PEBBLE BEACH (California) – McKayla Mayer and Reagan Mayer headed up the 18th hole at Pebble Beach Golf Links in search of one last item for a scavenger hunting. Reagan, 7, received a day at Pebble Beach as a birthday gift. They dressed up in their Nike shoes, matching Goldman Sachs sunglasses, and Goldman Sachs visors to look like their idol, American top-ranked player Nelly Korda.

McKayla is 22 when the U.S. Women’s Open comes back to Pebble Beach. If her enthusiasm for both the event and the game are any indication, a place in the 156 player field could one day be a realistic target. If she does not make it by 2035, then no problem. The women will return in 2040, and then again in 2048 when she is 35.

This historic week will not end here.

The 78th U.S. Women’s Open, is first and foremost a celebration. In a century, historians may look back at this championship and think it was the most significant Women’s Open ever.

It’s taking place on a course that many people consider to be a national gem. Jack Nicklaus won the tournament here, as did Tiger Woods and Tom Watson. Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Patty Berg and even Babe Didrikson Zaharias won the Weathervane Transcontinental Women’s Open in Pebble Beach between 1950 and 1951, just a few years after the LPGA formed. They would be surprised to find out it took so long for them to get an invitation back.

The players in this week’s field probably never imagined playing a U.S. Women’s Open on Pebble Beach when they were McKayla’s ages because it was never done before.

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Most of the top women’s players had never even played Pebble in a casual environment before preparing for the tournament this week. Lydia Ko and her husband visited Pebble Beach earlier this spring for the first time. Nelly Ko saw each hole for the very first time on Monday. Michelle Wie West played her first nine holes at the media day on May 15th and the remainder last week.

Since generations, women have played in venues with little history, prestige, or name recognition. It’s amazing how few modern athletes have a deep understanding of the game.

Only in recent years have the world’s most talented women golfers been able to experience the very best of this sport.

Korda, a former women’s major champion, said: “I don’t believe you can compare this course with any other tournament.” “It’s Pebble. “Now I get it. Playing it for the very first time.”

The All England Club announced this week that the prize money for men and woman at Wimbledon will total $56,600,000. This is an increase of 11 percent over last year. Both the male and female champions are to receive $2,741,726 each.

The USGA announced on Wednesday that the Women’s Open this week will feature a record purse of $11 million, with $2 million going to the winner. This is the same as last year’s record-breaking first-place prize at the CME Group Tour Championship.

The LPGA and PGA Tours have never played on the same stage at a major tennis championship – a clear advantage for tennis – but playing the courses that fans clamor for is the next best option.

Michelle Wie West, “… said: “The fans drive media value. You have to increase the media value in order to earn more money.”

39 past champions met at Pebble Beach to participate in a dinner for past champions. The women were asked to record the winnings of the year as they introduced themselves. Karrie Webb’s Aussie hero Minjee Lee, who won $1.8m last year at Pine Needles and her Aussie rival, Karrie Lee, said that Minjee Lee had only two seasons where she’d won more than that, which was five and seven wins.

Previous generations have told similar stories – which is a good thing.

Webb said, “If the next generation doesn’t play for more money,” then we have failed in our time.

Rose Zhang, a rising star in the game and two of the biggest figures in women’s sport say goodbye to each other in a heartfelt ceremony.

Annika Sorenstam will be playing in her last LPGA major championship Thursday, alongside Wie West. Wie was the 2014 U.S. women’s open champion and announced last year this would her last tournament.

Wie West wears a beaded bracelet that her daughter McKenna (with her mom’s assistance) made that spells out “M-o m-m y.” Her wrists, which caused her so much pain and ended a promising career as a Tiger, now support her precious child.

McKenna’s drive is behind Wie West’s mission to make the game better.

Pebble Beach, its partners and Stanford sophomore Kelly Zu from Claremont in California will all be present when Stanford’s Kelly Zu takes the first shot at 7 am on Thursday. On Wednesday, the short course of the resort, The Hay was the site of a historic event. Pebble Beach, along with its partners, raised $1.5 million to benefit LPGA-USGA Girls Golf. This is the largest donation made in a single location to the LPGA-USGA Girls Golf organization.

Pebble Beach has a power all its own. A new era has begun.