The sweltering heat and windy conditions weren’t the only difficult challenges for golfers at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Frisco, Texas. The course setup at Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco has caused major consternation among many of the world’s top players. Major winner Sophia Popov, who missed the cut after shooting 76-80 to Read more…
Heather Angell was disqualified Thursday at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship for signing an incorrect scorecard after the first round. Angell, a certified Class A PGA member, was disqualified under Rule 3.3b(3) for returning a scorecard with a score on a hole lower than she actually made. She signed for a 5 on the par-5 Read more…
FRISCO, Texas — Craig Kessler has made quite an impression around here, working the driving range in the sweltering heat and humidity at PGA Frisco. He’s shaking hands, giving hugs and introducing himself to many of his newest clients—LPGA players—at the KMPG Women’s PGA Championship, the third major of the season. He went to the Read more…
It’s mid-June and the LPGA Tour has had 15 different winners. It’s the first time since 2017 that the tour has gone this long without a multiple winner.
Turns out Korda sustained neck spasms after hitting out of the rough on the front nine at Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco during Monday’s practice round.
This is a milestone week for the PGA of America. For the first time, its Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco course in Texas, close to the PGA’s new headquarters, hosts a major championship, and that honor goes to the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. This is the last of the three women’s majors on American Read more…
Kupcho drew on her previous success to help dig herself out of her funk and made a pressure-packed birdie putt on the 18th hole to win the ShopRite Classic.
Maja Stark led the entire final round at the US Women’s Open, but there was a long wait at the 18th green at Erin Hills. It was the last big test of nerves before she could claim the trophy. RELATED: Lexi Thompson addresses slow play accusations after it quickly gained steam at Erin Hills Her Read more…
ERIN Wis. — Moving day at the U.S. Women’s Open revealed an awesome collection of players who have a shot to win the coveted major; a Swede, a player who started her year with an emergency appendectomy, three Japanese players (one of which has already won a major this year), major championship and World No. Read more…
ERIN, Wis. — After a terrifying 24 hours, Amari Avery was safe in a hotel and her misplaced golf clubs were the least of her concerns. She, her boyfriend and her parents dealt with a man trying to break into her rented house in Milwaukee in the middle of the night on Friday. They waited Read more…
ERIN, Wis. — It’s challenging to stand out on a leaderboard when World No. 1 Nelly Korda is there, but Sarah Schmelzel is doing her best to become a household name. Not purposely, but because she’s playing some of the best golf of her career over the last year. Especially at majors. Schmelzel shot a Read more…
ERIN, Wis. — Amari Avery was playing the second round of the U.S. Women’s Open with borrowed clubs on Friday. This time, it wasn’t an airline that lost her golf clubs. It was an accident that left Avery without her clubs. According to Paige Mackenzie of Golf Channel, Avery’s boyfriend, USC golfer Gavin Aurilia, accidentally Read more…
ERIN, Wis. — It wasn’t that long ago that Mao Saigo jumped into the water after winning the Chevron Championship. There’s not much water at all at Erin Hills Golf Course, but Saigo could be lifting another major championship trophy this weekend, this time without a robe. Saigo fired a six-under 66 Friday and was Read more…
ERIN, Wis. — Nelly Korda’s U.S. Women’s Open profile status has read “it’s complicated” through her first 10 appearances in the major. Perhaps she’ll be able to update come Sunday. The World No. 1 needed to step up on Friday at Erin Hills Golf Club, and she did just that. With a five-under 67—two strokes Read more…
ERIN, Wis. — Angel Yin’s 10 appearances at the U.S. Women’s Open have all been wildly different. She was mostly all bliss after her four-under 68 in the first round Thursday because she is tied with five others atop the leaderboard and had conquered Erin Hills … at least for a day. The Californian has Read more…
ERIN, Wis. — It’s been two years, but Yealimi Noh is really reaping the benefits from switching to a broomstick putter. The 23-year-old shot a first-round four-under 68 at the U.S. Women’s Open at Erin Hills and was tied for the lead after the morning wave. Noh earned her first career LPGA win earlier this Read more…
ERIN, Wis. — Yani Tseng walked into her press conference Wednesday at the U.S. Women’s Open, her 12th appearance in the biggest championship in women’s golf but first since 2016, with a never-ending smile. She followed a couple of teenage amateurs who had just held court with the media. “How old are they?” asked the Read more…
Whan was the LPGA’s commissioner from 2010-2021 and had a very successful stint, and some in golf have been referring to 39-year-old Kessler “a young Mike Whan”.
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