Unlike past efforts that described specifically what a green book was allowed to look like, this model local rule takes a simpler, more direct approach.
So far the proposal has elicited strong, emotional responses from all walks of the game, but R&A boss Martin Slumbers said there have been two areas receiving the most interest.
Corpuz was six-under on the par 4s for the week – the only player under par on the par 4s – and ranked T-3 in greens in regulation. That helped lead to a championship-high 17 birdies.
According to the LPGA’s statistics, only two out of 165 players are averaging over par on the par 5s this season. The four par 5s at Pebble this week are averaging 5.06.
West Australian Minjee Lee will need to break her own major championship record to complete a successful defence of her US Women’s Open crown at Pebble Beach Golf Links.
Nasa Hataoka holds the inside track to win the major, holding a one-stroke lead at seven-under par over Allisen Corpuz. Here are five storylines to follow during the final round at Pebble Beach.
She was barely two months old when it happened but Gabriela Ruffels has pored over YouTube highlights of Tiger Woods’ epic US Open win at Pebble Beach in preparation for this week’s US Women’s Open.
Five Australians will tee up at the US Women’s Open at the famed Pebble Beach Golf Links, led by defending champion Minjee Lee. Here are their tee times for the first two rounds.
In setting up how Pebble Beach will play this week for the first US Women’s Open held on the famed links, USGA senior director of championships Shannon Rouillard would be perfectly happy to have a winning score that resembles those that the men have recorded in recent majors here.
There have been a variety of winners – from phenoms and Hall of Famers to dark horses and unknowns – winning in all sorts of ways. There have been tears of joy shed, and tears of heartbreak, too.
The attention will be about how Olson feels; how she can possibly swing and putt with her belly literally growing by the day. But let’s not forget or underplay how Olson got here. That’s the truly remarkable part of the story.
The 27-year-old West Australian was asked four weeks ago to return the enormous trophy that she won at Pine Needles last year, the empty space now on the shelf at her Dallas home the motivation to launch yet another trophy hunt.