If you're reading this you've probably spent at least some of the day watching familiar men navigate the dramatic Pacific Coast terrain of Pebble Beach Golf Links. A US Open in an iconic local: for many golf fans it doesn't get better.
However, on the opposite side of the country, at Seaview Golf Course... and the ladies of the LPGA who are getting ready to play. They'll be teeing off at the ShopRite LPGA Classic where the coastal scenery is a bit more subdued but the story lines are plentiful.
I was at Seaview yesterday during the ProAm. I got to know the course and spoke to some of the players who would will soon attempt to win there. Cristie Kerr, coming off her LPGA State Farm Classic win reminisced about playing the ShopRite earlier in the decade and several times spoke of how happy she was to have it back after an absence of several years.
Suzann Pettersen spoke to me about the Seaview course as well. We also discussed the increasingly global nature of the LPGA tour... and talked about some of the effective ways the Nordic countries are growing the game of golf.
Paula Creamer... playing her first tournament since being sidelined by surgery answered questions... about the operation and the recovery.
Throughhout the next couple of days I'll be writing about these players and others I talked to. I'll also talk about the course and some of its unique features. Look for my "dispatches from the other coast" later in the day.
