Best team event moment:
Asian team destroys Internationals 6-0 first day of Lexus Cup
See above for more details about this amazing achievement!

Honorable Mention:
Seon Hwa Lee again undefeated in team match play
How impressive is Seon Hwa Lee at match play and team events? Dig this: Seon Hwa Lee went undefeated at both the 2006 and 2007 Lexus Cups and the HSBC Match Play. That's 12 match play victories in a row. In addition, she won three of the four matches she played in the past two years at the Kyoraku Cup (which are stroke play matches, but being team events, they count). That means she has won 9 of the last 10 team matches she has played in team golf events, including collecting the clinching point at both the 2006 and 2007 Lexus Cups. No wonder, when the Kyoraku Cup was on the line this year, the first player Captain Mi Hyun Kim chose to play in the playoff was Seon Hwa. When you absolutely, positively need to get a point, who you gonna call? The Stone Buddha, Seon Hwa Lee, that's who!.

Worst Match Play Moment:
Somehow Korea loses the Kyoraku to an overmatched Japanese team
Read all about the gory details above; I couldn't possibly bear to rehash it again!

Best playoff:
Christina defeats Nicole Castrale, Kimmie also advances, round 3 playoff, ADT Championship
The ADT Tour Championship is one of the most unusual events on the LPGA tour. For one thing, to even get into the field requires great play during the season. Then, there are two cuts that fall during the week, one after the first two rounds, and the next after the third round. If a player is not in the top half of the field when the cut falls, she is out of luck. But if a player is on the edge, she might get involved in a playoff just to advance to the next day. Just such a playoff happened this year at the ADT, on both days. The second playoff ended up involving two Korean golfers, or, more specifically, a Korean and a Korean American: Mi Hyun Kim and Christina Kim.

Mi Hyun Kim probably shouldn't have even been in the playoff. Most of the day she was cruising comfortably, and even when she made a couple of mistakes towards the end of her round, she still had a two stroke cushion going into the final hole. But she ended up with a double bogey on that final hole (we'll talk about that more later), and so wound up in a four way playoff for the final two spots. Besides Christina Kim, she also faced Sophie Gustafson and Nicole Castrale, both of whom had also made mistakes on 18 to end up where they were.

On the first playoff hole, Gustafson hit her tee shot into the water, eliminating herself. Kimmie recovered from her anger to nail a fantastic tee shot and made one of the few birdies on the 17th hole all week. She advanced to the finals. The other two players made par, and moved onto the 18th hole for another playoff tilt.

Now, one of the interesting things about the playoff was the players involved in it. Earlier in the year, Christina Kim had been close to qualifying for the Solheim Cup, but had just missed out. She naturally expected, however, that a combination of her great play that final week (she finished second) and her memorable effectiveness at the 2005 Solheim would earn her one of the two Captain's picks. Instead, the Captain, Betsy King, did something that Captains have generally claimed they never do: she picked a player who had never been on the team over someone who had been. That player was Nicole Castrale. Castrale was certainly a good player, but she had been injured when the choice had to be made, and had not played all that well the final week, either. On top of that, of course, she had never been on the Solheim team, while Christina had not only been on the team, she had been a fantastic asset to it. Yet nonetheless, Castrale got the nod. Kim's reaction was to go out and very nearly win the following week, although Sherri Steinhauer saved King from looking like a complete fool by playing phenomenally in the final few holes to barely hold Christina off.

Christina later admitted that she had been extremely upset that she had been left off the team, even angry. She had used the anger to fuel her play. She told the media that she wanted to make sure she would never again be in a position where she had to depend on a Captain to put her on the team.

Now, several months later, Christina had a chance to exact a bit of revenge on the player who had been chosen over her. On the final hole, they both hit nearly identical drives. But Christina was slightly farther from the hole, and so went first. She responded by hitting one of the best shots of the year, a laser iron to within a foot of the hole. Castrale's shot was short of the green, just like she had done in regulation, and in a déjà vu moment, the ball again rolled into the water. Christina easily won the playoff and advanced to the final, showing, if nothing else, that she can rise to the occasion in pressure situations. Hopefully future Solheim Captains will take note!

Honorable Mention:
Mi Hyun Kim beats Juli Inkster, SemGroup Championship
This was not a tournament Mi Hyun Kim should have won. The weather was tough, making an already long course play even longer. Yet by the end of the week, she sat in the lead, looking like she had the tournament in hand. But nothing is ever easy in golf. Juli Inkster, one of the toughest of all the American veterans, made a birdie on the final hole to move to 3 under, just a shot out of the lead. Then Kimmie reached the final hole, where she hit a poor approach into a greenside bunker. Even after a great sand shot, she still had a five foot par save for the win. She missed that, so Kimmie would have to win a playoff against Inkster to get her first victory of the season. Remarkably, she did. Neither player hit a good approach to the green in the playoff, but Kimmie hit a nice third shot, setting herself up for par. Inkster hit her third too far, was not able to save par, and that was all she wrote.

Shot of the Year:
Shi Hyun Ahn holes out twice, Canadian Women's Open
This year, there was no obvious choice for this category; in years past, you simply had to go for Birdie's Bunker Blast to win the US Women's Open (2005) or Se Ri's majestic approach during the LPGA Championship playoff to win her fifth Major (2006). But there were no shots of similar import executed by the Koreans in 2007. Nonetheless, there were some very special ones. Perhaps the most impressive came from Shi Hyun Ahn at the Canadian Women's Open. I'm going to cheat a little, because Ahn's achievement definitely becomes more impressive when you see the multiple shots she hit at that event.

Shin Hyun Ahn put herself into contention at the event right from the outset, but her first great moment came during round two. On the 16th hole, she drilled her tee shot right into the hole for a hole in one! That, coupled with several birdies, moved her to 8 under and a tie for the lead with Juli Inkster.

Unfortunately, Lorena Ochoa was in the middle of one of her dominant jags, and soon thereafter put the tournament out of reach. Ahn did not have a chance to win, but she still finished the event with a bang. After struggling on day three, on the final day she charged back, making multiple birdies to move into the top five. On the 17th hole, she hit a lackluster approach, but dropped the thirty five foot birdie putt perfectly into the hole to the cheers of the crowd. On the final hole, she messed up off the tee and had to punch out of the woods. But she struck her third shot perfectly: it flew straight at the pin, landed about a foot to the right, then took a weird bounce and landed right in the hole. For the second time in three days, Shi Hyun Ahn had dropped a long distance iron shot into the hole. As the crowd went absolutely crazy, even the normally stoic Korean had to laugh and acknowledge the applause. She may not have won the trophy, but not many players ever do what she did that week in Edmonton!

Honorable Mentions:
Jee Young Lee holes out at Lexus Cup
During the first round, Jee Young and Seon Hwa were teamed together when Jee Young hit one of her approach shots right into the hole for an eagle. The two Lees really whooped it up after that one! They would go on to win the match and, later, their team claimed the Cup.

Christina Kim's approach to a foot at the ADT
This was a pretty meaningful shot for Christina Kim; as detailed above in the 'Best Playoff' section!

Mi Hyun Kim's long putt on 16, final round, SemGroup Championship
Mi Hyun Kim was fighting to win this event when she reached the 16th hole in the final round. She did not hit her ball into a good spot at all, and was faced with a treacherous putt that, if she did not stroke it well, might even make a two putt difficult. But demonstrating her brilliant putting touch, Kimmie hit the perfect stroke and sank the putt for a birdie and the lead.

Most dramatic hole:
6th hole, final round, Jamie Farr Kroger Classic
Korean golfers had been seeing this same movie replay over and over all year: just when it looked like they had a tournament well in hand, someone would catch fire, refuse to make any mistakes, and wind up stealing the event from them. At the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic in July, it looked as though it might happen to Se Ri Pak. Se Ri had the lead through much of the first three days, but on the third day, Morgan Pressel made a run that got her to within shouting distance of Se Ri. Then, on the final day, her run continued. When they reached the 6th hole, a par three, Pressel had already seized the lead from Pak, who was struggling with her game at that point. To add insult to injury, Pressel then hit a decent tee shot that hit the right side of the green, but kept rolling and rolling until it dropped into the holes for a hole in one. Just like that, Pressel had a three shot lead, and it looked as though another Korean was going to see her win snatched away from her at the last moment.

Not so fast! Se Ri hit a good tee shot to set up a 15-20 foot birdie putt, and then, knowing what she had to do, she drained the birdie to cut Pressel's lead back to 2. This one hole totally shifted the dynamic of the entire final round, and Pak went on to win the tournament for a record tying fifth time.

Honorable Mention:
Kimmie's 18th hole, ADT, day three
Coming into the final hole on day three of the ADT, all Mi Hyun Kim had to do was get a bogey or better to advance to the million dollar final round. She hit a pretty good tee shot to the fairway, but had to worry about water all along the right side on her approach. Thus, she hit a conservative approach to the left side. She avoided the water, but wound up in a bunker in about the worse lie imaginable. The ball was so buried that all she could do was hit it with all her might and hope it would come out of the sand. It was about the worst place she could have put the ball other than the water; had she hit the ball too long, she almost certainly would have been able to get up and down from there for par or perhaps bogey.

Kimmie hit the ball out of the sand, but did not reach the green. Her fourth shot was a chip from deep rough that stopped several feet from the hole, and her fifth, the one she had to make, brushed by the hole. She wound up with a double bogey and fell into a tie for the final two spots. Fortunately, she did win a spot in the finals shortly after that.

Clutch performance of the year:
Se Ri Pak, Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic
Se Ri Pak loves the Jamie Farr Classic. She loves the course, she loves the fans, she loves the town. She has had more success at that tournament than anyone else; in fact, her success at that event is truly historic. Her five wins make her one of only three golfers on the LPGA tour to ever win the same event five times, and the only one to win all five times at the same course. But despite this success, winning this event has not always been a walk in the park. She had to win it in a playoff in 1999, and in 2000, she narrowly missed a playoff towards the end of the day.

In 2007, Se Ri Pak looked well on way to winning the event for the fifth time when she shot an 8 under par 63, her best round in years, to take the first round lead. She did not play nearly so well in round two, but still shot a 68 to move to 11 under and a five shot lead. At this point, she was on the verge of cracking the tournament wide open.

But in round three, Morgan Pressel made a huge charge up the leaderboard. Se Ri was able to hold her off at the end, but her advantage had been reduced to two strokes. In the final round, Pressel took up right where she left up, and caught and passed Pak in just a few holes. When she made a hole in one on the 6th hole, her lead briefly increased to three shots. Se Ri knew she had to make her stand now, or the tournament she had led for virtually the entire week would be lost.

What Se Ri did was kick her game into another gear, playing so awesomely in the final few holes that Pressel had to acknowledge after the tournament that she had seen something special. For Se Ri fans, it was a reminder of just what made her such a special golfer a few years ago, and what, perhaps, she may be able to tap into again more regularly in the future. She responded to Pressel's ace on 6 with a birdie, then made two more birdies shortly thereafter to catch Pressel by the turn. For the next few holes, they stayed tied, but on the 15th hole, Se Ri hit a fantastic iron to a foot and tapped in the birdie to take the lead again. She hit another good iron at 16, but was not able to convert the birdie. But on the par 5 17th, Se Ri once again rose to the occasion. Her opponent hit her third shot to a couple of feet, while Se Ri was 6 feet away. Putting first, knowing her opponent would make the birdie, Pak drained her clutch birdie to maintain her one shot lead.

Finally, Pressel balked on the 18th, hitting a poor drive into the trees. Se Ri hit two great shots from there, then put her third shot on this par 5 so close it nearly went in on the fly. From there, all she needed to do was tap in for her fifth win on the course. Se Ri had very nearly been defeated, but produced yet another clutch performance to prevent the trophy from getting away.

Honorable Mentions:
Ji Yai Shin, KB Star Tour 4
Imagine for a second you are Ji Yai Shin (personally, I would have a hard time even imagining being as talented a golfer as she is, but let's give it a try, shall we?). You have a chance at the KB Star tour #4 event on the KLPGA to tie the record for most wins in a single season at five. You get out to a great start in the first round, capturing the lead by shooting a 5 under par 67. OK, not everyone finished, but almost everyone did. The next day, the remaining players finish the round, and you are in the lead. BUT… The officials at the tournament suddenly discover they have made a mistake. When they set the tees for the 17th hole on the second day, they accidentally put them at a different spot than for the first day. That means that some of the players had a distance advantage over the others in the first round. The only thing they can do to rectify he situation is to throw out all the results from the first round and make the tournament a 36 hole event. Now, imagine you (you're still Ji Yai Shin, remember?) shoot a mediocre second round. So, you have gone from leading the tournament to a four shot deficit through no fault of your own.

I'm guessing that most of use would throw in the towel at that point, and decide, if only subconsciously, that it just wasn't our week. But, most of us, even most of her fellow professional golfers, are not Ji Yai Shin. If anything, the boneheaded move by the officials only fired Shin's competitive desire all the more (she later confessed that she let anger and a bit of bravado fuel her in round three). On Sunday, she came out like a house on fire, spraying birdies at the field one after another until she had once again retaken the lead. She would go on to shoot a 7 under par 65, the best of the day, and would collect her record tying fifth win. Now, that's clutch!

Seon Hwa Lee
All through the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship (but especially the final two rounds)
See above for more details on her battles with Mi Hyun Kim and Ai Miyazato