LPGAers Still Not Pleased With USGA Over Pinehurst Plans

Ryann O'Toole speaks out to GolfChannel.com's Randall Mell about the increasing skepticism over the upcoming U.S. Women's Open at Pinehurst.

O'Toole says she's representing about 90% of LPGA players in wondering what kind of course they will get to play once the men's U.S. Open has been through. Executive Director Mike Davis spoke to the players this week at the Founders Cup and O'Toole said players wanted to "hear more of the truth."

“I think the biggest thing we will lose is the pristine conditions you get at a major championship,” O’Toole said. “When you go to a U.S. Open, the course is groomed to perfection. It’s the best course we play all year, but now we are going to be playing it the week after the men play it.

“You can’t tell me it’s going to look the same. It is not. We know what a U.S. Open course looks like after we’re done with it. For them to say the course is going to be in great shape, and the greens are the only reason why the men are going first, makes no sense. It’s just something we are going to have to see to believe.

“I’m not alone feeling that way. I would say 90 percent of the tour agrees with what I’m saying.”