Three years after winning the 2018 Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open, Ariya Jutanugarn is nine-under overall after a second-round 66 and leads once again, only this time at Dumbarnie Links.
Starting the day two shots off the lead, Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn knew an impressive day of best ball was needed to come away with the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational title at Midland Country Club. Team M&M certainly delivered finishing at twenty-four-under overall after recording a 59 on Saturday to earn the victory.
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.
The score suggested a stress-free time in the LPGA Tour’s return to Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club for Jennifer Kupcho, who recorded five birdies in a flawless round of 67 on Thursday. However, all was not well for the 23-year-old.
When Nelly Korda’s final putt dropped at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club, the emotions took over. Tears welled in her eyes, as she realised the day’s reward. The 22-year-old had won her fourth victory on the LPGA Tour since joining in 2017 at the Gainbridge LPGA, after what she coined a “stressful” day.
As the final day of the Volunteers of America Classic began with two major champions, Inbee Park and So Yeon Ryu, and LPGA Tour rookie Yealimi Noh with the 54-hole lead, Angela Stanford rose to the occasion just 55 minutes away from home at the Old American Golf Club. She secured her seventh career LPGA Tour victory and first since her maiden major title at the 2018 Evian Championship.
After an action-packed day at the Volunteers of America Classic, major champions Inbee Park and So Yeon Ryu along with 2020 LPGA Tour rookie Yealimi Noh are tied at the top of the leaderboard at -4 at Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas.
The 12th career LPGA Tour title for Sei Young Kim was never in doubt as she shifted into cruise control for the final round of the Pelican Women's Championship presented by DEX Imaging and Konica Minolta securing a three-stroke victory on fourteen-under-par overall.
Local favourite Stephanie Meadow will take a four shot lead into the final round of the ISPS HANDA World Invitational. The 27-year-old from Jordanstown, Northern Ireland shot a six under par 67 to sit on ten under for the event, four clear of England’s Eleanor Givens. In the men’s event, Damien Perrier of France and Todd Clement of England lead the field by a single shot following another long day with rain delays at Galgorm Castle.
It’s Manic Monday, so here is a very quick round up of all the results and stories from the weekend. Patrick Cantlay taking the memorial and more...
Team TaylorMade’s Sung-Hyun Park, whose remarkable play in 2018 elevated her to world #2 and who has five LPGA Tour victories including two major championships to her impressive career resume, has chosen to add distance, spin, control and all-around performance with the new 2019 TP5x golf ball.
It’s been quite a life. From turning down Donald Trump to almost single-handedly saving the LPGA Tour, to major wins and a stint in an insane asylum. Finally, she is being inducted to the World Golf Hall Of Fame, amid strong rumours that Margot Robbie has agreed to play Jan in the movie story of her life.
