Click here to visit other sites within our golf network. Arizona freshman Natalie Gulbis came away with everything but splinters when she took a crack at the perplexing Bermuda greens at the Mission Inn Resort on Tuesday. There's nothing like them on the West Coast, she said.
Speed is such a big thing.
I had 10-footers for birdie all day and didn't do anything. That's also the good news for Arizona, which probably learned a lesson or two in the first round of the NCAA Women's Division I Golf Championships. Duke was tied for seventh at 299. Three of the Arizona schools' Pac-10 rivals had fewer problems. The Wildcats know they have no choice but to adapt to the conditions and putt better.