Babe Zaharias, Patty Berg, Mickey Wright, Sandra Haynie, Pat Bradley and Annika Sorenstam. Before the 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship that was the list of players who won the first 2 LPGA Majors of the year. Bradley and Sorenstam were members of an even more exclusive club, that of players to win the Kraft Nabisco Championship … Continue reading
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2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship: Halftime On Sunday Quick Post
It’s halftime on Sunday at the 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship. I’m looking around for Michele Tafoya to do the coaches interview. Oh wait, wrong sport. Just a few quick thoughts after completion of the 3rd round today, with the 4th round imminent. It looks like it might be a battle of the Major winners coming … Continue reading
Morgan Pressel Leads After 2nd Round Of 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship
Morgan Pressel continues to impress at the 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship, finishing her 2nd round as the leader at 6-under through 36 holes. She was hitting greens with beautiful shots, like a well struck hybrid on the 14th hole on her approach shot to 4 feet or her tee shot on the par 3 15th … Continue reading
LPGA Portraits 2013: Rebecca Lee-Bentham, Sun Young Yoo, Jimin Kang and Karin Sjodin
It’s portrait time again for the LPGA. Prior to the 2013 RR Donnelley Founders Cup, some of the ladies took time out for pictures. Due to the sheer volume of photos, I have to split these posts into groups. This group has Rebecca Lee-Bentham, Sun Young Yoo, Jimin Kang and Karin Sjodin. Some might remember Sun Young … Continue reading
Ariya Jutanugarn Leads 2013 Honda LPGA Thailand After 3rd Round
“Not only my family, but also the entire country has hopes for me. But after I heard their hands clap, it became an inspiration.” – Ariya Jutanugarn In the lead-up to the 2013 Honda LPGA Thailand, I wrote a blog post about what storylines I would be watching. While I was anxious to see how … Continue reading
Suzanne Pettersen Leads After 2nd Round Of 2012 US Women’s Open; Michelle Wie, Cristie Kerr 1 Shot Back
A little late with this post, so I’ll keep this one brief. In fact, the leaderboard below at the end of the post already has players out for the 3rd round. That said, it was certainly an interesting 2nd round. This is a course that was seen to favor big hitters and two of them … Continue reading
Cristie Kerr, Brittany Lincicome, Lizette Salas Lead 2012 US Women’s Open After First Round; Lexi Thompson 1 Shot Back
Following right on the heels of Independence Day, a trio of Americans, Cristie Kerr, Lizette Salas and Brittany Lincicome, lead the 2012 United States Women’s Open at 3-under. Young American phenom Lexi Thompson is 1 shot back at 2-under. Those are pretty impressive scores considering that not only is this a US Open set-up on … Continue reading
Shanshan Feng Wins 2012 Wegman’s LPGA Championship; Has Won On Three Different Tours In 2012
There was an old Western television show in the late 50s and early 60s called Have Gun-Will Travel. Perhaps Shanshan Feng of China should adapt that to Have Driver-Will Travel. The Chinese golf star has taken her talents on the road in 2012, winning on three major tours, some might argue the three top tours … Continue reading
Rolex Rankings (4.30.2012); Stacy Lewis Moves Up 3 Spots, Lexi Thompson Up 14 Spots
I was too busy with tennis and other things to post about Stacy Lewis’ terrific win at Mobile Bay. So I will put pics from the tournament in this post at the end of the Rolex Rankings. Stacy moves up 3 spots to #6 in the world, knocking on the door for the top 5. … Continue reading
Rolex Rankings 4.2.2012: Sun Young Yoo Makes Big Leap, In Kyung Kim Into Top 5
Sun Young Yoo took the leap into Poppie’s Pond following her win at the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship. She also takes a leap 22 places up the Rolex Rankings to land at #15. After her heartbreaking missed 1-footer Sunday, In Kyung Kim takes small solace in a 7 place jump to #5 in the world. … Continue reading