American stars toughen up for upcoming Ricoh Women’s British Open 2012
American LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) stars, are now eyeing the upcoming battle at Ricoh Women’s British Open 2012, set to start from September 13-16, at the Royal Liverpool Club, United Kingdom.
Earlier, they could not keep the Kingsmill Championship title within the United States, as it was snatched by South Korean Jiyai Shin last Monday.
American contenders were favourites for the title at Kingsmill Championship, held last week, at Williamsburg, Virginia, but most of them finished outside the top 20. Even worse, some of the prominent American stars failed to make the cut.
Now that the Ricoh Women’s British Open is ready to pit LPGA titans against each other in a battle that will mean the most to Americans, golf-crazy fans in the United States are going to put their national players under intense scrutiny.
The field of the Ricoh Women’s British Open is quite strong, with the participation of stars like Shanshan Feng, current world number one Yani Tseng, Sun Young Yoo, Stacy Lewis, Na Yeon Choi, Cristie Kerr, Laura Davies, Karen Stupples, Catriona Matthew, Juli Inkster, Melissa Reid and Paula Creamer.
Since the match is going to be held in the United Kingdom, European players will be the ones to capitalise on the crowd support.
However, given the recent tournaments on the LPGA Tour, it is hard to predict who is going to steal the show at Ricoh Women’s British Open.
The American line-up, which is apparently stronger than ever before, will not find it easy to crush its Asian foes.
Observers said Paula Cremer can come out as the one of the strongest contenders at the Royal Liverpool Club. Creamer battled hard for the title at Kingsmill Championship, but she lost the tournament to Jiyai Shin in playoff.
Creamer has been working hard on her swing and putting, and has been able to improve her game greatly in recent weeks.
“You know, worked my golf swing, once again my putting was better. I think just my overall demeanor out on the golf course is so much better. I hate using the term the old Paula, the new Paula,” she said at the end of the Kingsmill Championship last Monday.
“I'm the same person that I've always been, but just to have that little bit more fire inside me. If's fun, with Colin out there, we're enjoying it”.
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