![Charlie Riedel FILE - Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, hits from the fairway on the second hole during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Chambers Bay on June 21, 2015, in University Place, Wash. When the Open came to the Pacific Northwest for the first time nearly a decade ago, golf enthusiasts in the upper left corner of the country hoped it’d be the start of significant events making a regular visit. So far, that has not come to fruition and there’s not much on the horizon to suggest it’ll change. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/59e71689c2aa47dfa4d0ee971d5b68f9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, hits from the fairway on the second hole during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Chambers Bay on June 21, 2015, in University Place, Wash. When the Open came to the Pacific Northwest for the first time nearly a decade ago, golf enthusiasts in the upper left corner of the country hoped it’d be the start of significant events making a regular visit. So far, that has not come to fruition and there’s not much on the horizon to suggest it’ll change. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
![Elaine Thompson FILE - Paula Creamer hits out of a bunker during the first round at the Women's PGA Championship golf tournament at Sahalee Country Club on June 9, 2016, in Sammamish, Wash. The Seattle area will get a taste of major golf this week when the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship is played at Sahalee for the second time. The course hosted the tournament in 2016 and served as the conclusion to a run of big golf events that visited the Puget Sound region during a six-year window that began in 2010. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d0d70f62c46d46c2911e7fe8639d5bec/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Paula Creamer hits out of a bunker during the first round at the Women's PGA Championship golf tournament at Sahalee Country Club on June 9, 2016, in Sammamish, Wash. The Seattle area will get a taste of major golf this week when the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship is played at Sahalee for the second time. The course hosted the tournament in 2016 and served as the conclusion to a run of big golf events that visited the Puget Sound region during a six-year window that began in 2010. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)