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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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: #14 Ekaterina Makarova and Caroline Hedwall
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 14 on the money list from each tour are Ekaterina Makarova … Continue reading
Pornanong Phatlum Wins 2013 Omega Dubai Ladies Masters
Pornanong Phatlum is a winner. She’d won 7 Ladies Asian Golf Tour events, with 1 co-sanctioned Ladies European Tour event (2012 Women’s Indian Open) going into the 2013 Omega Dubai Ladies Open. Playing well, she trailed world #3 Stacy Lewis, a player who has proven herself to be a winner on the grandest of scales, … Continue reading
Fairways and Forehands 2013 Top 30 WTA and LPGA Year In Review: #20 Anna Nordqvist and Kirsten Flipkens
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 20 on the money list from each tour are Anna Nordqvist … Continue reading
Sandra Gal Leads After First Round Of CME Group Titleholders; Lexi Thompson Lurking
Sandra Gal wasted no time in establishing herself as a contender to win the LPGA Tour’s 2013 season ending event, the CME Group Titleholders. Starting on the back 9, the 2011 Kia Classic champion birdied her first 6 holes (10 through 15). She did add a bogey coming home on the front side, but finished … Continue reading
Lexi Thompson Wins 2013 Lorena Ochoa Invitational
Lexi Thompson’s two previous LPGA victories, and her Ladies European Tour win for that matter, demonstrated her ability to finish the job with a comfortable margin. In the final round of the 2013 Lorena Ochoa Invitational, Lexi proved she could withstand the pressure of going head to head down the stretch against one of the … Continue reading
Lexi Thompson Grabs Lead After Third Round Of 2013 Lorena Ochoa Invitational
With only a few months separating Lydia Ko from her rookie season on the LPGA Tour, another precocious prodigy might be on the verge of taking her game to an even higher level. Everybody recognizes the talent possessed by Lexi Thompson. She won both LPGA and Ladies European Tour events before her rookie season on … Continue reading
So Yeon Ryu, Anna Nordqvist and Pornanong Phatlum Lead After Second Round Of 2013 Lorena Ochoa Invitational
This is why I don’t like to predict a winner after the first round. Sure, Pornanong Phatlum is still perched atop the leaderboard after two rounds at 9-under and could still very well lead from wire to wire, taking home the trophy. However, at the midway point of the 2013 Lorena Ochoa Invitational, Waen has … Continue reading
Pornanong Phatlum Leads After First Round Of 2013 Lorena Ochoa International
I don’t always do posts for the first round of golf events. Very often, although not always, I’ll wait until Saturday to see how storylines are developing. But the Pornanong Phatlum fan in me had to at least give a few words of praise for the job she did in the first round of the … Continue reading
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