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PGA Tour goes to Memorial, LPGA Tour has new event at Liberty National
PGA TOUR MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT Site: Dublin, Ohio. Course: Muirfield Village GC. Yardage: 7,533. Par: 72. Prize money: $20 million. Winner's share: $3.6 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. (Golf Channel);...
U.S. earns final semifinal spot in International Crown
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lexi Thompson made back-to-back birdies on the back nine Saturday and the United States earned the final spot in the semifinals of the LPGA's International Crown team match-play event. The U.S. clinched the semifinal berth late in the round when China lost its...
U.S. splits with China on 1st day of International Crown
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — World No. 1 Nelly Korda and Lilia Vu rallied on the back nine to help the United States earn a split of its first two matches against China on Thursday at the International Crown team event. “It was pretty much a grind, but then we kind of ran away with it...
Johansson leads after 1st day of JM Eagle LA Championship
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Linnea Johansson shot a 7-under 64 to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the JM Eagle LA Championship on Thursday at Wilshire Country Club. Johansson had a bogey-free round, one of just five in the first round. “Obviously a great...
A Lim Kim shoots 7-under 65, leads rain-delayed Chevron
THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — A Lim Kim birdied the final two holes for a 7-under 65 and the lead Friday in the suspended second round of the rain-delayed Chevron Championship. Thirty-one players were unable to finish the round before dark in the first women's major tournament of the...
Chien leads rainy Chevron, Korda tied for 2nd at 1st major
THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Peiyun Chien shot a 5-under 67 on a rainy Thursday in the transplanted Chevron Championship to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s first major of the year. Unable to find a sponsor willing to add to the half-century run at Mission Hills, the...
Column: LPGA needs to look ahead and not what it left behind
Losing tradition can seem even tougher when tradition is in scarce supply. Such is the case in women's golf, which has had eight tournaments designated as major championships dating to 1930. And because of title sponsorship — the key to survival — those eight majors have had 21...
LPGA starts majors in Houston, PGA has teams in New Orleans
LPGA TOUR THE CHEVRON CHAMPIONSHIP Site: The Woodlands, Texas. Course: The Club at Carlton Woods (Jack Nicklaus Signature). Yardage: 6,824. Par: 72. Prize money: $5.1 million. Winner's share: $765,000. Television:...
Mi Hyang Lee leads LPGA Tour event at Palos Verdes with 65
PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. (AP) — Mi Hyang Lee shot a 6-under 65 in her first LPGA Tour event of the year for a one-stroke lead in the opening round of the DIO Implant LA Open on Thursday. Lee, a South Korean who earned her spot in a Monday qualifier, hit all 18 greens in...
Jin Young Ko wins LPGA Singapore by two strokes
SINGAPORE (AP) — Jin Young Ko won for the first time in a year at the HSBC Women's World Championship and hopes this signals a new start from a year of battling injuries that cost her the No. 1 ranking. Ko answered an early charge by Nelly Korda, held her nerve during a 58-minute...
