LPGA Tour and the 150th Open at St Andrews
Georgia Hall, Anna Nordqvist will attend the Celebration of Champions at St Andrews
From LPGA News:
ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND | The first groups of golfers have been revealed for The R&A Celebration of Champions, which is taking place on Monday, 11 July during The 150th Open at St Andrews.
The 2021 Champion Golfer Collin Morikawa will have the honour of hitting the first tee shot at 3:05 p.m. BST and the American will play alongside reigning AIG Women’s Open champion Anna Nordqvist, Jess Baker, who won the Women’s Amateur Championship at Hunstanton last month, and Asia-Pacific Amateur champion and 2021 Mark McCormack Medal winner Keita Nakajima.
Also confirmed are three-time Open champion Tiger Woods and 2014 Champion Golfer Rory McIlroy, who will play alongside 2018 Women’s British Open champion Georgia Hall and Lee Trevino, two-time winner of The Open in 1971 and 1972. The foursome will go out as the last group teeing off at 5:05 p.m. BST.
Martin Slumbers, Chief Executive of The R&A, said, “We have planned a very special celebration of golf for fans to attend and I’m sure they will be excited at the prospect of watching the greatest names in golf, as well as the future stars of the sport, come together to play over the Old Course at St Andrews." Read more
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