U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN CONDUCTED BY THE USGA
SAN FRANCISCO, CA JUN 03-06 Watching the U.S. Women's Golf Open. This event began in 1946 and is the longest-running tournament currently on the LPGA Tour. It is one of the LPGA's five major championships.
Cannot believe we personally know Karoline Tuttle, Chloe Kovelesky and know of UF's Addie Baggarly. Avery Zweig (age 14) was an alternative and unfortunately for her, everyone showed up so she did not play in the Open. We enjoyed watching them play for two days, and unfortunately, none made the cut.
And the winner is: Yuka Saso, a 19-year-old from the Philippines, recovered from a disastrous start with a late surge Sunday, capitalizing on Lexi Thompson's back-nine collapse to win the U.S. Women's Open in a playoff at The Olympic Course in San Francisco.
And we are glad there are people willing to write an opinion about "guys" who poo-poo women's golf:
Reader misses mark regarding female golfers: Olympic Club, site of this week’s U.S. Women’s Open, will pose a stern defense of par, reader contends in opposing viewpoint (JUN 03, 2021).
It’s disappointing and sad that reader Gregory Tatoian is mostly clueless and probably sexist about his presumptions for female golfers (“From the Morning Read inbox,” June 3). Sure, they might not be as popular nor as well-known, but they are as talented and, in most cases, just as enjoyable to watch as the men.
His statements about course setups are yet another fallacy, especially about USGA-event layouts. I doubt that Tatoian ever has seen a Curtis Cup at Quaker Ridge, a U.S. Women’s Amateur at Pasatiempo, or even will tune in this week in to watch a cool-temperature, foggy, thickly-roughed, stern test at the U.S. Women’s Open at Olympic Club. If anyone wants a fair apples-to-apples comparison, just compare Paula Creamer’s near wire-to-wire 3-under victory at a the ever-difficult Oakmont Country Club vs. Dustin Johnson's near same feat at 4 under on the same, only longer, course in 2016.
Finally, Taotian illustrates his benightedness by stating about the U.S. Women’s Open at Olympic Club: “Many scores will be under par, holes will be short, greens slow and fairways wide.” Anyone who has played the Lake Course will tell you that nothing could be further from the truth. Just ask Angela Stanford, one of the best U.S. Women’s Open players during two-plus decades. She called this week’s Open site “a beast” that could be the most difficult she’s ever seen. She even joked that she told the USGA guys “that somebody lost the key to the lawnmower.” Add in the narrowly-mowed, reverse-canted fairways and tiny greens and you have an absolute recipe for defending par.
It’s about time we all do a little homework before we make such wrongful proclamations. Maybe watching women’s golf isn’t for everyone, yet a little bit of awareness will go a long way in understanding the real, factual differences.
Steven Lapper, Far Hills, N.J. (Lapper is a co-owner of Fox Hollow Golf Club in Branchburg, N.J.)
And we are glad there are people willing to write an opinion about "guys" who poo-poo women's golf:
Reader misses mark regarding female golfers: Olympic Club, site of this week’s U.S. Women’s Open, will pose a stern defense of par, reader contends in opposing viewpoint (JUN 03, 2021).
It’s disappointing and sad that reader Gregory Tatoian is mostly clueless and probably sexist about his presumptions for female golfers (“From the Morning Read inbox,” June 3). Sure, they might not be as popular nor as well-known, but they are as talented and, in most cases, just as enjoyable to watch as the men.
His statements about course setups are yet another fallacy, especially about USGA-event layouts. I doubt that Tatoian ever has seen a Curtis Cup at Quaker Ridge, a U.S. Women’s Amateur at Pasatiempo, or even will tune in this week in to watch a cool-temperature, foggy, thickly-roughed, stern test at the U.S. Women’s Open at Olympic Club. If anyone wants a fair apples-to-apples comparison, just compare Paula Creamer’s near wire-to-wire 3-under victory at a the ever-difficult Oakmont Country Club vs. Dustin Johnson's near same feat at 4 under on the same, only longer, course in 2016.
Finally, Taotian illustrates his benightedness by stating about the U.S. Women’s Open at Olympic Club: “Many scores will be under par, holes will be short, greens slow and fairways wide.” Anyone who has played the Lake Course will tell you that nothing could be further from the truth. Just ask Angela Stanford, one of the best U.S. Women’s Open players during two-plus decades. She called this week’s Open site “a beast” that could be the most difficult she’s ever seen. She even joked that she told the USGA guys “that somebody lost the key to the lawnmower.” Add in the narrowly-mowed, reverse-canted fairways and tiny greens and you have an absolute recipe for defending par.
It’s about time we all do a little homework before we make such wrongful proclamations. Maybe watching women’s golf isn’t for everyone, yet a little bit of awareness will go a long way in understanding the real, factual differences.
Steven Lapper, Far Hills, N.J. (Lapper is a co-owner of Fox Hollow Golf Club in Branchburg, N.J.)
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