Golf: Ko ends two-year wait to defend first US LPGA title
NEW YORK (AFP) – Second-ranked Ko Jin-young has waited more than two years to defend her first US title at this week’s LPGA Founders Cup on a new course and date. The 26-year-old South Korean captured the 2019 Founders Cup at Arizona in March but the 2020 edition was not staged due to Covid-19 and... » read more
Golf: Thailand’s Pajaree claims maiden LPGA title
BALLYMENA (AFP) – Thailand’s Pajaree Anannarukarn beat American Emma Talley on the second hole of a play-off to win the LPGA World Invitational title on Sunday (Aug 1). The pair had begun the day tied for the lead with Jennifer Kupcho and the same trio reached the 18th tee locked together on 16 under par,... » read more
Golf: Danielle Kang grabs two-shot lead at LPGA Tournament of Champions
MIAMI (AFP) – World number five Danielle Kang birdied two of the last three holes to seize a two-stroke lead after Friday’s (Jan 22) second round of the season-opening LPGA Tournament of Champions. The 28-year-old American, seeking her sixth career LPGA title, matched the day’s low round with a six-under-par 65 to stand on 13-under-par... » read more
After 11 years, LPGA chief will step down
MIAMI • LPGA commissioner Mike Whan said on Wednesday he will step down from the job later this year after an 11-year reign helming women’s golf. The American said in an open letter he would quit the position sometime this year, but did not give a firm timetable for his departure. “I know that news... » read more
Leader Thompson in line for her first win of season
MIAMI • Lexi Thompson, trying to extend her streak of LPGA seasons with at least one victory to eight, fired a seven-under 65 on Thursday to head the LPGA season finale Tour Championship field. The American, who won the event in 2018, had a one-shot lead over Denmark’s Nanna Koerstz Madsen, who fired a bogey-free... » read more
Major winners to miss out on $4m race
MIAMI • The LPGA’s season-ending Tour Championship will be without two of this year’s Major winners, Women’s British Open champion Sophia Popov of Germany and newly crowned US Women’s Open champion Kim A-lim of South Korea. The field for this weekend’s season finale, set to begin today at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida, was... » read more
Golf: McDonald clings to one-shot LPGA lead over Pagdanganan
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Ally McDonald, hoping to win her first LPGA title, fired a three-under par 69 for a one-stroke lead after Saturday’s (Oct 24) third round of the Drive On Championship. The American reeled off four birdies in five holes in the middle of her round to stand on 13-under 203 after 54 holes... » read more