2012 US Women's Open

[ApocG10]

Originally Posted by boogielicious

I think she'll improve now that she has graduated.  At least she's playing.  Her classmate and friend, Andrew Luck, hasn't even signed yet.

The Beachcomber is the name of my favorite bar on Cape Cod. It sits high on a dune above the nice beach.  They occasionally see Great White sharks there.  Recommend it to anyone visiting the outer cape in Wellfleet.

Back on topic.  I guess they had 100 degree heat and nasty humidity on day one.  Yesterday was better.  Creamer is doing OK but missing putts.  Yani is no where to be seen.  Is she playing?

beachcombers was one of my favourite tv shows as a child, lol.

[Wisguy]

Originally Posted by sjs3

I didn't realize what a "I think I'm really macho" kind of site this is when I signed up. You men are much too self-absorbed for my liking.

My wife and I took my grade school daughter out to Blackwolf Run for the final round and had a great time - it was awesome how close we could get to the players and the several I watched come off the 18th green were very accommodating with autographs.  In the future, I would definitely see any other LPGA events within a reasonable drive and if I had to choose between competing PGA and LPGA events on the same weekend, I would actually pick the LPGA event.

The crowds in Kohler were no better than moderate in size - less than half the people that were at Whistling Straits for the Wednesday practice round for the PGA Championship back in 2004.  I really expected a lot more fans would be there.  I guess that says something about the LPGA Tour.

Sjs3, probably the biggest problem with women's athletics, regardless of the particular sport, isn't lack of respect from men.  A bigger problem is lack of interest by women.  If it's not figure skating, gymnastics, or the Olympics, most women don't pay any attention to spectator sports, whether the athletes are men or women.  The average American adult female is probably five to ten times more likely to want to watch some utterly vapid reality TV show than any sort of sporting event that isn't gymnastics or skating.  I saw a lot of couples at the US Women's Open, many with kids.  I observed quite a few families there with only a single parent, and most of the time it was the dad, not the mom, bringing the kids there.  And I saw a lot of college-age guys there and quite a few other men there with friends, but relatively few women there with other women to watch the golf.  If women want their sports to become more popular and respected, they need to step up and start watching female athletes themselves, not sit back and whine about inequality or chauvinistic attitudes.