Australia’s Katherine Kirk fired her second-round 63 before storms set in on Friday to seize the lead in the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic in Wisconsin. Kirk, seeking a third LPGA career title, had eight birdies and an eagle in her nine-under effort and was in the clubhouse on 13-under 131 before thunderstorms halted play for … Read more
Kim Sei-Young, seeking her second win of the season, shared the first-round lead at the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic with Belgian rookie Laura Gonzalez Escallon on Thursday in Oneida, Wisconsin. South Korea’s Kim, whose season has included a win at the Lorena Ochoa Match Play and three more top-five finishes, had eight birdies and a … Read more
Thai golfer Ariya Jutanugarn says she won’t put extra pressure on herself to regain the number one world ranking she held for two weeks in June. “To me, it’s not that important, because of course everybody wants to be world number one,” Ariya said Wednesday as she prepared for Thursday’s start of the Thornberry Creek … 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
Ryu So-Yeon seized the world number one ranking on Sunday as she closed with a two-under 69 at the Northwest Arkansas Championship for her 15th career international title. Ryu, who won her second major championship in April at the ANA Inspiration, finished the 54-hole LPGA Tour event at 18-under 195 for a two-shot win over … Read more
Park Sung-Hyun rolled in six straight birdies as she rode a hot putter to an eight-under 63 and a two-shot lead after the first round of the LPGA Tour’s Arkansas Championship on Friday. The Tour rookie ended her birdie run with her only bogey of the day then fashioned three more birdies on the back … Read more
Thailand hailed Ariya Jutanugarn as their new sporting hero on Tuesday as she finally secured her place on top of the world rankings — a week after being wrongly named number one. The 21-year-old overcame that disappointment to sink a monster 25-foot birdie putt in a playoff on Sunday to take the Manulife LPGA Classic … Read more
Lydia Ko will remain world number one for at least one more week after the company which calculates the women’s global golf rankings incorrectly said that Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn had overtaken her. The technical provider of the Women’s World Golf Rankings said in a statement on Monday that a “bug in a projection tool” had … 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
Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist got off to a hot start in her bid for a third straight LPGA ShopRite Classic crown on Friday with a seven-under par 64. Nordqvist birdied her first three holes at Stockton Seaview Hotel and golf Club in Galloway, New Jersey and finished the day with a one-stroke lead over South Koreans … Read more
Lydia Ko’s reign as world number one is set to end on Sunday, but it remains unclear just who will replace her atop the summit at Sunday’s conclusion of the LPGA ShopRite Classic. According to LPGA projections, either South Korean Ryu So-Yeon or Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn will take over the top spot come Monday. The … Read more
Former women’s world number one Ai Miyazato said Monday that a crisis of confidence triggered her decision to retire from professional golf at the end of the current season. The Japanese 31-year-old, a nine-time winner on the American LPGA circuit, admitted her struggles dated back to 2012, when she claimed her last tournament victory. “It … Read more
Defending champion Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand and South Korea’s Ryu So-Yeon take aim at the world number one ranking as well as victory at this week’s LPGA Volvik Championship. Both players could overtake top-ranked Lydia Ko of New Zealand, who is taking a break until mid-June, at the second-year event at Travis Pointe Country Club … Read more
World number 10 Jang Ha-Na has dropped her LPGA Tour membership and returned home to South Korea, a decision she said Tuesday was motivated only to be nearer her family. The 25-year-old from Seoul won $2.6 million and four titles since joining the LPGA in 2015. She plans to return next month to the LPGA … Read more
Lexi Thompson ticked off one of her bucket list items on Wednesday when the American No. 1 completed her first parachute jump during the LPGA Tour’s Championship tournament on Wednesday. Thompson’s debut skydive was a tandem freefall with a member of the United States Navy as they landed on the first tee for her pro-am … Read more
World number one Lydia Ko beat hometown favorite Ana Menendez 3 & 2 on Thursday to launch her campaign at the LPGA Lorena Ochoa Match Play, where Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn set up a second-round sister duel. New Zealand’s Ko, who was forced out of last week’s Texas Shootout with an eye infection, was the … Read more
World number one Lydia Ko and Thailand’s third-ranked Ariya Jutanugarn are among the top seeds for the LPGA Lorena Ochoa Match Play event that tees off here Thursday. South Korean-born New Zealander Ko, who withdrew from last week’s LPGA Texas Shootout with a left eye infection, tops the rankings for the 80th week in a … Read more
Golf’s governing bodies on Tuesday announced sweeping rule changes to the use of video evidence in the wake of the furore that erupted after Lexi Thompson was deprived of an almost-certain victory at the ANA Inspiration earlier this month. Thompson was hit with a four-stroke penalty with six holes left to play in the final … 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
Jang Su-Yeon, who needed a sponsor invite to get into the event, fired a bogey-free 65 to grab a three-shot lead heading into the final round of the weather-plagued Lotte Championship on Friday. South Korea’s Jang reached a total of 17-under 199 and is aiming to become the first sponsor’s invite to win on the … Read more