US Women's Golf News
GOLF: Lydia Ko becomes the youngest golfer to win a Professional golf tour event
Fourteen-year-old New Zealand amateur Lydia Ko has become the youngest winner of a professional golf tour event, taking the women’s New South Wales Open by four strokes Sunday. The New Zealand Amateur champion carded a three under par 69 in the final round to claim the title she missed out on last year [...]
GOLF: Why Wait…Yani Locks Up Rolex Player of the Year
LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan today congratulated Yani Tseng on winning her second-consecutive Rolex Player of the Year award at the inaugural Sunrise LPGA Championship in her native Taiwan. Tseng becomes the eighth player in LPGA Tour history to win back-to-back Rolex Player of the Year awards and the 11th player in history to win multiple [...]
GOLF: Georgia Wins 2011 USGA Women’s State Team Championship
In front of home supporters, team rallies over final nine holes for two-stroke victory
Savannah, Ga. – As the sunlight began to fade behind the large clubhouse at The Landings Club’s Palmetto Course late Thursday afternoon, a large cheer went up. That’s when Georgia’s non-playing captain Sissy Gann brought out three bottles of [...]
PREVIEW: The 2011 Solheim Cup begins Friday
Team USA
Christina Kim
Michelle Wie
Angela Stanford
Vicky Hurst
Stacy Lewis
Ryann O’Toole
European Team
Maria Hjorth
Anna Nordqvist
Laura Davies
Melissa Reid
The 2011 Solheim Cup is set to kick off this Friday at Killeen Castle in Ireland and there is plenty of excitement building around this year’s U.S. and European teams. With the days ticking down to the start of the biennial event, let’s [...]
16-YEAR OLD LEXI THOMPSON YOUNGEST WINNER IN LPGA HISTORY
16-year Old Thompson Talks About LPGA Win
Two days after becoming the youngest winner on the LPGA Tour, 16-year-old Lexi Thompson said she plans to petition for an exemption to the tour’s 18-year-old age requirement. Thompson won the Navistar LPGA Classic last weekend. (Sept. 20)
Lexi Thompson became the youngest winner in the 61-year history of the [...]
GOLF: Terri Frohnmayer Wins 2011 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur Title
Chattanooga, Tenn. – Terri Frohnmayer, 55, of Salem, Ore., who is nicknamed “Little Bit,” was a giant-killer in defeating Mina Hardin, 51, of Fort Worth, Texas, and winning the 2011 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur at the 5,876-yard, par-72 Honors Course.
Consistently out-hit from the tee, Frohnmayer beat Hardin, the defending champion, 2 and 1. On Wednesday, [...]
Yani Tseng defend her title at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship
Rolex Rankings No. 1 Yani Tseng successfully defended her title at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Presented by P&G, beating Amy Yang on the first hole of a playoff. After missing a 4-foot putt on the final hole of regulation that would have given her the title, Tseng sank a [...]
GOLF: 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship – KANG DO!
Danielle Kang Wins Second Consecutive U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship
Barrington, R.I. – Defending champion Danielle Kang, 18, of Westlake Village, Calif., won her second consecutive U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship, defeating Moriya Jutanugarn, 17, of Thailand, 6 and 5, in the 36-hole final Sunday at the 6,399-yard, par-71 Rhode Island Country Club.
“I feel great,” said Kang, who [...]
LPGA Rewind: Tseng wins Wegmans LPGA Championship
Rolex Rankings No. 1 Yani Tseng became the youngest female golfer in history to win four major titles, shooting a final-round 66 to capture the 2011 Wegmans LPGA Championship by 10 strokes.
Tseng, 22 years, 5 months, 3 days, already had the distinction of being the youngest player in LPGA history to win three majors by [...]
LPGA VIDEOS: Stacy Lewis 2011 Kraft Nabisco Champion
Stacy Lewis on Golf Central to talk about her Major victory.
Stacy Lewis was featured on Golf Channel’s Golf Central. Lewis looked back at winning the Kraft Nabisco Championship, how her grandfather helped influence her game, and shared how her struggles have helped her to overcome obstacles.
Stacy Lewis Wins 1st LPGA Title [...]
