Sportico looked at both endorsement money and what’s earned by competing (whether it’s salary or winnings) to create its list. Together, the top 15 earned $US221 million, which is 27 percent more than what the top 15 made in 2023.
Picture: R&ALegendary Australian golfer Karrie Webb AO has accepted an invitation to become an Honorary Member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. Webb, a World Golf Hall of Fame member, received the invitation in recognition of her successful playing career and the substantial contribution she has made in helping to develop Read more…
Athletes who experienced male puberty will no longer be able to compete on the LPGA or in USGA events designated for women starting in 2025, according to updated transgender policies announced by those organisations on Wednesday. The LPGA and USGA issued their statements on the new rules at the same time. “The new policy ensures Read more…
WPGA Tour of Australasia chief executive Karen Lunn has won a major international award for her contribution to golf’s engagement with women and girls.
Another week, another slow-play debate in professional golf. Then again, is it really a debate when everyone is in agreement it’s a major issue that seems to never get fixed?
Jiyai Shin has won a second Women’s Australian Open title 11 years after her first with a two-shot triumph over defending champion Ash Buhai on Sunday at Kingston Heath.
A jet-lagged Hannah Green and rookie Justice Bosio threw their hats into the ring for a maiden Australian Open title and both are chasing surprise halfway leader, amateur Hyojin Yang. Yang shot rounds of 65, 71 at co-hosts Victoria Golf Club and Kingston Heath, respectively, to surge to nine-under-par and one shot ahead of 2013 Read more…
What was once an oddity has turned into a recent commonality, because for the third time in five years, the lowest scoring average on tour won’t win the Vare and its coveted LPGA Hall of Fame point.
Hannah Green’s ascension into the elite of world golf has been further acknowledged with a second Greg Norman Medal at the PGA Awards Gala Dinner last night.
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.
Australian Golf Digest
