Hudson and LET players have point to prove
IRISH WOMEN'S OPEN: AN INVASION of sorts has taken place for the AIB Ladies Irish Open at Portmarnock Links, even if two of the infiltrators - Norway's Suzann Pettersen, the world number three, and Maria Hjorth, of Sweden - are familiar faces in that they cut their teeth as touring professionals on this side of the Atlantic before being lured to the greater financial rewards on the LPGA Tour.
Still, along with the American Morgan Pressel, the two Scandinavians are part of a them-and-us challenge for the European Tour's leading lights.
And, as the in-form Rebecca Hudson put it at Portmarnock Links yesterday, "I think it's great to have Suzie and Mimi and Morgan here. It's nice to play against the American-based girls who apparently are so much better than us if you look at the world rankings . . . those three should walk it!"
