There was always going to be something historic about this week’s Aramco Team Series-New York event at Glen Oaks Club on Long Island given it was the first Ladies European Tour event ever to be played in the United States. But the finish created its own novelty.
Aussie pair Minjee Lee and Hannah Green won’t feature but a final round showdown between American Lexi Thompson and Filipino Yuka Saso looms at the US Women’s Open at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.
The structure is not there this year, which will force longer hitters, at least, to decide between laying up short of the water or going for the green in two and running the risk of the ball reaching the penalty area.