Hollis Stacy on Lydia Ko’s best shot, fast greens and hosting the LPGA

HS: First of all, playing the golf course with no wind is very difficult because the greens are extremely difficult. Playing with wind is a very big challenge. In fact, I went in to check the pins for tomorrow and there’s one pin that I told them they had to change because it’s a 30 mph wind tomorrow.

You’re gonnna miss some short putts. Be nice to yourself as you’re walking to the next tee.

Hollis Stacy putting on the 13th green during the first round at the 2021 U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield, Conn. on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Darren Carroll/USGA)

HS: I hit balls about once or twice a week. And if I have an event, of course, I will hit balls every day. I play here maybe once every two weeks. I play here and I play Concession (Golf Club), but I’m 15 minutes from here.

The LPGA came in and we needed a net around the range, and we put that in at a nice fee. We spent probably close to $1 million on the bunkers.

Mone Inami of Japan putts on the 16th green during the third round of the LPGA Drive On Championship at Bradenton Country Club on January 27, 2024 in Bradenton, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

HS: The greens are great – TifEagle. Usually we play them at 13 on the Stimp. Everybody comes off the course shell-shocked. (A member said), ‘It’s so hard; it’s so hard.’ I said, ‘Don’t worry. When you go off to other courses, you win don’t you?’