HOUSTON — Memorial Park Golf Course is the new home of the Chevron Championship and while it’s fresh to the LPGA, it’s not new to professional golf. MORE: Stacy Lewis bids farewell to major golf in her home state The public course has been home to the PGA Tour’s Texas Children’s Open since 2020, and Read more…
HOUSTON — Stacy Lewis is coming out of retirement for one last glorious start at the Chevron Championship in her home state of Texas. Whether she makes the cut in the LPGA’s first major of the season, she’s got another sporting milestone lined up on Saturday. MORE: 15 players to watch in the Chevron Championship Read more…
HOUSTON — Sheila Johnson’s first love was music. She studied to be a concert violinist, began her career teaching the subject and eventually went on to co-create Black Entertainment Television. Over time, the successful businesswoman and black pioneer added golf to her portfolio—and to her list of passions. Since taking up the game in the Read more…
Players have the option to jump in or not, but it’s certainly something that fans and viewers have come to expect from the winner since Amy Alcott spontaneously first took the plunge into Poppie’s Pond at the 1988 Nabisco Dinah Shore in the California desert.
Hannah Green produced a stunning late charge to win the JM Eagle LA Championship in a playoff, claiming her fourth victory of the season and continuing her dominance in Los Angeles.
LPGA Tour commissioner Craig Kessler was announced in the role last May before taking over in mid-July. “I’m thrilled with the progress our team is making,” he says.
TARZANA, Calif. — Chizzy Iwai had just started her early morning first round of the JM Eagle LA Championship when she looked up and saw something spectacular. “The view. Did you see the sky? Today I saw in the sky a circle rainbow,” Chizzy said. “We were talking, ‘look at that!’” Every rainbow is technically Read more…
TARZANA, Calif. — Natasha Oon has finally had some moments to exhale. She sat in a comfortable chair on a walkway just outside El Caballero Country Club, recalling her electrifying start on the LPGA as she prepares for this week’s JM Eagle LA Championship just outside Los Angeles. The 24-year-old sensation announced her rookie season Read more…
TARZANA, Calif.— Ingrid Lindblad returned here to El Caballero Country Club, a place that was filled with smiles and celebration and exuberance one year ago. She came back with some of that same confidence that helped her win the JM Eagle LA Championship. There are all those good memories from her first win as a Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Paul Lester was walking around Augusta National Golf Club with his unmistakable bucket hat and smile. MORE: Masters picks, the Bryson Dilemma He was there to watch final round of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur as a fan before working the Masters as a professional photographer. Lester didn’t have his camera with Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — In preparation for her fourth Augusta National Women’s Amateur, Maria Jose Marin played a practice round at Champions Retreat with local caddie Darren Woo on the bag. They worked well together, and that’s when Marin’s father, Jose, had an important conversation with her. Jose previoiusly had been Marin’s caddie for her three Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Asterisk Talley is just 17 years old but her confidence on the golf course is way beyond her years. It’s a self-assurance she’s carried with her from the time she began playing golf as a young girl in Chowchilla, Calif. “I feel like I’ve always had that since I was little. I Read more…
EVANS, Ga. — When Meja Ortengren is skiing double black diamonds in her home country of Sweden, she’s living a bit dangerously. Those are expert-level and difficult slopes to navigate. She prefers skiing red slopes, where she knows she won’t get out of control. Ortengren, a Stanford sophomore, went home for almost three weeks on Read more…
EVANS, Ga. — Megha Ganne arrived to Augusta with all the hype and vibes of competing in her sixth and final Augusta National Women’s Amateur. The Stanford standout is the reigning U.S. Women’s Amateur champion and she has so much history here. But that fell by the wayside from the moment she teed off because Read more…
Raegan Denton has never watched the Masters but is thriving at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Read about her confident approach and standout play.
EVANS, Ga. — Asterisk Talley was in need of a caddie just days before the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. She originally had top-ranked amateur golfer Miles Russell set to be on the bag, but when he got into this week’s Lecom Suncoast Classic on the Korn Ferry Tour after a T-15 last week in Savannah, Read more…
EVANS, Ga. — When Bailey Shoemaker isn’t playing golf in tournament such as this week’s Augusta National Women’s Amateur, she’s working in intelligence. Not officially, but she sure is doing a good job of it. The sophomore is studying intelligence and cyber operations at USC, and she practices her skills on those she knows well. Read more…
EVANS, Ga. — Amanda Sambach is playing in her sixth Augusta National Women’s Amateur, so when she meets other golfers, some of them competing for the first time in one of the most prestigious events, the usual exchange always comes with a hint of disbelief about how long she’s been around. MORE: 15 players to Read more…
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