Brian Spurlock/USA Today Sports, via Reuters
CHASKA, Minn. — A bold swing landed Maria Fassi in the left rough, beside a tree that restricted her follow-through on her next shot. A second tree partially blocked her view of the green. Fassi, the reigning N.C.A.A. Division I women’s champion, absently twirled her ponytail as she surveyed her options.
Hitching up her sleeves, she deposited her next shot on the second cut of fringe behind the green, chipped to 5 feet and made the putt.
One of the roughly two dozen fans in Fassi’s gallery at the Women’s P.