It wasn’t a great week for Australians on golf’s major tours, but that didn’t stop Down Under fans being glued to the couch watching New Zealand’s Lydia Ko attempting to guarantee LPGA Hall of Fame status at a tournament in Florida.
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.
A potentially historic vote on the possible merger of the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour did not take place as expected overnight, Australian time.
Since 2016, the player who has won the LPGA’s first event of the season did not win again that year. The Canadian has one chance left to break that streak.
Here are six tour pros – major champions and Solheim Cuppers among them – who surprisingly won’t be travelling to Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida, this week.
The largest payday being claimed on the LPGA Tour this week is likely to go to someone who isn’t even playing at the Annika driven by Gainbridge, the penultimate event on the 2023 calendar.
This week’s Annika driven by Gainbridge tournament serves as the LPGA’s last call for players vying to earn their way into the CME Group Tour Championship as well as save their cards for the 2024 season.
Australian Golf Digest
