Tag Archives: LPGA
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 finished [...]
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 by [...]
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 the [...]
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 the [...]
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 LPGA [...]
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 final [...]
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 round [...]
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 a [...]
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 [...]
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 shot [...]
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. [...]
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 with [...]
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 the [...]
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 holes [...]
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 carded [...]
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 [...]
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 on [...]
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 five [...]
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 on [...]
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 Kerr. [...]
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. She [...]
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 finish [...]
Miyazato wins HSBC Women’s Champion