With her ace, Brooke Matthews earned the right to drive a Lamborghini Urus for two years, with tournament officials gifting a lease to those who make a hole-in-one on that hole.
Australia’s Grace Kim shared the lead at the half way mark at the LPGA Tour’s The Annika but it was a teenage star who grabbed the headlines for the first two days.
Early headlines at The Annika LPGA event were dominated by 18-year-old Kai Trump and WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark – to the point that Nelly Korda’s return to the course for her first start in six weeks became a secondary story. It’s not often that the 27-year-old is the understudy.
For Kai Trump, the 18-year-old granddaughter of US President Donald Trump who was thrust into the spotlight as a sponsor invite for The Annika LPGA event, she was truly just happy to be there.
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.
Lincicome realised she wanted to retire only a few months ago. As recently as July, she told friends that she still had 10 years left in the tank, feeling she still had the game even though her head often got in the way.