The world’s best players return to the home of the sport for the third time this week at the AIG Women’s Open, with Australia’s chances again led by Olympians Hannah Green and Minjee Lee.
Lauren Coughlin is getting good at this. Just under three years on from regaining full exempt status on the LPGA Tour and less than a month since she eliminated the tag “winless” from her career resume, the 31-year-old has multiple victories – both national Open titles – to her name.
The course in Louisville, Kentucky, is the fourth venue to have a Solheim Cup and Ryder Cup, alongside Gleneagles, Muirfield Village and The Greenbrier.
Ko sees the Olympics as a special opportunity not merely because it might be her last in the quadrennial event, but because the Albatros course demands the kind of precision and focus that rewards a more measured, discerning mind of someone who’s been there before.
For the Australians at the Olympic women’s golf event, Minjee Lee fought hard to to remain under par and in the mix while Hannah Green struggled to a five-over 77.
At Le Golf National, the American star will be hoping to rekindle the form that saw her win six out of seven starts between January and May, but she also has other things on her mind. Sweet, delicious things.
Australian Golf Digest
