
The men’s main championship season is over after last week’s dominant open championship victory by Scottie Scheffler, and women’s golf will go all out in the next two weeks, with this week’s ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open (ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open) entering the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Porthcawl.
It was a perfect moment for Lottie Woad, who just finished T3 at the Amundi Evian Championship, who added extra juice to her final stop of her main season in LPGA.
LPGA season is related to equality. Nelly Korda ranked first, finishing second in the U.S. Women’s Open, but has not won yet. Lydia Ko won in February but didn’t make himself a professional scramble. World No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul had the chance to win her first career major in the Women’s PGA Championship and Evian and Evian, but won her career over the weekend. Charley Hull hasn’t crossed the finish line yet. Minjee Lee scored a major victory at PGA Frisco, Maja Stark conquered Erin Hills, and Grace Kim’s victory at Evian is the most eye-catching final you’ll see.
But the buzz was not expected to appear last year.
Korda’s historic run last season shocked the electricity for women’s golf (women’s golf course), while KO’s summer running won gold, and the AIG Women’s Open champion was the right capper for the LPGA’s huge season.
Women’s golf needs lightning, and it’s a win because the main season is close to this throughout the pond, which is to regain the momentum of last season.
They got the week in WOAD this week, which opened with rounds of 67, 65 and 67, took two leads on Sei Young Kim and Nanna Koerstz Madsen to the final round of Dundonald Links.
WOAD played the first two rounds with Korda. She started on Saturday’s third round with a two-shot lead, but the world’s No. 1 shot below 70 and lost to WOAD, who scored five shots.
Korda made her debut in LPGA ten years ago. It’s much more than Woad’s. WOAD arrived after his career at Florida State University, won the victory at Anwa, won the Irish Open, and almost lost at Evian.
“That was a long time ago,” Corda said Saturday on her debut Saturday. “Oh my god, this is my 10th year of tour. I think it’s on Symetra. Obviously, my professional debut isn’t like a lot of people like her. But it’s special to make her successful and lead the event.”
The game of A started to compete without her. Her driver is usually one of her superpowers, without snot in the first round, but she still found a way to shoot less than five times in the opening. WOAD then took advantage of some calm conditions in the second ninth game on Friday, shooting seven lows to get a 36-hole lead.
WOAD is a fast-rise star. She became the first LPGA player to graduate from the LEAP program and decided to give up her last year in Florida, which won her opening from the Irish and almost won Evian.
“I’m sure there’s a lot of pressure on her shoulders, but I hope she’s with some good people,” Leona Maguire said. “You’ve met Rose Zhang a few years ago and she’s also starting a really hot start. She’s going to have a lot of new things for her over the next few weeks and months, but I’m sure she’s able to handle it well.”
Zhang is a player WOAD is trying to join on Sunday.
Zhang was also a celebrity amateur over two years ago, winning her professional debut at Mizuho Americas Open, becoming the first LPGA player to make her career debut since Beverly Hanson in 1951.
This week, everyone’s eyes were focused on WOAD, but the 21-year-old has no more questions about her future golf.
“I don’t think it’s much different,” Ward said Saturday. “I feel there’s a lot of attention that gets my attention.
WOAD won’t blow you up in the interview. In this way, she is very much like Corda, a thoughtful golfer who just wants to dig out of the dirt and spends very little time in front of the microphone. But her game speaks for herself, and her amazing professional debut conveys what women’s golf needs: more buzz!
This week’s live Scottish public coverage is available only on the NBCSPORTS app, with “Encore” coverage on the golf channel. How the product gets more eyeballs in a more consistent way is a hurdle that new commissioner Craig Kessler must overcome. (You can learn more about him in his interview with our Claire Rogers here.)
There is no reason why the Scottish Open shouldn’t be broadcast live in the morning, especially when the PGA Tour returns to Minnesota.
But WOAD’s historical opportunity forced TV people to hear the sound and took the final round on Sunday on CNBC from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. ET. In a week, golf ball should be within their week, which is a small but necessary victory.
With the main ending of distance looming, women’s golf should absorb all the oxygen on Sunday as a rising star hopes to join the record book, whose biggest star in Corda hopes to lower and hunt her down, and offers lightning bolts for women’s golf that has been looking for this season.
Josh Schrock
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