Jodi Ewart Shadoff secured a long-awaited maiden LPGA Tour title at the 246th attempt after hanging on for a one-shot victory at the Mediheal Championship. The 34-year-old from Yorkshire began the final day with a four-shot lead after earlier rounds of 65, 69 and 69 at The Saticoy Club in California, but two nervy bogeys over the front nine on Sunday, offset by a solitary birdie, saw her lead completely eroded by the time she reached the turn. However, Ewart […]
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Charley Hull won her first LPGA Tour event in almost six years when capturing the Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America title. The 26-year-old from Kettering fired rounds of 67, 64, 71 and 64 at Old American Golf Club in Texas to finish on -18 for a one-shot win over China’s Xiyu Lina, with New Zealand’s Lydia Ko a further shot back in third. Going into Sunday’s final round, Hull, Lin and Ko were all tied at the top on […]
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Thai teenager Atthaya Thitikul has become the first LPGA Tour rookie in five years to win twice in one season after she defeated Danielle Kang in a sudden-death playoff at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship held at Pinnacle Country Club. Kang holed out for eagle on the 18th hole in regulation to take the clubhouse lead at 17 under. Thitikul matched her total with a birdie on the penultimate hole and signed for a closing 68, following up a 10-under-par 62 on Saturday. […]
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Michelle Wie is to take an indefinite leave from professional golf after competing in this week’s US Women’s Open at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in North Carolina. The 32-year-old American, who won the US Women’s Open at Pinehurst in 2014, and four other LPGA Tour titles, has struggled with injury in recent years, and says she is no longer able to train enough physically to take part in regular LPGA Tour events. Currently ranked 501st in the world, […]
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The PGA Tour has cancelled the remainder of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass and has also cancelled all tour events scheduled for the next three weeks due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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