AIG Women's Open ... tee times/leaderboard here
I will always remember my first trip to Muirfield, and the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers..
Ronnie Sinclair a great pal of mine was the club's accountant who paved the way for a wonderful day just down the East Lothian coast from the little town of Gullane. As it happened there wasn't a cloud in the sky, we warmed up with 9 holes of stroke play, where Ronnie and the members who joined us got an idea of my handicap, which was then used to set up the afternoon foursome matches over a sumptuous 5 course lunch around the long table in the clubhouse.
The welcome at Muirfield was as warm and welcoming as possible and it continued to be for years to come.
Tomorrow the best women golfers in the world will play those same links, with the same welcome for the first time in history for the AIG Women's Open where I watched Jack win the Open in 1966, Lee Trevino in 1972, Tom Watson in the rain in 1980, Nick Faldo twice in 1987 and '92, the big Easy Ernie Els in 2002, then Phil Mickelson in 2013.
Brooke Henderson is there, after a week of sight seeing in and around Edinburgh with a stop to play Carnoustie after winning the Evian in France.
She has never had a top 10 at this championship, never played much links golf in her 24 years, so she and her sister Brittany have spent since Sunday trying to figure out these hallowed links in preparation for their 7.27am tee time on Thursday.
Maude Aimee Leblanc on the other hand was right in contention for 3 rounds last week for the Scottish Women's Open on the links at Dundonald on the west coast at Ayr, finishing a credible T8, so she know's what to expect from her game this week as she starts in the late wave at 2.11pm local time.
WEATHER: Muirfield unlike most links courses is played in an outer and inner circle so the wind is different on every hole. The forecast isn't bad, no heavy winds which will make scoring easier.
Thursday: Light rain showers heaviest in the morning, moderate breeze from the west.
Friday: Sunny with a moderate breeze from the west
Saturday: Light clouds with a moderate breeze from the west
Sunday: Sunny with a moderate breeze from the west.
Bryan Angus
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