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Crowns on Saturday, Crowned on Sunday
Published: 5/5/2008 9:52 AM
Last Modified: 5/5/2008 9:52 AM

I think I may have inadvertently caused a few giggles in the SemGroup Championship interview room Saturday when I followed a couple of questions about Paula Creamer's love of pink with a question about pink-tinted earrings that were hanging from her lobes.
What is this, fashion hour? Is Melissa Rivers in the house?
The earrings were giant crowns. Creamer said there was no significance to them. She just liked them, that's all. I thought I might write that it was a matter of crowns on Saturday and crowned on Sunday (which happened when Creamer defeated Juli Inkster in a two-hole playoff). I forgot to bring up the crown thing -- perhaps that was good -- so I'll do it now.
Anyhow, some thoughts on the SemGroup Championship:
1, It's better in the spring. For the second consecutive year, the tournament was held in the spring instead of the fall and the media can devote more resources to covering the tournament in the spring. In the fall, there's a little thing called college football going on.
2, Mucho respect for Lorena Ochoa. She wanted to be the best player in the world, and be careful what you wish for. Ochoa's off-the-course obligations are never-ending. She is swarmed by media (one session each with the English-speaking media and the Spanish-speaking media) no matter how she plays each day and her line of autograph seekers is never-ending.
Ochoa juggles all of her responsibilities incredibly well. At some point, she may have to learn to say "no" just to protect her sanity.
3, SemGroup president and CEO Tom Kivisto joked during a trophy presentation that Creamer would return to the 18th green and sign autographs for four hours. That was almost true. Creamer tried to accommodate as many people as possible (that was former TU football player Aaron Tallman directing autograph traffic) and it's stuff like that which makes Kivisto know he is partnering with the right sport and the right group of gals.





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