-10-18T11:49:49.370-07:002009-10-18T11:49:49.370-07:00The Piggies gave Teebow one hell of a runTOOKIEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357736946184181508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22367882.post-36151295950342480392009-10-17T14:31:31.456-07:002009-10-17T14:31:31.456-07:00Gosh, Yeah. <br /><br />Googling &quot;Emma Talley&quot; would have been an outrageous demand on your valuable time.<br /><br />I purposely didn&#39;t put a link in because there are so many differing accounts of what this outstanding girl did. I wanted the reader to roll his or her own.<br /><br />I liked the opinion piece from the Chattanoogan best, but roll your own and smoke &#39;em if you got &#39;em.<br /><br />TYFCBUMRBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06210612092775063104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22367882.post-25197388517723216222009-10-17T09:18:52.195-07:002009-10-17T09:18:52.195-07:00A link might help make your post make sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com