from junior clinic to U.S. Open

[YodasLuke]

When we finished practicing today, they told her that her time was now 2:30 on Thursday.

I walked 11 holes with her, today. And, we spent a couple of hours on the range and two or more hours on the putting green. It was a great time, and the course is beautiful. It's interesting that Jean can only use driver 4 times. The fairways are rock hard and the rough is deep. So, it makes no sense to use driver on most of the holes. She's going to use many 3 & 5 woods.

When I get back to the Motherland (Georgia), I'll post some of the pictures that I took.

[YodasLuke]

After one round, I recognized a few of the names tied with Jean...

Karrie Webb
Annika Sorenstam
Grace Park
Meg Mallon
Sherri Steinhauer

She ground it out and birdied the last two to finish at +2. I'm proud of her for fighting through the nerves since it's her first U.S. Open, and first LPGA event.

Here are a few of the pics...

#1. Why put your forearm there??

#2. Jean, her brothers, and one old guy.

#3. Look out ball!

[Delaware Golf]

After one round, I recognized a few of the names tied with Jean...

Karrie Webb
Annika Sorenstam
Grace Park
Meg Mallon
Sherri Steinhauer

She ground it out and birdied the last two to finish at +2. I'm proud of her for fighting through the nerves since it's her first U.S. Open, and first LPGA event.

Here are a few of the pics...

#1. Why put your forearm there??

#2. Jean, her brothers, and one old guy.

#3. Look out ball!

Ted,

Hope Jean makes it to the weekend!!! That would be awesome...

DG

[YodasLuke]

Ted,

Hope Jean makes it to the weekend!!! That would be awesome...

DG

Thanks DG,

I would be thrilled. And, I know she would, too.

Something really funny happened while I was watching her practice round. There were plenty of people watching that day. There was a group of three men watching Jean hit into #9. One said, "hey, look at that little girl." She proceeds to smash a 7 wood into the green from about 185 to an uphill green, and one of the other guys said, "holy $*#+ !!! Did you see that?"

I just laughed and kept walking.

[dcg1952]

Love that 1st picture, setting up with the right forearm on plane. Hope she does well---nice company she is keeping on the leaderboard.

[hg]

There are several amateurs who have had good starts....I hope Jean and her fellow amateurs do well today and play the weekend...that would be great for women's golf. It was interesting to watch though the media attention given to a young "superstar" who can't break 80....when the real story is how well the amateurs like Jean did competing in a Major event.

[bray]

There are several amateurs who have had good starts....I hope Jean and her fellow amateurs do well today and play the weekend...that would be great for women's golf. It was interesting to watch though the media attention given to a young "superstar" who can't break 80....when the real story is how well the amateurs like Jean did competing in a Major event.

hg,

I don't believe Jean is an amateur if she's competing on the futures tour.
However it's still awesome to be in the position she is coming straight from the "minor league" tour into her first LPGA event.

Ted awesome work. I love seeing the right forearm on plane. You're a great teacher and you'll have many more of these stories to tell as more and more of your student's start breaking through in the world of tournament golf.

Sorting Through the Instructor's Textbook.

B-Ray

[Yoda]

There are several amateurs who have had good starts....I hope Jean and her fellow amateurs do well today and play the weekend...that would be great for women's golf. It was interesting to watch though the media attention given to a young "superstar" who can't break 80....when the real story is how well the amateurs like Jean did competing in a Major event.

hg . . .



hg . . .



HG!



Jean's a pro. For more information and a link to her bio, see Post #7 in this thread.





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[hg]

Mistake duly noted...apologies to all for mislabelling Jean as an "amateur" ...no offense was intended.

[YodasLuke]

I just talked to Jean. She was disappointed in the score today. She hit the ball fairly well and failed to score. The two doubles killed her. I asked her what she learned from today, and she said that putting is next on the agenda for overhaul. She had some birdie opportunities but made nothing today.

She said one of the real disappointments was hitting a perfect wood to a long par 3 and finding a sprinkler head. It bounced a mile in the air and lead to a bogey. She said she was encouraged by her ball striking but failed to rebound from bogeys with birdies.

I told her I was VERY PROUD of her and not to worry. This was the first of many U.S. Opens for her.