This weekend, it’s time for all of us to watch the women’s U.S. Open.

The NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup Finals are over. Baseball’s all-star break isn’t for another few weeks, and the NFL hype hasn’t started yet.

All of the other peripheral sporting events can wait. We have a legitimate major that we can watch, one that we can also learn from, and Inbee Park may make history this weekend.

People like to see the sublime, the otherworldly. Women athletes, when compared to men, don’t seem all that spectacular. These women don’t have incredible swing speeds relative to the men, and their shot making ability is nothing close to Bubba Watson’s.

The TV ratings and revenues are marginal, in my estimation, at best. What are some signs? The LPGA has five major championships. The previous commissioner of the LPGA, Caroline Bivens, tried to get everyone to speak decent English in order to attract more corporate sponsorship and to liven up the pro ams.

So where am I going with all this? Why am I endorsing an entity that is going through some hard times? Let’s be realistic, our games more closely resemble those of the fine, talented women in the LPGA than PGA Tour players.

I know that we are all part of one big GolfWRX fraternity, and we like to “man up” and deliver with much bravado our yardages when it comes to our drives and iron distances.

“I drive the ball roughly three hundred yards, drunk, with a swing speed of 118 miles per hour.”

OK… maybe.

“I wish we can get Rifle shafts with a 9.0 rating on my irons The 6.0 feels like a fly rod.”

Once again, maybe. I know some of you are getting your golf calculators right now to see if in fact a 118 mph golf swing would in fact produce a 300-yard drive.

But let’s look at some facts. I can say that the longest driver in the LPGA is better than most of us. That title belongs to Nicole Smith, who on average drives it 274.88 yards per drive, according to the LPGA. If you look at the top-100 women in driving distance, they average between 245.09 and Smith’s yardages, which means that from the driver down the LPGA women hit it about as far as we do.

Trust me, I know that many of you are legitimately telling the truth about your monster drives. But what we fail to understand is that the basic fundamentals of the game are just as intriguing with the women’s game as it is with the men’s. Some of the swings that you see are picture perfect and well balanced. The short games are often times impeccable. These things are often overlooked because we’re enamored with raw power and unreal ball striking. But it’s not a bad idea to very carefully look at how they play within their means.

I read posts from golfers who have extensive knowledge of swing speed, shaft stiffness, driver adjustability, lie angles, forging methods, ball covers, dimple design and the like. These discussions are highly technical, but how about discussing something as simple as using more hybrids and lighter-weight graphite shafts in our irons like the women? That would be practical for a lot of us.

Let me conclude with a comparison to another sport, basketball. I work in a corporate setting, and we have luxury suites at the Staples Center. In order for us to use it for marketing purposes, we still have to pay for it. It’s next to impossible to get Los Angeles Lakers tickets, by far the most expensive, whether they’re having a good year or not. Clipper tickets are pretty difficult, but much more affordable. Tickets for a Sparks game (a Los Angeles WNBA team), however, have always been free, period. No one wants to go, ever. I have a harder time getting Disney on Ice tickets.

David Stern and others would argue that these women generally play better team basketball than the men, because their fundamentals are very sound. That’s why it’s in our best interest to watch the LPGA Tour and try to apply their swing mechanics and course management strategies it to our game.

No, most LPGA Tour players will never attempt some of the jaw dropping shots we see every week on the PGA Tour, but they play a game that is much more familiar to us. It might not be as entertaining, but that doesn’t mean it’s not valuable. Trust me, you’ll learn from it.