Charley Hull opened with five-under 67. Getty Images Our St. Andrews correspondent Sean Zak is at the AIG Women’s Open this week.
Here he checks in with stateside colleague Dylan Dethier to dish on 40 mph winds, stars showing out, the vibe in town and one terrific quote. Dylan Dethier, GOLF senior writer: Hey there, Sean. Sean Zak, also a GOLF senior writer: Hey, Dylan.
DD : Here’s the deal. I’ve been watching the AIG Women’s Open from my couch and then my favorite new Seattle coffee shop. You’re there in person — feeling the wind in your hair, fescue beneath your feet, haggis in your belly etc.
So I’ve got a few questions for you. SZ: Hit me. DD : First, what’s it like being in St.
Andrews for you personally? You’re something of an American ambassador there, after all, having lived there for the summer of 2022 — the summer of LIV’s arrival and Cam Smith’s back nine, among other things — and wrote a book about your life there . How is it being back? SZ: It’s fantastic! One thing about St. Andrews that makes me happiest is how it mostly never changes.
The storefronts look just like they did two summers ago and one summer ago and, presumably, how they’ll look next summer. The 18th hole of the Old Course will always look the same the week of a big tournament, with the big blue bleachers in front of the big, auburn Hamilton Grand, bordered by that white fence. The only major change for me is I’m staying in one of the student dorms this week.
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