PROVO — Lea Garner made Utah Open history on Friday when she teed it up in the first round of the 91st Utah Open at Riverside Country Club.
So, how did she do?
Playing from the tips with the men, revisiting her home track where she had a sterling college career at BYU, taking her second shots 30 to 40 yards or so behind the men in her threesome, she competed solidly for 16 of the 18 holes.
Two swings cost Garner five strokes — two haunting, devil-be-danged swings that had to rip her heart out.