LPGA is keeping with tradition at the first major. But it’s a pool, not a pond in Houston
HOUSTON — From a pond to a pool. From the warmth of the California desert to pop-up thunderstorms in Houston. The LPGA Tour's first major of the year, once laden with tradition and identity, feels as though it's starting over again at The Chevron Championship. What the LPGA was determined to keep was the most memorable aspect to this major — the winner's leap into Poppie's Pond on Sunday. Of course, Poppie's Pond isn't in Houston. It surrounds the 18th green at Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage, California, the course that first hosted the LPGA in 1972, became a beloved major in ...
