It could be a case of the best being saved for last and not just in terms of women’s majors in 2024. As was the case when it staged the event for the first time in 2007 then again six years later, there’s real excitement in the air about the AIG Women’s Open being held on the Old Course at St Andrews.
It’s partly because of the event’s ever-increasing stature, which The R&A in conjunction with title sponsor AIG both deserve enormous recognition, but more down to the venue and what it means to the world’s top women golfers to be playing there.
For those who have not spent as much time here as some of us have, there is something special about this place and you hear the players talking about it,” said Martin Slumbers, The R&A’s CEO, and they have indeed been gushing about being in the Home of Golf this week.
