2010 Olympic Figure Skating Gold Medalist Kim Yeon-A (Yuna Kim) sat down to talk to CCTV at the 2012 inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria where she is talking to the youth about her experience as an Olympic competitor and champion. She did a good job without using a translator. One thing I … Continue reading
Back to back 2010 and 2011 LPGA Player of the Year Yani Tseng talks about her relationship with her Titleist ball. According to her, she and her ball are a team. The teamwork seems to be paying great dividends as she has distanced herself from the rest of her competition. Can anybody step up and … Continue reading
A very pregnant Lorena Ochoa met the press accompanied by the last two winners of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, In-Kyung Kim (2010) and Michelle Wie (2009). As much as the actual event and the two past champions, smiles were abound with Lorena’s little bundle of joy on the way. Not with the other two was … Continue reading
Ana Ivanovic started her week at the 2011 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Bali baking cookies for charity. She ended it by successfully defending her title from 2010 Bali on her 24th birthday. This is exactly how she finished last year, showing signs that she was ready to turn the corner and return to the … Continue reading
It’s been a bit hard to remember that Jiyai Shin was the player who finished 2010 ranked #1 in the world; that she went down to literally the last hole in 2009 in barely losing 2009 Player of the Year to Lorena Ochoa. After a close call at winning the 2011 Kia Classic, ultimately won … Continue reading
According to the Facebook page and website for Citizen Golf.com, there is a contest to win a chance to play with golf superstar Michelle Wie at the 2011 Omega Dubai Ladies Masters Pro-Am. The contest is open to all golfers, including professionals. For more information, click on the italicized, underlined hot links in the first … Continue reading
LPGA player Jennifer Johnson was present for the 2011 Navistar LPGA Classic Media Day. Jennifer is also a supporter of the Wounded Warrior Project. Tournament play is scheduled for September 15th thru 18th with television coverage on The Golf Channel. The defending champion is Australian Katherine Hull. Hull is a 2-time winner on the LPGA … Continue reading
Michelle Wie is the defending CN Canadian Women’s Open champion. It was her 2nd LPGA win, following her maiden win at the 2009 Lorena Ochoa Invitational. Michelle started the year well, with 3 top 10s in 4 events. Unfortunately for her, she has not had a top 10 in a stroke play event since April … Continue reading
Three-time US Open champion and two-time defending champion Kim Clijsters will not have a chance to win her third US Open in a row and fourth overall as she has pulled out of the 2011 US Open with an abdominal injury. Kim was riding high after opening the year by winning her fourth Major at … Continue reading
I hope that Kim Clijsters will come back strongly from two early season injuries to be at her best going into the US Open. Kimmie is the defending champion at the Western & Southern event at Cincinnati. With her stated desire to not play very much longer, it was disappointing to see her miss Wimbledon … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 