LEXI THOMPSON

Charley Hull is forcing herself to spend more time with her putting.

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.

Xiyu Lin made a 10-foot eagle putt late in her round.

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.

Jeongeun Lee6 has the 36-hole lead after a 63 at the LPGA Tour event in Cincinnati.

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.

Janet Lin opened with three straight birdies and kept right on going until the 26-year-old from China had a 64.

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.

Gaby Lopez has won the Dana Open with a great finish at Highland Meadow.

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.

Lucy Li is one round away from her first LPGA Tour victory.

California teenager Lucy Li has the 36-hole lead on the LPGA Tour.

Chinese rookie Ruoning Yin is part of a three-way tie for the lead in the Dana Open.

Justin Lower lost his PGA Tour card in brutal fashion when he three-putted from 60 feet on the final hole of the regular season.

Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam was back on top of an LPGA Tour leaderboard Wednesday, teaming with Madelene Sagstrom in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational.

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.

In Gee Chun rallied after losing the rest of her once-sizeable lead, overcoming a bogey-filled front nine to win the Women’s PGA Championship when Lexi Thompson faltered with her putter.

In Gee Chun shot a 3-over 75 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the 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.

In Gee Chun shot a 3-under 69 to lead by six strokes after the second round of the Women’s PGA Championship.

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.

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.

Jin Young Ko never seems to stress.

With an abundance of rising young stars gaining notoriety, women's golf is drawing more attention — and sponsorships — in the post-Covid era.

Ingrid Lindblad decided months ago that she wanted to stay in college instead of turning professional.

Dottie Pepper recalls being paired with Meg Mallon for the final round of the 1991 U.S. Women’s Open with what she viewed as an impressive $110,000 first-place prize on the line.

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.

LPGA scoring leader Minjee Lee made her only three birdies on the back nine and captured the Cognizant Founders Cup by two shots over Lexi Thompson for her first win of the year.

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.

Minjee Lee had an eagle-birdie run on the back nine and took a one-shot lead over Madelene Sagstrom Saturday, heading into the final round of the Cognizant Founders Cup.

Madelene Sagstrom shot a flawless 9-under 63 during a round she felt holes kept getting larger and grabbed a one-stroke lead over Megan Khang after the first round of the Cognizant Founders Cup on Thursday.

Hannah Green held onto the lead Saturday in the Palos Verdes Championship after a frustrating start on the hilly, windswept course perched above the Pacific Ocean.

Hannah Green took the lead into the weekend in the Palos Verdes Championship, rebounding from consecutive bogeys Thursday in gusting wind to birdie the two late par 5s in a 5-under 66.

Minjee Lee shot an 8-under 63 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead over top-ranked Jin Young Ko halfway through the first round of the Palos Verdes Championship.

Jennifer Kupcho took the last victory leap into Poppie’s Pond, ending the tournament best known as the Dinah Shore’s half-century run at Mission Hills.

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.

Jennifer Kupcho started fast and kept on going in The Chevron Championship to take a six-stroke lead into the last round ever at Mission Hills in the major championship.

Jennifer Kupcho and Minjee Lee shared the lead in The Chevron Championship at 6-under 66 after the first round of the major tournament’s final edition at Mission Hills.

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.

The Florida swing on the PGA Tour resumes with the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill.

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.

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.

Leona Maguire and Marina Alex shared the lead Friday in the LPGA Drive On Championship after another windy round at Crown Colony.

Lydia Ko keeps taking steps toward the top of women's golf again.

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.

The LPGA is poised for a blockbuster finish to the season.

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.

Right when it looked as though Nelly Korda had thrown away her chance to win, she recovered to win a four-way 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.

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.

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.

Jin Young Ko is one round away from winning the Founders Cup and joining some exclusive company on the LPGA Tour.

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.

So Yeon Ryu and Jodi Ewart Shadoff share the lead after one round of the ShopRite LPGA in New Jersey.

Europe has retained the Solheim Cup.

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.

Defending champion Europe will take a 9-7 lead into the final day of the Solheim Cup.

Defending champion Europe rode a dominant performance in the alternate-shot format to surge to a 5 1/2-2 1/2 lead at the Solheim Cup.

The American Solheim Cup team is using a “pod” system in hopes of bringing the Cup back to the United States.

Stacy Lewis is going home to Ohio for the Solheim Cup.

Anna Nordqvist has secured a bonus reward for winning the 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.

Scandinavian golfers Anna Nordqvist and Nanna Koerstz Madsen share the lead heading into the final round of the Women’s British Open.

Nelly Korda could barely raise a smile after tapping in for the first birdie of her second round at the Women’s British Open.

Simone Biles will at last return to Olympic competition Tuesday on Day 11 of the Tokyo Games.

Nelly Korda is a major champion and the new face of American women in golf.

Yuka Saso won the U.S. Women's Open.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lexi Thompson shot a bogey-free 5-under 66 on Saturday to take the lead into the final round of the U.S. Women’s Open for the first time in her career with a one-shot edge over teenager Yuka Saso.

The calculus homework awaiting Megha Ganne might have to wait a couple more days to get done.

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.

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.

Jessica Korda birdied three of the final four holes for a 7-under 64 and a one-stroke lead Wednesday after the first round of the HUGEL Air Premia LA Open.

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.

(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.