After competing in the Greats of Golf scramble at the Insperity Invitational with a team that included Tony Jacklin, Tom Weiskopf, and David Graham, LPGA great Pat Bradley talked about the thrill it is for her to play with former PGA stars she rarely crossed paths with when she was winning on the LPGA Tour. She appreciates the game, the fans, volunteers, the fellow competitors, and what the sport has given her. #rolemodel
On the 18th hole on Saturday, she rolled in a birdie for the team that would give them one-stroke margin bragging rights over Team Nicklaus/Sorenstam. Sorenstam, Nancy Lopez, and Juli Inkster were the other LPGA players in the event.
Imagine that a small number of members at CCR didn’t want these classy players back in Rochester competing in the 2020 U.S. Senior Women’s Open. (I had suggested early in 2015 that CCR would be a great venue for the inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open event in 2018 due to the local golf history and the popularity of the LPGA here. However, the USGA staged it at Chicago Golf Club.) CCR last hosted the women at the 1973 U.S. Women’s Open, an event that seemed to propel the creation of the yearly LPGA stop at Locust Hill in 1977. A minority of CCR members voting against the 2020 Senior Open was truly a lose-lose-lose for the Rochester community, golf, and CCR. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory…
Pat Bradley rolls in a long birdie for her team on 18 to shoot 31 @InsperityInvtnl. pic.twitter.com/Vpxs7Y5CTY
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