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Stacy Lewis will have one eye on the Home of Golf this week as she competes in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational in Midland, Michigan. As one of only two female professionals to ever win on the Old Course, with Lorena Ochoa being the first in 2007, Lewis considers it to be “the coolest place” in golf.
Lewis, of course, won the 2013 AIG Women’s British Open at St. Andrews and, in 2008, became the first player to go 5-0 in the Curtis Cup over the Old Course. That week also started a special relationship between the Lewis family and the famed Dunvegan Hotel, which used to be owned by Texas native Jack Willoughby and his wife Sheena, a native Scot.
Lorena Ochoa with the trophy after winning the Ricoh Women’s British Open at The Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland. (Photo by Martin Rickett – PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)
Ochoa’s celebration in 2007 was at the Dunvegan as was Lewis’ in 2013, though hers was more low-key back in the Claret Jug Restaurant with close friends and family. They watched a replay of the last three holes on television and ate pizza.
When the Women’s British went to Kingsbarns in 2017, Lewis again stayed at the Dunvegan. Last year, in between quarantine bubbles for the Scottish and British, she stopped by the famous pub with longtime caddie Travis Wilson. They walked around the 18th and reminisced.
“It truly is, it’s my favorite place,” said Lewis. “Any opportunity I have I’m going to stop back through there.”
Stacy Lewis of the United States putts for birdie on the 18th green during the final round of the Ricoh Women’s British Open at the Old Course, St Andrews on August 4, 2013 in St Andrews, Scotland. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)
Which is why 37-year-old Lewis, a two-time major winner and former No. 1, was disappointed not to have been invited back this week for the 150th celebration of the men’s Open Championship. On Monday, the R&A Celebration of Champions included Tiger Woods, Lee Trevino and Rory…
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