Sunday marked Mom’s Day in the USA, a day that’s usually accompanied by a whole lot of emotion.
Whereas it was a big day there have been nonetheless numerous issues occurring within the golf world and certainly one of htem was the Carlisle Arizona Ladies’s Basic on the Epson Tour. It was Sophia Popov who got here out on high, her fifth skilled win, and she or he did so with 4 total generations of her household in attendance (her grandmother, mom and daughter have been all there).
Popov, the 2020 AIg Ladies’s Open Champion, is an Arizona resident so her household was readily available to see her victory in individual. In her feedback afterward she acquired fairly emotional, particularly because it all associated to her 2-year outdated daughter Maya what with it being Mom’s Day.
“You solely get this opportunity annually, so I feel that was additionally a driving pressure behind me enjoying this week. It’s a house sport, ending on Mom’s Day, and I needed it so unhealthy… I don’t know if she’ll ever get to see me win on Mom’s Day once more, and I feel beginning out the spherical, I thought of that loads, and I used to be making an attempt to calm my mind loads as a result of I used to be like, there are a lot of issues occurring, a whole lot of ideas and what ifs, however you’ve acquired to play 18 holes.”
Popov’s dad was on her bag so the entire day and occasion was a household affair for her. It’s simple to see the way it was all extremely emotional for her, particularly as she has fought so onerous to search out correct kind as of late. Because of this win and her T30 on the first LPGA main of the yr within the Chevron, she’ll get into just a few extra fields and have extra alternatives to shine.
Congratulations to her and to her household.
