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
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Stacy Lewis In The Hunt For #1 Ranking As Hee Young Park Leads After 2nd Round Of 2014 Kingsmill Championship presented by JTBC
See, here’s the problem with liking almost everybody on tour. I am constantly being pulled in opposite rooting directions. On the one hand, I see Hee Young Park atop the leaderboard (8-under) at the halfway point of the 2014 Kingsmill Championship presented by JTBC and can’t help but get excited. The Seoul Sisters are the … Continue reading
Stacy Lewis, Meena Lee Tied For Lead After 3rd Round Of 2014 North Texas LPGA Shootout
Sunday’s final round of the 2014 North Texas LPGA Shootout is the kind of set-up that I like. There are compelling and competing storylines that will pull my rooting interest in a myriad of directions. The most talked about is whether Stacy Lewis with continue to play bridesmaid in yet another event or will she … Continue reading
LPGA Portraits 2014: Michelle Wie, Jessica Korda, In-Kyung Kim and Megan Grehan
Each year during the Founders Cup week the LPGA takes some really nice high quality portraits of players. There are so many that I am breaking them into groups. I can’t feature everybody or every picture, but each post will have some of my favorites. In this post, I include Michelle Wie, Jessica Korda, In-Kyung … Continue reading
Paula Creamer Wins 2014 HSBC Women’s Champions With Putt For The Ages
Thank you, Paula Creamer! I admit that lately my “Fairway and Forehands” blog had been heavy on the Forehands (tennis) and light on the Fairways (LPGA golf). Heck, my post about UFC 170 and Ronda Rousey was bigger than anything I’ve done about the LPGA recently. I like everybody on tour, but with some of … Continue reading
LPGA Stat Leaders and Rolex Rankings Top 50 1.27.2014: Jessica Korda On The Move!
With one tournament in the books for the LPGA season, it’s all coming up Korda…Jessica Korda, that is. The young American vaulted 16 spots up the Rolex Rankings into the #24 position. Naturally, by winning the year’s only event to date, she also leads most of the important LPGA statistical categories like the Money List, … Continue reading
Jessica Korda Wins 2014 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic
Jessica Korda sure knows how to start a season. For the 2nd time in 3 years, she wins the opening event of the LPGA season. In 2012 it was the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open, joining her father, former tennis pro Petr Korda, as the champion of an Australian national sports championship. This year, Jessica … Continue reading
Na Yeon Choi Leads 2014 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic After Round Three
This is why I generally wait until the weekend to post LPGA tournament entries. So much can happen. Three rounds. Four different leaders. Meena Lee and Lydia Ko on day one. Jessica Korda on day two. Na Yeon Choi on day three. NYC, the 2010 LPGA Money List and Vare Trophy winner, had won at … Continue reading
Jessica Korda Leads 2014 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic After Round Two; Paula Creamer One Shot Back
The winds were whipping the course on day two of the 2014 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic, but that didn’t stop Jessica Korda and playing partner Paula Creamer from torching the Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island. Jessica would finish with 8 birdies against a lone bogey for a 7-under 66 (par is 73 at … Continue reading
Lydia Ko, Meena Lee Lead 2014 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic After Round One
Lydia Ko started her rookie season with a strong 5-under 68 (par is 73 at this tournament) to tie for the lead with Meena Lee at the 2014 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic. I don’t usually do early round posts, but this is the first round of the LPGA season, so I thought I’d do a … Continue reading
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