The decision falls in line with the USGA holding the US Open at Winged Foot in September with no spectators. Additionally, the LPGA has yet to play any event where fans have been permitted since resuming its schedule on July 31.
For nearly three months the USGA has worked on the new qualifying conditions for the 2020 US Women’s Open, announcing extensive exemption categories – 20 in total – for this year’s championship.
As part of the tribute, the USGA is redesigning one side of the medal with Wright’s name and likeness, as it did with the US Open gold medal when it named in honour of Jack Nicklaus in 2012.
Ariya Jutanugarn has made playing without a driver fashionable. And as you might expect from someone who has 12 clubs that are irons or wedges in her bag, it was those clubs that propelled her to her second major title at the US Women’s Open.
The victory was the Thai’s ninth on the LPGA Tour and second Major championship, though it’s likely more accurate to say she survived it, rather than won it.
Lincicome, 32, will be the fifth female professional to compete in a US PGA Tour event, joining Michelle Wie, Annika Sorenstam, Babe Zaharias and Suzy Whaley.
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