It’s early, but if the Swede happens to win she’d be eligible for Ladies European Tour membership, which would mark the third consecutive Solheim Cup where a player won tour membership to be allowed to qualify for the matches.
The LPGA Tour heads this week to its first major of the season on non-American soil for the Amundi Evian Championship in France amid some of its most uncertain times of the 2024 season.
Due to the Netherlands’ separate qualification rules for golf, only one of the nation’s four eligible golfers will represent the Dutch at the Olympics.
Amy Yang has spent half of her life on the LPGA Tour. The 34-year-old South Korean has played for 17 years on the domestic circuit, knocking on the door in several majors with 21 top-10s, but without a breakthrough. The five-time LPGA winner positioned herself to snap the streak at 75 major starts without a Read more…
Nelly Korda’s shocking fall Friday dropped her from contending at Sahalee Country Club to leaving before the weekend at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
The American continued her stellar play with a four-under 68 in the opening round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship to take the outright lead after the first round of a major for the first time in her 13-year career. Meanwhile, world No.5 Hannah Green is the best-placed Australian.
Ahead of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, Korda and long-time caddie Jason McDede subtly changed their club-selection process to give the 25-year-old more responsibility on her club choices at Sahalee Country Club.
Since the Olympics’ reintroduction of golf at the 2016 Games, the women’s tournament has been a reflection of the dominant country’s success at the time on the LPGA Tour. The two gold medalists, Inbee Park (2016) and Nelly Korda (2020), came from nations that sent four players to the Olympics, an opportunity only allowed if Read more…
Nearly a week after six-time LPGA winner Nasa Hataoka was disqualified from the ShopRite LPGA Classic after she signed an incorrect scorecard because she was deemed to have taken too long to search for her ball, the Japanese star posted on social media a long and critical response.
Strom, who birdied her 36th hole just to make the cut, earned her first career LPGA title to shatter the tour’s previous record held by Ayako Okamoto at the 1987 Lady Keystone Open (T-23) for the biggest comeback by position.
The expectations were kept to a minimum for Arpichaya Yubol headed into Sunday at the U.S. Women’s Open. The Thai somehow managed to end up in eighth place through 54 holes despite missing six straight cuts going into her debut at the championship. Her third round two-under 68 was Yubol’s first red-figure round since late Read more…
Charley Hull has had a plenty decorated professional golf career. The Englishwoman has won twice on the LPGA Tour, played in six Solheim Cups, and gave a late-Sunday charge at last year’s U.S. Women’s Open, ripping a fairway wood from under the cypress tree on Pebble Beach’s famed 18th to try and chase down her Read more…
Wichanee Meechai finds herself navigating uncharted waters at the U.S. Women’s Open, where the eight-year LPGA Tour veteran is in a thrilling three-way tie for the lead alongside LPGA winners Minjee Lee and Andrea Lee at five under. On Saturday, the Thai displayed remarkable poise under pressure, shooting an impressive one-under 69 despite battling what Read more…
This U.S. Women’s Open witnessed a trio of performances that will likely never happen together again. Thursday at Lancaster Country Club, major champions Brooke Henderson, Lydia Ko, and Nelly Korda each shot 10-over-par 80. It was the second round ever in the 80s for Henderson, with the fourth for Korda and fifth for Ko. Even Read more…
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