Making a racket

The crisis struck the LPGA hard, after the sudden departure of sponsors and tournaments, such as the Leon Classic, seemed like come back was going to be more than complicated; nevertheless, lately, the tour has had some sparkles of what it used to be a couple of years ago; but not everything is as good as it seems and, for better or worse, the CN Canadian Women's Open brought a lot of stuff.

Good stuff:

Michele Wie, the girl that has been in the limelight even before she came to the LPGA, grabbed her second title. The first time she did so was in Mexico, at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, held in Guadalajara, Jalisco. In that tourney, Wie defeated fellow US player Paula Creamer by 2 strokes. Now, Michelle came 3 shots ahead of Kristy McPherson, Suzann Pettersen and Jee Young Lee.

Even when the 20 year-old went winless for 7 months, missed one cut and didn't win the Rookie of the Year honors in her first season, the LPGA trusted her young guns, especially after Lorena Ochoa's sudden retirement. Moreover, it needed a US player back in the winners' circle as soon as possible, since it's a US based tour. All of a sudden, Paula Creamer and Michelle Wie got the message and they gave their people a couple of titles. 

Bad stuff:

Yes, South Korean players Shi Hyun Ahn and Il Mi Chung are having difficulties. They hit the wrong ball in the last hole of the first round and were DQ, but this ain't over yet, cause after some investigation and statements from the caddies were done the issue has grown bigger and bigger. Tim Hegna, Ahn's caddie, noticed his player hit the wrong ball and suggested her to talk to Chung before she putted, but Ahn didn't do it, at least that's what Hegna told to Waggle Room. When they finished, both players went into the scoring tent and later Ahn told Hegan "don't say anything".

Meanwhile, Chris Benz, Chung's caddie, told Golfweek that he mentioned the incident to Donna Early, the third looper in the group, but Il Mi wasn't aware of the situation, at least not until she finished her round. Benz assured that Hegna said it wasn't his job to talk about the issue, which was denied by Tim after declaring that Benz was compromised to keeping his mouth shut.

At the end this whole thing seems like "Chinese whispers" and the tour is hoping to clarify when did the players know they had hit the wrong ball as soon as possible in order to make a ruling. Let's hope this is just a misunderstanding, because if they cheated they'll be hardly criticized by fans and media.