U.S. Women's Open could set attendance records this weekend

LANCASTER, Pa. – The U.S. Women’s Open will be played with possible record crowds this weekend.

The USGA expects as many as 25,000 could be on the grounds at Lancaster Country Club on Saturday and again on Sunday.

USGA executive director Mike Davis said his organization briefly considered declaring this week’s championship a sellout. No U.S. Women’s Open has ever been played as a sellout.

“When we sell out of something, it’s because we say if we get more people it’s going to be a bad experience,” Davis said. “Admittedly, we’ve done some U.S. Opens before – those sell out, way in advance – and we’ve said if we had to do it over again, we wouldn’t put as many people on the course. It ended up…