SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — This week marks the first time Baltusrol’s Lower Course will host a women’s major since 1961. No one in the field at this week’s KPMG Women’s PGA was born when Mickey Wright won her third U.S. Women’s Open title that year.
This week presents a history lesson for the best female players in the world as they tackle a course that saw Jack Nicklaus win two U.S. Open titles and Phil Mickelson win a PGA Championship. The first USGA championship ever held at Baltusrol was the U.S. Women’s Amateur back in 1901.
This week marks another chapter in the storied club that in 2014 became a national historic landmark.
“The course is in immaculate shape,” said former KPMG champ Brooke Henderson. “I’ve never seen a golf course in such great shape, I don’t think.”
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Unfortunately, bad weather looms on the horizon, with anywhere from a 60 to 80 percent chance of rain expected every day though Sunday. New drainage and a SubAir system will help, but players will experience a vastly different test from they’ve seen in the practice rounds.
Here’s what some of the best in the world had to say about what’s to come: