My "5 to Watch" at the Women's British Open

Three Open Championships in a row! How cool is that?

This week the ladies take their flip at hyperlinks golfing. Trump Turnberry may also were the source of some undesirable exposure this yr however, politics aside, that is a conventional music that have to absolutely mission the girls to play a number of their first-rate golfing to this point.

The protecting champion is Mo Martin, but I'm having trouble selecting her to repeat. As lots as I like Mo's sport -- she's short off the tee however extremely accurate -- her win in ultimate yr's Open at Royal Birkdale was the highest triumphing rating (-1) since it became a first-rate at the LPGA. Unless they've horrific weather at Turnberry, I do not see that getting it carried out this year.

In fact, I'm no longer positive there are any sure bets this year. Inbee Park, Lydia Ko and Stacy Lewis all appear a bit off their video games, Michelle Wie continues to be injured (despite the fact that she nonetheless plans to tee it up), and I'm not positive how Lexi Thompson's hand will maintain up taking huge divots in hard hyperlinks sand.

So it looks as if time to avoid the usual chalk selections and search for hidden gemstones...

• Suzann Pettersen may seem like a chalk pick but she hasn't broken into the Top5 in majors lately. And except for her win earlier this season, she's struggled to reach double digits under par. (She shot -22 at Manulife, but no better than -11 at any other LPGA event... and her best major finish was -9 at the ANA. She shot +8 at the US Open and missed the cut.) But she played pretty well in Scotland this past week and she'll be acclimated to the weather and time change, so she makes my list.
• Gerina Piller doesn't have a good record at the RICOH but -- with the exception of the US Open -- has been playing very well lately. I'm going with form over past performance here; Gerina is due and if Phil Mickelson can pick up one of these things...
• Morgan Pressel has three 3rds in the first 3 majors of the season. With her increased length off the tee and her ability to hit the low ball, I think she'll do well again.
• Sei Young Kim has no record at the RICOH because she's never played it. I'm calling this one on beginner's luck.
• And finally, Shanshan Feng was last year's runner-up and she's a Top10 machine this season. She just might get it done this time.

Of course, at least one of the big names is likely to get into contention if not win. But the RICOH is one of the hardest tournaments for any woman to build a consistent record in. And given how wild this year has been so far, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect an upset.

In fact, given Trump's recent comments, wouldn't it be really cool if Lizette Salas won? I didn't pick her but I'll sure be pulling for her!