Scott Halleran/Getty ImagesCristie Kerr, ranked No. 2 in the world, made four birdies and four bogeys during her round.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- The supersized grouping went off the first tee at Locust Hill Country Club just a few minutes before 9 a.m. Thursday, beginning first-round play in the LPGA Championship.
Fascination, at least by women's golf standards, tagged along.
Cristie Kerr, Michelle Wie and Brittany Lincicome -- the few, the proud, the Americans with Q Ratings -- made for a glamour pairing that the LPGA could better use on a major-championship Sunday afternoon than on opening day. Still, there's never a bad time for fine dining.
"Great players with different styles," teaching guru David Leadbetter said as he walked outside the ropes with an expert eye trained on Wie, his student of five years. "About the best out here."
This week's Rolex World Rankings confirm the swing coach's assessment, at least for argument's sake.
Kerr, who won her second career major by a record 12 shots in this event last year, ranks No. 2 in the world, behind Taiwan's Yani Tseng. Wie is No. 10 and Lincicome, fresh from her fourth career victory earlier this month, is 14th. As a group, they represent three of the top four Americans in the world, with only Paula Creamer 's No. 11 ranking preventing their trifecta status.
For an American-based tour that has turned top-heavy with international winners, that made the opening-day threesome something of a women's golf's Kirk, Spock and McCoy, going off to fight the good fight.
"I just don't think that a lot of people really know how good the women are, and a lot of attention is focused on the PGA Tour," Kerr said.
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