The average golfer is just about as competent to construct a golf course out of a rough tract of real estate as he is to plan an expensive house and build it, and the same may be said of the average golf professional. The same class of man is needed to build a course as is needed to build a clubhouse, except that he must be more imaginative with infinitely less written lore to guide him. DEVEREUX EMMET
They’ve traded in one kind of implant company for another but the LPGA’s LA Open remains a premier event on the schedule thanks to another return to charming Wilshire CC.
The mid-city Norman MacBeth design is easily the LPGA Tour’s best non-major venue and a chance for 17 of the world top 25 to shine in ET prime time. Plus, the biggest payday and even in women’s golf is just 43 days away, so he LA Open commences the run-up to Pine Needles.
Brooke Henderson defends.