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ADT Championship: Sorenstam misses cut in final LPGA event

Nov 21st, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, LPGA, News

The field was cut in half and the scores were erased at the ADT Championship with the top two players in the world on the outside looking in.  Defending champion Lorena Ochoa and Annika Sorenstam both missed the cut at the LPGA season-ending ADT Championship finishing at five-over par, two shots off the cut line.
Katherine [...]



Hull leads ADT Championship

Nov 21st, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, LPGA, News

Katherine Hull leads the ADT Championship after the first round shooting a four-under par, 68, at the Trump International Golf Club in Florida.  The tournament cuts the field in half after two rounds, and then in half after 54-holes, with a playoff to break up ties in both cases.
Hull, who won the CN Canadian Women’s [...]



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 [...]



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 [...]



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 [...]



Saiki, Hattori share lead at Mizuno Classic

Nov 7th, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, LPGA, News

Miki Saiki and Mayu Hattori shot opening rounds of 67 to share the lead at the Mizuno Classic in Japan.
Saiki opened her round going birdie-bogey before making three straight birdies from the fourth to sixth holes.  She added two more on the back side for her share of the lead.
Hattori was bogey-free in her round, [...]



Preview: Mizuno Classic

Nov 4th, 2008 | By TeeOff | Category: Golf, LPGA, News, Preview, Tournaments

The LPGA Tour is in Japan for the Mizuno Classic.  The tournament is played at the Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club in Shima-shi, Mie, Japan.
Ready to defend her title, Momoko Ueda is having a successful rookie season on the LPGA after being a competeing on the LPGA of Japan for the 2006 and 2007 seasons.  The [...]