Archive for the LPGA Tour Category


Els hoping to defend title at home

It wasn’t so long ago that the Big Four in world golf included the Big Easy, Ernie Els. The smooth-swinging South African has fallen off the radar lately but he believes he is now ready for his Big Comeback, in terms of titles. That could happen on the PGA Tour at this week’s Honda Classic […]

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Ogilvy shows he is a match for anyone

Geoff Ogilvy is often left out when people talk about the current giants of the game. But he still keeps reminding us that he is out there and capable of competing, and beating, the best. His second Accenture World Match Play title, after he defeated England’s Paul Casey four and three in the final, is […]

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The Games We Play- Fantasy Golf

One of the more fun nights (and there were a lot) from my years of college was fantasy football draft night. Not that I ever really participated, being Australian I had about as much knowledge of the NFL as your average Under-12 Indian cricket team. But once a year all the guys from the golf […]

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Stanford makes most of Wie’s stumble

Michelle Wie was agonisingly close to winning on her pro tour debut but had victory snatched away at the SBS Open in Kahuku, Hawaii. Wie, making her debut as a full LPGA Tour member, blew a three-stroke lead with eight holes to play, allowing Angela Stanford to burst through and snatch the top prize. The […]

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Rookie Wie prepares for Tour pro debut

Michelle Wie has been around for a while but she is making a debut of sorts at this week’s SBS Open in Kahuku, Hawaii. That’s because it is her first LPGA Tour event as a full member of the Tour. The 19-year-old, already an endorsement millionaire from when she burst on to the scene five […]

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Perez heeds advice to break seven-year barren run

Seven years and 197 starts ago, Pat Perez started his career on the PGA Tour with a lot of promise but with an equal dose of attitude. That potential was finally fulfilled with his victory in the Bob Hope Classic at La Quinta, California. The problem with Perez was that he wasn’t good at taking […]

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Catch Natalie Gulbis and me chatting about golf

A short but sweet message to say you can catch me discussing golf on Twitter most days. Just sign up in a few seconds and click “follow” to catch my latest golf news and conversations. Recently Natalie Gulbis joined Twitter and I believe many more professional golfers will also join in 2009. I asked Natalie […]

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Golf writers honour Harrington, Ochoa and Haas

The awards keep flowing for Ireland’s Padraig Harrington. The reigning British Open and PGA Championship champion has added to his vast 2008 honours list after being named Player of the Year for men by the Golf Writers Association of America. Harrington has already won the prestigious PGA Tour Player of the Year Award as well […]

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Tearful Sorenstams ends career with birdie

Even for an ice-cool Swede, the significance of a birdie-putt was too much and the emotion poured forth. Annika Sorenstam has made thousands of birdies in her life, some to win major championships. But this one was different because this was the final birdie of her professional career. Sorenstam birdied the 18th in her final […]

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Wie earns her LPGA Tour card

It is never too late to start fulfilling your potential, and that is what Michelle Wie is doing. Still only 19, Wie claimed her place in next year’s LPGA Tour after securing a top-20 finish at the Qualifying School in Daytona Beach, Florida. After years of hype, missed cuts on the men’s tours, big sponsorship […]

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Taiwanese beats McIlory in Hong Kong play-off

Taiwan’s Lin Wen-tang rose above the big names of European golf to win the Hong Kong Open after a play-off win over Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and Italian Franceso Molinari. Lin shot a final round of 67 at the Hong Kong Golf Club to total 265, the same as McIlroy and Molinari, both of whom […]

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Sorenstam prepares for LPGA Tour farewell

A majestic era in the history of women’s golf will come to a close at the end of the week when Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam completes her final LPGA Tour tournament. Sorenstam, who has dominated women’s golf over the past 10 years, is to make her farewell appearance on the Tour at the ADT Championship in […]

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Singapore Singh – Jeev holds off Harrington and Els

Indian Jeev Milkha Singh emerged from a stellar field that included Padraig Harrington, Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els to win the $5 million Singapore Open at Sentosa Island over the weekend. The son of a former Olympic runner shot a final round of two-under-par 69 for a total of seven-under 277 and a one-stroke victory […]

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‘Grandma’ Alfredsson wins in China

Experience won the day as Sweden’s veteran player Helen Alfredsson won the fist ever LPGA Tour tournament to be held in China on Sunday. The 43-year-old Afredsson shot a final round of seven-under-par 65 to register a come-from-behind victory over Taiwan’s Tseng Yani at the Hainan West Coast Golf Clubon the island of Hainan. She […]

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Turnesa makes it number four for rookies

Marc Turnesa became the fourth rookie to win on the PGA Tour this season when he lifted the title at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital for Children Open in Las Vegas. Turnesa scored a closing round of four-under 68 for a tournament-record 24-under 263 and a wire-to-wire victory, beating Matt Kuchar by a single stroke. […]

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