LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan took responsibility for the failure to get fans to the Solheim Cup in time to see the opening tee shots a day earlier but did not offer a full explanation of the debacle that has led to speculation about her future.
— LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan took responsibility Saturday for the tour’s failure to get fans to the Solheim Cup in time to see the opening tee shots a day earlier but did not offer a full explanation of the debacle that has led to speculation about her future.
Players teed off Friday morning in front of half-empty grandstands at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, muting what could have been a raucous first-tee atmosphere in the team competition between the United States against Europe. The stands were full on Saturday, but the damage had been done, with media coverage more focused on the logistical problems than the dominant first day of golf by Nelly Korda and the U.S.
« At the end of the day, I’m the leader of the organization and I have to own it », Marcoux Samaan said.
RTJ is tucked into a private residential community serviced by a single road off U.
