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NEW YORK (AFP) — China’s Yin Ruoning sank a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole on Sunday to win the Women’s PGA Championship for her first major title. The 20-year-old from Shanghai fired a four-under par 67 to finish 72 holes at Baltusrol on eight-under 276 and defeat Japan’s Yuka Saso by one stroke. Yin took the $1.5 million top prize and became only the second woman from China to win a major title […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — New Zealand’s Lydia Ko is atop the women’s golf world rankings for the third time in her career, regaining the number one spot on Monday a week after her LPGA Tour Championship triumph. Ko, who first reached number one in 2015, passed American Nelly Korda, who had moved atop the rankings on November 14 after a one-stroke victory at the Pelican Women’s Championship. “I’m very grateful to be world number […]
Wonju, South Korea | AFP | New Zealand’s Lydia Ko fired a 65 on Sunday to capture her 18th LPGA Tour title at the BMW Ladies Championship — and her first in South Korea, the country of her birth. The 25-year-old’s seven-under par final round gave her a four-shot victory over American Andrea Lee at Oak Valley Country Club. Ko carded eight birdies with just one bogey to capture the $300,000 winner’s cheque after finishing […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Lin Xiyu of China fired an eight-under-par 64 to seize a one-stroke lead over Japan’s Nasa Hataoka after Thursday’s first round of the LPGA Queen City Championship. The 26-year-old from Guangzhou made nine birdies against a lone bogey to finish one off her lowest LPGA round and pace the field after 18 holes at Kenwood Country Club in Cincinnati, Ohio. “I’m happy with how I’m playing right now,” Lin said. […]
Ottawa, Canada (AFP) Top-ranked Ko Jin-young finally gets the chance to defend her 2019 crown at the LPGA Canadian Women’s Open, which returns Thursday after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The 27-year-old South Korean star, who won her 13th LPGA title in March at Singapore, arrived at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club after missing the cut at the British Women’s Open three weeks ago. “I was sad, but after I went back to […]
CHICAGO, United States (AFP)–Two-time major champion Stacy Lewis plays her last event before a maternity break at this week’s LPGA Marathon Classic, returning to her hometown before taking time off the tour until next year. The 33-year-old American is due to give birth to a baby daughter on November 3 and has no plans for a full LPGA return until next March after starting Thursday at Highland Meadows near Toledo, Ohio. “It is the last […]
CHICAGO, United States (AFP)–South Korea’s Park Sung-hyun birdied twice in a weather-disrupted playoff Sunday to win the Women’s PGA Championship, capturing the second major women’s golf title of her career. The 24-year-old from Seoul, last year’s US Women’s Open champion, defeated compatriot Ryu So-yeon, denying her bid to reclaim the world number one ranking, and Japanese teen star Nasa Hataoka in the playoff to capture the $547,500 top prize. “It was a really long round […]
KILDEER, United States (AFP)–Park Sung-hyun blasted her way up the leaderboard at the Women’s PGA Championship on Thursday, using precision drives to fire a bogey-free 66 for a one-shot lead over four others. The sweet-swinging 2017 US Women’s Open champ got off to a roaring start in the opening round by rolling in a half dozen birdies for a slim lead over Brooke Henderson, Jaye Marie Green, Jessica Korda and Brittany Altomare, who all shot […]
MIAMI, United States i(AFP) — New world number one Feng Shanshan, coming off back-to-back wins in Japan and her native China, aims for a $1 million LPGA playoff bonus when the season-ending Tour Championship tees off Thursday. The 28-year-old from Guangzhou is among five top point-getters from the season’s 32 events over 15 nations that can claim the bonus by winning the showdown at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida. In all, 12 women have a chance […]
