Caught a few minutes here and there...the elite are just that, elite...and long.

Watching the Masters Drive, Chip & Putt competition and some 13 year old girl just smoked her drive 235 yards with a slight draw right down a 30 yard fairway. Impressive.

The girls are great and probably much better than most people realize, but no, their short games are not comparable to the men.

Lexi's last tee shot yesterday made MY back hurt.

Anyone see Wie just power that drive? Holy crap.

Lexi is a machine. She ain't giving any shots away today.

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Anyone see Wie just power that drive? Holy crap.

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Was impressive. 275yds carry.

Great to see Lexi win, and as you could see from my previous picture, is a class act as well! This pic was taken right after she came out of the clubhouse to warm up. Again, can you imagine your typical PGA pro being approached by a kid and a dad with a camera on their way to warm up? Lexi was just like the others...great with kids and willing to engage. And it's not like it's a huge deal...they each took 5 minutes or so to sign and take some pics and then they were on the practice green and rolling.

Let me start off by saying that I think it's unfair to compare men and women in sports. Men and women are different. Period. Comparing the two head-to-head is an exercise in futility.

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-they hit the ball just as far as a low handicap male- off the tee they are 275-280

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Not trying to knock on you or anything, but driving distance is weakly correlated with HCI.

I see 10+ HCI's hit 300 yard drives on regular basis -- and almost all of the "low HCI" guys that I play with hit the ball well over 275.

For what it's worth, there isn't a single LPGA player that averages 275+.

Also, regarding your comment on their short games -- they aren't even close to PGA caliber short games. There is a reason the pundits and experts slammed Michelle Wie for trying to compete on the PGA Tour. The top men in the world and the top women aren't supposed to compete head-to-head -- it's simply not comparable.

In the end, I hope you don't perceive this as sexist or bigoted -- the LPGA stars are absolute studs and I plan on taking my daughter to watch several of their tour stops in person when she's old enough.