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There's A Deep Backstory to Suzann's "Bodies" Issue Photo Shoot
And Steve DiMeglio talks to her about it, but do you really care about anything else but the photo?
So when ESPN The Magazine approached her to appear in its upcoming Body Issue, Pettersen, ranked No. 6 in the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, didn't hesitate in agreeing to show off her birthday suit.
"A lot of the best athletes in the world have done it, and I thought it was great to be asked. I thought about it, being naked and all, but I never really considered not doing it," said Pettersen, who is 5-9 and weighs 150 pounds. "I just had to make sure that I was comfortable in doing it. It's as natural as it gets. It's health at its peak.
"I'm in great company."
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 06:01 AM
Reader Comments (31)
I took SI for about 35 years, discontinued around 2007, because there weren't that many articles I was intrigued to read. It had changed . . or I had changed. . . or both. The only thing I read regularly was the Golf Plus segment.
The bathing suit issue never upset me, but it wasn't something I looked forward to. My feeling about it was the same as this ESPN practice. If I want sports I go to a sports magazine. If I want skin I go elsewhere. Putting skin in a sports magazine is senseless to me. That said, there is a huge segment of potential "readers" who are male and 15 to 35 years old, and they probably feel differently. So it's a way to draw some "readers," at least for one issue. And the heads at the mag have run the numbers and determined they'll pick up more sales than they lose with this practice.
Yeah but that's pretty nice skin on Suzann.
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/06/chantal-sutherland-jockey-horse-race
The point is that there are always those who seek to tear down, to demonstrate their ignorance from behind a keyboard. We used to have a saying in Texas: "It's EASY to criticize." Therefore, when I read comments above from jokes such as Chema and Sun Mountain Ma, I can only offer one piece of advice.... DON'T DISPLAY YOUR IGNORANCE.
Lose 25 pounds? Why, so some sidelines-hugging loser such as yourself will be attracted to her? To lose muscle and strength and probably 25 YARDS in the process?
Tell what boys, when you make the cover of GQ or when you win Mr. Olympia or when you take the Ironman title... let us know.
Ewww, sounds like you may be more in the market for a stick insect, Chema. The tropics are your best bet.
She looks great.
My guess from your writing is you're 22 yrs. old or suffer from a case of arrested development. I have a friend like you. We call him Shallow Ken, only because Hal was taken and his name's Ken.
Anyhow, a BMI of 18 would require that Ms Pettersen weigh 122 US pounds. How many stone that is escapes me although many of the Euros here will know. Borderline anorexia IMHO.
The beauty of the internet is that ignorance and stupidity can be spread out like never before.
@ben, your posts are generally rock-solid. You're better than that guy, don't waste your time. Of course, why am I? I guess it's because I respect women and my fellow Shackians too much to read such inanity without commenting on it, too.
Hit 'em straight, all....unless a draw is called for, or a stinger to cut below the wind, or a high fade, or....oh heck, just go have fun out there! :)
That being said ... I wholeheartedly approve of this thread. :)
As for the thighs comment, it's obvious Chem doesn't understand that athletes have an athletic build, and not a supermodel build. Otherwise they'd be supermodels and not athletes. Speaking of legs, I do believe that leg strength is one of the most underappreciated factors in a good golf swing. I can remember several times when I was quite a bit less fit when my game would go to pot because my legs ran out of gas and couldn't keep up with my upper body late in the round.
she looks pretty hot to me!
As to Suzann, her weight surprised me, until I thought about it, and muscle weighs a heck of a lot more than fat, and she is buff.
You've stumbled upon the reason why I only ever fly with Cathay Pacific or Singapore Airlines.
Having said that, I do think SP looks good - epitome of health etc.
She's not 5'7" Chema... i've seen her up close at a tourney awhile back....tour media guides are notoriously less than accurate most of the time. Perhaps an anorexic Christina Kim/Beth Bauer gal is more your type...you couldn't handle a real woman like Suzann...IMNSHO.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. To me she's not hot...at all. To some of you that think every woman with blonde hair is smokin', that is your issue. 150, it that is accurate, is pretty hefty. You do realize there is something called air brushing, don't you. Every magazine in America uses it.
Press agent you don't know Chema.