Sunday marked Mom’s Day in the US, a day that’s typically accompanied by loads of emotion.
Whereas it was a big day there have been nonetheless a number of issues occurring within the golf world and one in all htem was the Carlisle Arizona Ladies’s Basic on the Epson Tour. It was Sophia Popov who got here out on prime, her fifth skilled win, and he or she did so with 4 general generations of her household in attendance (her grandmother, mom and daughter had 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 In her feedback afterward she bought fairly emotional, particularly because it all associated to her 2-year outdated daughter Maya what with it being Mom’s Day.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 every year, so I feel that was additionally a driving pressure behind me enjoying this week. It’s a house recreation, ending on Mom’s Day, and I wished it so dangerous… 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 considered that lots, and I used to be making an attempt to calm my mind lots as a result of I used to be like, there are numerous issues occurring, loads of ideas and what ifs, however you’ve bought 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 straightforward to see the way it was all extremely emotional for her, particularly as she has fought so onerous to seek out correct kind as of late. Due to this win and her T30 on the first LPGA main of the 12 months within the Chevron, she’ll get into a couple of extra fields and have extra alternatives to shine.
Congratulations to her and to her household.
