Georgia's Lopez gets U.S. Women's Open exemption
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Posted 6:56AM on Tuesday, April 23, 2002
FAR HILLS, N.J. - Nancy Lopez - who announced last month that this will be her last full season on the LPGA Tour - has accepted a special exemption to play in the U.S. Women's Open. <br>
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The Women's Committee of the U.S. Golf Association extended the invitation for Lopez to compete July 4-7 at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kansas. <br>
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It will be the 25th Open for the 45-year-old Lopez, who has never won but was a four-time runner-up. <br>
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Lopez and her husband - former baseball player Ray Knight - have four children and live in Albany.
