The Dane’s dramatic fall down the rankings has been halted and she heads to the US Women’s Open with a more mature outlook
If form is the barometer most worthy of attention before a major championship, there may be little need to look much further than Emily Pedersen in respect of the US Women’s Open, which begins on Thursday in Houston. Having lived through feast and famine, the 24-year-old Dane’s recent resurgence has proved startling.
A year ago Pedersen had slipped to 549th in the world. A Solheim Cup player in 2017, she found herself in a rut, technically and psychologically. Now Pedersen is preparing for the final major of 2020 as the name on everyone’s lips: back to back wins in
Saudi Arabia, plus victory at the Spanish Open, meant she cantered to the Ladies European Tour’s order of merit title. No assessment of this run would be complete without acknowledgement of earlier struggles.