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…
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — There’s a term that doesn’t sit quite right with Swedish golfer Ingrid Lindblad. It’s a word given to people who are new at something. They often are inexperienced and need training. And, generally, there’s a different tone about it. In sports, it refers to someone in their first season. Rookie. “I Read more…
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Lilia Vu made the famous jump into the pond after her win the Chevron Championship here in 2023 for the first major title of her career. MORE: 15 players to watch in the Chevron Championship It was a core memory full of joy and excitement and euphoria. So very different from Read more…
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — The Chevron Championship is so much more than an LPGA major. The title sponsor has added many bells and whistles since taking over the tournament in 2022 and moving it to the Houston area in 2023, it all makes perfect sense when everything reputedly is bigger in Texas. It’s a coveted Read more…
The Chevron Championship at The Club at Carlton Woods outside of Houston starts on Thursday, and we’ve got the goods on players we think have the best shot to win.
TARZANA, Calif. — Japanese star Akie Iwai has dreams of winning a major and playing with her twin sister, Chisato, in a final pairing on the LPGA Tour. The 22-year-old identical twins took a significant step in that direction as they were paired together for the first time in an LPGA event Saturday in the Read more…
TARZANA, Calif. — Japanese rookie Akie Iwai is making her first LPGA start in the Los Angeles area. Luckily for the 22-year-old, the Dodgers were in town and Iwai had the chance to go to a game to see fellow countryman Shohei Ohtani. Asked if she was a fan, Iwai said: “Of course. Actually, we Read more…
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