- $25,000,000 is the amount the U.S. Woman's Open will bring to Amishland.
- $4,000,000 in prize money will be awarded.
- 100,000 fans will watch the event during the week.
- 6,840 is the distance in yards from the tees to the holes on LCC golf course.
- 2,350 is the number of volunteers who shelled out the money to have a chance to mingle with the women who will play in the golf tournament.
- 156 is the number of entries who will tee up for the event.
- 350 is the amount of reporters that will cover the event.
- 70 is the par for the course.
- 18 is the number of hours of TV coverage for the Open.
- 0 is the amount of days I will be in attendance at the Open.
OK, so you may wonder about my final number I have listed. Well, golf just isn't my favorite sport. I enjoy watching Jim Furyk when he is competing, since I had Jim as a student when he went to the school where I taught, and I used to enjoy watching Tiger Woods compete, since he has the same last name as I do, but other than those two reasons, I don't watch or play golf that much. Come to think of it, I don't play golf at all. Not since the time, back in the early 1980's, when I played with a friend and our two sons and ended up using two dozen golf balls and spending almost four hours on the golf course in 90 degree heat. That was enough for me for a lifetime!! I am proud to say that Lancaster is hosting this prestigious tournament and many will get to see what Lancaster is really like during this week of events, but it will not make me want to play golf again. And as for my friend who lives across the street from the LCC, he has been upset for weeks that he will have trouble even getting out of his driveway in the morning to get to work at the gallery. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
I grew up right off the 13th fairway & learned to play the game. Sorta. Never liked it. But literally the course was one of my playgrounds. We skated on the Conestoga, sled on the 12th?. hole and ran thru the sprinklers. Where does your friend live?
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My friend and former student of mine who I now work for at Grebinger Gallery in Neffsville lives almost directly across from the entrance to the LCC. He was thinking about renting his house for the week but decided it would be too much trouble for the money he would get from it.
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