WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — It’s not the big money event it once was, but the LPGA Tour is back on the River Course at Kingsmill. For many, it’s a return to one of their favorite stops on tour.
It’s also part of a resurgence in the women’s game, so much so that a purse that has fallen from $2.2 million when the tour last visited in 2009 to $1.3 million this time around hardly seems to matter to the field.
Cristie Kerr won twice on the layout when the tournament was sponsored by Anheuser-Busch.
She says the Bermuda rough is more prevalent than she remembers, but hopes her return might help her end a victory drought that started in 2010.
It might help that only four of the top 10 on the money list are playing.
