Amy Olson's friends, family and business sponsors came to the KPMG Women's PGA Championship armed with 250 teal "Amy's Army" T-shirts to support the former North Dakota State standout.
The KPMG Women's PGA Championship, which starts this morning, brings back Hazeltine National's traditional hole routing and once again rewards accuracy on a course that can stretch to 6,800 yards.
Minnesota again welcomes the world's best women's golfers to compete here. There have been three different LPGA Tour stops in Minnesota in the past, and eight world-class events, dating to 1935.
Lexi Thompson is surging with a new putter grip heading into this week's KPMG Women's PGA Championship; Michelle Wie is struggling after missing two months with yet another injury.
Brooke Henderson's victory last week put her at nine for her career, and passed Sandra Post, Mike Weir and George Knudson, each of whom have eight PGA or LPGA victories.
Inbee Park, seven-time major champion and LPGA Tour Hall of Famer, was a winless teenager the last time the world sent its finest women's golfers to Minnesota.
Park, who was 19 when she won the 2008 U.S. Women's Open at Interlachen in Edina, has seven wins and 28 top-10 finishes in the five majors in women's golf. Here's a closer look:
Danielle Kang qualified for the 2007 U.S. Women's Open when she was 14, but has never been consumed by the game."I haven't watched Caddyshack," she admitted.
Max Tylke sored a two-stroke victory over Topher Baron and Eric Rislove to earn his first win at the MPGA Public Links Mid-Amateur Championship Sunday at Emerald Greens Golf Club in Hastings.
Justin Rose tied Tiger Woods' record 65 from 2000, but he only leads by one shot over four other players. Woods shot a 70 that was marred by one shot he called 'terrible.'