Professional golf this time of the year is generally called the silly season, to which Andrew Novak’s contribution to the silliness was his identifying his victory with Lauren Coughlin in the Grant Thornton Invitational as completing “the modern-day grand slam.”
If you pair professional golfers together in a scramble format in which they get to choose the best result of every shot, and give them benign weather and pristine greens, you’re rolling out a green carpet for crazy low numbers.
It looked like Korda’s best option would be to play to the left, find the centre of the green and take the long birdie putt. Apparently she saw another line.
It’s almost unfathomable that Korda – ranked second in the world – has yet to win after a seven-victory season where she tied a record for winning five straight.
Craig Kessler is four months into his new job as LPGA commissioner and already he’s done much to embolden the tour, players, TV partners, title sponsors and more.
Kai Trump is teeing it up in her first LPGA event this week and undoubtedly got pre-tournament advice from the most unique mentors of any amateur golfer.
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.
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Gianna Clemente, a high school senior and acclaimed junior golfer from Estero, Florida, doesn’t celebrate her 18th birthday until March 28. But she is aiming to earn an LPGA Tour card at next month’s LPGA Q Series