DALY CITY, Calif. – Paula Creamer’s first tee shot Thursday at the Swinging Skirts Classic sailed right and into a small stand of trees.
It never came down.
Marshals and fans were left scratching their heads, wondering where it went and how it could have disappeared. After marching over there, Creamer couldn’t make sense of it, either. So, she took her medicine, took a penalty for a lost ball and headed back to the tee box.
That is not how she envisioned beginning a “homecoming week” that means so much to her. Creamer grew up in Pleasanton, just 40 miles east of Lake Merced Golf Club.