South Korea’s Chella Choi, with only one top-five finish in 33 major starts, fired a five-under par 66 to seize the lead in the first round of the storm-halted Women’s PGA Championship. Choi birdied four of the last six holes at Olympia Fields near Chicago to grab the clubhouse lead. “It’s very exciting because it’s … Read more
New world number one Ryu So-Yeon of South Korea hopes to celebrate her achievement by winning her second consecutive major title at the Women’s PGA Championship that begins Thursday. The first round at Olympia Fields Country Club outside Chicago falls on Ryu’s 27th birthday. Ryu ascended to the top of the rankings, dethroning Thailand’s Ariya … Read more
Kim In-Kyung captured her fifth LPGA title on Sunday, firing a final round 69 to beat to beat two-time defending champion Anna Nordqvist by two strokes in the ShopRite Classic. Kim, who ended a six-year victory drought when she lifted the trophy at the Reignwood LPGA Classic in China in October, came into the final … Read more
Kim In-Kyung captured her fifth LPGA title on Sunday, firing a final round 69 to beat to beat two-time defending champion Anna Nordqvist by two strokes in the ShopRite Classic. Kim, who ended a six-year victory drought when she lifted the trophy at the Reignwood LPGA Classic in China in October, came into the final … Read more
Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn has seized the number one world ranking from New Zealand’s Lydia Ko with neither lifting a club in the LPGA ShopRite Classic — where Ryu So-Yeon missed the cut Saturday to cement the shift. Ryu, ranked third in the world, had a chance to leapfrog Ariya by finishing third or better in … Read more
Thailand’s third-ranked Ariya Jutanugarn and 12th-ranked Kim Sei-Young of South Korea advanced to the LPGA Lorena Ochoa Match Play finals with impressive morning triumphs Sunday. Ariya, who captured the first of her five LPGA titles exactly a year ago, defeated American Michelle Wie 4 and 3 while Kim defeated 25th-ranked compatriot Hur Mi-Jung 5 and … Read more
South Korea’s Hur Mi-Jung upset top-ranked Lydia Ko 1-up Saturday to reach the quarter-finals of the LPGA Lorena Ochoa Match Play while third-ranked Thai star Ariya Jutanurgan also advanced. Seoul-born New Zealander Ko, already assured of holding off Ariya to keep her top ranking for at least another week, became the biggest name yet to … Read more
American Cristie Kerr capitalized on a back nine stumble by Jang Su-Yeong to come-from-behind and capture the Lotte Championship on Saturday. The 39-year-old overcame a three-shot deficit heading into the final round to fire a bogey-free 66 for her first US LPGA Tour win since 2015. “It’s been an epic day,” said Kerr, who finished … Read more
Cristie Kerr and Caroline Masson joined Karine Icher atop the ANA Inspiration leaderboard on Friday after completion of the weather-hit first round of the year’s first major golf championship. The trio were tied at five-under 67 as the second round got underway at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. High winds forced organizers … Read more