In boosting the purse, the winner’s cheque also jumped to $US870,000, of which Anna Nordqvist was the happy beneficiary.
Victorian Su Oh will start the final round of the AIG Women’s Open four shots off the lead after using a string of three straight birdies to rescue her third round at Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland overnight.
Sydney’s Stephanie Kyriacou has drawn on an unlikely source of inspiration to roar into contention at the AIG Women’s Open, firing a brilliant back nine of six-under 30 at Carnoustie Golf Links as one of four Aussies to make the halfway cut.
Minjee Lee and Su Oh were the best of the Australians with one-under par rounds of 71 to be T22 on the opening day of the AIG Women’s Open at Carnoustie
The final major championship of the year is here as the best female golfers in the world descend on the links of Carnoustie.
The overall purse increase means the AIG Open jumps the US Women’s Open as the most lucrative Major overall in the women’s game.
A throwaway comment by Rory McIlroy after he missed out on a bronze medal was worth its weight in gold as golf’s much talked-about acceptance in the Olympic Games was reinforced following two glorious weeks at Tokyo 2020.
As was the case with the men’s Olympic competition, International Golf Federation officials have appropriately given the honour of hitting the opening tee shot of the 2021 Olympic women’s golf tournament to a player from the host country.
Minjee Lee’s 2016 Olympic teammate Su Oh believes the manner of her recent Major breakthrough at the Evian Championship will serve as the ideal Olympic preparation ahead of the start of the women’s golf competition tomorrow.
The most daring hairdo in world golf has taken Tokyo by storm and now Cameron Smith’s mullet has received an Olympic endorsement.
She was destined for Major championship glory but no one ever imagined it would come like this.
The serenity of the Evian Resort Golf Club, nestled in the mountains overlooking Lake Geneva, masked the mayhem that unfolded Sunday for Lee to join Hall of Famers Patty Sheehan and Karrie Webb as the three to come from seven shots behind to win an LPGA Major.
Eleven years can be a lifetime in sport yet for our young golfers now making their way into the professional game Brisbane 2032 is now a career ambition they can set their minds to.
Gold medal hopeful Minjee Lee has revealed her Olympic wish as she prepares to lead a four-person team at the first of the Aramco Team Series events at Centurion Club in London this week.
All three medallists from 2016 Olympics in Brazil are returning for the Games that were postponed from last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jason Day bounced back from his recent back injuries with a brilliant 62 at the Travelers Championship in Connecticut today to give himself a chance of his first win in three years on the tour.
KPMG Performance Insights, a new technology platform developed in partnership with the LPGA, will launch at this week’s Women’s PGA Championship and immediately be implemented on the LPGA Tour.
Women’s golf at this exact moment is replete with first-time Major winners, and we’re currently on a streak of seven first-timers in a row.
Marc Leishman on fighting his way out of a career slump to be rewarded with a spot on the Australian men’s golf team for the Tokyo Olympics – and renewed hope he can win a maiden Major.