Archive for the 'Ladies European Tour' Category

The Circus Is In Town - Hip Hip Hip Hooray!

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

There is something magical about the circus coming to town!
No I’m not talking about the Big Top and CoCo The Clown, but instead the LPGA, Ladies European Tour and The Ladies Golf Union.
Whilst 27 Open Championships have be held at St Andrews, this will be the very first time a Women’s British Open has been […]

Is the LPGA Tour Becoming Too Young?

Friday, July 13th, 2007

There is a tremendous youth movement right now on the LPGA Tour, which depending on point of view, could be a good or bad thing for the game. On one hand, this influx of young talent is bringing the LPGA Tour to unprecedented heights. Never before, in the history of the women’s game, has it […]

Should Michelle Wie Play With the Guys?

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Teenager Michelle Wie, who has been out of the spotlight with a wrist injury, created a stir this week by once again accepting a sponsor invitation to the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic. The announcement comes on the heels of negative feedback from LPGA players, who disagreed with her inclusion into the lucrative Samsung World […]

The First Scottish Golfing Superstar

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

With the Women’s British Open being played at St Andrews this year the tournament will, again, garner the sort of headlines that the mainstream media seem loathe to give women’s golf throughout the rest of the year.
Yet it is often widely forgotten that women and golf have been closely connected in Scotland for centuries. 
Scotland’s […]

Home Of Golf To Welcome Women’s British Open

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

I can’t believe the great golf events that are happening right under my nose during this upcoming summer. There is the Open at Carnoustie, the Seniors at Muirfield and then at the beginning of August there is the Women’s British Open Championship at the Old Course, St Andrews.
I’ve attended the Women’s British Open Championship […]

British-Indian Teen Matharu Hailed As the Female Tiger Woods

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

America and Thailand have Tiger Woods, now Britain and India hope they have their own mixed-race superstar.
She is Kiran Matharu, the first high-profile British-Asian golfing star who is hoping to supplant Michelle Wie as the next true teenage sensation.
The 17-year-old Curtis Cup player has a string of titles to her name, including the 2006 English […]

LPGA’S First Major of 2007

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

To me, the golf season doesn’t officially start until the year’s first major. And this year, The Kraft Nabisco Championship edges The Masters on the schedule by seven days - thus putting The LPGA front and center this week. So naturally there are some questions - such as, will Annika continue her dominance in 2007? […]