ERIN, Wis. — Preparing for a U.S. Women’s Open can be as tough a test as actually playing the USGA setup. For Hall of Famer Lydia Ko, she’s added YouTube golf videos to help get ready for Erin Hills Golf Course this week. MORE: Power Rankings for 2025 U.S. Women’s Open It might not be Read more…
Island life was everything for Emily Odwin. She was at the beach daily while growing up in Barbados and activities were centered around the ocean, where she learned to swim when she was only 4. It was her happy place to relax as well. Growing up in the parish of St. James, Odwin became a Read more…
Japanese rookie Chisato Iwai stormed ahead in the final round of the Mexico Riviera Maya Open and never looked back to win for the first time on the LPGA in dominant fashion. RELATED: Two years ago he became an ordained monk. Now he just qualified for the Open Championship Chisato, 22, entered the final round Read more…
To secure her first win of the season, Jeeno Thitikul had to hold off a stacked leaderboard that included World No. 1 Nelly Korda and a host of other top players.
OJAI, Calif. — Ilhee Lee came agonizingly close to resurrecting a comeback at the U.S. Women’s Open last year. And the year before that. Lee, who played on the LPGA Tour for nearly a decade and has one career victory, finished fourth in the U.S. Women’s Open qualifying last year at the Village Course in Read more…
Teenage sensation Yana Wilson has won the Mizuho Americas Open before, albeit in the AJGA portion of the event. Now the 18-year-old Wilson will tee it up at Liberty National Golf Club in New Jersey for the first time as a professional. And with her first pro win on her résumé, to boot.
The Korean made six birdies and an eagle – and played bogey-free – to win wire-to-wire in the inaugural Black Desert Championship with an eight-under 64 in Utah.
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Nelly Korda was all smiles after the final round in the Chevron Championship, and it wasn’t because she’d made a joyful jump in the pond. World No. 1 Korda—the defending champion here—grinded all week and shot a two-under 70 on Sunday with five birdies and three bogeys to finish two under Read more…
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Lindy Duncan has dreamed of playing in the final pairing on a Sunday, and here she is in the Chevron Championship doing just that. Carlota Ciganda has been there and done that in contending for majors, and it’s why she’s still playing professional golf. And there you have a duo of Read more…
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — World No. 1 Nelly Korda had an unbelievable run on Friday just to make the cut in the Chevron Championship. Her momentum continued in Saturday’s third round with four birdies and a first nine of 33 that got the defending champion only four shots off of the lead. Then, inexplicably, Korda Read more…
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — World No. 1 Nelly Korda had a rough first round in the Chevron Championship and an even tougher start on Friday. MORE: Semi-retired Lexi Thompson shows she can still compete Korda bogeyed two of the first three holes at The Club at Carlton Woods and was seven over with 16 holes Read more…
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — If you see Sarah Schmelzel and her caddie smiling and laughing, after a birdie or bogey, it’s by design. Between singing “Blank Space” by Taylor Swift or needling one another, caddie Taylor “Shota” Takeda likes to keep things loose, and Schmelzel is up for that, too. They started working together at Read more…
China’s Yan Liu joined a very exclusive golf club Friday in the second round of the LPGA Tour’s first major of the season, the Chevron Championship. MORE: Semi-retired Lexi Thompson shows she’s still got game In the midst of a round that had the 27-year-old vying to stay at the top of the leaderboard, Liu Read more…
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — There’s a noticeable difference between Lexi Thompson the semi-retired LPGA Tour player and the one who played fulltime on tour for 14 years. More vacations and down time. MORE: Making sense of the ‘zero torque’ putter craze Thompson, who announced her part-time status last year, hasn’t turned off that competitive streak, Read more…
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Lydia Ko had reason to celebrate, and it was more than just her birthday. Ko turned 28 on Thursday and after her first round one-over 73 at the Chevron Championship, she received a surprise cake. The beautiful dessert was a white cake with vanilla bean frosting and had pink flowers and Read more…
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Nelly Korda’s defense of her Chevron Championship title got off to such a rough start that the world’s top-ranked golfer is in serious danger of missing the cut in the LPGA’s first major of the year. Korda had a morning tee time during Thursday’s opening round at The Club at Carlton Read more…
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Jeeno Thitikul has remarkable perspective for a 22-year-old LPGA Tour star. She has 46 top-10 career finishes and four career wins. She’s in contention to win as much Caitlin Clark is to make 3-pointers in any given game. She has $10.4 million in career earnings. But she hasn’t won a major Read more…
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