The only drama Nelly Korda faced on the final day at the Chevron Championship was whether she was going to jump or wade into the small, temporary pool next to the 18th hole at Memorial Park Golf Course.
HOUSTON — Nelly Korda has a chance to win a major in wire-to-wire fashion and she’s got the largest 54-hole lead of her LPGA Tour career to try to do it. It’s hard to imagine a better scenario for the world’s second-ranked player in the Chevron Championship at Memorial Park Golf Course. Korda has a Read more…
HOUSTON — World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul is still searching for her first major and it’s not going to happen this week at the Chevron Championship. MORE: Farah O’Keefe has a big personality to go with powerful game Thitikul, who already has won in her home country at the Honda LPGA Thailand this season and Read more…
HOUSTON — Farah O’Keefe is having fun in her home state of Texas, chatting it up on the golf course, throwing darts and making up-and-downs look easy. It just so happens she’s doing all of this in a major championship. O’Keefe, a University of Texas junior and the fourth-ranked amateur in the world, shot a Read more…
HOUSTON — World No. 2 Nelly Korda has put herself in position to run away with the Chevron Championship. Korda, playing in the morning wave of the LPGA’s first major of the year, shot a second straight seven-under-par 65 on Friday and led the field by seven shots when she finished at Memorial Park Golf Read more…
Korda fired a seven-under 65 in an afternoon group on the opening day of the Chevron Championship to put herself atop the leaderboard. She leads by two shots over Somi Lee and Patty Tavatanakit; Cassie Porter’s two-under 70 sees her as the best-placed Australian.
After winning a major, Maja Stark faced unexpected mental challenges. Now, she’s opening up on anxiety, rebuilding her game and finding her way back at the Chevron Championship.
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…
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