As a lifelong tennis fan, I’ve seen the sport I love the most go from having players mostly indifferent to the Olympics to greatly cherishing the Summer Games. With golf returning to the Olympics, I think we will see the same thing happen, only quicker. Even this year, as the men played first, it was … Continue reading
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Team USA Trails As Darkness Suspends Play On Day 2 Of Solheim Cup, But In Position For Comeback
A lot of things might be going wrong for Team USA at Solheim Cup 2015. They trailed 3 points to 5 after day 1 matches were complete. They had a less than stellar 1-3 showing in morning matches on day 2. They trail 5 points to 8 as darkness suspended play on day 2. However, … Continue reading
Jessica Korda Wins 2014 Airbus LPGA Classic presented by JTBC
In January, Jessica Korda kick-started the American Renaissance on the LPGA Tour, winning the season opening 2014 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic. Since then, her year has been up and down. In recent weeks, she suffered consecutive missed cuts at Swinging Skirts and the North Texas Shootout. Korda was back in the money with a T37 … Continue reading
Michelle Wie, Lexi Thompson Tied For Lead After 3rd Round Of 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship
If you are fan of American LPGA players, you probably hope this week’s 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship follows the early season tour pattern. American Jessica Korda won the season opener, followed by tournament victories by Karrie Webb and Anna Nordqvist. Then American Paula Creamer won, followed once again by Karrie Webb and Anna Nordqvist wins. … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 2013 Top 30 WTA and LPGA Year In Review: #21 Catriona Matthew and Carla Suarez Navarro
Instead of a year in review focusing on overall achievements, I thought this time I’d do a countdown of the top 30 money list leaders from the WTA and LPGA. For the WTA, singles, doubles and mixed are combined for this top 30. Number 21 on the money list from each tour are Catriona Matthew … Continue reading
Shiho Oyama Leads After First Round Of 2013 Mizuno Classic
Shiho Oyama rode a 6 birdie, 2 bogey opening day effort to a 4-under lead after round 1 of the 2013 Mizuno Classic. The 36-year old Oyama is a 12-time JLPGA winner, although her last victory came in 2011 when she won her 2nd Masters GC Ladies. Her greatest year on the LPGA of Japan … Continue reading
Suzann Pettersen Thwarts Early Fourth Round Challenge From Azahara Munoz At 2013 Sunrise LPGA Taiwan To Win Late Going Away
With an assist from Azahara Munoz, Suzann Pettersen found a way to make the fourth round of the 2013 Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship interesting early on before closing it out comfortably late. Give credit to Azahara. She came out firing, looking to make a match of it, and she did. By the time she sunk … Continue reading
Suzann Pettersen Survives Shaky Start To Maintain Lead After 3rd Round Of 2013 Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship
Suzann Pettersen did her darndest early in the 3rd round to add some drama to the 2013 Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship. But in the end, she finished her day very near to where she started. With a 5 shot overnight lead, the world #2 stumbled out of the blocks with bogeys on 3 of her … Continue reading
Suzann Pettersen Leads After First Round Of 2013 Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship
Neither snow nor rain nor sleet nor heat nor gloom of night stays the ladies of the LPGA from the swift completion of their apointed rounds. On Facebook, Beatriz Recari described her first round at the 2013 Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship as 5 hours and 40 minutes in rain. And so it was, as defending … Continue reading
History Repeats Herself: Lydia Ko Successfully Defends 2013 CN Canadian Women’s Open
When Lydia Ko was 14 years old, she became the youngest winner of a professional golf tournament at the 2012 Bing Lee/Samsung Women’s New South Wales Open. Maybe some might have dismissed that victory as an historic achievement on a small tour. Later in 2012 Ko, having turned 15, would become the youngest winner of … Continue reading
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