MIAMI (AFP) -- Defending champion Celine Boutier and hometown hero Nelly Korda will both have the Paris Olympics in the back of their minds when the LPGA Drive On Championship tees off on Thursday, Jan. 25. France's Celine Boutier (AFP) France's Boutier, whose four LPGA titles last year included...
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...
SHANGHAI (AFP) -- Angel Yin won on the LPGA Tour for the first time as she held her nerve on the first playoff hole to beat world number one Lilia Vu in Shanghai on Sunday, Oct. 15. USA's Angel Yin celebrates with her trophy after winning the Shanghai LPGA golf tournament in Shanghai on Sunday,...
LAS VEGAS (AFP) -- The LPGA's Lexi Thompson missed the cut at the PGA's Shriners Children's Open despite shooting a two-under par round of 69 on Friday, Oct. 13. Lexi Thompson (AFP) Thompson, who shot a first-round 73, ended on an even-par 142 with the cut set at three-under. Cameron Champ...
SHANGHAI (AFP) -- The world number 186 Wichanee Meechai fired a six-under-par 66 to share the lead with Sweden's Maja Stark after the first round of the LPGA Shanghai on Thursday, Oct. 12. Wichanee Meechai of Thailand (AFP) Danielle Kang, who won the $2.1 million event the previous times it was...
LAS VEGAS (AFP) -- Lexi Thompson said on Tuesday, Oct. 10, making the cut at this week's Shriners Children's Open will be the highlight of her career as she prepares to become only the seventh female golfer to tee it up on the PGA Tour. Lexi Thompson of the United States (AFP) The 28-year-old LPGA...
SHANGHAI (AFP) -- International golf returns to China after a four-year pandemic hiatus when the LPGA Shanghai tees off on Thursday, Oct. 12, with the host city hoping a hometown hero might be crowned champion. Ruoning Yin of China. (AFP) China has thrown itself back into hosting major competitions...
