It’s a huge weekend ahead, as we highlighted in our latest This Week In Golf article, with big tournaments everywhere you look.
But is there too much going on this week? And is it yet another example of golf shooting itself in the foot? I think so.
Let’s start in America, where arguably the biggest tournament in the women’s game is taking place. The iconic Riviera Country Club hosts its first ever US Women’s Open for what is set to be a memorable and important week.
World No.1 Nelly Korda is favorite to finally lift the famous trophy, but it is set to be a highly competitive event with many of the world’s best players in good form ahead of the LA showdown.
England’s Lottie Woad and Charley Hull both have great chances to win their maiden Major titles, while Hannah Green and Hyojoo Kim have each tasted victory multiple times already this year. World No.2 Jeeno Thitikul also won recently, while the likes of Lydia Ko, Minjee Lee, Ruoning Yin and many more big names could also contend.
However, golf’s frustrating scheduling – as I wrote about in last week’s pro golf irritations Inside The Ropes article – once again rears its head.
That’s because the US Women’s Open is essentially competing for eyeballs against a PGA Tour Signature Event.
This week’s Memorial Tournament is easily one of the circuit’s top events, carrying a $20m purse and a stacked field featuring nine of the world’s top 10.
It’s a special week for Jack Nicklaus’ tournament at Muirfield Village as it is its 50th playing, and World No.1 Scottie Scheffler is seeking to match Tiger Woods to win it for a third consecutive year.
Sure, this week’s two big US events are on slightly different timezones with a three-hour difference but two huge tournaments taking place concurrently on different sides of the country ultimately mean media is spread between the two, while those covering the events remotely have to cover both as best as they can instead of going all-in on one single tournament.
Instead, the US Women’s Open should have a week to itself like many of the men’s Majors, so it can be the golf tournament of the week and garner the biggest attention.
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