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Women’s Golf Championship

Dumb question time, if you're the Oregon golfer why do you concede? You never know what will happen.
 
Dumb question time, if you're the Oregon golfer why do you concede? You never know what will happen.
I don't know anything about anything, and didn't even watch the darn game, but this is what espn said:

Oregon and Northwestern each won two matches. In the last one, Lee was 2 up with two to play when she three-putted from 35 feet to lose the 17th. Both were able to reach the par-5 18th in two with the tee moved forward. Romero went long into a bunker, facing a downhill shot. She conceded the match after two tries getting out of the bunker with a delicate shot.
From the wrap up video, it looks like she waited until Lee got onto the green before conceding. I assume if Lee had also hit the bunker, the game would have continued.
 
I don't know anything about anything, and didn't even watch the darn game, but this is what espn said:


From the wrap up video, it looks like she waited until Lee got onto the green before conceding. I assume if Lee had also hit the bunker, the game would have continued.
I agree she conceded prematurely. Although it was not obvious but Lee's lob was to an uphill position. She hit a soft lob to 15' above the hole but faced a very fast downhill putt . Romero then faced a delicate, severely downhill bunker shot that she left in the bunker twice.
Romero should have tried her 5th shot with a remote chance of holing it or at possibly getting up and down, forcing Lee to 2 putt from above the hole.
Lee's shot from a tight lie at least put the pressure on Romero , whose shot was even more difficult than Lee's
 
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