The shadow of President Donald Trump hangs over the US Women’s Open golf tournament which takes place this week at the Trump National golf course in New Jersey. Brittany Lincicome said a couple weeks ago she hopes Trump doesn’t appear at event because the spotlight should be on the players and not on the controversial … 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
What a difference a year makes for Taiwan’s Hsu Wei-Ling, who fired a 65 on Thursday to grab a share of the lead with Stacy Lewis after the opening round of the Volvik Championship. Hsu’s seven-under score equaled the second-best round of her LPGA Tour career and was an incredible 13-stroke improvement over her opening … 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
Japan’s Haru Nomura stretched her lead to two strokes at the wind-whipped LPGA Texas Shootout on Saturday, firing a one-over par 72 at Las Colinas Country Club in suburban Dallas. Nomura looked poised to take an even bigger lead into Sunday’s final round before a double-bogey at the par-three 17th. But her one-over effort, which … 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
South Korea’s Kim In-Kyung vaulted into a share of the lead with a sizzling eight-under 64 in the second round of the LPGA Tour’s Lotte Championship. Kim rolled in nine birdies and had just one bogey as she rocketed from a tie for 48th after the first round to become the co-leader with Thailand star … Read more
Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist set a tournament course record with an 11-under 61 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead after the third round of the LPGA Tour’s Founders Cup. The score also tied her career best round score which she shot in the third round of the Mobile Bay Classic in 2013. The previous best … Read more
Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn and American Stacy Lewis shot identical scores for the second straight day to sit atop a crowded leaderboard at the LPGA Tour’s Founders Cup with Michelle Wie lurking close behind. Ariya and Lewis fired five-under 67s Friday following 64s in the opening round to reach 13-under par heading into the weekend at … Read more
Michelle Wie revelled in being injury-free for the first time in years as she carded a superb 66 to lead after the first-round of the HSBC Women’s Champions Thursday. The 27-year-old American shot a brilliant six-under-par round at Singapore’s brand new Tanjong course after needing a sponsor’s invite to play in the elite event featuring … Read more