For the 2018 edition of my WTA and LPGA money list countdown I will focus on the top 10 from each tour, as determined by the money lists. For the WTA, singles, doubles and mixed are combined for total earnings. Here are the #3 players for 2018: Naomi Osaka (WTA) and Sung-Hyun Park (LPGA). NAOMI … Continue reading
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Fairways and Forehands 2018 WTA and LPGA Top 10 Year In Review: #6 Sloane Stephens and So-Yeon Ryu
For the 2018 edition of my WTA and LPGA money list countdown I will focus on the top 10 from each tour, as determined by the money lists. For the WTA, singles, doubles and mixed are combined for total earnings. Here are the #6 players for 2018: Sloane Stephens (WTA) and So-Yeon Ryu (LPGA). SLOANE … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 2018 WTA and LPGA Top 10 Year In Review: #7 Serena Williams and Sei Young Kim
For the 2018 edition of my WTA and LPGA money list countdown I will focus on the top 10 from each tour, as determined by the money lists. For the WTA, singles, doubles and mixed are combined for total earnings. Here are the #7 players for 2018: Serena Williams (WTA) and Sei-Young Kim (LPGA). SERENA … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 2018 WTA and LPGA Top 10 Year In Review: #10 Kiki Bertens and Jin-Young Ko
For the 2018 edition of my WTA and LPGA money list countdown I will focus on the top 10 from each tour, as determined by the money lists. For the WTA, singles, doubles and mixed are combined for total earnings. Here are the #10 players for 2018: Kiki Bertens (WTA) and Jin-Young Ko (LPGA). … Continue reading
Ariya Jutanugarn Wins 2017 Manulife LPGA Classic, Likely Set To Be New World #1
What I know for sure is that Ariya Jutanugarn is the winner of the 2017 Manulife LPGA Classic. Whether that propelled her to world #1 on the Rolex Rankings…that I won’t proclaim with certainty until the new rankings are published on Monday. After what happened last week, with the multiple proclamations that Jutanugarn would rise … Continue reading
Soo-Yun Kang Wins 2017 Resort Trust Ladies
Kangsy! There are few victories I celebrate more than those by Soo-Yun Kang. I was thrilled last year when she won the 2016 Suntory Ladies Open. Now I am doubly pleased to see the 41-year old veteran emerge triumphant from a three woman playoff at the 2017 Resort Trust Ladies. It’s Kangsy’s third career LPGA … Continue reading
Ai Suzuki Wins 2017 Hoken No Madoguchi Ladies
Congratulations to Ai Suzuki on her first victory of the season at the 2017 Hoken-no-Madoguchi Ladies. It was a great birthday treat for Ai-chan, who turned 23 on May 9th. Even though she finished 57th at last week’s Salonpas Cup, before that Suzuki was knocking on the door to victory. She finished 4th at Studio … Continue reading
Ha-Neul Kim Wins 2017 Salonpas Cup, Bests Lexi Thompson By 3 Shots
Ha-Neul Kim and defending champion Lexi Thompson both opened the 2017 World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup with less than impressive 2-over 74s. By the end of the first JLPGA Major of the season, they were each within reach of the trophies. It would be Ha-Neul with hardware in both hands as she turned a first … Continue reading
Lexi Thompson Penalized 4-shots, Loses 2017 ANA Inspiration In Playoff She Never Should Have Been In: Enough With The Armchair Officiating!
Not like this. Of the top 5 finishers at the 2017 ANA Inspiration (So-Yeon Ryu, Lexi Thompson, Minjee Lee, Inbee Park and Suzann Pettersen), I am firmly Team So-Yeon Ryu. I like all of those players, but I have a special affinity for Ryu, whom I have been waiting eagerly to celebrate in victory again during … Continue reading
Four Rising WTA/LPGA Players I’m Watching Closely In 2017
NAOMI OSAKA (Japan) 2017 Tour: WTA I’ve had my eye on 19-year old Naomi Osaka for a few years. 2016 was a year of breakthroughs as she reached her career high ranking in singles at #40. She also advanced to her first career full WTA level final, the 2016 Toray Pan Pacific Open, finishing runner-up. … Continue reading
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