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Sophia popov

March 23rd, 2025

LPGA clerical error leads to ineligible player in tournaments and 3 others who were left out, including an Aussie

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June 1st, 2024

Lancaster test for US Women’s Open has been more brutal than USGA expected

In every respect, the difficulty of Lancaster has outpaced itself from the US Women’s Open the Pennsylvania course held nine years ago.

October 18th, 2021

Watch the first Ladies European Tour event played in the USA end in the dark under floodlights

There was always going to be something historic about this week’s Aramco Team Series-New York event at Glen Oaks Club on Long Island given it was the first Ladies European Tour event ever to be played in the United States. But the finish created its own novelty.

June 25th, 2021

Danielle Kang can’t stand rangefinders or green-reading books; opinion divided in women’s game

Kang is only 28 years old, but clearly has a throwback mentality when it comes to technological advances. Not all of her competitors agree.

May 31st, 2021

A fatigued Ally Ewing is the last woman standing – barely – at the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play

Ewing claimed a rare matchplay tournament on the LPGA Tour on her one-year wedding anniversary.

March 25th, 2021

Getting Back In The Game

December 16th, 2020

Why you won’t be seeing two of this year’s four Major winners at the LPGA Tour season finale

Due to a unique set of circumstance that begins with COVID-19 pandemic, new US Women’s Open champion A Lim Kim and Women’s British Open winner Sophia Popov will not be playing at Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida

August 31st, 2020

Germany’s Aline Krauter follows countrywoman Sophia Popov’s lead, wins Women’s British Amateur title

With the victory, Krauter earns an exemption into next year’s Women’s British Open at Carnoustie. The Women’s British Amateur winner also typically gets a spot in the US Women’s Open and the Evian Championship.

August 30th, 2020

Commissioner Mike Whan stands by controversial decisions not to alter LPGA regulations to accommodate Sophia Popov

Sophia Popov of Germany became a Major champion and a cause celebre, all in a matter of days, when it was revealed that her improbable victory in the AIG Women’s British Open on Sunday earned her only a two-year LPGA exemption rather than five and no exemption into the next women’s Major, the ANA Inspiration in two weeks.

August 28th, 2020

Sophia Popov officially makes the biggest one-week jump in the Rolex Women’s World Rankings history

Prior to Popov’s accomplishment, the biggest jump in rankings happened in 2007.

Here’s the prizemoney payout for each golfer at the 2020 AIG Women’s British Open

Sophia Popov’s winner’s bag from the AIG Women’s Open

Minjee Lee bows to Sophia Popov’s Open heroics

Sophia Popov overcomes losing her LPGA card, long battle with Lyme disease to win AIG Women’s British Open

Leaderboard

Valero Texas Open - 2026
Pos Player Tot Thru Rnd
1Robert MacIntyre-108*2
2Alex Smalley-910*2
T3Andrew Putnam-792
T3Ludvig Åberg-78*2
T5Kristoffer Reitan-692
T5Steven Fisk-662
T5Mark Hubbard-66*2
T5Kevin Roy-66*2
T5John Parry-632
T5Jeffrey Kang-632
T5Tony Finau-6-2
T5Davis Thompson-6-2
T13Eric Cole-59*2
T13J.J. Spaun-57*2
T13Danny Walker-56*2
T13Sam Ryder-5-2
T13Will Zalatoris-5-2
T13Tommy Fleetwood-5-2
T13Maverick McNealy-5-2
T13Christo Lamprecht-5-2
T21Kevin Streelman-4-2
T21Austin Smotherman-4-2
T21S.H. Kim-4-2
T21Adam Schenk-4-2
T21Marco Penge-4-2
T21Ryo Hisatsune-4-2
T21Andrew Novak-4-2
T21Adam Svensson-4-2
T21Austin Eckroat-4-2
T21David Ford-4-2
T21Zach Bauchou-4-2
T32Hank Lebioda-3102
T32Takumi Kanaya-392
T32Matt Wallace-310*2
T32Kevin Yu-372
T32Brian Harman-38*2
T32Billy Horschel-38*2
T32Stephan Jaeger-37*2
T32Pontus Nyholm-34*2
T32Bud Cauley-3-2
T32Taylor Moore-3-2
T32Sami Valimaki-3-2
T32Max Homa-3-2
T32Joe Highsmith-3-2
T32Sudarshan Yellamaraju-3-2
T32Thorbjørn Olesen-3-2
T32Peter Malnati-3-2
T32Doug Ghim-3-2
T32Adrien Dumont de Chassart-3-2
T50Erik van Rooyen-29*2
T50Chad Ramey-252
T50Beau Hossler-252
T50Kensei Hirata-25*2
T50Alejandro Tosti-232
T50A.J. Ewart-23*2
T50Lanto Griffin-2-2
T50Hideki Matsuyama-2-2
T50Rickie Fowler-2-2
T50Alex Noren-2-2
T50S.W. Kim-2-2
T50Michael Thorbjornsen-2-2
T50Rico Hoey-2-2
T50Chandler Blanchet-2-2
T50Dan Brown-2-2
T65Tom Kim-110*2
T65Lee Hodges-111*2
T65Tom Hoge-110*2
T65Jordan Spieth-18*2
T65Nick Taylor-172
T65Chris Kirk-162
T65Russell Henley-17*2
T65Mackenzie Hughes-152
T65Denny McCarthy-15*2
T65Gordon Sargent-142
T65Patrick Fishburn-132
T65Haotong Li-132
T65Max McGreevy-1-2
T65Dylan Wu-1-2
T65Mac Meissner-1-2
T65Christiaan Bezuidenhout-1-2
T65Charley Hoffman-1-2
T65Emiliano Grillo-1-2
T65Seamus Power-1-2
T65Vince Whaley-1-2
T85Brendon ToddE102
T85Car YoungE10*2
T85Sepp StrakaE8*2
T85Karl VilipsE62
T85Paul WaringE4*2
T85Jimmy StangerE3*2
T85Chandler PhillipsE-2
T85William MouwE-2
T85J.T. PostonE-2
T85Lucas GloverE-2
T85Garrick HiggoE-2
T85Rafael CamposE-2
T85Michael KimE-2
T85Neal ShipleyE-2
T85Davis ChatfieldE-2
T85Luke ClantonE-2
T101Jimmy Walker+1102
T101Chan Kim+182
T101Jhonattan Vegas+182
T101Brandt Snedeker+182
T101Marcelo Rozo+14*2
T101Charlie Crockett+14*2
T101Nick Hardy+1-2
T101Joel Dahmen+1-2
T101Webb Simpson+1-2
T101Matt Kuchar+1-2
T101Kris Ventura+1-2
T112Justin Lower+292
T112Matt McCarty+272
T112Keith Mitchell+242
T112Matthieu Pavon+25*2
T112Johnny Keefer+25*2
T112John VanDerLaan+23*2
T112Frankie Capan III+2-2
T119Nick Dunlap+392
T119Patton Kizzire+342
T119Jordan Smith+342
T119Zecheng Dou+342
T119Adrien Saddier+34*2
T119Jesper Svensson+332
T119Ryan Palmer+3-2
T119Bronson Burgoon+3-2
T119Brice Garnett+3-2
128Camilo Villegas+492
T129Jackson Suber+542
T129Patrick Rodgers+5-2
131Austin Wylie+6-2
132K.H. Lee+79*2
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South Africa 2026 Leaderboard
PosPlayerTotThruRnd
1Bryson DeChambeau-26184
2Jon Rahm-26184
T3Thomas Detry-23184
T3Branden Grace-23184
T3Abraham Ancer-23184
T6Dean Burmester-22184
T6David Puig-22184
8Carlos Ortiz-21184
T9Anirban Lahiri-20184
T9Charles Howell III-20184
11Scott Vincent-19184
T12Michael La Sasso-17184
T12Josele Ballester-17184
T12Richard Bland-17184
T12Joaquin Niemann-17184
T12Victor Perez-17184
T17Louis Oosthuizen-16184
T17Sergio Garcia-16184
T17Cameron Smith-16184
T17Younghan Song-16184
T17Laurie Canter-16184
T22Jason Kokrak-15184
T22Adrian Meronk-15184
T24Tom McKibbin-14184
T24Luis Masaveu-14184
T24Caleb Surratt-14184
T24Charl Schwartzel-14184
T24Brendan Steele-14184
T24Talor Gooch-14184
30Peter Uihlein-13184
T31Richard T. Lee-12184
T31Dustin Johnson-12184
T31Marc Leishman-12184
T31Martin Kaymer-12184
T31Lucas Herbert-12184
T31Cameron Tringale-12184
37Sebastian Muñoz-11184
T38Harold Varner III-10184
T38Tyrrell Hatton-10184
T38Paul Casey-10184
T38Bubba Watson-10184
T38Thomas Pieters-10184
43Yosuke Asaji-9184
T44Ben Campbell-8184
T44Elvis Smylie-8184
T44Byeong Hun An-8184
T44Sam Horsfield-8184
T48Phil Mickelson-7184
T48Ian Poulter-7184
50Lee Westwood-6184
51Miguel Tabuena-4184
52Danny Lee-3184
T53Graeme McDowell-2184
T53Matthew Wolff-2184
55Björn Hellgren-1184
56Anthony Kim+1184
57Minkyu Kim+3184
PosTeamTotThruRnd
1CRUSHERS GC-76184
2SOUTHERN GUARDS GC-75184
3TORQUE GC-72184
4FIREBALLS GC-69184
5LEGION XIII-64184
6CLEEKS GOLF CLUB-61184
7HYFLYERS GC-50184
8RIPPER GC-48184
94ACES GC-44184
10SMASH GC-41184
11MAJESTICKS GC-37184
12RANGEGOATS GC-33184
13KOREAN GOLF CLUB-24184
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