Chinese star’s chip-in to lead LPGA’s FM Championship

Chinese star Ruoning Yin has chipped in for birdie from just off the 18th green to take the third-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s FM Championship at TPC Boston. Yin also holed a 20-foot putt for birdie on the par-3 16th in her third round of four-under 68 as she got to 12-under 204 on Read more…

Sei Young Kim takes lead in LPGA Championship event

Sei Young Kim capped a second-nine spree with a chip-in eagle for an eight-under 64 at the TPC Boston to take the first-round lead in the LPGA  Championship event. Kim played a six-hole stretch in six under with four birdies and the eagle on the par-5 seventh. The South Korean had only 24 putts as Read more…

Big on talent: Miyu Yamashita eyes runaway LPGA Tour win

Japan’s Miyu Yamashita is on track for a wire-to-wire victory in the Canadian Women’s Open after firing a five-under 65 third round to claim a six-shot lead in Edmonton. Yamahita rebounded from a bogey on the par-3 17th with a birdie on the par-4 18th to get to 19-under 191 at Royal Mayfair, the tree-lined Read more…

Grace Kim fights back to remain in LPGA contention

Grace Kim has fought back from a mid-round stumble to remain in contention at the LPGA Tour’s Portland Classic. The Australian followed her opening-round 66 at Colombia Edgewater Country Club with a 69 on Saturday (AEST) to be nine-under for the tournament. Kim is three shots adrift of Thai leader Arpichaya Yubol (66) and two Read more…

Australia’s Grace Kim makes fast start at LPGA event

Australian golfer Grace Kim has continued her hot run with a stellar six-under-par opening round at the LPGA Tour’s Portland Classic. Fresh off two straight top-10 finishes, Kim is just one stroke behind Colombian leader Mariel Galdiano after Thursday’s first round at the Columbia-Edgewater Country Club. Playing all-out attack, the major champion collected seven birdies Read more…

Haeran Ryu moves into halfway Open lead as Aussies toil again

Favourite Haeran Ryu has moved into the halfway lead at the Women’s British Open as Australian hopes again failed to trouble the upper reaches of the leaderboard. Robyn Choi led the Aussie challenge, following her first-round 70 with a 71 to finish on a one-under-par 141, six shots off the lead. The next highest Aussie Read more…

‘It’s in the past’: Recovered Minjee Lee set for Open test

Minjee Lee has declared herself good to go as the triple major winner gets her second shot at completing women’s golf’s fabled career grand slam at regal Royal Lytham and St Annes. Only looking forward, Lee was reticent to discuss the mystifying condition that forced her to withdraw from last week’s Scottish Open after opening Read more…