Thousands of spectators, volunteers, caddies and reporters will gather at the Lancaster Country Club this week for the U.S. Women’s Open. And that means thousands of hungry stomachs will need to be fed. But not everyone eats the same food at the tournament. In fact, there is a hierarchy of food at the tournament, …
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Defending U.S. Women’s Open champion Michelle Wie spoke at the Media Center on Tuesday morning at Lancaster Country Club. [youtube id=”GrC8v2cQSj8″ align=”center” mode=”normal” autoplay=”no” maxwidth=”525″] More about Wie Mike Gross: Mother Nature could change U.S. Women’s Open narrative Photo gallery of Wie’s practice round last weekend

Weather at a golf tournament ain’t just about rain and sunshine. What direction and how hard is the wind blowing? And how should that affect the placement of the tees and pins? How humid is it? And how will that influence how fast the grass grows out on the course? How much water is already …
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The sun rose behind the clouds early Monday morning, casting a hazy light on Lancaster Country Club as William Flynn’s 95-year-old course introduced itself as the center of the golf world to 129 U.S. Women’s Open qualifiers and thousands of fans who attended the first day of the tournament’s practice session. “I think it was …
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It’s been a brutal 2015 for Jennifer Johnson, a California pro who has fans locally because of her association with Lebanon Country Club. The reasons have become increasingly clear over the past few days. Johnson withdrew from the U.S. Women’s Open due to a mysterious medical condition knows as TMJ, or dislocation of the Temporomandibular …
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Here are some spots where you’ll be able to see a variety of U.S. Women’s Open golf and golfers with minimal exertion: Behind the first green: As you face the green from the back, the tee at 12 and green at the eighth — two terrific par-3s — are just behind and to your left. …
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U.S. Open golf courses are supposed to be dry and hard and fast and bouncy. That’s the perennially hot setup for identifying a champion according to the United States Golf Association. It doesn’t look like we’ll be getting dry and hard and fast and bouncy at Lancaster Country Club this week. Mother Nature has seen …
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Every golfer in the 2015 U.S. Women’s Open field has a back story that led them to Lancaster Country Club, and some of those stories are more interesting — and unusual — than others. With that in mind, here are some things fans might not know about 30 of the golfers set to compete this …
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There was practice, but no practice rounds, at wet, rainy Lancaster Country Club Saturday. It rained fairly hard Saturday morning, but the rain had eased and essentially stopped by early afternoon. By that point, it had already been announced that tournament officials had closed the course for the day to players preparing for the U.S. …
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As the U.S. Women’s Open has drawn close, Todd Bidlespacher has done interviews with several newspapers and web sites and TV stations. He has posed for photographers and even done an Q-and-A about his favorite foods and TV shows. He’d rather be raking bunkers. “A lot of people would probably be sitting in their office, …
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