I saw someone looking at this thread of almost a year ago so I thought I would pull it up and put something on it that is most appropriate to its subject.
This apparently happened very recently and my source of info was one of the ladies playing with her so it's definitely accurate-----Christina Kim was taken over to Merion East by three other top tournament lady amateurs from around here. The three amateurs played from the ladies tees but Christina Kim teed it up from the Walker Cup tees and played them all (other than the interestingly jury-rigged 3rd hole that the Walker Cuppers played one day from the 6th tee (about 235 yards vs the app. 190 3rd hole tee)).
Anyway, apparently those three ladies could not believe the extent to which Christina Kim could bust it, and she made seven birdies, three putted twice and shot a smooth 67 anyway. Take THAT Merion East.
All I could think to tell my source is a lot of it may've had to do with the fact that she played the course on a regular day and not on a real "tournament set-up" day.
But still, does that leave any doubt how some of those LPGA players play now?
Hell, a couple of years ago, Wayno, who really can hit it pretty danged far took three LPGA mini-tour players over to Merion East and he had trouble keeping up off the same tees with all of them including one little one who weighed about one quarter of what he does!
In that vein, Bob Crosby and I walked around Cypress the other day with a group that included Kristel (can't spell her last name right now) a probably mid thirties French lady who is not only incredibly tall and beautiful but she had perhaps the most beautiful golf swing I have ever seen and believe me I have seen a lot of them over the years. She won the NCAAs out of Arizona State back in 1995. Her ball striking was incredibly impressive and if she made a mistake with it she was generally long which I have always thought was the sign of a very accomplished players. Her father was playing with her and apparently he won the French Amateur something like ten times. He also mentioned that the real golfer in the family was Kristel's mother who pretty much beat everyone except the one lady who always had her ticket----none other than the all time energizer bunny and arguably the best American lady amateur of the last half of the last century----Pittsburgh's Carole Semple Thompson!