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[QUOTE="Blakeon18, post: 4691532, member: 35"]
BTW: Dates: The Open for women...August 10-13.
For the men: July 20-23.

Se Ri Pak won the U.S. Open back in 1998.  That win jump/ kick-started Asian interest in golf...especially 
the women's game.  I doubt that will ebb...especially given China's new focus on the game [think they
want to gather a few gold medals in the Olympics for international prestige?]

That Asian interest has undoubtedly made the LPGA tour deeper and stronger than 30 year ago.
The quality of play....of instruction...of courses they now play....has soared.  Many Asian players now
come to the United States on golf scholarships and that gives them a heads-up over their Asian peers in terms
of adjustment to the new surroundings....a la Jana Elalfy coming to UConn last January as a frosh.

As noted above the talent the Asian players bring is enhanced by super focus on their games...work ethic
second to none.  Even American commentators have made the occasional reference to their time spent on the game
compared to many American players.  Obviously exceptions do exist.

Title 9 has been great for American women...that is true for golf as well as other sports.  Whether our best can rise to the
next level [or not] will be interesting to see.
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