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Golf historian Mike Trostel helps put things in perspective

Mike Trostel, 31, didn’t know what he wanted to be when he grew up. Teacher? Lawyer? Businessman? Indecision turned out to be not such a bad thing. Because he liked to play golf and to read history, Trostel got an internship at the USGA Museum in Far Hills, New Jersey, which later hired him. One …
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Public savors first chance to see Women’s Open players up close

The opening round of the U.S. Women’s Open might not be until Thursday, but that did not stop legions of fans from flocking to Lancaster Country Club on Monday. As the golfers navigated the course and strategized on the first of three practice days before their scores officially count, spectators young and old took the …
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Volunteers get a chance to party before getting down to work

For Hershey resident Lynn Duffy and some 2,500 volunteers like her, Sunday afternoon’s party at the Lancaster Country Club was a lot of fun. Food, drink and music dominated the event, which was centered around an air-conditioned tent near the driving range and practice green. Today, the work begins. The 2015 U.S. Women’s Open week …
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Volunteers, the “lifeblood” of U.S. Women’s Open, begin their training

  DIANA PUGLIESE DPUGLIESE@LNPNEWS.COM For Kathryn Chandler, it was worth the trip north from Virginia. While most people celebrate their retirement with a party at work or with their family and friends, Chandler used the last of her accrued vacation time after 24 years of working for the U.S. Department of Education to spend a day …
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Mike Gross: Rookie In Gee Chun was already well-prepared for this day

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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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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Organization, volunteers to credit for smooth operations at US Women’s Open

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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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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Auntie Anne’s employees have one of toughest gigs at US Women’s Open

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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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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Photo Gallery: Golf Club Covers at the 2015 U.S. Women’s Open