USGA Adds Senior Women's Open

[nevets88]

http://golfweek.com/news/2015/feb/07/usga-us-senior-womens-open-2018-meeting/

Quote:

That was evident as early as the opening press conference of the annual meeting Feb. 7 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, when USGA president Thomas J. O’Toole Jr. and executive director Mike Davis showed up to announce the association’s new national championship, the U.S. Senior Women’s Open, to be contested annually starting in 2018.

It’s all part of inclusiveness, an effort on the part of the USGA to steward the future of the game. In an era of concern about golf’s future, the USGA is undertaking a wide-based approach to making sure that the game is sustainable culturally, economically and ecologically.

[colin007]

I'll watch the LPGA before I watch the Champions tour, and I'll watch the Champions tour before I watch any kind of women's senior open.

[9iron]

If they had this back in the day then Carol Sempleton Thompson would have about 8 more USGA Championships.

[mvmac]

Only notable 50+ women golfers that come to my mind are Laura Davies, Nancy Lopez (who is retired), Dottie Pepper (49), Meg Mallon and Juli Inkster. Annika is 44.