New Marilynn Smith Arizona Women’s Senior Open, featuring Pat Bradley, Sandra Palmer and Rosie Jones, raises scholarship money and helps fill LPGA void

With the LPGA and Epson Tours off this week, it’s fun to shift focus to the Marilynn Smith Arizona Women’s Senior Open and Scholarship Fund.

Twenty-four two-person teams will compete for a $30,000 purse May 3-4 at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, in a scramble and four-ball format. Teams include LPGA and World Golf Hall of Famer Pat Bradley/Barbara Moxness, Sandra Palmer/Brandie Burton, Rosie Jones/Lisa DePaulo, Pat Hurst/Wendy Ward, and sisters Dina and Danielle Ammaccapane.

World Golf Hall of Famers Kathy Whitworth, Susie Berning, and Bradley took part in Monday’s pro-am festivities at Longbow.