Open to try and figure it out, while a few other players said they also took to YouTube to watch Tiger Woods' historic win in 2000. 3 Lydia Ko said they watched highlights of that U.S.
"We wanted to provide a similar presentation for the women as the men have had," Rouillard said, noting that fairway lines and the rough around the bunkers were prioritized to be as similar as possible to what the men dealt with in 2019.īoth world No. Rouillard had no choice but to use other avenues (such as a talking to a 40-year Pebble caddie) as well as look at the data that men have produced, primarily at the most recent Open in 2019, to try and glean what she could for the women's setup. As Rouillard explained, there's no statistics telling her how the best women in the world play Pebble's famous par-5 6th hole, or any hole at the course for that matter. On a practical level, that means no data to use as a starting point. The challenge in the work can be traced as far back as golf's history ("Courses generally aren't designed for an elite female player," Rouillard pointed out) and as recent as the game's present, where the reality is that it has taken far too long for women to play at the same venues men have for quite some time. Rouillard's task was not a straightforward one. "We're trying to marry the architecture with the skill level and presenting a USGA test of golf that's going to test all aspects of their games along with really showcasing the golf course as well." "It's really important for us to play at the cathedrals of the game," Rouillard said. The USGA's senior director of championships was the lead figure in transforming Pebble Beach from a course Harigae has seemingly known her whole life to something new, and most importantly, something that will test the best female players in the world starting Thursday. That observation is music to Shannon Rouillard's ears. "It was actually funny, in the practice round the last couple days it's actually easier to pick targets because there's more TV towers, grandstands," Harigae said on Tuesday. And yet what she has seen so far this week and will continue to see throughout the week will be something different, in more ways than one.
Of the 156 players in this year's field, Harigae has perhaps the most knowledge of the course. Women's Open runner-up was born in Monterey, California, attended the nearby Stevenson School and has played the course over 50 times. Mina Harigae has never seen Pebble Beach like this. How Pebble Beach plays differently for a women's major You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
0 kommentar(er)
