Morgan Pressel almost pulled it off. She almost captured her second career major title at the LPGA Championship two weeks ago. Perhaps more significantly, it would have been her first win in an official LPGA Tour event in five years. [Read more →]
After concluding her final round at the LPGA Tour’s Kingsmill Championship in early May, Katie Burnett hopped on a plane bound for Turkey. She was set to play in the Ladies European Tour event there the following week. [Read more →]
The LPGA stages the second of its five majors this week – that’s right, five majors; don’t forget that the Evian Championship is now a major. The tour’s ladies tee it up in Pittford, N.Y., for the LPGA Championship. [Read more →]
Thoughts and observations from Day 2 at the ShopRite LPGA Classic:
GALLOWAY, N.J. – Mother Nature turned up the heat and turned on the fan, making conditions difficult on the field at the Stockton Seaview Resort’s Bay Course on Saturday. The swirling, gusting winds and baked greens made what was turning into a tough week even tougher. [Read more →]
GALLOWAY, N.J. – Ilhee Lee put her hands on top of her head and apologized. She apologized for her choppy English – her second language, to be sure, but her command of it is normally sound.
But Friday after her first round at the 2013 ShopRite LPGA Classic, the words wouldn’t come. [Read more →]
Thoughts and notes after the first round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic:
GALLOWAY, N.J. — Look who’s near the top of the leaderboard: Michelle Wie. [Read more →]
GALLOWAY, N.J. — The recent ruling by the USGA and the Royal & Ancient to ban the anchored putting stroke likely will have far-reaching effects in the men’s game. Four of the last six major winners – including 2013 Masters champion Adam Scott – have used an anchored putting stroke.
The ramifications won’t shake the women’s game quite as much, but there are those who will be affected. [Read more →]
Nothing in Jenni Jenq’s golf career has come easily.
She got a late start in pursuit of professional status – her mid-20s, an age at which many women already have multiple LPGA victories. She was knocked out of contention for her 2013 LPGA Tour card in the first stage of qualifying school. [Read more →]
Stacy Lewis has ascended to the top spot in the women’s world rankings. That may have been the easy part. [Read more →]
Streams of golf consciousness …
Matt Kuchar’s win at the WGC Match Play Championship was his fifth on the PGA Tour. Four of those wins have come since 2009. We might just now be seeing the best of Kuchar. Let’s hope so; isn’t it fun to hear the crowds say, “Koooooch!” whenever he hits a good shot? [Read more →]
