Meet the Women Who Chase their LPGA Tour Dreams in RVs

Riley Rennell hits balls next to her RV ahead of the LPGA Drive On Championship. (Golf Week photo courtesy Riley Rennell)

If Rob Rennell has one regret, it’s that he didn’t buy a fifth-wheel sooner, according to a report by Golfweek.com, part of USA Today Sports.

Rennell estimates that traveling the junior golf circuit by trailer with daughter Riley would’ve cut the family’s expenses in half. Rob and Riley have been practicing in Scottsdale, Arizona, for the past three months while their 42-foot trailer is parked at Eagle View RV Resort at Fort McDowell.

“It’s almost like an apartment,” said Riley of the setup, which includes two bedrooms and two bathrooms. RV life allows Riley to bring her dog Alex and kitten Frankie on tour.

The Rennells also have a 40-acre farm in Columbia, Tennessee, which supplies hay for the cattle ranches that surround. Kendra Rennell, who was back home overseeing roof repairs at the farm, recently made her way out west to watch Riley make her LPGA debut this week at the Drive On Championship at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club in Gold Canyon, Arizona.

While Jordan Spieth made some headlines earlier this year talking about his new rig, the women who haul trailers around the country aren’t having quite the same experience as the luxury motor homes that Jason Day, John Daly, Jimmy Walker and others have used for years.

“We’re the trailer girls,” said Dorsey Addicks, who lived 280 days in her Airstream the first year she bought it. Addicks’s father, Rich, a retired photojournalist, has an Airstream, too.

Read the full report by Golfweek.com.

Source: https://rvbusiness.com/meet-the-women-who-chase-their-lpga-tour-dreams-in-rvs/