Rachel Hetherington is set to make her US Senior Women’s Open debut at Barton Hills Country Club, marking a full-circle moment for one of Australia’s greatest women’s golfers as she returns to major championship golf.
Haeran Ryu narrowly misses a 59 but still shoots the lowest round in major championship history, an 11-under 60, to surge three shots clear at the Amundi Evian Championship.
You don’t have to look any further than Instagram to understand why the most notable player at this week’s LPGA Tour event isn’t one of the top women’s professionals in the field, but rather an 18-year-old high school senior with a famous last name.
We’d bet against Hull’s ‘ripping away tour cards’ plan making it anywhere other than social media, but it’s certainly keeping the issue in the spotlight.
This is the first time since Yani Tseng in 2011 that someone has won seven times in a year, and Korda is the first American to accomplish the feat since Hall of Famer Beth Daniel did so in 1990.
Australia’s greatest Major champion has won her first event in more than eight years, taking out the Senior LPGA Championship in Kansas by four strokes.
News of Lauren Stephenson’s recent bid to play in a PGA Tour event leaves unanswered the following questions: when will a woman again tee it up with the men? And who might it be?
Australian Golf Digest
