Paula Creamer Looks To Repeat As U.S. Open Champ At Broadmoor
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) - Back in 2005 when the U.S. Women's Open as held at Cherry Hills attendance records were set. Now the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs is hoping to break those records as they host the U.S. Women's Open this week.
It's going to be a tough event. The course will be more than 7,000 yards and the greens are some of the trickiest the players have ever seen.
Last year's champion, Paula Creamer, says "bring it on." She'll be prowling the course with a pink pony tail, which is fitting because her nickname is the "Pink Panther."
"The best player who never won a major." That label handcuffed Phil Mickelson for years until he ended a 0-46 slide at the 2004 Masters. On the LPGA Tour, Creamer was saddled with that title as well. She was 0-24 in majors until last year.
The 24-year-old Creamer won the U.S. Open in Oakmont, Penn. after nearly winning the previous 2 years.
"A lot of it was relief, that's for sure. I definitely was feeling no pain at that time knowing that I'll never be asked another question, 'Is this the year? Is this the year? Is this the week?'" Creamer said. "It was tough, given the fact that I was asked that. At times I pushed too hard."
Creamer will need every fighting bone in her body when she tees up at The Broadmoor. The famed East Course there features some of the toughest greens she will ever see.
"This is a golf course where you have to be very accurate. You have to be accurate off the tee, your have to be accurate with you irons. A lot of it's going to come down to being a great putter," Creamer said. "I feel putting is one of my strengths."
The U.S. Women's Open starts on Thursday.
Link: 2011 US Women's Open
