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		<title>Natalie Gulbis Post Round 2 Interview: Safeway Classic</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out what Natalie Gulbis had to say about her second round at the LPGA Safeway Classic today. Or if you prefer just put your speakers on mute and watch, kind of a no lose situation for many of us. Tomorrow is shaping up to potentially be a fun final day here at Pumpkin Ridge. ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Check out what Natalie Gulbis had to say about her second round at the <a title="LPGA Safeway page" href="http://www.lpga.com/default_new.aspx" target="_blank">LPGA Safeway Classic</a> today. Or if you prefer just put your speakers on mute and watch, kind of a <em>no lose</em> situation for many of us.</p>
<p>Tomorrow is shaping up to potentially be a fun final day here at Pumpkin Ridge.  You can pretty much forget any chance of <a title="Wie headlines" href="http://niceballz.com/2009/08/29/what-would-wie-make-the-headlines/" target="_blank">Wie making history</a> with her first win given she is (as of the writing of this article) +2 on the day.</p>
<p>But it&#8217;s still a pretty compelling leaderboard with the likes of Miyazato, Nordqvist, Gulbis and others all within range of making a run for the lead. </p>
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		<title>Photos from the LPGA Safeway Classic</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few images and a couple of video clips from Round 1.  Check back over the next few days for more. Click on the image for full size.                                                             ...]]></description>
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<div class="mceTemp">A few images and a couple of video clips from <a title="leaderboard" href="http://http//www.lpgascoring.com/" target="_blank">Round 1</a>.  Check back over the next few days for more.</div>
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<div id="attachment_1819" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://niceballz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Safeway-2009-227.JPG"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1819" title="Safeway 2009 227" src="http://niceballz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Safeway-2009-227-300x200.jpg" alt="Natalie Gulbis and Junior Seau watch an amateur's tee shot in the Thursday ProAm." width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Natalie Gulbis and Junior Seau watch an amateur&#39;s tee shot in the Thursday ProAm.</p></div>
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		<title>Day 0: LPGA Safeway Classic</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Think of this as an amuse-bouche from us.  Just a lil something to get your taste buds dancing in advance of regular play kicking off at the Safeway Classic today. Christina Kim First up, a quick clip from @TheChristinaKim and a mea culpa on my part &#8211; due to user error technical difficulties I only got...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Think of this as an <a title="Mmm...Frenchy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amuse-bouche" target="_blank">amuse-bouche</a> from us.  Just a lil something to get your taste buds dancing in advance of regular play kicking off at the <a href="http://www.lpga.com/tournament_microsite.aspx?id=18456" target="_blank">Safeway Classic</a> today.</p>
<p><strong>Christina Kim</strong></p>
<p>First up, a quick clip from <a title="CK twitter" href="http://http://twitter.com/thechristinakim" target="_blank">@TheChristinaKim</a> and a mea culpa on my part &#8211; due to <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">user error</span> technical difficulties I only got a portion of my interview with her captured. Yes&#8230;I know&#8230;and trust me, you can&#8217;t say anything about me on this subject that I haven&#8217;t already <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvC_rV0qt_Y" target="_blank">said at myself</a>, thank you.</p>
<p>In the clip I salvaged Christina speaks about some of the criticism she got for her reactions during the Solheim Cup:</p>
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<p>What was <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">screwed up by me</span> lost on the editing room floor, was her comment/request to fans to please <em>&#8216;don&#8217;t tweet me&#8217;</em> about their criticisms of her behavior. </p>
<p>On one hand I get it. For her (and likely other players), Twitter is a fun venue to get some interaction and, let&#8217;s be honest, fan adoration. So unwanted criticism can put a damper on that mood.</p>
<p>Practically though, it is not realistic.  As <a title="Maybe this twitter thing isn't for you" href="http://niceballz.com/2009/08/11/twitter-golf/" target="_blank">we&#8217;ve said before</a>, people are people and social media services like Twitter are about interaction.  <strong>All kinds of interaction</strong> - good/bad/indifferent. And in doing searches of <a title="twitter search results" href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=@thechristinakim" target="_blank">@TheChristinaKim</a> messages an <em>overwhelming</em> number of them are incredibly supportive and positive. </p>
<p>So is it just a matter of an athlete with thin skin?  Maybe. Or it could arguably be more naïveté around what is to be expected from the general public interaction that happens via social media.  One thing is for sure, Kim gets <strong>a lot</strong> of attention, and not just on Twitter. Fans were regularly stopping her asking for a hug, a photo and complimenting her on her performance at the Solheim. If (and that is likely a big &#8216;if&#8217;) she&#8217;s suffered any loss of fan support from her actions at the Solheim Cup it isn&#8217;t reflected at Portland this week.</p>
<p><strong>Junior Looper</strong></p>
<p>Junior Seau has a future as an LPGA caddy if he decides to (finally) hang up his football cleats.  Thursday, Seau caddied for Natalie Gulbis during a ProAm at The Safeway Classic and here is a clip of him talking about what it&#8217;s like to carry the bag for Gulbis (<strong>note </strong>- the &#8216;Greg&#8217; Seau calls out is Gulbis&#8217; caddy and he said <em>&#8220;They&#8217;ve (other caddies) been after my job for six years.&#8221;:</em></p>
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<p>Seau only carried the bag for 9 holes (such a <a href="http://innocentlamb.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/junior-seau.jpg" target="_blank">candy-ass</a>) and afterwards some EMT&#8217;s were kind enough to give him the medical treatment he needed by rushing oxygen onto the 9th green &#8211; in jest, I think&#8230;at least I&#8217;m pretty sure it was a joke.</p>
<p>Look for photos from the Safeway in our Gallery and further updates over the next several days.</p>
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