Jennifer Kupcho, Lizette Salas win LPGA Tour team event
MIDLAND, Mich. — (AP) — Jennifer Kupcho and Lizette Salas won the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational on Saturday, closing with a 9-under 61 in best-ball play for a five-stroke victory in the LPGA Tour's lone team event. They opened Wednesday with a 68 in alternate shot, shot a best-ball 61 on Thursday and took a four-stroke lead Friday with an alternate-shot 64. Kupcho won for the third time this year and in her career, while Salas won her second tour title. Kupcho won the major Chevron Championship in early April in the California desert and the Meijer LPGA Classic last month in Belmont, Michigan. The 51-year-old Sorenstam made her second LPGA Tour start of the year and only her third since retiring after the 2008 season.
wftv.comJennifer Kupcho, Lizette Salas lead LPGA Tour team event
MIDLAND, Mich. — (AP) — Jennifer Kupcho and Lizette Salas shot a 6-under 64 in alternate-shot play Friday to take a four-stroke lead in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational. Kupcho and Salas had a 17-under 193 total with a better-ball round left at Midland Country Club in the LPGA Tour's lone team event. We kind of both exchanged sorries and came out with par.”Salas won the 2014 Kingsmill Championship for her lone tour title. Annika Sorenstam and Madelene Sagstrom, tied for the first-round lead, were tied for 18th at 7 under after a 72. The 51-year-old Sorenstam is making her second LPGA Tour start of the year and only her third since retiring after the 2008 season.
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.comKorda, Salas pull away and share the lead in Women's PGA
Salas was practically flawless in delivering a 30 on the front nine to go from a one-shot deficit to a two-shot lead. It's just that Salas was playing out of this world, and Korda was not too far behind. She brought a U.S. Open game — fairways and greens, nothing fancy — to the Women's PGA and it worked. Korda is a rising star, the younger sister of Jessica Korda and the daughter of former Australian Open tennis champion Petr Korda. It's different from her victory at the ANA Inspiration, where she started the final round with a five-shot lead.
wftv.comSalas leads Women's PGA and sees brighter days post-pandemic
Salas had one of five rounds in the 60s from the early wave, with four players at 69. “I played really, really good out there today, except for one mud ball,” Park said. “I got probably like five, six mud balls out there, but that one mud ball really, really cost me, probably too much. I played probably almost flawless except for getting a mud ball. U.S. Women's Open champion Yuka Saso and Lexi Thompson, whose back-nine collapse at Olympic Club three weeks ago cost her the Women's Open, played with Park.
wftv.comKang beats Salas in friendly showdown at Shadow Creek
Kang won the friendly showdown 4 and 3 for a quarterfinal spot on another hot afternoon at Shadow Creek. I knew this was going to be very stressful for me.”An ambassador for course owner MGM Resorts, Kang won the opening hole with a par, took Nos. Salas won 10 and 11 with pars, Kang took 12 with a birdie and ended it with a par on 14. After Lewis birdied the ninth to pull within a hole, Tavatanakit won four of the next five to end the match. “Crazy as it sounds, I’m not thinking about next week at all,” Kang said.
wftv.comKang, Salas set up friendly LPGA Match Play showdown
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nevada — (AP) — Danielle Kang and Lizette Salas set up a showdown Friday for a spot in the final 16 in the LPGA Match Play. “Of course,” Salas said. On Thursday in hot conditions, Kang beat Madelene Sagstrom 2 and 1, and Salas topped Albane Valenzuela 3 and 2. “We go way back and we know each other’s games, and obviously this is her home course," Salas said. “Luckily par was good enough.”The tournament is the LPGA Tour’s first match play event since the 2017 Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Mexico.
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