Hall of Famer Se Ri Pak’s got a new bag – and notes from ADT championship

Don’t let the headline scare you. She’s not leaving golf, she literally has a new bag.

Her caddie, TJ, is blogging all week about Se Ri in the ADT championship. He talks about her superstitious nature, who they like to be paired with and yes, her new Hall of Fame bag. What he doesn’t mention is who made the bag. If it’s the same one I think it is, it’s this beautiful design by keri golf:

This bag was custom made for Se Ri (to her specs) to be permanently placed in her Hall of Fame collection in Florida. keri golf even knows how to make baby-poo-yellow (apparently it’s called golden age leather and is the color of the season) look good. The thing has logos all over it, including that interesting one on the side which represents her sister Yoo Ri’s apparel company. TJ’s blog says the bag is “whiter than I am” and I don’t get his meaning if this is the bag. It’s certainly not white. So, I’m not sure if this is it, but he describes the logos and the enormous size and says it’ll go in the hall of fame after they finish with it this week. Those things all sound like the keri golf bag.

I don’t have a keri golf bag – YET. They’ve got really cute styles and I look forward to seeing what comes out for next year.

ADT Championship – coverage and results from round 1

The richest purse of the year for these ladies – $1,550,000 with $1 million going to the winner and all we get are 2 hours of coverage a day with 3 hours on Sunday. I blooped through the whopping 2 hours and didn’t see a glimpse of Se Ri (she finished +5 today), so maybe she’ll make a move tomorrow and we’ll get to see her. She’s got her work cut out for her, but anything can happen. It looks like the Golf Channel (under LPGA’s production oversight) is only showing the top 16 players during their limited coverage.

I did see that Christina Kim (another keri golf staff player) finished well (at -5 to take the lead) and then Lorena Ochoa made her move. Lorena had herself to -6 when she took a quadruple bogey (!) on a par 3. Wow, she does make mistakes! Two on the same hole, in fact. Gotta watch that wind, Lorena. Sadly, last year’s winner, the adorable Julieta Granada, didn’t make the cut to even play in this tournament. Paula Creamer’s also up there towards the head of the pack but all that really matters is for players to stay in the top 16 for the first cut. Here’s where they all stand after today’s round:

Annika’s effort

Meanwhile, Annika Sorenstam is going to the gym to get out her frustration from today. How do I know that? She said so in her new blog after today’s round.

/soapbox on

In an interview with Christina Kim after her round, when asked how she’d spend the $1 million if she won, she joked about using it to become a 6’4″ size 4 blonde. At least I hope it was a joke. Christina, when talking about what’s important to you, don’t forget you’re a role model. If you really feel pressure to look like that, wouldn’t you hope that pressure would diminish for future generations? Quotes like that coming from a successful woman like yourself are counter-productive. /soapbox off

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