Sunday, July 12, 2015

U.S. Women's Open Championship at Lancaster Country Club

Yesterday, hubby and I drove out to Lancaster, PA, to check out Round 3 of the 2015 U.S. Women's Open Championship at Lancaster Country Club. This is the third time I've been a spectator at a major golf tournament, so I knew to wear plenty of sunscreen and comfortable golf shoes for walking the course.

I snapped plenty of pictures of the big names in women's golf, but I used my phone camera from far away, so the images are a little fuzzy after cropping. The first thing we did was go to the practice area, where Michelle Wie happened to be getting ready. Her left ankle was in a brace but it didn't seem to affect her stance.


Or her ability to make perfect contact.


She did a drill with a stretchy exercise band:


She also did practice swings with only one arm:


Here's her famous putting stance, with her caddie respectfully looking away and not staring at her butt:


Michelle Wie definitely had the largest number of people following her around. Not as many as Tiger Woods, but this is women's golf after all. I would imagine that a lot of the male golf fans are deterred from watching a women's golf event because they don't want their wives to catch them staring at women all day.


The current world Number One is Inbee Park. Very few people followed her around, but then again, she wasn't playing spectacularly well.


Here's Lexi Thompson, with the petite I.K. Kim, who is famous for missing a 14-inch putt at the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2012 and losing the tournament as a result. As someone who could find a way to miss a 6-inch putt, I totally sympathize.


The current world Number Two player is teenage sensation Lydia Ko, shown here walking with what I think is too much forward head posture. If she keeps it up, it could be a problem in middle age. Take it from someone who knows.


At least Lydia Ko stays hydrated. Drinking plenty of water is a good habit at any age.


And she has a very balanced finish.


Here's Morgan Pressel, who we saw texting on the practice green:


Occasionally, she practiced her putting too.


Here's Paula Creamer and amateur Muni He. These are two golfers who know how to strike a pose. Muni was leading Paula by two strokes. That must have been embarrassing.


Off in the distance, we saw Stacy Lewis. That's about as close as we wanted to get to her. Let's just say we're not fans. 


The leader so far is Amy Yang, and here she is looking cool and confident with her caddie:


I hope she strides on to victory. I'll be tuning in later today to find out.


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