RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – So what is a young female amateur to do?
Accept an invitation to make history playing the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur this week?
Or play alongside childhood idols at the ANA Inspiration in the first major championship of the year?
Even ANA Inspiration tournament director Chris Garrett feared the worst when he learned that his event would be going up against the iconic Augusta National Golf Club. He feared the demise of the amateur tradition ANA worked so hard to build.
“You’re thinking, `Oh my gosh, this is going to be catastrophic,’” Garrett said.