Off the Wires: Women's Open Edition
by Mulligan Stu
on Jun 25, 2008 11:21 AM EDT
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Here are some of the stories being written about the U.S. Women's Open. Check Yahoo News or Google News and you can spend all day reading articles about the tournament.
- An AP article on Michelle Wie and her "comeback" at age 18 neatly sums up the position the former phenom is in now:
Last week on the LPGA Tour, she closed with a 69 and tied for 24th.
When she was 15, that would have been her worst finish of the year. Now, it is called progress.
- Here's a look at the impact of the Women's Open on the town of Edina, Minn., and Interlachen Country Club.
- And the Minneapolis Star-Tribune takes a closer look at the golf course, which has been set up with an inviting par-5 finish that should provide opportunities for dramatic birdies - even eagles.
- And the Tampa Tribune reporter's notebook from Interlachen notes the course is set up as a par-73 with five par-5s.
- It's been a rough couple weeks for Lorena Ochoa, and she also has some negative history at the U.S. Women's Open. But she's determined to win this tournament for the first time this week.
- Also from the Star-Tribune, Lorena Ochoa is, the paper says, part Tiger Woods and part Mother Teresa.
- Defending champ Cristie Kerr talks about the challenge of winning a U.S. Open - and going for No. 2:
"Winning U.S. Opens are not necessarily about making a hundred million birdies. It's about who makes the fewest mistakes, and who can be the most heroic coming down on Sunday," Kerr said.
- Does Annika Sorenstam have one more major in her? This is always the major she valued the most. And it's her last chance to win U.S. Open No. 4.
- ESPN.com's four golf gurus make their picks. Two go with Ochoa, one with Ji Yai Shin and one with Inbee Park.
- Fourteen-year-old Cyd Okino of Hawaii is not the youngest player in the field. But she is a first-timer. What has she discovered about the course:
"It is very narrow and very long and you don't want to go into the rough," she said. "And the greens are super fast. You don't want to be above the hole."
Yep, sounds like a U.S. Open.
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Interesting numbers on the Interlachen setup this week. According to the USGA web site for the US Women’s Open, Interlachen is only 117 yards longer than the 1930 setup when Bobby Jones won the US Open…but it was a par 72, not the par 73 the women are playing this week.
There are 5 par 5’s, but only one will be a true three shot par 5 – the 556 yard 3rd.
The 9’s are flipped from the usual member layout and will play the same order as 1930.
Oh – since we were talking about numbers of entrants for qualifying – back in 1930, there were 1177 men who attempted to qualify.
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Jun 25, 2008 1:24 PM EDT
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