'It's really important for us to play at the cathedrals of the game,' Rouillard said. The USGA's senior director of championships was the lead figure in transforming Pebble Beach from a course Harigae has seemingly known her whole life to something new, and most importantly, something that will test the best female players in the world starting Thursday. That observation is music to Shannon Rouillard's ears. 'It was actually funny, in the practice round the last couple days it's actually easier to pick targets because there's more TV towers, grandstands,' Harigae said on Tuesday.
And yet what she has seen so far this week and will continue to see throughout the week will be something different, in more ways than one. Of the 156 players in this year's field, Harigae has perhaps the most knowledge of the course. Women's Open runner-up was born in Monterey, California, attended the nearby Stevenson School and has played the course over 50 times. Mina Harigae has never seen Pebble Beach like this. How Pebble Beach plays differently for a women's major You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
