Minjee Lee defeated Charley Hull in a playoff. Lee finished the final round with a score of 71. This victory marked Minjee Lee’s first LPGA title. Minjee Lee won the Kroger Queen City Championship by defeating England’s Charley Hull in a playoff. Lee finished the final round with a score of 71, while Hull posted … Read more
19-year-old birdies second playoff hole to win her second LPGA title. Atthaya tied a tournament record with a 10-under par 61 on Friday. Atthaya will move up to fourth in the world rankings on Monday. Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand made a birdie putt on the second playoff hole to defeat Danielle Kang and win her … Read more
Lee wins US Women’s Open thrashing Mina Harigae. She has won her career’s eighth LPGA championship. Lee’s brother is also a professional golfer. Australia lauded Minjee Lee on Monday as “on the path to greatness” following her cool triumph at the US Women’s Open, which reduced her golfing brother Min Woo to tears. Following her … Read more
Minjee Lee wins the U.S. Ladies’ Open by four strokes over Mina Harigae at Pine Needles. Lee claims $1.8 million, the biggest payout in ladies’ golf history. Lee shut with an even-standard 71 to complete at 13-under 271 after the Australian played with the competition record of 16 under set. “That is to say, I’m … Read more
Minjee Lee and Mina Harigae share the 36-hole lead at the US Women’s Open. Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist and South Korea’s Choi Hye-jin are two strokes back. Lee won the Evian Championship last year and is ranked fourth in the world. Japan’s Misaki Harigae shot a four-under-par 68 to move into contention at the Women’s US … Read more
Tickets for the U.S. Ladies’ Open are up over half over the three-year, pre-COVID normal. The game is drawing more attention and sponsorships in the post-Covid period. Women’s golf is on the ascent, an energy swing not lost on fans and backers. South Korea’s Jin Young Ko and America’s Nelly Korda are not yet easily … Read more
Danielle Kang played the first two rounds of the U.S. Ladies’ Open with a cancer on her spine. The world No. 12 says she learned of the conclusion “half a month prior” Kang’s tests are inconclusive as to whether the cancer is dangerous or harmless. Danielle Kang intends to have further tests one week from … Read more
Nelly Korda, the world number two, says she won’t be looking past the first tee at the US Women’s Open on Thursday, as she makes a comeback for the first time in four months after a blood clot scare. The defending Olympic champion, who is 23 years old, had to delay her season in February after … Read more
South Korea’s Eun-Hee Ji didn’t lose an opening as she crushed Madelene Sagstrom in the quarter-finals of the LPGA Match-Play occasion in Las Vegas. The match finished after the twelfth opening at Shadow Creek Golf Course, so early Ji didn’t actually understand the match was over until her caddie told her. “I didn’t have a … Read more
South Korean golfer Ji Eun-hee stormed into the LPGA Match-Play semifinals round after thrashing Madelene Sagstrom 7&6, while the remaining quarterfinals extended to extra holes. “My putting works really well today,” said Ji, the 2009 US Women’s Open champion. “Just pretty confident out there.” Ji Eun-hee said she was unaware of herself until her caddie … Read more
Caroline Masson of Germany defeated top-seeded Minjee Lee of Australia 2&1 on Friday to complete a perfect 3-0 round-robin and knock the Australian out of the LPGA Match-Play in Las Vegas, Nevada. On Saturday at Shadow Creek, Masson will face Andrea Lee in the round of 16. Lee won her four-woman group by defeating Stephanie … Read more
Minjee Lee opened her LPGA Match-Play campaign with a 6&5 triumph against Chun Young-in at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday, fresh off her eighth US LPGA title at the Founders Cup. Lee, the top seed in the 64-player field and ranked fourth in the world, took charge with back-to-back birdies on the … Read more
Marina Alex won the Palos Verdes Championship by one stroke over world number one Ko Jin-young on Sunday, claiming her long-awaited second LPGA tour championship. She made six birdies in a five-under-par 66. The 31-year-old American, who won her only other tour win at the 2018 Portland Classic, overcame an early bogey to finish at … Read more
At least for a while there, mortals could be related to Paula Creamer. After 18 months away from the game, she felt like all of us on the field when she looked at her father, coach or fiancee and said, “What the hell is going on here? It’s like I can’t get in touch. Is … Read more
