Category Archives: LPGA
Ochoa repeats at Navistar LPGA Classic
Lorena Ochoa won her first tournament since April with her successful title defense at the Navistar LPGA Classic at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill in Alabama. Ochoa shot 70 in the final round to finish four shots ahead of Michelle Wie and Brittany Lang. Ochoa had a rough start with a bogey [...]
Ochoa leads by 3 at Navistar LPGA Classic
Lorena Ochoa shot 66 to take a three shot lead over Sandra Gal at the Navistar LPGA Classic heading into the final round. Ochoa, who is looking for her first win since April, started the day with six straight pars before carding three consecutive birdies. She added birdies on the 12th, 14th and 17th holes [...]
Five tied at Navisar LPGA Classic
Lorena Ochoa and 14-year-old Alexis Thompson are part of a five-way tie for the lead at the Navistar LPGA Classic at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Capitol Hill in Alabama. Yani Tseng, Laura Davies and Giulia Sergas are part of that lead group at 10-under par. Ochoa started on the back nine and made [...]
Moodie leads Navistar LPGA Classic
Janice Moodie shot an eight-under par, 64, to lead the Navistar LPGA Classic after the first round of play at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill. Fourteen-year-old amateur Alexis Thompson is in second place at eight-under par. Moodie was bogey-free in the first round. She started on the 10th hole and made birdies [...]
Preview: Navistar LPGA Classic
Lorena Ochoa is back in Alabama for the Navistar LPGA Classic, where she defeated Cristie Kerr and Candie Kung in a sudden-death playoff. Ochoa will battle against a strong field that features current front runner for both Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors Jiyai Shin, Suzann Pettersen, Yani Tseng and Cristie [...]
Gustafson edges Ochoa to win CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge
Sophie Gustafson went wire-to-wire to win the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge by three shots over Lorena Ochoa. The pair were tied at the start of the round with Gustafson shooting a three-under par, 69, to Ochoa’s even-par, 72. Gustafson took sole possession of the lead with a birdie on the first hole and never looked back. [...]
Ochoa, Gustafson tied at CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge
Lorena Ochoa moved into a tie for the lead with Sophie Gustafson heading into the final round of the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge at Blackhawk Country Club in California. Ochoa shot a bogey-free 65 in the third round to get to 16-under par for the week. Ochoa made birdies on the fifth and sixth holes to [...]
Gustafson leads CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge; Ochoa one back
Sophie Gustafson shot a three-under par, 69, to stay on top of the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge leaderboard at Blackhawk Country Club in California. She leads Lorena Ochoa, Maria Hjorth and Shanshan Feng by one shot heading into the weekend. Gustafson started the day with birdie and added two more at the fourth and ninth holes. [...]
Gustafson leads CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge
Sophie Gustafson shot 65 to lead the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge at Blackhawk Country Club by two shots after the first round. Gustafson started on the 10th hole and made her first birdie on the 11th. After a bogey at the 14th hole pulled her back to even-par, Gustafson finished off the side with birdies on [...]
Preview: CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge
The LPGA Tour heads back to Blackhawk Country Club in California for the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge. In-Kyung Kim looks to successfully defend her first career LPGA victory. Kim will have to fight off seven of the top 10 players on the LPGA money list, including world number one Lorena Ochoa. Jiyai Shin, who has three [...]
Choi wins Samsung World Championship
Na Yeon Choi grabbed her first LPGA Tour victory at the Samsung World Championship with a birdie on the final hole to edge Ai Miyazato by one shot. Choi seemed to be running away with the tournament after an eagle on the par-5, sixth hole, put the second-year LPGA player at 19-under par with a [...]
Choi leads by two at Samsung World Championship
Na Yeon Choi shot a personal best 63 to take a two-shot lead heading into the final round of the Samsung World Championship at Torrey Pines South Course. Choi started the round with par but then made three straight birdies. She added birdies on the sixth, eighth and ninth holes to finish the front side [...]
Shin leads Samsung World Championship, Ochoa one back
Jiyai Shin shot a three-under par, 69, on Torrey Pines South Course to lead the Samsung World Championship by one shot over Lorena Ochoa and Ai Miyazato. Shin, who currently leads the LPGA Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year races, made four birdies on the front nine, countered by two bogeys. She [...]
Shin, Kim tied at Samsung World Championship
Jiyai Shin kept her momentum from last week’s win to shoot a 66 in the opening round of the Samsung World Championship at Torrey Pines. Shin is tied with Song-Hee Kim at six-under par, one shot better than Lorena Ochoa and Sophie Gustafson. Shin rebounded quickly from a bogey on the first hole with three [...]
Preview: Samsung World Championship
The LPGA Tour is in California for the Samsung World Championship at Torrey Pines. This exclusive event pits the 20 of the games best players in fight for a $1 million prize. Paula Creamer won last year by one shot over Song Hee Kim. Creamer, still looking for her first win of 2009, would welcome [...]
Playoff win for Shin at P&G beauty NW Arkansas Championship
Jiyai Shin grabbed her third win of the 2009 LPGA season with a playoff victory at the P&G beauty NW Arkansas Championship. Shin shot 64 in the final round to tie Sun Young Yoo and Angela Stanford at nine-under par. Shin, Stanford and Yoo made birdies on the first playoff hole. Yoo missed a chip [...]
Kim leads P&G beauty NW Arkansas Championship
Song-Hee Kim shot 68 in the second round of the P&G beauty NW Arkansas Championship at Pinnacle Country Club to take a two shot lead over Angela Stanford heading into the final round. Kim, after two pars to start, made her only bogey of the day on the third hole. She would finish the front [...]
Gal’s 64 leads P&G beauty NW Arkansas Championship
Sandra Gal shot 64 in the opening round of the P&G beauty NW Arkansas Championship at Pinnacle Country Club to hold a one-shot lead over Song-Hee Kim. Gal started the day with three straight birdies. After her only bogey of the day at the fourth hole, Gal made birdies on the seventh, 12th and 15th [...]
Preview: P&G beauty NW Arkansas Championship
The LPGA heads to Arkansas this week for the P&G beauty NW Arkansas Championship at Pinnacle Counry Club. Seon Hwa Lee is set to defend her exciting 2008 win where she birdied the final hole to edge Jane Park, who shot a 10-under par 62 in the final round. This year’s field will be strong [...]
Pettersen wins CN Canadian Women’s Open
Suzann Pettersen wins for the first time on the LPGA since 2007, a 44 tournament drought, with a dominant, five-shot victory at the CN Canadian Women’s Open. Pettersen shot a one-under par, 70, to beat five players tied at 10-under par. Pettersen was even-par through nine holes, carding bogeys on the second and eighth holes [...]
Pettersen in control at Canadian Women’s Open
Suzann Pettersen shot 66 in the third round of the CN Canadian Women’s Open to take a five shot lead heading into Sunday’s final round at Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club. Pettersen, who is looking for her first win of the 2009 season, made her only bogey of the day at the third hole. [...]
Pettersen, Kim lead Canadian Women’s Open
Suzann Pettersen shot 68 and Song-Hee Kim fired 62 to lead the CN Canadian Women’s Open after two rounds at the Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club. The pair lead Lorena Ochoa and Catriona Matthew by one shot heading into the weekend. Pettersen started the round on the 10th hole and birdied the first three [...]
Rawson leads Women’s Canadian Open
Anna Rawson shot a seven-under par, 64, to take the first round lead at the CN Canadian Women’s Open at Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club. Rawson leads Suzann Pettersen by one shot and Lorena Ochoa by two. Rawson finished the front nine at two-under par after making four birdies and two bogeys. She caught [...]
Preview: CN Canadian Women’s Open
Katherine Hull returns to Canada to defend her 2008 CN Canadian Women’s Open victory. The tournament is hosted this year by the Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The top 50 players are on hand this week to challenge for Canada’s national championship. Top players looking for their first wins of [...]
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