LPGA Kia Classic; Park Hyatt Aviara; Carlsbad, Ca.
The LPGA sets up shop this week at Park Hyatt Aviara, March 24-27, for the Kia Classic. It’s the Tour’s seventh year at this Arnold Palmer-designed facility located 30 miles due north of downtown San Diego.
The par-72 course plays to an official yardage of 6,558 yards but is shortened on most days – including the weekend – when at least one of two par-4s, the seventh and 16th, are shortened to make them drivable. The more interesting of the two is the 16th, a slightly drivable, decided dogleg left around a lake that intrudes into the front left of the green.