Big Break Prince Edward Island

[iacas]

Its also awesome how homely women often attack the personality of beautiful women.

But be honest - doesn't mean it isn't justified. I haven't seen much personality from Blair yet. Not saying it's not there - or hasn't been edited out - but we haven't really seen much.

And I've gotta agree with Brenda on those two marked putts. They weren't six inches, but they were inside of a foot. But back to the actual golf... Brenda's nowhere near an LPGA Tour golfer. By her finishes (or half finishes) on the Duramed Futures Tour, she's not even a very good female golfer, let alone an LPGA Tour player. I have a pretty low opinion of the average Futures Tour player, so her inability to make most of the cuts says something... and it ain't good. And yeah, it's awfully pissy of her to suddenly attack Blair when Blair out-golfed her. Plain and simple. None of Blair's drives were 30 yards into the trees like Brenda's - when you're on the edge you're bound to get a better break than when you tug it 30 yards deep into the sticks. Duh. Brenda, it could be said, is fortunate to have not gone OB from what I can remember.

[BigBoy]

But be honest - doesn't mean it isn't justified. I haven't seen much personality from Blair yet. Not saying it's not there - or hasn't been edited out - but we haven't really seen much.

I will agree that Blair hasn't shown much personality outside of generally being nice and agreeable. Attractive women have a tough time I think showing any edge though, as they are often assumed to be aloof by men and women alike. They need to be extra cognizant of this fact and be extra friendly. As a tall, big guy myself I think I have experienced a similar situation. I find that I need to keep a big smile on my face in group social situations in order not to appear menacing.

In terms of Brenda, and the jealousy I perceive, I found it more than a coincidence that she immediately started riding that Wall Street chick as soon as it looked like she and Derek might be hitting it off. Now as soon as Blair is getting the better of her on the course she goes off on her too - She basically had problems with the two classically attractive women on the show. In terms of playing ability, I agree that Brenda does not seem to have what it takes. If I was her, I would grind like hell, or use this new "fame" to get some exemptions on the LPGA, and then try to become the LPGA's version of David Ferehty and get into announcing. Blair seems like she has the tools to make it, that 3W she hit 265 onto the green was impressive. Her short game looks like it lacks a little feel to me, its very mechanical and tends to produce shots that are steady, but mediocre. Maybe the course just lends its self to bump and run shots, but all of her pitches and chips seems to be nothing but bumps. Its really tough for me to tell how much potential Derek has based on the show. The course does not look like a true PGA tour type of test, certainly the length is lacking. I like the guy though, and it would be cool to see him on the big stage a few years down the road.

[RAD3]

I think Blair's personality comes across pretty well in GolfGal's interviews. I reccomend that you listen to them if you haven't done so yet.

I don't know that much about pro golf but I don't understand why players like Brenda continue to play at such a low level year after year. Can it happen that suddenly a light will switch on and a player like her suddenly becomes very good? Suddenly hits it 25 yds further? I don't know..can anyone explain?

Now that you mention it, Big, Blair's swing did look robotic at times. I keep reminding myself that at the time the show was taped, Blair had not played much competitive golf for a while. I had hoped to go down to Rockville and watch her play in the Open Sectional but wasn't able make the trip. I don't know that I would have seen if her game had improved or not since her being paired with Wie pretty much turned her rounds into a circus.

At this point I'm not sure that Blair could play on tour with any success.

[NotAStick]

Wow, both of them... shooting in the 80s in almost 1/5 of their professional rounds?

Yikes. A scoring average of 76 wouldn't even make the high school golf team (boys) at many schools around here.

[mdouet]

I will agree that Blair hasn't shown much personality outside of generally being nice and agreeable. Attractive women have a tough time I think showing any edge though, as they are often assumed to be aloof by men and women alike. They need to be extra cognizant of this fact and be extra friendly. As a tall, big guy myself I think I have experienced a similar situation. I find that I need to keep a big smile on my face in group social situations in order not to appear menacing.

Gotta admit I was impressed after Derrick made the balls touch after Brian dared him to do it, that was flat out amazing. The guy obviously has some skill.

[youngskip40]

But back to the actual golf... Brenda's nowhere near an LPGA Tour golfer. By her finishes (or half finishes) on the Duramed Futures Tour, she's not even a very good female golfer, let alone an LPGA Tour player.

Agreed. I'll have to disagree with whoever said that it wasn't that bad being +3 after 9 holes. She is a professional golfer. I don't imagine +24 will win too many 72 hole events.

I know that's harsh, I'm sure she has the potential to play very good golf, but this is why I really liked how simple the last show's challenge was. 9 holes, stroke play. Show your skills, not just "whoever can get up and down wins immunity." Every one of the players on that show can hit great shots, and they can all hit stupidly bad shots. Up until the last show, I don't think there has been much of a test of "real" golf. That is, a test of what their actually job as professional golfers is, and that is scoring.

[RAD3]

Just finished reading GolfGal's first two reports on playing Rodd Mill River. Playing this course is not a patty-cake round. You have to hit accurate shots from challenging lies or you are punished. With the awful conditions and almost constant winds faced by the BB-ers in Sept. it looks to me that the great shots that were hit were really great shots and explained why seemingly easy shots were muffed.

Thanks to Gayle for these reports and her terrific interviews with the BB-ers...They are making my veiwing of the show so much more enjoyable. For what other "reality" type show can we get this much actual factual information?

[youngskip40]

Just finished reading GolfGal's first two reports on playing Rodd Mill River. Playing this course is not a patty-cake round.

I shouldn't say it looks like an easy course, because it doesn't, but it doesn't seem to be the most challenging. I disagree that you need to be extremely accurate, at least off the tee. You hear a few people say how wide the fairways are throughout the show, and even when you miss the fairway, the "rough" is more like fluffy fringe. King of reminiscent of the old state of Augusta National's rough.

I will say that the greens look like the most challenging part of it, so you certainly need to put the ball in the right spot on the green, or if you miss you need to miss on the correct side because they have some nasty looking spots to get up and down from. That par 4 (the 6th?) with the creek running through the entire hole has a few ugly spots that would make up and down almost impossible. As far as getting of the tee goes, it seems like a fairly easy course, especially with the length and lack of rough. I know some of those girls can hit the ball, but when you have 130-150 yards in for your 2nd shot on a par 5, that makes it virtually inexcusable if you don't make birdie every time.

[iWALK18]

When Brenda was hitting 140 yard shots when the pin was 155 yards away... that was pretty telling.

But i thought her Cardboard comment was spot on. I would rather see someone speak her mind than pull punches. Blair does seem a bit empty to me. I saw her interview on Golf channel, and she struck me as boring there as well. It also bothers me when she says her "dream is to play on the LPGA tour", but then she talks about how she hasn't played much golf the last 2 years because she is modeling... makes no sense to me.

[RAD3]

Yes, Youngskip you make a good point about the fairways...although Gayle says that there aren't many flat lies out there. But that shouldn't be a big problem for a good player. I saw a post on another forum from somone who plays Rodd Mill regularly and he talked about the greens not only being sloped but that because of some old-fashioned kind of grass that was used(he named it but I didn't recognize it) that speeds are very hard to judge because of the grain of this wierd grass...very fast with, very slow against...FWIW.

Hi iwalk. As far as Blair's "dream" statement goes, it does make sense to me. I think a lot people have believed that they might have enough game to play on Tour but not be able, for lots of reasons, to play a lot of golf. I think Blair broke her foot in a tournament at the end of 2006 and was able to model but not play. Modeling is what she lives on. and since she is not Hiedi Klum I guess that her modeling pay isn't all that great...no $$$ no play.

That's one reason I was hopeing she won the 100k so she could concentrate on golf this year. unfortuntely, as best I can tell from what she has done since last Sept. I think that she probably didn't win because if she had I think that she would be playing more tournaments instead of Play Golf Designs gigs.

Just my 2 cents

[RAD3]

The more I think about it the more I believe that Derek won the 100k (which should come as no surprise) It just seems to me that Blair would be playing more competitive golf trying to get ready for Q school instead of doing Play Golf Designs appearances week in and week out unless she was booked a looooong time ago.

As for Derek he's back on the Canadian Tour and not exactly tearing it up. Played three events so far and only made one cut. He did finish that one -5 but that was only good for t28...winning score was -16. In this week's event he started bogey, bogey, bogey. I wonder if at his age he's just decided that the 100k will be the biggest check he will ever get out of golf.

BTW...Eugene's CanTour start is much the same 1 for 3 cuts made. For today's round he finished -2 four shots back.

[chad1043]

I'm sorry but Eugene needs some stability lessons... That wiggle before he hits the ball has to be a problem. How old is Derek?

[mdouet]

I'm sorry but Eugene needs some stability lessons... That wiggle before he hits the ball has to be a problem. How old is Derek?

This guy has the strangest golf swing I've ever seen (save for Charles Barley), I can't believe the shots he makes with that swing.

[Shank]

Its also awesome how homely women often attack the personality of beautiful women.

Wow, that is harsh. I don't consider Brenda homely and personally I don't find Blair beautiful, but to each their own. Some of us actually look at what is beneath the exterior when deciding whether someone is beautiful.

Regardless, to assume that Brenda's comment stems from jealousy is completely unfounded. Brenda was clearly fond of Gerina who is not only a great player but also very attractive (hotter than Blair IMO) and had a great rack, too. Brenda always had glowing praise for Gerina so she isn't a hater and doesn't seem insecure with herself. The other chick, Nicole, was just a nitwit and I could see how people would not like her. It seems like the guys on the show didn't exactly warm to Blair either. Does that make them "jealous" too? I'm not saying that Blair is unlikable but she probably just has the type of personality that others (male or female) don't warm to quickly. My point is that Brenda's remarks about Blair don't necessarily have anything do with her (alleged) hotness and jealously of her looks or playing ability. Maybe she just doesn't like her very much. Big deal. Sorry to see Brenda go. I guess she doesn't have the hotness factor that so many of you require but I thought she was entertaining and always had something interesting to say instead of the usual yawn-inducing blather from Blair, Aaron et al.

[chad1043]

Sorry to see her go? Actually she should have been gone weeks ago. She did not have what it takes to play at that level. How many times was she in the elimination rounds? I think it was almost every show.

I will agree that most of the people didn't like Blair, but I think it steamed from her being a model and probably a lot of preceived attitude. They actuallly underestimated her ability and when she showed she had skill they were taken back. While Gerina is very attractive, she is attractive in a girl next door kinda way and not a modeling...

[youngskip40]

Some of us actually look at what is beneath the exterior when deciding whether someone is beautiful.

Haha. Yup, that's what I call looking beneath the exterior.

FWIW, I agree that Gerina is more attractive than Blair. Blair is hot, no doubt. But at least for me, Looks + Personality = beauty. I'd totally date Gerina over Blair. (She'd have to give me a stroke or 2 per side though...) Just to play devil's advocate here, Brenda wasn't eliminated by Gerina. She was eliminated by Blair, and proceeded to make a few nasty comments. The bottom line is we'll never know if she would have made the same kind of comments if she'd been knocked out by Gerina. I'd agree that she probably wouldn't, because they seemed pretty friendly, but just food for thought.

[ApocG10]

in elimination almost evey show? Not even close.

Besides blair and derek and gerina, she was there the least. Aaron and Eugene were there constantly. I think Brenda was there 3 times, plus the last show where all three were in the eelimination challenge.

[RAD3]

Derek is 31 yrs old. Do we know of anyone his age that made a big splash on the PGA tour? He finished +5 yesterday and will probably miss another cut. The 100k he presuemably got from BB will be the biggest payday he ever gets from golf.