Summer 2023

A First for Women’s Golf The U.S. Women’s Open Comes to Pebble Beach B Y D I NA RU I Z C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • S U M M E R 2 0 2 3 103 P EBBLE B EACH G OLF L INKS ’ COOL OCEAN BREEZES , EXPANSIVE VIEWS AND POSTAGE STAMP - SIZED GREENS WILL GREET A HIS - TORIC GROUP OF PLAYERS WHEN THE 78 TH U.S. W OMEN ’ S O PEN TOURNAMENT IS HOSTED THERE FROM J ULY 6 TH THROUGH THE 9 TH . Y ES — IT ’ S FINALLY THE LADY PROS ’ TURN TO CLAIM VICTORY ON THESE HALLOWED GROUNDS . A CCORDING TO THE U.S. G OLF A SSOCIATION (USGA) MORE THAN 2,100 WOMEN ARE VYING TO BE PART OF THE FIELD OF 156 GOLFERS , HUN - DREDS MORE THAN HAVE EVER ATTEMPTED BEFORE . T HE PURSE IS AN ASTOUNDING $10 MILLION DOLLARS , ANOTHER FIRST FOR THE L ADIES P ROFESSIONAL G OLF A SSOCIATION (LPGA). I T ’ S A DREAM COME TRUE AND A MOMENT MANY HAVE WAITED FOR , INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF PROFESSIONAL GOLF .