NAPLES, Fla. Its the end of an era.If youre an LPGA fan and never liked seeing caddies line up players before a shot or putt, you can rejoice.This weeks season-ending CME Group Tour Championship marks the last time you will have to endure it.When the LPGA resumes play in its season opener at the Diamond Resort Tournament of Championship next January, the new Rules of Golf forbidding caddies from aligning players will be in effect.Brittany Lincicome is one of the biggest stars still relying on her caddie to line her up, and shell be following that practice to the bitter end this week, with Missy Pederson making sure shes aimed correctly.We are definitely going to play with her lining me up and then figure it out next year, Lincicome said.How difficult will it be abandoning the practice?
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Everything is going to be all right, Lincicome said. I can do it on my own.Lincicome says Pederson doesnt call her off shots to realign her anyway.Never, ever, Lincicome said.So why do it? For most players like Lincicome, its just reassurance. If the rules allow it, why not make sure? For Lincicome, it also has become part of her pre-shot routine.Its really more like a trigger, Pederson said. Its something she will just have to re-establish for next year. I dont foresee it being a problem. She plays off weeks and in the off season without me lining her up, and shes fine.Lincicome was irritated when she first learned of the rule change, mostly because it was sold as a way to speed the pace of play. Lincicome is one of the fastest players on tour.Lydia Ko has relied on a caddie lining her up since her junior days, but she doesnt see abandoning the practice next year as an issue, either.Its more a confidence thing, Ko said. I think 99.9 percent of the time, I am aligned where I want to be, but just knowing for sure gives you confidence to go up and rip it. Confidence is such a huge key in golf.With the new rule, I dont think its going to be like, Oh my God, what am I doing? Its going to be fine.
NAPLES, Fla. - It's the end of an era. If you're an LPGA fan and never liked seeing caddies line up players before a shot or putt, you can rejoice. This week's season-ending CME Group Tour
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If you're an LPGA fan and never liked seeing caddies line up players before a shot or putt, you can rejoice. This week's season-ending CME Group Tour Championship marks the last time you will have to endure it.
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Caddies Lining Up Players To Be Banned - This week marks the final time players will be lined up by their caddies on the LPGA Tour
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NAPLES, Fla. - It's the end of an era. If you're an LPGA fan and never liked seeing caddies line up players before a shot or putt, you can rejoice. This week's season-ending CME Group Tour
Caddies lining up players for the final time on LPGA
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Lydia Ko has relied on a caddie lining her up since her junior days, but she doesn't see abandoning the practice next year as an issue, either. "It's more a confidence thing," Ko said. "I think 99.9 percent of the time, I am aligned where I want to be, but just knowing for sure gives you confidence to go up and rip it.
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(Mercifully) RIP Soon: Caddies Lining Up Players November 14, 2018 / Geoff Shackelford GolfChannel.com's Randall Mell says goodbye to the peculiar LPGA player tendency to have their caddies line them up for a shot, a casualty of the 2019 rules of golf changes.
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Caddies lining up players also undermined respect for LPGA Tour players, who were most likely to take advantage of this rules book gap. With that in mind, Randall Mell at GolfChannel.com explores what this means for the LPGA Tour and while most were positive, there was one player not pleased. Brittany Lincicome, however, didn't seem pleased.
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