Articles by Jill Painter Lopez

November 15th, 2025

LPGA set to move its major Chevron Championship to Houston municipal course in 2026, per report

The Chevron Championship, the LPGA Tour’s first major of each season, is moving. The tournament played each April will switch in 2026 from The Club at Carlton Woods outside Houston across the city to Memorial Park Golf Course, where the PGA Tour holds its Texas Children’s Houston Open in March. MORE: Kai Trump makes big Read more…

November 12th, 2025

Teenager Kai Trump heads into LPGA start with advice from Tiger Woods and the US president

Kai Trump is teeing it up in her first LPGA event this week and undoubtedly got pre-tournament advice from the most unique mentors of any amateur golfer.

November 3rd, 2025

Miyu Yamashita dazzles in Malaysia, storms from 8 behind then beats Hannah Green and Hye-Jin Choi in playoff

The Women’s Open champion won for the second time this season on the LPGA Tour, joining world No.1 Jeeno Thitikul as the lone two-time winners this year.

October 26th, 2025

Australia rallies to get into semifinals and finals, then tops Americans to capture International Crown

World No. 3 Minjee Lee played like the star she is, and Hannah Green won the clinching point to power Australia to a 2 ½ to victory in the championship of the Hanwha LifePlus International Crown team event on Sunday. Good on Australia. Lee led by example and went 2-0 in singles matches on Sunday Read more…

October 23rd, 2025

With loads of young talent, Japan is a rising power on the LPGA

Five Japanese golfers have won on the LPGA Tour this season, a contingent of immensely talented young players who entered the tour with a big splash this season.

October 20th, 2025

Sei Young Kim thrills crowds in her native South Korea, captures first victory in 5 years

Sei Young Kim went wire-to-wire for her first LPGA victory in five years, but it wasn’t without plenty of nerves.

October 17th, 2025

Caitlin Clark set to play again in The Annika pro-am after thrilling players and fans last year

Caitlin Clark’s introduction to the LPGA Tour was a giant success, and she’ll return to The Annika again next month. It’s another big get for the LPGA Tour. Clark, who plays for the Indiana Fever in the WNBA and is a celebrity wherever she goes, loves golf. She played in The Annika pro-am at Pelican Read more…

October 13th, 2025

World No.1 puts an end to this crazy LPGA streak with incredible comeback win in Shanghai

Jeeno Thitikul made a four-foot birdie putt on the fifth playoff hole to win the Buick LPGA Shanghai and end a crazy LPGA streak by becoming the LPGA Tour’s first multiple winner in 2025.

October 9th, 2025

LPGA tournament’s greens looking ROUGH because of Shanghai heat

The LPGA’s month-long Asia swing is getting off to an unfortunate start as the greens at the Qizhong Garden Golf Club in Shanghai appear to be in bad shape.

October 5th, 2025

Non-tour member keeps alive LPGA’s streak of no repeat winners this season

Youmin Hwang made LPGA history, becoming the 26th different player to win an event this season, tying the LPGA record.

September 21st, 2025

With two Aussies two shots off lead, Arkansas weather delays put LPGA event in tough spot

It’s unclear how much golf the LPGA Tour will get in Sunday (Monday AEST) at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship due to an inordinate amount of rain and soggy golf course conditions. And that means the usual 54-hole event could become just 36 holes.

September 20th, 2025

The most nerve-wracking thing Charley Hull encountered when invited to Windsor Castle

[Photo: Pool photograph] The most nerve-wracking thing for British superstar Charley Hull wasn’t meeting dignitaries at the state dinner at Windsor Castle earlier this week in England. Hull doesn’t get anxious meeting famous people. RELATED: Ryder Cup 2025: Will Bethpage be a breaking point for fan behavior? She was, however, a little rattled driving. “The most Read more…

September 17th, 2025

An upstart Swede and veteran American: pair of LPGA players are enjoying an unlikely bond

At the LPGA Tour’s stop last year in Thailand, Maja Stark asked Lauren Coughlin if she wanted to play a practice round together. Coughlin agreed. Stark then told her she’d see her in 10 minutes, and Coughlin had to laugh. That wasn’t going to work. It was a perfect example of one of the differences Read more…

September 15th, 2025

World No.1’s shocking four-putt on last hole opens door for Charley Hull to collect her third LPGA title

Charley Hull’s win extends the LPGA’s streak of no repeat winners this season.

September 11th, 2025

Charley Hull has played admirably given her bizarre injuries, and there’s another new ailment on the list

It’s quite a feat that Hull, ranked eighth in the world, is back competing given all she’s dealt with and her original timetable to return after her ankle injury last month.

August 25th, 2025

Brooke Henderson, Canada’s bright star, breaks victory drought by defeating Minjee Lee to capture her national championship

Australia’s Minjee Lee briefly held a share of the lead on the final day, but could not contain the hometown favourite.

August 24th, 2025

Canada’s Brooke Henderson closes strong, leads with a chance to win her national championship

No matter what’s going on with Brooke Henderson’s golf game, she can always count on good vibes at the CPKC Women’s Open. The Canadian superstar found her happy place Saturday in a bunker, of all places, on the 17th hole at the Mississaugua Golf & Country Club in Ontario, where she’s from. She holed out Read more…

August 21st, 2025

Nelly Korda won 7 times last year and hasn’t lifted a trophy in 2025 despite similar stats. How is that possible?

It’s hard to say what’s behind not raising a trophy with the way she’s playing, and Korda has often offered a simplistic, “that’s golf.”

August 18th, 2025

Akie Iwai joins twin sister Chisato as LPGA champions in their rookie season by winning the Standard Portland Classic

The 23-year-old Japanese stars became the fourth set of sisters to win on tour, joining Annika and Charlotta Sorenstam, Nelly and Jessica Korda, and Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn.

August 16th, 2025

Juli Inkster on track in Portland to be oldest LPGA player to make a cut

Golf at The Standard Portland Classic must have been a little like old times for Hall of Famer Juli Inkster. Inkster was about to tee it up the LPGA event she won 26 years ago, and another Hall of Famer, Nancy Lopez, was there as a sponsor guest. The two legends of the game chatted Read more…

August 8th, 2025

What is ‘naturally clumsy’ Charley Hull’s latest injury? It involves a gutter in a carpark

Another week, another bizarre Charley Hull injury.

August 4th, 2025

A year after historic 7-win season, Nelly Korda is projected to lose world No.1 ranking

Nelly Korda’s dominant run as the No.1 golfer in the world is about to come to an end, as Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul will move into the top spot for the second time in her career.