Category Archives: LPGA
Lorena Ochoa to retire
News surfaced today that will rock the LPGA. Lorena Ochoa, the top ranked player on the Tour, is set to retire from professional golf. Ochoa has scheduled a press conference to go into further details on Friday. It will be a tough pill for a tour that is down to 25 events on the 2010 [...]
Tseng wins Kraft Nabisco Championship
Yani Tseng won her second LPGA major championship with a one-shot victory over Suzann Pettersen at the Kraft Nabisco Championship. Tseng shot a final round 68 on the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. Tseng, who was tied for second with Pettersen at the start of the day, moved into the top spot [...]
Kim leads LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship
Song-Hee Kim shot 68 in the second round of the LPGA’s first major championship, the Kraft Nabisco Championship, at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. Kim is a shot ahead of Lorena Ochoa, Cristie Kerr and Karen Stupples heading into weekend play. Kim was bogey-free in the second round. She played the back [...]
Miyazato wins HSBC Women’s Champion
For the second week in a row, Ai Miyazato won. She joins LPGA founder Marilynn Smith, Mickey Wright, Louise Suggs and Babe Didrikson Zaharias as the only LPGA players to win the first two events of a season. Miyazato won the HSBC Women’s Champion by two shots over Cristie Kerr. Miyazato shot 69 in three [...]
Stanford, Kim lead HSBC Women’s Champions
Angela Stanford and Song-Hee Kim lead the HSBC Women’s Champions at Tanah Merah Country Club in Singapore after two rounds. Stanford and Kim are at five-under par after rounds of 71 and 70, respectively, gave them a one shot lead over five players. Stanford was four-under par through 11 holes of the second round but [...]
Ochoa, Kerr lead HSBC Women’s Champions
Lorena Ochoa leads a group of four players tied atop the HSBC Women's Champions leaderboard through the first round. Ochoa, with Cristie Kerr, Angela Stanford and Hee Young Park, shot 68 on the Tanah Merah Country Club course in Singapore.
Miyazato wins Honda-PTT LPGA Thailand
Ai Miyazato completed a five-shot come-from-behind win with a final round 63 to beat Suzann Pettersen to capture the first LPGA tournament of the 2010 season – the Honda-PTT LPGA Thailand. After a bogey on the second hole, Miyazato was flawless carding eight birdies and an eagle over the final 16 holes to top Pettersen [...]
Pettersen leads Honda-PTT LPGA Thailand
Suzann Pettersen takes a commanding five shot lead into the final round of the Honda-PTT LPGA Thailand at the Siam Country Club. Pettersen, who won this event in 2007, has not made a bogey in the 54 holes played this week. She shot 68 in the third round, following a 64 that catapulted her to [...]
Pettersen, Hur lead Honda-PTT LPGA Thailand
Suzann Pettersen and M. J. Hur shot opening round 66s to take a one shot lead at the Honda-PTT LPGA Thailand at the Siam Country Club. Pettersen was bogey-free in the first round. After a birdie on the first hole, she made eight straight pars. She started the back nine with a birdie and finished [...]
Ochoa to defend Honda-PTT LPGA Thailand
Lorena Ochoa will once again lead the LPGA Tour as the number one ranked player in the world as they begin the 2010 season at the Honda-PTT LPGA Thailand. Ochoa beat Hee Young Park by three shots to win last year’s event and returns to the Siam Country Club to make it two in a [...]
LPGA set to start 2010 season
The LPGA gears up for the first tournament of the 2010 season at the Siam Country Club in Thailand. The Honda-ptt LPGA Thailand kicks off with defending champion Lorena Ochoa ready to take on the best players in the world as they try and knock her from the top seed in the Rolex Rankings. The [...]
Nordqvist wins LPGA Tour Championship
Anna Nordqvist won the LPGA Tour Championship by two shots over Lorena Ochoa for her second win of her 2009 rookie season. The season-ending event was shortened to 54-holes after heavy rains washed out play on Saturday. Nordqvist, who won the McDonald’s LPGA Championship earlier in the season, shot a seven-under par, 65, in the [...]
LPGA Tour Championship delayed by rain
The second round of the LPGA Tour Championship at The Houstonian Golf & Country Club in Texas was suspended due to darkness after rain kept play delayed until the afternoon. Only 58 of 116 players started the second round as play will resume Saturday morning. There will be a first cut made after the second [...]
Ochoa leads LPGA Tour Championship
Lorena Ochoa leads the LPGA Tour Championship with a first round 66, six-under par, to lead Reilley Rankin by one shot at The Houstonian Golf & Country Club in Houston, Texas. Ochoa started her round on the 10th hole with a birdie and added another on the 12th hole before finishing the side bogey-birdie. After [...]
Preview: LPGA Tour Championship
The LPGA is in Houston, Texas for the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship, presented by Rolex. The Houstonian Golf and Country Club will play host as the top 120 players in the world fight for a share of the $1.5 million prize. The two top ranked players in the world – Lorena Ochoa and Jiyai Shin [...]
Wie gets first LPGA win at Lorena Ochoa Invitational
Michelle Wie won her first LPGA tournament with a final round 69 at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational to beat Paula Creamer by two shots at the Guadalajara Country Club in Mexico. Wie, who shared the lead with Cristie Kerr at the start of the day, had to fight off a great charge by Creamer, who [...]
Kerr, Wie tied at Lorena Ochoa Invitational
Cristie Kerr and Michelle Wie are tied for the lead at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational at the Guadalajara Country Club in Mexico. The pair hold a one-shot lead over Jiyai Shin, Paula Creamer and Song-Hee Kim heading into the final round. Kerr shot a bogey-free 67 on Saturday to take the lead at 10-under par. [...]
Shin opens 3-shot lead at Lorena Ochoa Invitational
Jiyai Shin shot 66 in the second round at the Guadalajara Country Club to take a three shot lead over Paula Creamer and Michelle Wie in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational. Shin, who currently leads the Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year races, moved into the lead with a bogey-free round. She made [...]
Kim opens Lorena Ochoa Invitational with 65
Song-Hee Kim shot 65 in the first round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational at Guadalajara Country Club to lead the LPGA event by two shots over Paula Creamer, Jiyai Shin and Mariajo Uribe. Tournament host, Lorena Ochoa is in 13th place with a one-under par, 71. Kim was bogey-free in the first round. After starting [...]
Preview: Lorena Ochoa Invitational
The LPGA returns to North America for the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, presented by Banames and Corona Light, at the Guadalajara Country Club in Mexico. Last year, Angela Stanford made two birdies on the back nine to beat Annika Sorenstam and Brittany Lang by one shot. This year, Stanford will have to fight back 36 of [...]
Song wins LPGA Mizuno Classic
Bo Bae Song beat Lorena Ochoa by three shots to win the LPGA Mizuno Classic at the Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club in Shima-shi, Mie, Japan. Song, who plays on the Japan LPGA, shot 68 in the final round for a 15-under par total for her first LPGA Tour victory. Song made five birdies through 13 [...]
Choi wins Hana Bank KOLON Championship
Na Yeon Choi wins the Hana Bank KOLON Championship with a birdie on the final hole at the Sky 72 Golf Club in South Korea. Choi edged out Yani Tseng and Maria Hjorth by one shot for her second victory of the 2009 LPGA season. Choi shot a bogey-free 67 in the final round. She [...]
Preview: Hana Bank KOLON Championship
The LPGA Tour is in South Korea for the Hana Bank KOLON Championship at the Sky 72 Golf Club. The event kicks off a two week Asian stretch on the LPGA schedule. Defending champion Candie Kung, who was runner-up at this year’s U. S. Women’s Open, looks to earn her first victory of the 2009 [...]
A look to PGA 2010 season: Woods, Mickelson rivalry
The PGA TOUR finished the season on a high note with its two biggest names raising trophy’s in the final event. Phil Mickelson shot 65 in the final round to win THE TOUR Championship by three shots over Tiger Woods. But, not to be outdone by his rival, Woods’ second place finish at THE TOUR [...]
Ochoa plays final event on home soil