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How Pebble Beach plays differently for a women's major

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Mina Harigae has never seen Pebble Beach like this.

Last year's U.S. Women's Open runner-up was born in Monterey, California, attended the nearby Stevenson School and has played the course over 50 times. Of the 156 players in this year's field, Harigae has perhaps the most knowledge of the course. And yet what she has seen so far this week and will continue to see throughout the week will be something different, in more ways than one.

"It was actually funny, in the practice round the last couple days it's actually easier to pick targets because there's more TV towers, grandstands," Harigae said on Tuesday.