article_snippet.sent: Over the years I’ve been lucky enough to play with a lot of accomplished women golfers, including two former world
article_snippet.sent: 1 Rory McIlroy (below) One of the nice things for me about playing golf with the women pros is we usually hit the ball about the same length.
article_snippet.sent: I’d hit a five iron off this tee to stay short of the bunkers,’ advised her caddy Gary Wildman, on the opening hole.
article_snippet.sent: No, I want to hit a driver,’ replied British golfer Charley Hull.
article_snippet.sent: Indeed, her hit a driver off every tee, which is the way her likes to do things in practice.
article_snippet.sent: Again, like Rory, a driver also happens to be the best club in her bag.
article_snippet.sent: her swing is so good her uses blade irons (her might be the only woman to do so), which are the preserve of the technically sound.
article_snippet.sent: Lydia Ko going forward is the fact American Lexi Thompson hits the ball significantly further.
article_snippet.sent: But will American Lexi Thompson hole enough putts to make it count?
article_snippet.sent: On this day, American Lexi Thompson holed nothing of any length and still breezed round the Ailsa Course in 68 strokes.