CLIFTON (AP) — Things are going well for Nelly Korda these days, that’s for sure. USA's Nelly Korda (AP/File photo) The 25-year-old has won a record-tying five straight tournament starts. She has the No. 1 ranking in the world, along with the 2024 lead in earnings, scoring average and points...
AVONDALE (AP) — Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event Sunday, April 28, beating Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer with a par on the first hole of a playoff. Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, and teammate Shane Lowry, of Ireland, right hold up their trophy...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grace Kim opened a four-stroke lead Friday, April 26, in the LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship, shooting a 5-under 66 in tricky afternoon conditions at Wilshire Country Club. Australia’s Grace Kim (AP) A stroke ahead after an opening 64, Kim had an eagle, four birdies...
NORTH LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nelly Korda is on a roll not seen on the LPGA Tour in 16 years. Nelly Korda kisses the trophy as she poses for photographers after winning the LPGA T-Mobile Match Play golf tournament Sunday, April 7, in North Las Vegas, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher) She won four of the first...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Nelly Korda drilled a birdie putt at the first playoff hole to beat Ryann O'Toole in the LPGA Seri Pak Championship, where Korda's second title in as many starts secured her return to world number one. Nelly Korda of the United States celebrates with the trophy after winning...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Malia Nam, making her second career LPGA tour start on a course she knows like the back of her hand, carded a two-under par 69 on Friday, March 22, to take a one-shot lead in the Seri Pak Championship. Malia Nam of the United States hits her tee shot on the 12th hole during the...
Yuka Saso marked her performance in the past season on the LPGA Tour with seven Top 10 finishes in 22 tournaments with a notable runner-up effort in a major championship (Women’s PGA) last June. Yuka Saso (ninth from left) poses with some of the top Junior PGT campaigners during a recent clinic...
MIAMI (AFP) -- South Korea's Amy Yang claimed the biggest victory of her career on Sunday, Nov. 19, outdueling Japan's Nasa Hataoka down the stretch to win the LPGA Tour Championship in Florida. Amy Yang of Korea poses with the CME Globe trophy after winning the CME Group Tour Championship at...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Alison Lee of the United States fired a blistering eight-under-par 64 to vault into a share of the lead at the halfway stage of the LPGA Tour Championship on Friday, Nov. 17. United States' Alison Lee (AFP) World number 27 Lee followed up her first-round 66 by rattling in nine...
MIAMI (AFP) -- China's Yin Ruoning shook off her pre-round doubts to fire nine birdies in a nine-under-par 63 on Thursday, Nov. 16, and share the LPGA Tour Championship first-round lead with Japan's Nasa Hataoka. China's Yin Ruoning (AFP) Hataoka also nabbed nine birdies without a bogey on a...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Denmark's Emily Kristine Pederson shot a five-under 65 to seize a two-stroke lead at the LPGA Tour's The Annika tournament on Friday, Nov. 10. Denmark's Emily Kristine Pederson (AFP) Pederson leads Japan's Minami Katsu with Jasmine Suwannapura of Thailand three shots off the lead....
MIAMI (AFP) -- The LPGA Tour will stage a new $3.5 million event starting next year at TPC Boston, with the FM Global Championship offering the largest women's purse outside majors and Tour Championship. The tournament, unveiled on Friday, will be played in 2024 from Aug. 29 through Sept. 1, two...