LPGA Tour winner Jessica Korda has announced on social media that she and her husband, Johnny DelPrete, had their first child, Greyson John DelPrete, this past Saturday.
Victory, it seemed, was out of the question for the hometown favorite. Nelly Korda stood on the 17th tee Sunday three strokes behind Lydia Ko, with the Kiwi’s Hall of Fame procession feeling all but guaranteed. Instead, Korda finished eagle-birdie, playing her way into a playoff and serving as the gatekeeper between Ko and the Read more…
In a memo sent to LPGA members, first reported by Golfweek and a copy of which has been obtained by Golf Digest, LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan explained that close to the meeting the LET received notice from Golf Saudi asking for more information regarding the merger’s terms.
With Ko on the doorstep of entering one of the most challenging Hall of Fames in all of sports, here are the 10 active players with at least 10 LPGA Hall of Fame points who have contended in recent years.
Gaby Lopez’s globetrotting offseason included nearly everything but golf. That finally concluded Thursday at the LPGA’s Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions with a first-round 67. Over the last month, Lopez married Santiago Carranza in Mexico. They then embarked on a three-week honeymoon that took the newlyweds to Africa, Spain, Egypt and back home to Read more…
The rising star will play only this event between now and mid-March when the tour returns to the United States, skipping four tournaments to focus on her four classes at Stanford University.
Ahead of a consequential year – with not only the five majors but another Solheim Cup and the Olympics – here are five bold predictions for the season.
For all the clamour of more co-ed professional golf, the co-sanctioned mixed-team tournament is a beta test for potential expansion into more events with between players on the LPGA and PGA Tour.
Australia’s Robyn Choi, who has not played on the LPGA full-time since 2019, won the qualifying marathon by three strokes at 29-under par. Here’s more on her and six other notable players who earned LPGA Tour status for 2024.
For the first time this millennium, PGA Tour and LPGA Tour players will tee it up together in a co-sanctioned mixed-team event at this week’s Grant Thornton Invitational.
NAPLES, Fla. — At every level, Lilia Vu has had one goal. Win Player of the Year. In 2018, Vu won the Women’s Golf Coaches Association Player of the Year. In 2021, she won the Epson Tour Player of the Year. And now, on Sunday at Tiburon Golf Club, a fourth-place finish at the CME Read more…
The story behind the smiley face on her visor says a lot about the 34-year-old LPGA veteran and the journey she has been on during her 16 years competing on tour.
NAPLES, Fla. — Another message from Alison Lee’s biggest fan pops up on her phone. “Hey Mrs. Monster, you made all those birdies today,” it reads, like one of many sent to her over the last few months. The fan is 15-time PGA Tour winner Fred Couples, and his belief in her game has finally Read more…
NAPLES, Fla. — The LPGA Tour’s most recent first-time winner, after not immediately taking up membership, will become a tour member. The LPGA announced Friday that Mone Inami, who won the Toto Japan Classic on Nov. 5 as a non-member, would join the tour for the 2024 season. “This membership, I earned on my own,” Read more…
NAPLES, Fla. — Anna Nordqvist in contention at the CME Group Tour Championship isn’t surprising. The Swede, who is seven-under par through the first round, is tracking for her fourth top-10 finish of her career at Tiburon Golf Club. What is surprising, however, is the resilience she displayed Thursday on the back end of one Read more…
The new season begins on January 18 at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions and ends just more than 10 months later on November 24 at the CME Group Tour Championship.
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