There are murmurs on the grounds among players and caddies that because of the rough, dampness, wind gusts that could reach 20 miles per hour, and general ferociousness of the layout, any red number in a single round will be hard to come by.
Emily Mahar is nervous, she doesn’t mind admitting, as she prepares for the US Women’s Open this week. But the 21-year-old from Brisbane would not be human if the butterflies were not moving a little.
From the cool, damp and breezy weather, to the tilted, twisting fairways, to tiny greens, to the dense rough, Angela Stanford is of the opinion that this could be the most difficult test she’s seen in her two-plus decades on the tour.
Lucy Li’s name will be recognisable again this week when fans watch coverage of the 76th US Women’s Open, which visits the Olympic Club’s Lake course for the first time after the course has hosted five US Opens.
Only two weeks after the Women’s Open, the US Open is also scheduled for California, at Torrey Pines in San Diego. State, county and USGA officials have made no announcements regarding fans at the men’s event.