It's lovely to see Thai ladies -- Patty Tavatanakit and Moriya Jutanugarn -- at the top of the leaderboard at halfway of the ongoing ANA Inspiration, the LPGA Tour's first major of the year.
Hopefully, one of the two goes on to win the big tournament.
Throughout my teaching career I've seen several good juniors go on to make a very good living from their talent. Sadly though, many don't for a number of reasons.
Overbearing parents are largely to blame for some particularly good youngsters falling by the wayside.
This is depressing to witness and sad for me to see this wasted talent just drift away from the game, totally disillusioned about the game and life in general.
Some juniors are pushed to play in big events before they are ready and this can be mentally devastating for them.
I tell my young students, together with their parents, not to bother heading out to play in tournaments until they can play level par every round they play on their home course-- even on the day they're not playing well.
I know it's a little harsh but it's the reality of tournament golf and a litmus test of how good you need to be.
Out of Bounds: The starter on the first tee shouted at the player on the ladies' tee to pick up his ball and not to be confused and to play his tee shot from the correct men's tee. When the player didn't oblige, the starter repeated his request. Now with everybody aware of the situation, the poor player, who was by now as red as a beetroot shouted back: "Could somebody inform the bloody starter that I'm trying to play my second shot."