{"id":32272,"date":"2022-06-01T16:38:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T16:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-five-most-important-things-to-watch-at-the-us-womens-open\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T16:38:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T16:38:03","slug":"the-five-most-important-things-to-watch-at-the-us-womens-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-five-most-important-things-to-watch-at-the-us-womens-open\/","title":{"rendered":"The five most important things to watch at the US Women’s Open"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PINE NEEDLES, North Carolina – The US Women’s Open is back at the Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines for a record fourth time with a purse of $ 10 million – more than double last year’s purse of $ 4.8 million – and plenty of storylines.<\/p>\n
Between Michelle Wie West’s impending retirement, the return of three-time champion Annika Sorenstam, and the crop of young players at the top of the game, here are five things to keep an eye on this week:<\/p>\n
Michelle Wie West’s last dance (sort of)<\/h2>\n
As one USGA staffer quipped on Monday afternoon, when Wie West arrives at a tournament, there’s a palpable buzz. On Monday it wasn’t there. Wie was supposed to play a practice round but couldn’t make it on time, so on Tuesday, as she stalked putts on the practice green and cycled through different putters, fans crowded around and watched as she prepared for her last tournament of the year .<\/p>\n
Wie West announced last week that she would be stepping back from the LPGA Tour after this US Open. She plans to play the 2023 tournament at Pebble Beach. In her Tuesday news conference at Pine Needles, she said the decision was “bittersweet,” but something she had been thinking about for a while.<\/p>\n
“I would say I have zero regrets in my career,” Wie West said. “There’s always that inkling of wishing I had done more. But I feel like no matter what, no one’s ever going to be 100% satisfied. And I’ve definitely had an up-and-down career. But I’m extremely proud of the resiliency I’ve shown. “<\/p>\n
The former US Open champion, who won this tournament back in 2015 when it was held at nearby Pinehurst, said she’s managing expectations in part because she hasn’t had the practice routine she normally has leading into a US Open, but “obviously the competitive side wants to win. ” As she noted, if she hadn’t won the 2014 US Open, she would not be stepping away and would still be chasing that title.<\/p>\n
How will Nelly Korda do in her first tournament back?<\/h2>\n
To hear Korda tell the story, she didn’t want to have the US Open be her return to competitive golf after undergoing surgery for a blood clot in the subclavian vein in her left arm. But there she was Tuesday, wearing a compression sleeve on that left arm and talking about how she’s likely going to wear a sleeve on her right di lei to avoid getting a bad tan.<\/p>\n