American Morgan Pressel is looking forward to playing Callaway - Women's RAZR X Iron-Hybrid Combo Set
at Royal Melbourne when the LPGA heads there for the first time ever this week.
The famed venue is set to stage a women's event, the $1.1 million Australian Women's Open, for the first time in its history and Pressel is eagerly anticipating playing a course she watched with interest when the men battled it out for the Presidents Cup in November of last year.
The 23-year-old arrived in Melbourne on Monday to start her preparations and is expecting the greens to be as firm, quick and challenging as they were during the Presidents Cup.
"I definitely saw how it was firm and fast," she said.
"They had a ton of trouble holding some of the greens and even putting off greens; it was pretty crazy.
"I think it's a special week any time we can playCallaway - Women's RAZR X Iron-Hybrid Combo Set
on one of the best courses in the world.
"We play a lot of nice courses on tour but we don't play a tremendous number of truly the best courses.
"To play a course with Callaway - Women's RAZR X Iron-Hybrid Combo Set like this is definitely a treat for us."
Pressel said the news of 14-year-old Lydia Ko's victory at the NSW Open last month made her feel old.
"It's definitely getting younger; that's been a trend over the last 10 years where almost the younger you can get out the better," she said.
"I thought I was very young and still am fairly young but when I come out here I feel old.
"To think that a girl who's 14 is winning a professional event, it's pretty amazing."
Ko will be at Royal Melbourne this week, along with American Lexi Thompson, who made history herself when she won the LPGA Navistar Classic last September at the age of 16, and six of the world's top 10 female golfers.