Paula Creamer Second Fastest To $10 Million

[Tontj5]

If you watch the LPGA regularly I am sure you hear it mentioned at least once every broadcast that Paula Creamer has not won since winning the U.S. Open in 2010. That of course is true, but doesn't tell the entire story of the level of golf Paula is playing. When a top player doesn't win for 3 years it usually means that they are in some kind of playing slump. Looking at Paula's record, she really has not had a period in her career where she has ever played poor golf. In fact, I can't find where she has ever had three bad tournaments in a row. It seems that in spite of the fact that she has been absent from the winner's circle for 3 years, she is always on the first or second page of the leader board. In fact she has finished in the top twenty 11 times this year already. That is more times than Inbee, Yani, Suzann, and Stacy. That is more times than anyone on the LPGA this year. She has also made 56 consecutive cuts.

Paula's 4th place finish in last week's U.S. Open put her over the 10 million dollar mark in career earnings. She is the 8th player to achieve that feat. She did it in 194 tournaments. Only Lorena Ochoa accomplished it quicker.

How does that stack up against some of today's brightest stars? Let's take a look.

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2013/07/paula-creamer-becomes-2nd-fastest-to-10.html

[Mulligan Jeff]

Paula is one classy young lady and a tough competitor. She had problems with her thumb or something the last couple years and fought through it!

[bobsuruncle]

She's a good player, got one major already, but I wonder if she's got that extra gear. Thus far she's not shown us that she's got a fifth gear. She doesn't win them in bunches, and hasn't dominated for a meaningful period, unlike say Yani, Stacy and now Inbee. She'll no doubt win more in the coming years but with many new younger rising stars coming out, I wonder if her best years are in the past.