You can t force it. Pine Needles provides that atmosphere. With the year Annika is having, I think it s going to be real interesting. Obviously Annika knows how to win U.S. Women s Opens as does Karrie as she proved last year. But I think we have a great battle brewing.
Weather is such a factor in how a golf course plays.
Mother Nature is going to be a huge factor in how Pine Needles plays, as far as what the rough is like. If we have rain it softens up the fairways, it softens up the greens. And it s very difficult to get the greens as firm and as fast as we want them. Having said that, some of the scoring we ve seen that has stayed a lot lower than what one might expect has been due to the weather, where we haven t had the conditions all four days the way that we d want. And that includes having some wind during the competitive days.