DALY CITY, Calif. – With a stellar field and a tough test awaiting at Lake Merced Golf Club, the Swinging Skirts Classic feels more important than a regular tour event.
At least, that’s what some of the top players think.
“This is not a major, but it feels like a major,” Rolex world No. 1 Lydia Ko said.
Paula Creamer, who grew up in Pleasanton, 40 miles east of Lake Merced, thinks so, too.
“It has a major feel,” Creamer said. “There are grandstands everywhere.”
Ko is the defending champion.