“Deep in the heart of Texas” has a special ring to many LPGA Tour players who hail from South Korea. Thanks to nearly a full year of playable golf conditions – and several non-stop flights from Dallas to Seoul – numerous Korean LPGA Tour Members make their U.S. base in the greater Dallas area.
The qualification process for the women’s golf competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been completed with today’s publication of the Final Olympic Golf Rankings.
Harris English beat fellow American Kramer Hickok at the eight-hole of a marathon playoff to win the Travelers Championship. After trading pars for seven holes, English finally broke the deadlock when he holed a twenty-foot putt at the 18th hole on the sixth time of asking in the playoff.
When Maria Fassi hole her birdie putt at the 18th, her ninth hole, she was in an upbeat mood on Friday, having got her round back to level par following a double bogey and bogey in her first four holes.
The extended three-year qualification process for the men’s golf competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been completed with today’s publication of the Final Olympic Golf Rankings.
Phillip Price and Chris Williams remain in a share of the lead at the end of the second round in the Farmfoods European Legends Links Championship hosted by Ian Woosnam at Trevose Golf & Country Club followed by Legend Tour debutant Thomas Bjørn.
It certainly was moving day at the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, for Nelly Korda. The American shot a third-round ten-under 62 to catapult herself into a three shot lead over Ireland’s Leona Maguire.
LPGA Tour rookie Leona Maguire closed with three birdies and an eagle over her final six holes to shoot an eight-under-par 64 in the second round of the Meijer Classic for Simply Give and take a three shot lead into the weekend at Blythefield Country Club.
Garrick Higgo was the beneficiary of a sad collapse by Chesson Hadley to win the Palmetto Championship at Congaree by one stroke and claim his maiden PGA Tour title at just his second outing. The 22-year-old Higgo finished at eleven-under 273 at Congaree Golf Club, Ridgeland, South Carolina, to win by a single shot from a group of six players on ten-under.
Sir Nick Faldo’s junior series has announced a new partnership with Ligas Golf which will see the Faldo Series host events in Spain for the first time. Agreeing on a three-year partnership, the Faldo Series and Ligas Golf collaboration will host a total of 14 qualifying events across Spain this summer, with ambitious plans to expand the schedules in the following years.
Christine Wolf became the first woman to lead a European Tour event as she shared top spot on the leaderboard with Sam Horsfield after day one of the Scandinavian Mixed Hosted by Henrik & Annika. History was made on the Race to Dubai at Vallda Golf and Country Club as a field of 78 men and 78 women teed off over the same course playing for one trophy and one prize fund of €1,000,000.
The 2020 Race to Costa del Sol champion Emily Kristine Pedersen begins her 2021 LET season this week at the Scandinavian Mixed. Pedersen comes into the tournament having played at last week’s US Women’s Open where she finished T23.
