Big Break X: Michigan

[Awsi Dooger]

  Tha Fuzzy 1 said:

I was happy either way the outcome would of been, I was surpised with it though.

I was disappointed but not surprised. Applying the Golfgal system based on Ka'anapali you had to think Haymes and Bernie would be the winners. Sophie the European was never heard from in Gayle's interviews and lost the finale. Kim Welch had participated in many weekly interviews. Here you had the same thing, the foreign entry totally absent from Golfgal's site while Haymes was a fixture. If I know I win the thing, I'm upbeat about it and want the accompanying publicity along the way.

Besides, Bernie quietly showed up at the Duramed Q School in November, an indication she wanted to get her game in shape. The gap between filming Big Break Michigan and the LPGA exemption is 15 months, July 2008 through October 2009. Anyway, this definitely had enough for a 2 hour finale. I think Hugo opened with 3 consecutive birdies, topped by Haymes' four. Hugo's face was in confessionals was the instant giveaway.

[Big_M]

  jmoc said:

See the teaser for the next BB, looks like they took away the PGA/LPGA event and they'll just get 100k, "just"

looks interesting... too bad it's so far away

  Tha Fuzzy 1 said:

I was happy either way the outcome would of been, I was surpised with it though.

100% agree... sounds like we missed some good golf or easy holes.

[Golfgal]

  Awsi Dooger said:

I was disappointed but not surprised. Applying the Golfgal system based on Ka'anapali you had to think Haymes and Bernie would be the winners. Sophie the European was never heard from in Gayle's interviews and lost the finale. Kim Welch had participated in many weekly interviews. Here you had the same thing, the foreign entry totally absent from Golfgal's site while Haymes was a fixture. If I know I win the thing, I'm upbeat about it and want the accompanying publicity along the way.

Oh dear, I better start interviewing everyone! Please don't think I know what's going on. I connected first with Andrea because she was friends with other ladies I'd interviewed in past shows. I had no idea that she would leave the show so early. I really wanted to interview Haymes because of his brother. I am happy he said yes and even happier now that I picked a winner :) but seriously, I really don't know what's going to happen.

But tonight when I saw the interviews on TV and how Camila was cut out and we only saw Hugo for the first part of the interviews, I figured they were out. I expect her face was a give-away they didn't want to show. It must be hard to keep it secret to the last 5 minutes. I think GC did a really good job, but I too wished I could have watched this over two days instead of skipping shots. Well, Michael's interview was tonight and it was sad to say goodbye to him, but I'll keep in touch with him and his teams and see how they perform next year. And he's agreed to be interviewed for BB PEI, which should be fun. I see they are 6 men/6 ladies again. I guess GC likes mixing it up. tomorrow...it's Andrea, Sally, David and of course, the man (daddy) of the hour, Haymes. It will be pretty cool to watch him play with his brother next year.

[JohnMurph]

  BeaSt said:

NOOO hugo and camila are gona lose :(

I wanted Camila and Hugo to win so bad!!!! Camila is sooooo hot! I was sad for her crying at the end. Bernie and Haymes don't have an audition video??? I wonder if they handpicked this team? Seems kinda sketchy if you ask me.

[jambalaya]

Camila definitely didn't bring her "A" game. Some of those putts and chips she ran way by was the key to them losing I think. That one putt on (was it 15 or 16) made by Bernie was huge. Camila and Hugo pissed that one away. I agree about skipping the holes. What the hell? It made the ending so anti-climatic.

[Golfgal]

  jambalaya said:

Camila definitely didn't bring her "A" game. Some of those putts and chips she ran way by was the key to them losing I think. That one putt on (was it 15 or 16) made by Bernie was huge. Camila and Hugo pissed that one away. I agree about skipping the holes. What the hell? It made the ending so anti-climatic.

I think Haymes said it well in

his interview with me today. The mental side of the game was his and Bernie's strength. I think maybe Camila's youth and inexperience is what caused her to lose it a bit. She sure has the talent though and with time and hard work, she'll make it - so will Hugo. They really are great golfers and, from what I've heard, really really nice people.

[bogeyhitter25]

Good for Haymes and Bernie. I was rooting for them all the way. I was sooo happy when Amber hit her bunker into the water on the last hole in the semi's. I don't really see Haymes doing good in the Tournament. Yet I see Bernie doing great. All in all:

Best Male - Hugo
Worst Male - James
Best Female - Toss-up between Bernie and Andrea (it's too bad her partner was James)
Worst Female - Sally or Amber

[Awsi Dooger]

  Golfgal said:

Oh dear, I better start interviewing everyone! Please don't think I know what's going on. I connected first with Andrea because she was friends with other ladies I'd interviewed in past shows. I had no idea that she would leave the show so early. I really wanted to interview Haymes because of his brother. I am happy he said yes and even happier now that I picked a winner :) but seriously, I really don't know what's going to happen.

I whiffed my previous comment. I wasn't suggesting you know anything about the outcome.

But if I know I'm the winner I find a way to cycle myself into the interview lineup, no matter who has to provide contact info or what hours it necessitates, regardless if I'm in France or Chile or wherever. I was rooting for Hugo and Camila throughout but I was always doubtful they would prevail since they were not showing up in your interview group. I think I mentioned something along those lines on the other forum several weeks ago, that the non-North American entries were again absent from Golfgal interviews. That was a hint of what I was thinking regarding the final outcome and Hugo/Camila likely not the winner, but I didn't want to blurt it out, kind of like the forum poster who withheld the picture of Kim Welch's bag with the Adams irons. Anyway, regarding Big Break Prince Edward Island, regardless of who you interview I hope they have top notch memories. As far as I can tell that's a much greater gap from filming to Golf Channel debut than typical. Ka'anapali was about 4 months until airing, same thing with Highway 18, and Michigan was closer to 3 months.

[JohnMurph]

  bogeyhitter25 said:

Good for Haymes and Bernie. I was rooting for them all the way. I was sooo happy when Amber hit her bunker into the water on the last hole in the semi's. I don't really see Haymes doing good in the Tournament. Yet I see Bernie doing great. All in all:

I really wish that Hugo and Camila would have won. They are both playing the mini tours and are trying to make it. Haymes and Bernie both have jobs and are working full time. I see Haymes doing awful in the PGA Tour event. I see Bernie doing better but not great. The scores she shot in 2005 and 2006 wouldn't hold up at todays LPGA Final Stage of Qualifying School. This year at qschool 4 under got their full card. And even par got conditional status. I think the 5k they get for qschool is a waste for both of them. Plus Bernie taking a few years off isn't going to help her game at all. Bernie only made 4 cuts in 20 starts and averaged 75.00 in 2005. She doesn't have the game to get to the LPGA. I hope she doesn't quit her day job. She has a nice swing, but that's it.

[DM4UGA]

  JohnMurph said:

I really wish that Hugo and Camila would have won. They are both playing the mini tours and are trying to make it. Haymes and Bernie both have jobs and are working full time. I see Haymes doing awful in the PGA Tour event. I see Bernie doing better but not great. The scores she shot in 2005 and 2006 wouldn't hold up at todays LPGA Final Stage of Qualifying School. This year at qschool 4 under got their full card. And even par got conditional status. I think the 5k they get for qschool is a waste for both of them. Plus Bernie taking a few years off isn't going to help her game at all. Bernie only made 4 cuts in 20 starts and averaged 75.00 in 2005. She doesn't have the game to get to the LPGA. I hope she doesn't quit her day job. She has a nice swing, but that's it.

I agree, and I really wanted Hugo and Camilla to win. They were the best couple by far through the majority of the competition, they just made a couple of mistakes right at the very end. I don't think either Haymes or Bernie has much of a future on the pro tours, while I think Huge definitely does, and the LPGA could use a face like Camilla's (and by that I mean, an extremely attractive younger female who would draw some attention). Yeah, some may say that isn't important, but look what Anna Kournikova did for Tennis. Besides, I think Camilla played with a lot more skill than Bernie did for nearly the whole thing. Like some have said, it was just youth that caused her to make those mistakes at the end. Bernie has had a chance on the LPGA before, Camilla really deserves one, IMHO.

[Chilidipper]

How does the Snedeker hit the ball with those flippy hands? That is weird

[DM4UGA]

  Chilidipper said:

How does the Snedeker hit the ball with those flippy hands? That is weird

Dude, I know! That is one weird looking swing. But then again, so is Jim Furyk's.

[Chilidipper]

  DM4UGA said:

Dude, I know! That is one weird looking swing. But then again, so is Jim Furyk's.

http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=23460 Check out Haymes swing. DOOD! How does he hit it?

[Golfgal]

  Awsi Dooger said:

Sally Dee made it to the semifinals of the Re/Max World Long Drive Championship in Mesquite.

Hope it's okay to bring up this topic here. Didn't know where else to put it. I just finished up a post I did after interviewing Sally Dee today. She had a few things to say about the winner, Lana Lawless - a woman who used to be a 245 lb male police officer in California. Check out what she had to say and then let me know what you think about this issue. And please be polite (there are ladies present :)). Golfgal

[worst_shot_ever]

Didn't listen to Sally's interview, but I have a hard time understanding why Lana should be permitted to compete with the women in something like long drive, where the geometry and weight distribution of the frame is such an important factor. No one's saying Lana can't do what she wants in terms of her sexual identity, mind you, just that she shouldn't be permitted to flaunt her advantage in a professional athletic contest with $100K on the line when it can be so readily skewed in her favor.

[flanagan]

I would think you can bring it up, but why drag a 28 page thread along with it? Maybe you can spin this off and start a new one.

Not born a woman, then you aren't a woman and shouldn't be allowed to be engineered to compete as one, this isn't tennis!