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GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — Lara Arias is a rare female golf course superintendent and she's in charge at the Marco Simone club outside Rome that will host the Ryder Cup next week. She tells The Associated Press that she hopes her work "causes a lot of golf clubs that still have doubts about hiring a female superintendent to step back and reflect." She adds that she knows "a lot of other really great women who can do this job." Women account for only 2% of the superintendents registered with the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America. There are also few female superintendents in Europe. Superintendents are responsible for a golf course's maintenance, management, budget and safety.
