With the PGA Championship around the corner, Jason Day has cemented his status as one to watch after a hot result at Quail Hollow during the PGA Tour’s $US20 million signature event in Charlotte.
Playing on her 24th birthday, Ruffels shot a three-under-par 69 at the Country Club of Carlton Woods in Texas to be in a share of fifth position, three shots behind the leader, American Lauren Coughlin.
Australia will have its strongest representation in tournament history with nine Aussies to tee it up at the Chevron Championship in Texas starting tonight (Australian time).
A lacklustre showing from most of the Australian contingent at the Valspar Championship in Florida marked the second straight week of disappointing results on the PGA Tour.
Australia’s newest LPGA Tour member and one of the longest standing are the latest commitments to the ISPS Handa Australian Open, with Gabi Ruffels and Sarah Kemp today confirming their places in Sydney from November 30.
She won’t officially join them until 2024, but Gabriela Ruffels was welcomed into Australia’s LPGA family ahead of this week’s CPKC Women’s Open in Canada.
Twenty-two-year-old Victorian Gabriela Ruffels has taken a major step towards playing her way onto the LPGA Tour with a two-stroke win at the Epson Tour’s Carlisle Arizona Women’s Classic.
Such is the small margins separating the leading players on the moneylist, the 37th-ranked player can still earn a LPGA Tour card with a win, and that’s good news for both Gabriela Ruffels and Robyn Choi.
Ruffels is set to make her pro debut in two weeks at the Gainbridge LPGA event at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Orlando, Florida, from February 25-28.
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