Well well well...wasn't that an interesting episode of The Big Break Ka'anapali ... an elimination round without an elimination.
Here we thought someone was going home and instead, everyone started sleeping together. Yes, it was roommate madness in this episode with each of the ladies being assigned a new surprise roommate after the luxury of having their own rooms the first few days they were on Maui.
I would not have enjoyed bunking with a stranger, but I guess beggars can't be choosers, and so you had to hope for the best and get a roommate who didn't snore and didn't back stab you in the night to improve their position in the Big Break.
Then, on top of that, the competitors had to partner with their roomies in the "safety challenges" and hope that they wouldn't pull them down when they were fighting desperately to stay in the game. Challengers became buddies, but for how long?
I asked Big Breaker, Christina Lecuyer, who's playing a Futures Tour event in Texas this week what it was like that day...
What was with that weather!? That doesn't look like the Ka'anapali I came to know and love when I played there last year.
You know, that was probably our 5th day on the island and the weather was awful. One day we sat in the hotel room the whole day because everything was just wiped out. Even the roads were closed - the weather was that bad.
How did you enjoy your first elimination challenge?
Well, I probably hit two of the worse shots I've ever hit... well maybe not ever hit... but I'm definitely not proud of the two golf shots I hit on this show, but hopefully there is more to come.
In terms of roommates, you and Lori seemed to be okay with each other.
Absolutely, we were fine. 
But Lori had a big problem with Dana in the beginning. Lori and Dana weren't getting along. I had no problem with Dana or Lori. Frankly, I would have probably been happy with anyone (at that time). [Golfgal aside...something tells me that later she might not have been so comfortable with "anyone"]
But if you were asked to choose a roommate, was there one person you would have chosen over the rest?
Hmmm...If I could have chosen a roommate, I probably would have chosen Sam. She's the one I probably talked with the most during the first few days, but I was happy to be with Lori.
Were there any "oil and water" pairings?
I kinda thought that Adrienne and Cirbie were a little bit different, but not in the end.
So what was all the fuss about the flag?
Well, for that part of the competition, it was a race. And they said, "On your mark... get set... go!" And I took off. The wind was really blowing and our flags were kind of blowing together and I grabbed both of them by mistake. But I gave one to Susan when I realized I had both of them. Then, I ran and put our flag into the ground and I thought I had it. I'm not going to apologize for going for it. I wasn't about to say, "Oh sure, go ahead." It was a race!
When it was over, I went over and said I was sorry I grabbed her flag and said, "Hey, I didn't mean to grab your flag, but that it is the way it happened."
But that wasn't the end of it...
Well, when I said I didn't mean it and it was just what happened, Dana said something stupid, "Just because I didn't mean to hit it out of bounds doesn't mean I didn't hit it." She was being a smart__s about it. Whatever...
Lori seemed more upset about the whole thing than you did.
Lori got pretty mad about it, but it really wasn't that big of a deal. I tried to blow it off. I think she was more upset about Dana's comment.
Do you think she hit it fat because she was upset?
They didn't show it on the air, but we had a really crappy lie [remember, Lori and Christina were at 115 yards when they were forced to give up their spot to Susan and Dana]. It was an area that wasn't really mowed down properly and it was really wet. It just happened.
Given how competitive you are, how did you feel relying on another player to keep you out of elimination? Watching it, it reminded me of Solheim or Ryder Cup matches.
As you can tell in this show it really helped me. In this show, it worked in my advantage. If I was Courtney I wouldn't have been very happy. But, you know, things happen and you can't really do anything about it. It could have been the other way around, but I'm happy that in this case she helped me.
Did you like the final elimination challenge being non-competitive?
It was okay, but as Liz who said, "This is a game and I want to see as many people as possible go home that is not me."
Even though I didn't say it, I have to be honest...I was hoping that they'd both go home. It's a competition and the more people that get kicked out that isn't you, the better chance you've got. So I was kinda of with Liz, to be honest. After all, it is a game show.
Do you think that The Golf Channel are portraying the women objectively? Some of the ladies (Lori, in particular) are getting pretty beat up in the golf forums.
I don't know....I think everything will work out in the end. Right now, I think they are using comments that will get people talking and I guess there are talking...right? :)
Yes, they are talking...
Golfgal
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