#beauty in swaggy with the dogs out on the green

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Cats Classic | 9.16.24 (x)

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1-50 girlll

1. do you have any recurring dreams? what are they?

-- I used to have one when i was younger - do you remember that fudging awful teletubbies episode with the lion and the bear with the fudging awful eyes? my dream would be me running around in the playground in my primary school and this alarm would go off which meant the bear was coming, everyone was running back to the classroom where it was safe and no matter how hARD i tried to run i literally just couldnt run and it was getting closer and closer but id always wake up before it could get me, and sometimes i would get so close to the classroom and it was right on my ass

2. what is your favourite kind of fruit?

-- I’d say im more of a vegetable person, but maybe grapes or green apples?

3. sweet or savoury?

-- sweet

4. what is your smallest/pettiest fear?

-- answering the phone HAHA

5. what is your least favourite vegetable?

-- parsnips

6. what is your favourite art movement?

-- i wouldnt say i have a favourite

7. do you drink milk?

-- only if it’s with cereal, but even with that I don’t drink it when there’s milk left in the bowl

8. what was the last line of the last book you read?

-- “I know that no matter what happens next, at least for this moment, I have finally found a home”

9. do you like bitter food?

-- I don’t really know tbh

10. what is the most significant event in your life so far?

-- getting a bf 

11. what is one thing ( a book, movie, etc ) that has greatly affected you?

-- kpop

12. what is your favourite breed of dog or cat?

-- I couldn’t have a favourite

13. list your top 5 favourite turtle names.

--  arthur, beanie, leonard, mary, po

14. what job would you have if you could have it without going through all of the school or experience that is required?

-- i think id just like to be a professional in a sport

15. are there any names that you dislike so much that you would dislike the person with the name? what are those names?

-- susan, luke 

16. what is your favourite letter?

-- L?

17. are there any instruments you wished you played?

-- piano

18. list your best friends.

-- jess and lauren

19. would you rather be a skeleton or a ghost?

-- ghost

20. do you prefer fish or lizards/snakes? (as pets)

-- fish

21. art or music?

-- music

22. what is your favourite type of flower?

-- cherry blossom

23. soup or salad?

-- soup

24. are you good at keeping plants alive?

-- nope

25. do animals tend to like you?

-- usually HAHA though, no one can compare to snow white that is lauren

26. what is the worst book you've ever read?

-- maybe the girl on the train, out of all the books ive read it dragged so much omg it took me like a month to read it

27. do you collect anything?

-- clothing tags, foreign currency, caps from different countries

28. how many pillows do you sleep with?

-- 2 and one small one in the corner

29. whats the latest you've ever woken up?

-- maybe 2pm?

30. how many pictures are on your walls?

-- 2 canvases and 3 posters

31. what age did you stop keeping stuffed animals on your bed?

-- I have no idea but I had one bear on my bed but i put it away a few years ago i think bc it kept falling down the side 

32. what is your favourite candy?

-- strawberry laces

33. what is your favourite baked good?

-- muffins

34. do you have a camera? if so, what kind?

-- i had a nixon dslr i cant remember which model but i gave it to my brother

35. do you wear jewelry?

-- stud earrings when i go out, a fitbit (idk if that counts as jewellery it’s pretty swaggy), and a bracelet that i wear always now

36. sunrise or sunset?

-- they’re both beautiful so both

37. do you like to listen to music with headphones or no headphones?

-- with headphones bc nobody knows what it is hehe

38. what was your favourite show as a child?

-- the tweenies maybe

39. describe your favourite spot in your house.

-- in the living room, on the sofa along the back wall, in the position where ive got my legs up on the sofa directly inline with the tv.

40. do you like to be warm or cold?

-- warm 

41. the best joke you have.

-- these questions have made me think so hard ive actually got a headache, i cant think of a joke rn HAHAHA

42. whats the weirdest thing that you've seen happen in a public place?

-- omg well, I was walking with a friend through bath on the way to the cinema, there was a flock of seagulls above, one hit a building and landed in the middle of the road, it was trying to get up or looked like it was trying but then it started spewing up a load of blood all over itself, then it died and a man dragged it out of the road

43. CD or digital?

-- both, it depends where i am 

44. who do you miss right now?

-- jess and lauren

45. if you could combine two places in the world, which two places would you choose?

-- england and s.korea = bc ive grown up in england so i obviously feel most comfortable here and s.korea bc when i went i also felt so comfortable just walking around and it’s just so pretty in it’s own unique way

46. describe the worst substitute teacher you've ever had.

-- this lady in science who couldn’t say salt properly, it was said like “soat”

47. do you believe horoscopes?

-- I don’t really read them

48. are you spiritual?

-- no not really

49. describe your pets ( or family if you dont have pets )

-- 2 dogs - one is really chill most of the time, the fluffiest and cuddliest, most attention seeking dog ive ever known, the oTHER is the most stubborn, the most invasive, RUDEST DOG EVER I LITERALLY CANNOT GO A DAY WITHOUT HIM HAVING HIS NOSE UP MY BUTT

50. are you good at getting over mistakes?

-- i would say so? bc i believe everything happens for a reason so

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Farmers Insurance Open 2017 results: Jon Rahm gets 1st pro win with thrilling eagle at 18th hole

Jon Rahm is a future superstar with an intoxicating game that was on full display at the end of the Farmers Insurance Open.

The week started with hype and anticipation for Tiger Woods’ return to the PGA Tour. It ended with a young Spanish star getting his first pro win in dramatic fashion. Here are three takeaways from the weekend at the Farmers Insurance Open.

Jon Rahm is going to light it up on the PGA Tour for years.

We could re-hash the highlights of 2017 Farmers Insurance Open winner Jon Rahm’s round, but all you really need to know about the young stud was encapsulated in his 72nd and final hole of the week.

At the par-5 18th, Rahm poked his drive on a still soggy Torrey Pines just shy of 300 yards. Sitting on a lead and 260 yards into a green that slopes into a water hazard protecting the front, you would not have ripped him for, um, uh, deciding to ... whispering ... lay up? I’m not saying it would have been the best play, but we would have understood it. We saw J.B. Holmes, one of the longest hitters in the world, do this a couple years ago on this hole and lose the tournament. Rahm is also extremely long, and he threw caution to the wind, pulling a fairway metal and hitting a ridiculous sling draw into the back of the 18th green to get home in two.

The decision to go for it showed some stones, but also the type of shot he played, that rope draw was even more awe-inspiring. He then added a swaggy little club twirl and started walking after it as the ball climbed into the air! This Spaniard is going to be so much fun to watch for the next 15 or 20 years. His courage was rewarded when he dramatically bombed in a putt from 60 feet for his second eagle of the back nine that essentially locked it up with several more groups still to play into the clubhouse.

Shot 1: Perfect (early tee pick up) Shot 2: Perfect (club twirl) Shot 3: Perfect (in the hole) What nerves? http://pic.twitter.com/X9lj4cbFRh

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) January 29, 2017

That finishing eagle put a cap on a back nine 30 and a final round 65 that no one behind him could chase down. It was the round of the day by two shots. Rahm winning so soon isn’t a surprise, but this Sunday he came a little out of nowhere and was not featured on the CBS broadcast until he started making that move late on the back nine.

Rahm is just 22 years old but was a well-known top prospect. He came over from Spain to play at Arizona State, where he won two Ben Hogan awards and the McCormack medal as the top amateur in the world in 2015. Last summer, he turned pro after earning low amateur honors at the U.S. Open, burning an exemption into the British Open just a few weeks later. He played his way back into the field as a pro, going low and contending at Congressional in his first start playing for cash. It was all part of an intro to the pro game that was one of the best in recent years.

Jon Rahm is on track for the best debut through the first 50 rounds of everyone since start of 2008 http://pic.twitter.com/3SHegGuOon

— Jake Nichols (@jalnichols) November 4, 2016

Rahm is going to crush American hopes and dreams in the Ryder Cup for years to come. He’s also going to win plenty on the PGA Tour and should be considered an immediate threat at all the game’s biggest events, including the majors. Sunday’s finish and the way he did it ensures he’ll be a fan favorite while doing so.

The angry mob still hates CBS

The broadcast ... it stunk. I’ve tried to slow down and not indulge the constant critiques of golf broadcasts because sometimes that’s a Twitter ball of groupthink that just starts rolling downhill and we lose perspective of what’s actually happening. CBS is always the primary target of this frustration, which often escalates to anger. They’ve been crushed in recent years for showing minimal golf shots, ignoring contenders entirely, and filling the broadcast with fluff segments and commercials. I sometimes think it’s not as bad as the hysteria on Twitter would have you think and that it’s just more yelling on a social media platform prone to angry yelling.

With that said, there’s no debating that CBS’ return to PGA Tour coverage this weekend was an unqualified disappointment. There was way too much focus on the scenery, which is a trap you can fall into when you’re at a beautiful oceanside venue like Torrey Pines. But they showed surfers and paddle boarders and whales wayyyy too much, neglecting a bunched-up leaderboard that demanded rapid-fire movement from hole-to-hole to keep the audience informed. That ridiculous 30-minute coverage gap also exists, which became more than 30 minutes as college hoops went way over its block, a predictable and continued problem. On Sunday, we went more than 50 minutes before TV coverage came back on the air. The PGA Tour has fortunately just started putting the world feed up for free online during this blackout stretch as the coverage switches from Golf Channel to CBS. They should be commended for it but it’s still no excuse for TV being absent during critical moments in the middle of a final round in the year 2017.

CBS often struggles at these week-to-week PGA Tour events but at this Farmers Insurance Open, the problems seemed particularly acute. The leaderboard was clustered and they weren’t set up to handle it well, focusing instead on primarily four to five players at one time and showing so many shots on a delay. Those four or five players changed at different points in the round but there was this cap on how many we could follow for different large chunks of the broadcast. Phil Mickelson, the biggest name in the field after a cadre of superstars missed the cut, got to within two shots at one point. Two shots! Phil Mickelson playing in his hometown! You’d think we would get regular updates on Phil’s round but we (as far as I can recall and I asked a few colleagues to confirm) didn’t see a shot of his during the CBS window until a putt at the 17th hole — his second-to-last of the day and when he was really out of it. This just doesn’t make sense and is a disservice to the viewer.

All the commercials, flora and fauna shots, and limited universe of players being shown left you with no real sense of the round or flow of the day. In the end, that has to be judged a failure. I don’t enjoy writing so much about the coverage and I won’t dismiss CBS wholesale, the prevailing sentiment on golf Twitter. But they’re on notice with three more strong events and great venues to cover on this west coast swing before going back in hibernation until the Masters.

Is Torrey Pines meh?

So Torrey’s South Course is a major championship venue with a ton of history and an impressive resume. The assumption is that it’s one of the best courses on the regular PGA Tour rota, which is dotted with monotonous TPC setups. The Rees Jones redesign of this course, however, has been widely panned and it’s conventional wisdom now that he ruined a pretty good thing. What we have now is just a bunch of elevated greens protected by bunkers and a whole lot of pin placements that are tough to access.

We don’t demand birdie-fests every week and a tough test may have been what we needed after multiple sub-60 rounds in the preceding two weeks. But there’s a difference between being a tough test that’s exciting to watch and one that just becomes a sputtering slog. This also came up on Twitter among regular keen golf watchers.

Torrey always leaves a bit to be desired for me. High scores abound but more of long, slow crockpot variety instead of violent ejections. http://pic.twitter.com/LEPXPubVZX

— Tron Carter (@TronCarterNLU) January 27, 2017

@TronCarterNLU Agree. Just feel blah about this tourney. To little at stake, too early in season to see guys gouging out of 6-inch rough.

— Kevin Van Valkenburg (@KVanValkenburg) January 27, 2017

Rahm rescued us from a weekend largely devoid of entertainment, but Torrey and the Farmers reputation, built largely on Tiger’s patronage and years of success here, may be a little overinflated. I’m not saying it’s a dog track ... just something to think about and watch for next year!