Jun 11th, 2021 Article
Maguire leads the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship
Leona Maguire's good year continued as she shot a seven-under-par 65 to lead the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship by a shot from Thailand's Thidapa Suwannapura.
Leona Maguire's good year continued as she shot a seven-under-par 65 to lead the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship by a shot from Thailand's Thidapa Suwannapura.
Matilda Castren became the first Finnish winner in LPGA Tour history at the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship, beating Taiwan's Min Lee by two strokes. "It's a huge honour to be a winner as a rookie and especially the first one from Finland," Castren said. "That's a really big honour."
After coming up just short so many times the last few seasons, Frenchwoman Celine Boutier finally got the job done in Gold Canyon, Ariz., defeating major champion Georgia Hall in a one-hole playoff to capture the LPGA Drive On Championship title and her third career LPGA Tour victory.
Three players are tied atop the leaderboard through round one of the LPGA Drive On Championship after firing opening rounds of 65 on Thursday at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club.
The LPGA has announced the movement of the Evian Championship to 6th to 9th August, the week before the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open. At the same time, the signs are that both the R&A and USGA will announce the postponement of the Open and US Open in the coming week.
Austin Ernst made four consecutive birdies on her opening nine in the final round of the LPGA Drive On Championship presented by Volvik to open a six-stroke lead. The American then battled her way home in challenging conditions to capture her third LPGA Tour title at Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club.
Jodi Ewart Shadoff held onto her Thursday lead at the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship, turning it into a 36-hole lead on Friday at The Saticoy Club. Ewart Shadoff followed up a first-round 64 with a second-round 69 to sit four strokes ahead of the field at eleven-under-par overall. Her 133 is a new tournament scoring record, besting the record which was previously earned by Jessica Korda at Lake...
Never say never. Eleven years and 246 starts later, Jodi Ewart Shadoff is finally an LPGA Tour champion. Ewart Shadoff won the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship, conquering The Saticoy Club with a fifteen-under 273 score, a new tournament record. She becomes the season’s 10th Rolex First-Time Winner, which ties for the second-most first-time victors in a year.
The Players' Championship in Florida is cancelled and no further tournaments will be played up until the Valero Texas Open. The announcement came from Tour saying it was " the right thing to do for our players and our fans is to pause."
Lilia Vu won her first major and her second event of 2023 after birdieing her first play-off hole
In 2019, Sei Young Kim led the CME Group Tour Championship after 54 holes and went on to win her ninth career victory and the largest winner’s prize in women’s golf history. One year later, Kim is in the same position heading into the final day in Naples, Florida, as she leads by one stroke at thirteen-under after a third-round 67.
Danielle Kang won the KPMG Women's PGA Championship by a single shot over Canadian Brooke Henderson, to claim her first professional win with a Major title.