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Published - 1 month By - Jim Tucker
Becky Kay is delighted with how quickly and positively the golf landscape has changed to embrace women in men’s events in less than three years.
When the Coolangatta & Tweed Heads Golf Club product qualified for the Isuzu Queensland Open in 2018 it was a first for women in the state Open.
She played off the men’s tees, shot 75-77 to miss the cut at Brisbane Golf Club and beat home 19 male pros and amateurs.
Her scoring was far less important than what it signified.
In the Queensland Open at Pelican Waters this week, six women will tee off.
“It’s awesome that golf is being showcased on the Sunshine Coast,” Wools-Cobb said.
“I’m definitely in better shape than last year (when he missed the cut) and knowing the course means you can stay aggressive on the weekend.”
“It’s good to be in contention because there was a time on Thursday when it was so wet I struggled to hold onto the club for five holes.”
The best of the Wools-Cobb birdies came on his eighth hole, the par five 17th, when he drove the ball right off the tee and cut a three wood over the trees to the green.
Course: TPC Sawgrass (Players Stadium). Yardage: Par: 72. Prize money: $15 million. Winner s share: $2.7 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, noon to 6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (NBC). Defending champion: Rory McIlroy in 2019. FedEx Cup leader: Bryson DeChambeau. Last week: Bryson DeChambeau won the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Notes: The Players marks the one-year anniversary since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down golf for three months. Hideki Matsuyama tied the course record with a 63 before the tournament was canceled. . The field features 48 of the top 50 in the world, missing Brooks Koepka and Matthew Wolff. . McIlroy is the defending champion at two tournaments he won in 2019, The Players Championship and the HSBC Champions in Shanghai. . Bryson DeChambeau has won at least one tournament worldwide in each of the last five years. . The Players Championship has never had
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