76th U.S. Women's Open Championship with Aimee Cho

06/01/21 • 57 min

It's U.S. Women's Open Week and the 76th Edition of the Championship is hosted by the Olympic Club in San Francisco This historic venue has hosted several memorable USGA championships over the years, including the 1955 US Open, where Ben Hogan lost in a playoff to an unsung player - Jack Fleck. The ultimate irony for Mr. Hogan was Jack Fleck was one of the very first players on the PGA to play with the newly developed "Ben Hogan Signature series Golf Clubs".
The venue was also host to the 1966 US Open, where the new King of Golf, Arnold Palmer, lost in a playoff to Billy Casper, despite having a 6-stroke lead going into the Final Round. Palmer's inability to close the event led to a Monday 18-hole playoff, and the unofficial decline of Palmer as the King of the hill.
This year marks the very first time that the Women's Championship will be hosted at this historic club and like its Men's counterparts, promises to be equally exciting as the best players in Women's Golf tackle the famed course. Small, elevated and undulating greens with its sloping and cambered fairways and traditional "US Open rough" will challenge the shotmaking abilities of these talented pro's.
Our special guest, Aimee Cho, is probably best known for her incredibly popular YouTube golf instruction channel -- Golf with Aimee, where she provides simple, fun and effective lessons and tips. Aimee Cho is also a former professional player on the LPGA's Symetra Tour joins us to review and analyze this year's championship. Fresh off of her appearance on CBS LA as a guest analyst for the PGA Championship at the Ocean Course (Kiawah), Aimee is eager to talk about the most challenging event in women's golf and to share her special perspective on how the Lake Course at Olympic will play for the women.
We review favourites like Inbee Park, Brooke Henderson, Lydia Ko, Nelly Korda and Patty Tavatanakit among a handful of other contenders.
So listen in or download the episode today.

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We're Talking Golf - 76th U.S. Women's Open Championship with Aimee Cho

Transcript

Douglas Maida00:00:12.660

Good afternoon and welcome to our show. We're talking golf. My name is Douglas maida and I'm your host.

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Well, it has been another great week in golf. We had a fantastic PGA Championship wrap up last weekend with Phil Mickelson becoming the oldest player to win a major championship.

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This week, we watched the Charles Schwab challe