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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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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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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Of the top 25 female golfers in the world, 12 are from South Korea, and none of them is better evidence of that country’s golfing eminence than In Gee Chun, U.S. Women’s Open champion. Chun is 20. She doesn’t even play the LPGA Tour (yet). She is, in essence, a minor-leaguer. A blue-chip prospect and …
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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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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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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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When you’re organizing an event as big as the U.S. Women’s Open, it takes a lot of forethought to keep things running smoothly. All that planning seems to have paid off for the Open at Lancaster Country Club. Spectators’ reactions to the event, which ran for a full week and concluded Sunday, were overwhelmingly positive, …
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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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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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There’s no official list of the hardest to easiest jobs at Lancaster Country Club during the U.S. Women’s Open this week. Well, if there is, it hasn’t been disclosed. But there’s a group of several folks in baby-blue shirts at the course this week who could make argument for having one of toughest gigs. All …
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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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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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Todd Bidlespacher’s handiwork has been in the spotlight this past week. As director of golf course operations at the Lancaster Country Club, Bidlespacher is responsible for the course that has now been by millions on television and scrutinized in person by the world’s top women golfers. “I am very excited to show just how …
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