Golf

Preview: ADT Championship

Nov 19th, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, LPGA, News, Preview, Tournaments

The LPGA Tour sends the 2008 season off with the ADT Championship this week at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The LPGA season is split into two halves with the top 15 players from each half, plus two alternates, qualify to play in the $1 million event.  Players earn points, much like [...]



Spotlight: Angela Stanford

Nov 17th, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, LPGA Players

Angela Stanford recorded her second win of the 2008 LPGA Tour season with her victory at the inaugural Lorena Ochoa Invitational at the Guadalajara Country Club in Mexico.
Stanford is enjoying a great season with both wins coming in the last five events.  She earlier won at the Bell Micro LPGA Classic in September and has [...]



Stanford wins Lorena Ochoa Invitational

Nov 16th, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, LPGA, News

Angela Stanford made two birdies on the back nine at Guadalajara Country Club to finish one shot better than Annika Sorenstam and Brittany Lang at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.  It is Stanford’s second victory of the 2008 season.
Stanford didn’t make a bogey in the final round and shot 69 after making birdies on the 10th [...]



Stanford holds lead as Sorenstam makes run

Nov 15th, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, LPGA, News

Angela Stanford held on to her lead after the third round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational at the Guadalajara Country Club in Mexico but Annika Sorenstam narrowed the gap to a shot.
Stanford shot an even-par, 72, to keep a slim edge over Sorenstam, who shot 67 in the third round to move into second place.  [...]



Stanford on top in Mexico at Lorena Ochoa Invitational

Nov 14th, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, LPGA, News

Angela Stanford shot a second round 66 to pull two shots ahead of Yani Tseng at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Stanford followed up her opening round of 68 with a one bogey, seven birdie effort.  She broke a log jam at the top after eight players shot 68 in the opening round.  Tseng [...]



Preview: Lorena Ochoa Invitational

Nov 12th, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, LPGA, News

Lorena Ochoa plays host for the inaugural Lorena Ochoa Invitational, presented by Banames and Corona Light.  The tournament is held at Guadalajara Country Club in Mexico.
The select field includes the worlds best players.  Annika Sorenstam has only four tournaments left before stepping away from the game as the best golfer of her generation.  Ochoa, currently [...]



Spotlight: Ji-Yai Shin

Nov 11th, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, LPGA Players, News

Ji-Yai Shin won the Mizuno Classic for her second LPGA title of the 2008 season…and she isn’t even a member of the Tour. Playing on the LPGA of Korea, Shin is the top golfer this season.  Her other victory on the LPGA was at the RICOH Women’s British Open this year for her first major [...]



Spotlight: Davis Love III

Nov 11th, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, News, PGA Players

Davis Love III won the final event of the 2008 PGA Tour season at the Children’s Miracle Network Classic for his 20th career win, giving him a lifetime exemption to the PGA Tour.
Love has had a good 2008 season with seven top 25 finished in 16 events that he made the cut.  Of the seven [...]



Shin wins Mizuno Classic

Nov 10th, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, LPGA, News

Ji-Yai Shin, the LPGA of Korea’s top player, won for the second time on the LPGA at the Mizuno Classic at the Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club in Shima Mie, Japan.
With a final round 67, Shin was six shots better than runner-up Mayu Hattori, of Japan.  Shin started the day with a two shot advantage and [...]



Sweet 20: Love gets win at Children’s Miracle Network Classic

Nov 9th, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, News, PGA

Davis Love III shot a final round 64 to win the Children’s Miracle Network Classic for his 20th career PGA Tour victory.
Love didn’t make a bogey on his way to victory.  He went out with three birdies and, after the turn, birdied five of the first seven holes on the back nine.  He finished [...]