MADEIRA, Ohio – Everything leading up to the LPGA Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G went as well as anyone could expect. A world-class field of LPGA players will compete in a tournament sponsored by two of the most iconic companies in Cincinnati on one of the best golf courses in the region. Then, the weather decided to have a say in the week’s schedule.
LPGA players were already arriving at an unknown course, but then rain on Tuesday canceled practice rounds and meant players would only practice on nine holes of the course before Thursday’s opening round. Factor in wet conditions along with Kenwood Country Club’s 6,515-yard setup and Thursday’s opening round is poised to offer a challenging day of work for the players.
“It’s a beautiful golf course. It’s just a shame it’s like so wet,” Jessica Korda said. “So, yeah, I mean, we’ll see what’s going to happen because they haven’t been able to go out there and cut the grass in a couple days and you can see when you roll the ball on the greens just that it’s catching the mower marks a little bit.”
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Korda, the 13th-ranked player in the world, said tour pros would generally get in extra practice rounds ahead of a tournament at a new course, but that didn’t happen this week. And the wet conditions also lead to some surprising results with the golf Korda did play.
“Well, the fact I had 4-iron into the first hole was a real shock on a par-4,” Korda, who ranks 14th in driving distance on the tour, said. Korda was referring to Kenwood’s first hole, which is a 426-yard par 4 with trees and bunkers in play off the tee shot.
The tournament will be contested on the Kendale course at Kenwood Country Club, which offers plenty of challenging holes, some difficult sight lines and plenty of ways to get in trouble around the greens.
“From what I’ve seen so far, I think it’s really quite a fun track,” Minjee Lee, the third-ranked player in the world, said. “There is a mixture of short holes, long holes. I know it’s playing a little more wet right now, but hopefully as we get along through the week and it will dry out a little bit more.”
Lee, twice a winner this year on the LPGA, is coming off a T-49 finish at last week’s Dana Open presented by Marathon in Sylvania, Ohio. She will be a part of ESPN+ coverage of the featured groups when she tees of at 8:36 a.m. with Paula Creamer and Brooke Henderson.
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