Earlier this month, the US government lifted its COVID-19 vaccination requirements for international travellers coming from overseas, which kept Grant from coming stateside last year after playing two seasons of college golf at Arizona State University and earning her LPGA card at Q-Series in December 2021.
Because the early part of the tournament involves 16 groups of four players in a round-robin format, the loss doesn’t knock Ciganda out of the tournament.
Kokrak is known as one of the game’s longer hitters, but his work with his Bettinardi Studio Stock 38 putter that he first put in play at the BMW Championship helped him greatly to his first win.
The two events’ proximity to the Masters surely plays a role in the star-studded fields. And both tournaments are an opportunity to get four guaranteed rounds in, as each features a 78-man field with no cut.
Both Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy commented on the similarities between the Georgia and Nevada properties. Specifically, the comparisons of green complexes.