The inaugural Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play Hosted by Shadow Creek is down to four players, vying for the LPGA Tour’s first match-play title since 2017. American Ally Ewing will take on Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn in Sunday’s first semifinal match, while China’s Shanshan Feng, who won her quarterfinal match with a 50-foot birdie on the first playoff hole, will face off with Germany’s Sophia Popov.
In a preview of September’s Solheim Cup, England’s Bronte Law took down three Team USA hopefuls to survive the group stage and reach the Round of 16 at the Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play Hosted by Shadow Creek.
Taiwan’s Wei-Ling Hsu won her first LPGA Tour by two shots from Thailand’s Moriya Jutanugarn with 2021 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions winner Jessica Korda a further shot back in third.
In a nail-biting finish, Ariya Jutanugarn overturned a five-shot deficit to win the Honda LPGA Thailand at Siam Country Club Pattaya by a single shot from Countrywoman Atthaya Thitikul.
Hannah Green of Australia bogeyed the last two holes of the HSBC Women's World Championship at Singapore's Sentosa Golf Club on Sunday to hand victory to Hyo Joo Kim of South Korea. Kim stormed through the field with a best of the day eight-under-par 64 to take the title by one shot from Green.
Hollywood is famous for its dramatic scripts and so was fitting that the final round at the Hugel Air Premia La Open provided its own excitement. Canadian Brooke Henderson overcame a four shot deficit to post a total score of sixteen-under-par and sneak past Jessica Korda, who led for the past three days, by a single stroke.
The low scoring on the LPGA continued at the LA Open where Jessica Korda followed up her opening round seven-under 64 with a flawless second round 65. The 28-year-old, who won the season’s first event at the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions, looks good for a wire-to-wire win at Wilshire Country Club this week.
Lydia Ko has waited a long time to add to her haul of LPGA titles but she emphatically ended the drought at the Lotte Championship in Hawaii on Saturday. Going bogey-free for the third day running, Ko shot a final-round 65 to win by seven strokes.
Low scores were plentiful at Kapolei Golf Club on Friday, with Lydia Ko, who carded a third-round 65 to sit at twenty-one-under a the top heading into the final day at the LOTTE Championship. Her 195 sets the new tournament record, four strokes better than Su-Yeon Jang’s 199 in 2017.
For the second day running, Philippine teenager Yuka Saso produced a fantastic eight-under round of 64 to hold a two-shot halfway lead at the LPGA Tour's Lotte Championship. Saso held off a charging Lydia Ko, who shot a second-round nine under 63.
Two years after earning low-amateur honours at Mission Hills Country Club, 2020/21 LPGA Tour rookie Patty Tavatankit became a major champion at the ANA Inspiration after a final-round 68 to end at eighteen-under.
Thailand’s Patty Tavatanakit continued her seemingly easy week at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course, carding a 67 on Saturday to stay atop the ANA Inspiration leaderboard at fourteen-under heading into Sunday’s final round. Tavatanakit, who holds the 54-hole lead for the first time in her LPGA Tour career, is five strokes ahead of defending champion Mirim Lee and LPGA Tour winner Ally Ewing,...
