QBE Shootout to be mixed-team event for PGA and LPGA tours
NASSAU, Bahamas — (AP) — Nelly Korda and Lexi Thompson are representing the LPGA Tour this week in the QBE Shootout. The QBE Shootout will become a mixed-team event starting in 2023, returning such a format to the schedule for the first time since the JC Penney Classic in 1999. The QBE Shootout dates to 1989 when it was more commonly known as the Shark Shootout. And if you were in contention, it was a grind.”The QBE Shootout has featured a few LPGA players in recent years. The key is how many top PGA Tour players are interested, though not many of them play now in the QBE Shootout.
wftv.comNelly Korda rallies to win Pelican and returns to No. 1
BELLEAIR, Fla. — (AP) — A year Nelly Korda would like to forget is ending with the American star in a familiar position as the No. 1 player in women's golf. Korda won at Pelican Golf Club for the second straight year, this one elevating her past Thai teenager Atthaya Thitikul to reclaim the No. This was her first LPGA Tour title, and the tears when it was over were evident how much it meant to her after all her struggles. A year ago, Korda birdied the 18th and Thompson made bogey, a two-shot swing that led to a playoff that Korda won with a birdie.
wftv.comCorpuz grabs LPGA lead, faces top competition at Pelican
BELLEAIR, Fla. — (AP) — Allisen Corpuz is closing out a solid rookie year on the LPGA Tour, and now the Hawaii native has a chance to make it even better at the Pelican Women's Championship. Corpuz made four birdies in a six-hole stretch in the middle of her second round Saturday and had another 5-under 65, giving her a one-shot lead going into the final round of the penultimate LPGA Tour event of the year. Right behind Corpuz is a group of top contenders, making that one-shot lead feel even smaller. She was in a three-way tie for second going into the final round, which would be enough. “I think if you post a good round, that’s all really I can do.
wftv.comXiyu Lin makes late eagle to take LPGA lead in Texas
THE COLONY, Texas — (AP) — Xiyu Lin of China made a 10-foot eagle putt on the par-5 17th hole Thursday that sent her to a 6-under 65 and a one-shot lead in The Ascendant LPGA. The late eagle from Lin, twice a runner-up on the LPGA Tour this season, took attention away from Atthaya Thitikul and her bid to reach No. The eagle was somewhat of a surprise for Lin, but the circumstances were different. The course is nothing like the Arkansas course where she won last week, but the Thai teen is adjusting. Lin was runner-up in Thailand in the early part of the year, and she was runner-up to Ally Ewing this month in Cincinnati.
wftv.comJeongeun Lee6 finds her form and leads LPGA in Cincinnati
Lee6 has gone three years since her lone win on the LPGA Tour at the 2019 U.S. Women's Open, and the 26-year-old South Korean hasn't contended since Singapore at the HSBC Women's World Championship. “It was a good bogey-free round, and it's been a while I played bogey-free, so I'm really satisfied with my game today,” Lee6 said. A teenager still in high school will be around for the weekend at the first LPGA Tour event in Cincinnati since 1989. The weekend will not include U.S. Women's Open champion Minjee Lee, who leads the Race to CME Globe, or American star Lexi Thompson. Fassi, Kemp and Khang have yet to win on the LPGA Tour, though this year already has produced eight first-time winners.
wftv.comLin has 9 birdies for a 64; 14-year-old shoots 70 on LPGA
She had a 77 at Muirfield when she missed the cut in the Women's British Open. Lin is coming off a tie for seventh at the Dana Open, showing signs of life after a good start to the year. Playing in the afternoon, she opened with three straight birdies on the back nine, made par, and then added two more birdies. “I still do need to adjust my tee shots, but other than that, my iron and putting is good. For her third straight start, the teenager made only two birdies and very few mistakes.
wftv.comGaby Lopez birdies final 3 holes for 63 to win Dana Open
SYLVANIA, Ohio — (AP) — Gaby Lopez rallied from four shots behind Sunday and closed with three straight birdies for a 8-under 63 and a one-shot victory in the Dana Open. Lucy Li, the 19-year-old Californian who started the final round with a one-shot lead, struggled to make birdies. Li tied for ninth in Canada last week to get into the Dana Open, and now she is eligible to play the LPGA event in Cincinnati next week. Thompson has gone more than three years without winning and she didn't make a birdie until the final hole. Li had one birdie and 14 pars as Lopez and Khang took over at Highland Meadow.
wftv.comLucy Li starts slow and finishes strong to lead LPGA Tour
Thompson was 12 when she first qualified for the U.S. Women's Open at Pine Needles. Seven years later, Li broke her record when she qualified for the 2014 Women's Open at Pinehurst No. Li secured her LPGA Tour card for next year with two wins and a runner-up finish on the Epson Tour, which offers LPGA cards to its leading 10 players. Li received a sponsor's invitation in Canada last week and tied for ninth in the CP Women's Open, which got her into the field in Ohio. Now she has a chance to win and join the LPGA Tour for its final two months of the season.
wftv.comChun perseveres, holds off Thompson to win Women's PGA
Chun, after leading by six at the tournament's midway point, lost a three-shot advantage in the first three holes of the final round. Thompson three-putted for bogey on 17, and after an impressive approach from the rough on 18, her birdie putt wasn't hit firmly enough. She lost a five-stroke lead during the final round of last year’s U.S. Women’s Open at Olympic Club. Chun bogeyed Nos. When Thompson bogeyed 12, so did Chun.
wftv.comChun shoots 69 to lead by 6 at Women's PGA Championship
Womens PGA Championship Golf In Gee Chun, of South Korea, waves after putting on the 18th hole during the second round in the Women's PGA Championship golf tournament at Congressional Country Club, Friday, June 24, 2022, in Bethesda, Md. — (AP) — In Gee Chun shot a 3-under 69 on Friday to increase her lead to six strokes halfway through the Women's PGA Championship. Chun led by five after the first round, equaling the biggest 18-hole advantage in the history of women's major championships. 7 and 8, however, kept her from opening a even bigger lead,Lydia Ko (67) and Jennifer Kupcho (68) were second. After reaching 11 under par, Chun missed the green on the par-3 seventh and took a bogey.
wftv.comKupcho shoots 63 at windy Blythefield to take LPGA Tour lead
BELMONT, Mich. — (AP) — Jennifer Kupcho shot a 9-under 63 on Thursday at windy Blythefield Country Club to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Meijer Classic. “I hit a mistakenly really great shot on the first hole,” Kupcho said. “I’ve been here the last couple of years and really been comfortable with this place,” Kupcho said. “Honestly, a lot of the holes are birdie holes, so I felt like I could go out and birdie every hole. “I just kind of felt really relaxed the whole day,” Thompson said.
wftv.comKo surges, 3 shots back of Lee, Harigae at U.S. Women's Open
US Womens Open Golf Minjee Lee, of Australia, hits off the 15th tee during the second round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at the Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C. on Friday, June 3, 2022. 1 player vaulted into contention for a third major championship Friday, playing the final five holes in 3 under to pull within three shots of second-round Minjee Lee and Mina Harigae at the U.S. Women’s Open. Harigae and Lee were at 9-under 133 after 36 holes at Pine Needles. Lee shot a 5-under 66, and Harigae had a 69. It looked for a while like Harigae might maintain sole possession of the lead for a second straight day.
wftv.comMinjee Lee hangs on, wins LPGA Founders Cup over Thompson
Looking for her first LPGA Tour win since 2019, Thompson rallied from three down and grabbed a share of the lead with a birdie at No. Thompson and Lee traded birdies on the par-5 12th, but Thompson closed with six straight pars for a 69. Thompson had birdie opportunities on the final two holes that she failed to convert before Lee closed it in style with a short birdie of her own. Sagstrom, who was a shot behind Lee at the start, closed with a 72 despite a quadruple bogey at No. Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion Anna Davis finished at 3 under while playing her second straight tour event on a sponsor exemption.
wftv.comMinjee Lee takes 1-shot lead into last round of Founders Cup
The 25-year-old Australian who had a three-shot lead at the halfway point, was at 17-under 199 after 54 holes. Sagstrom, the Swede who had the first-round lead after a 63, had the best third-round with a 67. Lexi Thompson started the round tied with Sagstrom at 11 under, and was alone in third, three shots back after a 69. Lee followed with the eagle and birdie on putts ranging from 15-to-18 feet and never lost the lead. Ally Ewing, who was tied for second after two rounds, never got anything going in posting a 74.
wftv.comKupcho takes 6-shot lead into Mission Hills major finale
Kupcho shot an 8-under 64 on anther hot and sunny afternoon in the Coachella Valley for a tournament-record 16-under 200 total. Defending champion Patty Tavatanakit, playing alongside Kupcho in the second-to-last group, was second after a 70. The tournament that started in 1972 and became a major in 1983 is moving to Houston after failing to attract a sponsor willing to keep it at history-packed Mission Hills. But Tavatanakit missed the eagle putt and Kupcho got up-and-down for birdie, holing a 6-footer to match Tavatanakit. Kupcho broke the 54-hole record of 14 under set by Pernilla Lindberg in 2018 and matched by Tavatanakit last year.
wftv.comMission Hills bowing out with final major in the desert
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — (AP) — Come Sunday at Mission Hills, the winner will take the last traditional victory leap into Poppie's Pond — and the women's major golf tournament best known as the Dinah Shore will be history in the desert. The golf course is always in amazing shape for us. Mission Hills does it right.”The Desmond Muirhead-designed course is packed with more tradition than any other in women’s golf, with the 51st edition set to begin Thursday. “Just the beauty that surrounds this golf course and the golf course itself, it’s always an incredible feeling,” Canadian Brooke Henderson said. “I like playing Mission Hills when it’s firm and fast,” Park said.
wftv.comLeona Maguire first Irish winner in LPGA Tour history
LPGA Tour Golf Leona Maguire watches a shot during the second round of the LPGA Drive On Championship golf tournament at Crown Colony in Fort Myers, Fla., Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP) (Andrew West)FORT MYERS, Fla. — (AP) — Leona Maguire became the first Irish winner in LPGA Tour history Saturday, closing with a 5-under 67 for a three-stroke victory in the LPGA Drive On Championship at Crown Colony. “It’s huge for Irish golf,” Maguire said. “There was never an Irish player on the tour, let alone a winner. “I played with Leona the first two days and she’s been hitting it amazing,” Thompson said.
wftv.comDay, Leishman lead Aussies to 1-shot lead at Tiburon
NAPLES, Fla. — (AP) — Jason Day and Marc Leishman had 12 birdies, two eagles and finished one shot short of the record for the scramble format, posting a 16-under 56 that gave the Australian duo a one-shot lead Friday in the QBE Shootout. Day is making his first start in the unofficial event hosted by Greg Norman since he teamed with Cameron Tringale to win in 2014. They were one shot ahead of Corey Conners and Graeme McDowell and the defending champions, Harris English and Matt Kuchar. The record for a scramble format — players pick the team's best shot and each plays from there, including putts — is 55. The second round will be modified alternate shot — both players tee off and they alternate shots the rest of the way — with fourballs for the final round Sunday.
wftv.comBoutier makes big run for 65 to open 4-shot lead at Tiburon
For so much of the wind-blown second round, a dozen or so players were separated by one shot at Tiburon Golf Club. That included Nelly Korda and Jin Young Ko, four-time winners this year in a battle for LPGA player of the year. Over the final two hours, Boutier left them all in her wake in the chase for the $1.5 million prize. Much like the way she finished her round, Boutier is all about the big finish. I changed my putter in September and since then,” she said, pausing to smile, “it's gotten better.”Boutier's 66 matched the low score of the second round.
wftv.comNelly Korda overcomes triple bogey to win LPGA in playoff
Korda at least managed to recover and win a four-way playoff Sunday in the Pelican Women's Championship. Korda won for the fourth time this year on the LPGA Tour, none of the others this wild. Korda now has five wins this year — four on the LPGA Tour to match Jin Young Ko's total, one a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Kim birdied the 18th and figured she had tied for third with Jin Young Ko, who played bogey-free. Korda and Jin Young Ko take their show down the coast to Tiburon Golf Club for the final event.
wftv.comNelly Korda overcomes triple bogey to win LPGA in playoff
Nelly Korda made such a mess of the 17th hole that missing what amounts to a tap-in barely registered. “I honestly lost hope,” Korda said. Korda ended it quickly, making a 12-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole at No. 18 to win for the four time this year on the LPGA Tour.
news.yahoo.comKupcho races to 36-hole lead in search of maiden LPGA win
Kim missed out on Monday qualifying, received a late sponsor exemption and responded with rounds of 65-66 to sit just two shots off the lead. 98 in the Race to the CME Globe, and only the top 100 keep full cards for next year after this event. So not being in control of my own destiny, not a big fan of that,” Kim said. “I don't know if I necessarily have it figured out,” said Kupcho, who had 12 birdies over her last 28 holes. She has not won since the ShopRite LPGA Classic more than two years ago and has slipped to No.
wftv.comSo Yeon Ryu, Ewart Shadoff share lead at ShopRite LPGA
LPGA Tour Golf So Yeon Ryu, of South Korea, reacts to her shot on the 18th fairway during the first round of the LPGA Walmart NW Arkansas Championship golf tournament, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Rogers, Ark. (AP Photo/Michael Woods) (Michael Woods)GALLOWAY, N.J. — (AP) — So Yeon Ryu finally quit thinking about her swing and thought only about scoring just in time to birdie the last three holes for a 6-under 65 and a share of the lead with Jodi Ewart Shadoff in the ShopRite LPGA on Friday. Ewart Shadoff, who has missed the cut in her last eight LPGA Tour events, birdied the par-5 18th to join Ryu in the lead. Getting off to a quick start is important at the ShopRite LPGA because it's a 54-hole event. So I think that’s the thing I really struggle on the golf course and that’s the focus on the golf course.
wftv.comU.S. trims deficit at Solheim Cup even as Korda struggles
Solheim Cup Golf United States' Lexi Thompson waves on the 14th hole during the foursome matches at the Solheim Cup golf tournament, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, in Toledo, Ohio. (Carlos Osorio)TOLEDO, Ohio — (AP) — The United States rallied at the Solheim Cup on Sunday morning, winning three of the four alternate-shot matches to cut into the sizable lead defending champion Europe built on Day One. Lexi Thompson's curling 30-foot birdie putt on the par-4 17th closed out a 2-and-1 victory for herself and teammate Brittany Altomare. 1 Nelly Korda and Ally Ewing 5 and 4 as Maguire, a Solheim Cup rookie, improved to 3-0 on the weekend. Maybe, but Korda hardly looked like herself Sunday morning and will sit out a session for the first time in her brief Solheim Cup career in the afternoon.
wftv.comNordqvist, Koerstz Madsen share lead at Women's British Open
Britain Golf Women's British Open Sweden's Anna Nordqvist plays out of a bunker on the 14th green during the third round of the Women's British Open golf championship, in Carnoustie, Scotland, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell) (Scott Heppell)CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — (AP) — Anna Nordqvist and Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Scandinavians with contrasting resumes in golf, share the lead heading into the final round of the Women’s British Open. Koerstz Madsen, a 26-year-old Dane with just one top-10 finish in a major, joined Nordqvist on 9 under overall by rolling in a 15-foot eagle putt at No. The top 14 were separated by just three shots going into the final round. ___More AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2021 The Associated Press.
wftv.comIrish rookie Leona Maguire leads Meijer LPGA Classic
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — (AP) — Leona Maguire shot a 8-under 64 on Friday to take a three-stroke lead in the Meijer LPGA Classic, the second straight week the Irish rookie has topped a leaderboard. The 26-year-old former Duke player is trying to become the first Irish winner in LPGA Tour history. Last week in California, she tied for ninth in the LPGA Mediheal Championship after leading after the first round. I knew all about that on 1 and 2.”Su Oh of Australia was second after a bogey-free 65. It was like a really weird combo.”Lexi Thompson, the 2015 winner, had her second 68 to reach 8 under.
wftv.comMatilda Castren first Finnish winner in LPGA Tour history
LPGA Tour Golf Matilda Castren, of Finland, tees off on the fifth hole at Lake Merced Golf Club during the final round of the LPGA Mediheal Championship golf tournament Sunday, June 13, 2021, in Daly City, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar) (Tony Avelar)DALY CITY, Calif. — (AP) — Matilda Castren became the first Finnish winner in LPGA Tour history Sunday in the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship, pulling away on the front-nine at foggy Lake Merced and holding off Min Lee by two strokes. Castern followed with eight straight pars and holed a 3-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th for a 7-under 65. The 26-year-old former Florida State player finished at 14-under 274 after tying for 30th last week in the U.S. Women’s Open at nearby Olympic Club. Lee missed a chance to became the first player to follow a Symetra Tour victory with an LPGA Tour win in her next start. The 26-year-old player from Taiwan won the Mission Inn Resort and Club Championship two weeks ago in Florida on the developmental tour.
wftv.comTaiwan's Min Lee takes 2-shot lead at Lake Merced
Lee also birdied the par-5 15th and par-3 17th to pull away from former Stanford player Lauren Kim and Finland's Matilda Castren. She had a 9-under 207 total at Lake Merced in the tour’s second straight event on the San Francisco Peninsula. Lee failed to qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open last week at nearby Olympic Club. Switzerland's Albane Valenzuela, another former Stanford player, had a 68 to join 2000 U.S. Women's Open champion A Lim Kim (69) at 6 under. Saso and Women’s Open playoff loser Nasa Hataoka skipped the event at Lake Merced.
wftv.comLeona Maguire takes LPGA Tour lead at Lake Merced
DALY CITY, Calif. — (AP) — Irish rookie Leona Maguire shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday at Lake Merced to take the first-round lead in the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship, the tour's second straight event on the San Francisco Peninsula. Off last week off after failing to qualify for the Women's Open, Maguire had nine birdies and two bogeys. “It’s a little bit different atmosphere to this week,” said Inbee Park, coming off a seventh-place tie at Olympic. “It just makes me relax a little bit more after last week.”Maguire played alongside the tournament's two past champions, Sei Young Kim (2018) and Florida neighbor Lydia Ko (2019). “It’s very green and sort of tree lined a little bit like what we get at home.
wftv.comYuka Saso wins US Women's Open on 3rd playoff ole
US Womens Open Golf Yuka Saso, of the Philippines, waves after making her putt on the 18th green during the final round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at The Olympic Club, Sunday, June 6, 2021, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn) (Jed Jacobsohn)SAN FRANCISCO — (AP) — Yuka Saso birdied the third playoff hole to beat Nasa Hataoka on Sunday and become the second teenager to win the U.S. Women's Open after Lexi Thompson collapsed down the stretch. Saso matched 2008 winner Inbee Park as the youngest U.S. Women’s Open champion at 19 years, 11 months, 17 days. 9 and 18 in the two-hole aggregate playoff, sending the tournament to sudden death back at the ninth hole. That left her winless in 15 tries at the U.S. Women's Open that she first competed in as a 12-year-old in 2007.
wftv.comThompson uses flawless round to take lead at US Women's Open
US Womens Open Golf Lexi Thompson waves after making her putt on the 13th green during the third round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament at The Olympic Club, Saturday, June 5, 2021, in San Francisco. Thompson played a nearly flawless round in search of her first U.S. Women’s Open title in her 15th try after first competing as a 12-year-old amateur in 2007. She missed a 12-foot par putt on 18 and ended the day a stroke back. She has four-top 10 finishes at the U.S. Women’s Open, including a runner-up to Lee6 two years ago in Charleston. Thompson added another long birdie putt on No.
wftv.comTaiwan's Wei-Ling Hsu takes LPGA Tour lead at Kingsmill
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — (AP) — Wei-Ling Hsu shot a bogey-free 5-under 66 on Thursday at Kingsmill Resort to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s Pure Silk Championship. Winless in her seven-year LPGA Tour career, the 26-year-old Taiwanese player birdied the River Course’s two front-nine par 5s and made three in a row on Nos. The 22-year-old Chinese player won two of the first three events this year on the Symetra Tour. “Two lip-outs for birdies, but other than that it was good.”Playing partner Ariya Jutanugarn, coming off a victory two weeks ago in her home LPGA Tour event in Thailand, opened with a 70. Paula Creamer shot a 76 in her first LPGA Tour start since tying for 63rd in the BMW Ladies Championship in October 2019.
wftv.comRuixin Liu, Wei-Ling Hsu share LPGA Tour lead at Kingsmill
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — (AP) — Ruixin Liu birdied the final two holes late Thursday afternoon for a 5-under 66 and a share of the first-round lead with Wei-Ling Hsu in the LPGA Tour’s Pure Silk Championship. 3 and 6 and rebounded with the birdies on the par-4 eighth and ninth holes at Kingsmill Resort. Seeking her first LPGA Tour victory, the 22-year-old Chinese player won two of the first three events this year on the Symetra Tour. Winless in her seven-year LPGA Tour career, the 26-year-old Taiwanese player birdied the River Course's two front-nine par 5s and made three in a row on Nos. Paula Creamer shot a 76 in her first LPGA Tour start since tying for 63rd in the BMW Ladies Championship in October 2019.
wftv.comCaddie goes beyond training to save golfer's passport
Going beyond the call of duty and probably any sort of caddie training he might have had Benji Thompson went through great lengths to retrieve Lexi Thompsons passport after she left it behind, according to The Caddie Network. Benji and Lexi Thompson are not related. Benji Thompson said the saga began following last weeks Evian Championship in France when Lexi Thompson sent a text message to him around 9 p.m. Sunday following the tournaments final round. Dude, we might not get outta here, Lexi Thompson reportedly texted to him. Benji Thompson found the passport but then had to begin the arduous task of fitting all the golf bags back in the van.
Lexi Thompson sorry for costing 40 players a day's practice
(CNN) - Her passport blunder caused nearly 40 players to miss out on practice rounds Monday for the Women's British Open and leading golfer Lexi Thompson says she "can't apologize enough." "I do apologise, I would be upset if I was the other players but I ended up getting it." A mouse couldn't have found room to live in there," Wright told the Golf Channel. One player, Ryan O'Toole, was unhappy that Thompson's actions caused so many people to miss out on practice ahead of the major. But she added that by entrusting your clubs to a pool driver you are always at risk of delays.