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Golfers’ final assessment of LCC and the fans is glowing

  Amy Yang called it a “good week, great week.” Stacy Lewis, who tied for third — two shots behind runner-up Yang in the U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club — went a step further. “It was,” she said, “an unbelievable week. … Just the energy in the crowd right off the first tee. …
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Mike Gross: A humbling experience on the championship layout

A sampler of notes and observations from an historic week at Lancaster Country Club… Anyone with one shred of disrespect for the skill of pro golfers, male or female, should’ve tried what This Space attempted Monday. Played Lancaster Country Club, in an outing for USGA officials, media and sponsors the club held as a thank-you …
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USWO runners-up left mulling what could have been

There was a lot of excitement for the record-setting crowds at the U.S. Women’s Open to follow over the course of the week at Lancaster Country Club, but it was the big finish that everyone was waiting for — and the golfers delivered. In the final moments, across the final holes of the championship, the …
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LCC fans help Michelle Wie get through tough weekend

The crowd at Lancaster Country Club serenaded Michelle Wie with bursts of applause and shouts of encouragement as she limped up a long stretch of the 18th fairway Sunday toward the end of her final 18-hole round of the U.S. Women’s Open. With the leaders of the Open at her back, and one of the …
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Lancaster Country Club’s week in spotlight gets rave reviews

When the curtain rose on the world’s stage this past week, the scene was Lancaster and the spotlight was on the Lancaster Country Club. A field of 156 women’s golfers from 25 different countries descended on the nearly 100-year-old golf course off the New Holland Pike for the U.S. Women’s Open. With a Fox Sports …
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Sunday changes to LCC setup made for challenge, TV drama

Stacy Lewis suggested Saturday that if windmills were placed on a couple of hole locations at this U.S. Women’s Open, “it would be perfect.” The runner-up heading into Sunday’s championship round at Lancaster Country Club was only half-kidding. There were hole locations where the ball didn’t roll out as expected, Lewis said, and there were …
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Warwick grad Weaver relishes 2nd day as marker

Golf is supposed to be fun, and that is exactly what Alli Weaver tried to do on Sunday, have fun. “I didn’t keep score today,” said Weaver, who was playing as a marker for the second straight day. “I was just focused on hitting as many good shots as I can.” While Weaver was not …
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Megan Khang finishes as top amateur at US Women’s Open

There’s no trophy for the top-scoring amateur at the U.S. Women’s Open. But it’s a sure bet those in that field were vying for the title. “I did know where I was because the two behind me, Mariel (Galdiano) and Muni (He) are actually my friends, so we’re all close. I know we’re all friends, …
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Standard-bearing gives local kids on-course role in USWO

Stacy Lewis and Amy Yang, Saturday’s final twosome, came off the 18th green to cheers and yells from the crowd, followed by a phalanx of security staff, tournament officials and media. And Erica Corey, 13, an eighth-grader in the Manheim Township School District. Corey was the standard-bearer, the person who walks the course with each …
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In Gee Chun wins 2015 U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club

South Korea’s In Gee Chun birdied four of the last seven holes to rally for a one-stroke victory at the U.S. Women’s Open on Sunday in front of a record crowd at Lancaster Country Club. Following the conclusion of the event, USGA officials announced that Lancaster Country Club set a new attendance record for the …
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