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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

WM Phoenix Open - 2026
Pos Player Tot Thru Rnd
1Hideki Matsuyama-16134
T2Scottie Scheffler-15174
T2Michael Thorbjornsen-15144
T4Chris Gotterup-14164
T4Jake Knapp-14154
T4S.W. Kim-14144
T4Nicolai Højgaard-14134
8Akshay Bhatia-13144
T9Pi Coody-12164
T9Viktor Hovland-12154
T9Matt Fitzpatrick-12144
12Zecheng Dou-11F4
T13Daniel Berger-10F4
T13Jordan Smith-10F4
T13Sahith Theegala-10174
T13Kevin Roy-10174
T13Ryo Hisatsune-10144
T18Michael Kim-9F4
T18Jacob Bridgeman-9F4
T18Rickie Fowler-9F4
T18Mac Meissner-9F4
T18Sepp Straka-9F4
T18Rasmus Højgaard-9154
T18Maverick McNealy-9134
T25Ryan Fox-8F4
T25Rico Hoey-8F4
T25Kurt Kitayama-8F4
T28Harris English-7F4
T28A.J. Ewart-7F4
T28Nick Taylor-7F4
T28Ben Griffin-7F4
T28Mackenzie Hughes-7174
T28Stephan Jaeger-7174
T28Min Woo Lee-7164
T35Sam Stevens-6F4
T35Wyndham Clark-6F4
T35Alex Smalley-6F4
T35Tom Kim-6F4
T35J.T. Poston-617*4
T35John Parry-6154
T41Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen-5F4
T41Keith Mitchell-5F4
T41Cam Young-5F4
T41Johnny Keefer-5F4
T41Sami Valimaki-518*4
T41Kristoffer Reitan-517*4
T41Xander Schauffele-515*4
T48Christo Lamprecht-4F4
T48Zach Bauchou-4F4
T48Max McGreevy-4F4
T48Chad Ramey-4F4
T48Michael Brennan-4174
T48S.T. Lee-415*4
T54S.H. Kim-3F4
T54Sudarshan Yellamaraju-3F4
T54Joe Highsmith-3F4
T54Brian Campbell-3F4
T54Kensei Hirata-317*4
T54Collin Morikawa-317*4
T60Patrick Rodgers-2F4
T60John VanDerLaan-2F4
T60Adrien Saddier-216*4
T63Davis Thompson-1F4
T63Takumi Kanaya-117*4
T63Max Homa-116*4
T63Gary Woodland-115*4
T63Neal Shipley-114*4
T68Chandler PhillipsEF4
T68Hank LebiodaE15*4
70Bud Cauley+1F4
71Keita Nakajima+318*4
72Patton Kizzire+514*4
73Cam Davis+718*4
CUTEmiliano GrilloEF2
CUTThorbjørn OlesenEF2
CUTJoel DahmenEF2
CUTAdrien Dumont de ChassartEF2
CUTMax GreysermanEF2
CUTRafael Campos+1F2
CUTChristiaan Bezuidenhout+1F2
CUTMark Hubbard+1F2
CUTVince Whaley+1F2
CUTChris Kirk+1F2
CUTKarl Vilips+1F2
CUTPeter Malnati+1F2
CUTCorey Conners+2F2
CUTBrooks Koepka+2F2
CUTGarrick Higgo+2F2
CUTMatt McCarty+2F2
CUTErik van Rooyen+2F2
CUTAustin Eckroat+2F2
CUTJeffrey Kang+2F2
CUTTom Hoge+2F2
CUTDan Brown+2F2
CUTMatthieu Pavon+3F2
CUTBilly Horschel+3F2
CUTCharley Hoffman+3F2
CUTChandler Blanchet+3F2
CUTHaotong Li+3F2
CUTMarcelo Rozo+3F2
CUTJordan Spieth+3F2
CUTTony Finau+3F2
CUTNico Echavarria+4F2
CUTMatti Schmid+4F2
CUTPontus Nyholm+4F2
CUTAustin Smotherman+4F2
CUTBrice Garnett+4F2
CUTMarco Penge+4F2
CUTDavis Chatfield+4F2
CUTHarry Hall+5F2
CUTAldrich Potgieter+5F2
CUTSam Burns+5F2
CUTBrian Harman+5F2
CUTWebb Simpson+6F2
CUTDavis Riley+7F2
CUTAndrew Novak+7F2
CUTAdam Schenk+7F2
CUTAlejandro Tosti+8F2
CUTDanny Walker+8F2
CUTEric Cole+9F2
CUTWilliam Mouw+11F2
CUTThomas Avant+17F2
WDEmilio Gonzalez--
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Liv Golf
Riyadh 2026 Leaderboard
PosPlayerTotThruRnd
1Elvis Smylie-24184
2Jon Rahm-23184
3Peter Uihlein-21184
T4Abraham Ancer-20184
T4Thomas Pieters-20184
T4David Puig-20184
7Thomas Detry-19184
8Sebastian Muñoz-18184
T9Lucas Herbert-17184
T9Branden Grace-17184
T9Byeong Hun An-17184
12Talor Gooch-16184
T13Carlos Ortiz-15184
T13Richard T. Lee-15184
T13Scott Vincent-15184
T13Cameron Smith-15184
T17Tom McKibbin-14184
T17Paul Casey-14184
T17Bryson DeChambeau-14184
T17Dustin Johnson-14184
T17Yosuke Asaji-14184
T22Bjorn Hellgren-13184
T22Marc Leishman-13184
T22Jason Kokrak-13184
T22Anthony Kim-13184
T22Joaquin Niemann-13184
T27Josele Ballester-12184
T27Graeme McDowell-12184
T27Adrian Meronk-12184
T30Younghan Song-11184
T30Charl Schwartzel-11184
T30Anirban Lahiri-11184
T30Sergio Garcia-11184
T30Louis Oosthuizen-11184
T30Harold Varner III-11184
T30Ben Campbell-11184
T37Laurie Canter-10184
T37Luis Masaveu-10184
T39Charles Howell III-9184
T39Caleb Surratt-9184
T41Cameron Tringale-8184
T41Minkyu Kim-8184
T41Michael La Sasso-8184
T41Ben Schmidt-8184
T41Ian Poulter-8184
T41Danny Lee-8184
47Tyrrell Hatton-7184
T48Bubba Watson-6184
T48Miguel Tabuena-6184
T48Sam Horsfield-6184
T51Matthew Wolff-5184
T51Martin Kaymer-5184
T51Dean Burmester-5184
54Victor Perez-4184
55Richard Bland-3184
56Ollie Schniederjans-2184
57Brendan Steele+4184
PosTeamTotThruRnd
1RIPPER GC-69184
2TORQUE GC-66184
34ACES GC-59184
T4FIREBALLS GC-53184
T4LEGION XIII-53184
6SMASH GC-52184
7CRUSHERS GC-48184
T8SOUTHERN GUARDS GC-44184
T8KOREAN GOLF CLUB-44184
10RANGEGOATS GC-43184
11MAJESTICKS GC-32184
12CLEEKS GOLF CLUB-24184
13HYFLYERS GC-14184
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