After Atalanta

I haven't been paying as much attention to the LPGA this year--in terms of actual watching; I have been reading the news. So just when I try (and have time) to mend my ways, I find out that the Women's British Open (anyone else disappointed that it is the Ricoh and not the Weetabix anymore?) has very limited television coverage. 90 minutes today on ABC. 90 minutes! And they happen to be 90 minutes that I have to be at my tennis match--which isn't ABC or the LPGA's fault--but the minimal coverage is. Tomorrow, the final day of play, warrants only 2 hours of coverage. Should we go back and add up all the hours of coverage the Men's British Open received this year? Should be include all the special preview shows, etc?

The women's British Open is in progress and the big news of course is...well, the course. The women are playing at the famed Old Course at St. Andrews. This is the first professional women's event at the course where women are usually forbidden. Yes, this weekend marks the first time women will be allowed into the clubhouse. In the past the men-only establishment made sure everyone knew who was permitted entry by posting the sign "No dogs, no women." Lovely. Anyone upset at the fact that every other weekend of the year even if the sign isn't there the effect is the same? Seems not. All the women interviewed see it as this wonderful thing for women's golf. From Annika Sorenstam (who was tied for 4th in the second round at the time of this posting) and Paula Creamer to officials of the Ladies' Golf Union all see this weekend's event as a sign that the times are changing, that women's golf is getting greater respect. It's possible to read this we...