Archive for the LPGA Tour Category


Zach Johnson rescues season with Texas triumph

It’s Johnson & Johnson fortnight on the US PGA Tour. Just one week after rookie Dustin Johnson wins his maiden title at Turning Stone, his more illustrious namesake Zach Johnson goes out and wins his first tournament of the year. The 2007 Masters champion had been struggling all season, posting just one top 10 finish. […]

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Rookie Johnson revives career with maiden victory

Things were looking quite bleak for rookie Dustin Johnson in terms of his golfing career. He had cooled off from a bright start to the season, his ranking on the PGA Tour money list had dropped to 128, which meant he was in danger of losing his card for next season, and his game was […]

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Wie one step away from Tour status

No exemptions, no sponsors’ invites – just plain hard work. Michelle Wie is going back to basics in her attempts to play on the LPGA Tour next season, and she’s doing alright. The Hawaiian advanced to the final round of qualifying for the Tour when she finished fourth at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho […]

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Karlsson Gets Back to Winning Ways

Sweden’s Robert Karlsson ended a two-year period without a European Tour victory to triumph at the Mercedes Benz Championships in Cologne, Germany. Although he was given a one-stroke penalty after the third round, he still led the field by three shots going into the final day. He closed with a 71 for a total of […]

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LPGA Decides Against Penalties for Non-English Speakers

The LPGA Tour has back-tracked on its initial decision to force non-native English speaking professionals to learn the language as soon as they can in order to prevent suspension. The LPGA had previously instituted the rule to make the players, and hence its tour, more marketable to the fans and sponsors. Many saw it as […]

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Pettersen and Pressel join China line-up

The first-ever LPGA Tour event in China received a nice boost when organisers were able to confirm the participation of world number four Suzann Pettersen and Morgan Pressel. In a press release on Wednesday, it was announced that the pair will join already-confirmed Annika Sorenstam and Tseng Yani in the line-up for the October 24-26 […]

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LPGA to Introduce Compulsory English Rule

The language of golf is marketing and, as far as the LPGA Tour is concerned, it is also English. The multi-national and multi-ethnic LPGA Tour is implementing a new rule from 2009 requiring all member players to have a reasonable grasp of spoken English, or face suspension. This also applies to non-native English speakers who […]

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Singh Puts Faith In Putting for Barclays Victory

There was a time when the big four of golf was Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh and Enrie Els. A couple of names have dropped off that list, hopefully, to bounce back again. Vijay Singh is determined to stay there as long as he can. And with his victory at The Barclays, the gentle […]

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Swede Home Greensboro for Pettersson

For Sweden’s Carl Pettersson, Greensboro, North Carolina is his adopted hometown. Therefore, he had to win the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club. That is what he told himself in order to get out of a rut and shoot two-under-par 68 in the final round to win the tournament by two strokes. Pettersson led going […]

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Shin Wins Women’s Open as Singh Ends Drought

Shin Ji-yai was not even a member of the LPGA Tour prior to the Women’s British Open at Sunningdale, England. She now becomes the latest Korean to join a multitude of her compatriots on the premier women’s tour, as well as sealing her place in the Open for the next 10 years, after her brilliant […]

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LPGA Stars Question Wie’s Choice of Tournaments

It took a while for her peers to react, but once they did, there was little admiration for Michelle Wie and her decision to skip a major tournament in favour of a PGA Tour event. Wie, who has yet to make the cut in seven previous PGA Tour attempts, will be playing this week at […]

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Vaughan Triumphs in Senior Open as Norman Comes Close Again

Greg Norman was again in contention at an Open event but, like before, failed to land the top prize as American Bruce Vaughan fought back from nowhere to win the Senior Open Championship at Royal Troon. Norman birdied five of the first seven holes on the final day but failed to sustain his charge, finishing […]

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Wie Once Again To Tee It Up With The Men

Michelle Wie, still aching after disqualification from an LPGA Tour event last week, believes it is the right time to once again slug it out with the men. Next week she will take part in the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, hoping to make the cut on a PGA Tour event for the first time after seven […]

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Three-Up Perry Becomes Reluctant Star

Kenny Perry won for the third time in five starts as he emerged from a three-way play-off to lift the John Deere Classic title in Silvis, Illinois. Perry’s ambition at the start of the year was to quietly make the US Ryder Cup team without any fuss or fanfare. No such luck if he keeps […]

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Sorenstam To Play in Inaugural China LPGA Event

In her farewell season, former world number one Annika Sorenstam is determined to spread the golfing gospel as far and wide as possible. The 10-time major winner will be part of history in October when she competes in the first-ever LPGA Tour event in China – the Grand China Air LPGA event, which will be […]

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