In winds that gusted to more than 40mph, as many as 16 members of the 144-strong field gathered in the Home of Golf for the AIG Women’s Open Championship managed to eke out scores in red figures.
All eight players in line for automatic spots heading into the week held their places, while six of the eight qualifiers have previous experience in the Solheim Cup.
The top two players from England in the Rolex Women’s World Rankings did not reach out to their remaining teammates, Bronte Law and Jodi Ewart Shadoff, leading to a palpable hot temperature during their first interview.
It took a playoff for Celine Boutier and Georgia Hall to settle the LPGA Drive On Championship. But, after they both finished at 20-under at the par-72 Superstition Mountain Golf & Country Club outside Phoenix, Boutier grabbed the title with a birdie on the first extra hole. In the process, 29-year-old passed a notable milestone, Read more…
England’s Georgia Hall delivered a measured final round 71 to win the $US1million Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by Public Investment Fund by five shots at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club, on the Jeddah coast.
As tickets go on-sale for the first national championship on the 2019 LPGA Tour’s schedule, the two effervescent Europeans are thrilled to return Down Under.
Georgia Hall, a 22-year-old from England, made her first win on the LPGA Tour a memorable one as she captured the Ricoh Women’s British Open for not only her first LPGA win, but a Major held in her homeland at Royal Lytham & St Annes.
The Englishwoman’s play over four days at Royal Lytham & St Annes made it easy to forget that she started the week as a 22-year-old LPGA rookie still looking for her first tour win.
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