OCALA, Fla. – The 12:25 p.m. tee time at the Coates Golf Championship should raise a few eyebrows. For the first time since “GimmeGate” last year, Suzann Pettersen and Alison Lee find themselves paired in the same group – for two consecutive days.
“That computer, it’s amazing how it spits things out,” U.S. captain Juli Inkster said facetiously.
Pettersen and Lee were embroiled in controversy last September at the Solheim Cup in Germany when the Americans’ Lee scooped up her ball on the 17th green at St. Leon-Rot Golf Club. The Europeans’ Pettersen immediately told a rules official that the 18-inch par putt had not been conceded.