Women & # 039; s British Open in NI would & # 039; spectacular & # 039; – Meadow

Meadow retained her LGPA Tour card for 2020 during a dramatic close at the Volunteers of America Classic last October.

NI golfer Stephanie Meadow believes that a British Open Ladies in Northern Ireland would be "spectacular".

Great Golf Championship returned to Northern Ireland last summer when Royal Portrush hosted the Men's Open Championship.

Northern Ireland has never hosted the Women's British Open, but Meadow hopes this may change in the future.

"I think it would be huge," said Meadow.

"The crowds we had for the World Invitational in Galgorm last summer were really great and I can only imagine what it would be like for an Open.

" Obviously not as much as the men but we would still get some great followers. It would be spectacular – any of the golf courses in Northern Ireland would take up the challenge I'm sure. "

Meadow, 28, is currently staying at home at her Phoenix base with the LPGA Tour suspended due to coronavirus.

But since the golf courses in Arizona remain open, Meadow says they will her game worked before the tour finally resumed.

"Right now, we have home orders instead of a lockdown," said the Jordanstown resident.

"The golf courses are still open, which is great – I'm going there a bit, but honestly, I've tried to stay in as much as possible to stay safe.

"It is not quite the same as at home, but it will be. Fortunately Phoenix has not become a hotspot, not nearly as bad as New York or other parts of the country."

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"Who knows what's going to happen in the next two weeks. I was driving past a hospital recently and they had an emergency hospital in the field before it, so it's still very real here."

Meadow, who dramatically retained her LPGA Tour map in late 2019, says she has kept herself fit with regular sessions on the pack.

However, the former two-time Curtis Cup player admits that she cannot quite handle Rory McIlroy's level on the popular static cycling challenges.

"His numbers are pretty crazy," Meadow admitted.

"I'm not near that level, but it's fun to compare numbers and do different classes.

" There's an LPGA Peloton Instagram group and we got it it's all about riding together so it's just a way to stay connected and keep motivation high. "