Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist is the defending champion. England’s Georgia Hall is looking to win back-to-back major championships after claiming the Ricoh Women’s British Open last month. Sweden’s Pernilla Lindberg, winner of the ANA Inspiration in April, is aiming to join Se Ri Pak and In Gee Chun as the only players to win major championships […]
Monthly Archives: April 2019
Brittany Altomare introduced herself to the world in the “craziest conditions” she has ever encountered. In heavy wind, with heavy rain turning to hale, she showed just how tough those players from Massachussets can be as she battled to try to win the Evian Championship in brutal weather last year. Yeah, she lost the sudden […]
Brooke Henderson had some fun as part of the LPGA’s focus on its youth movement in a commercial early last year, joking that she might be in the twilight of her teenage years but “age won’t slow me down.” After turning 21 this week, she remains in the game’s fast lane. Henderson raced onto the […]
Spain’s Carlota Ciganda is looking to keep Europe’s momentum going. With a 6-under-par 65, she finished with a share of the lead Thursday with Maria Torres at the Evian Championship. The Europeans are in a resurgence on the game’s biggest stages, with Ciganda looking to give the Euros four major championship titles over the last […]
A rare bye week on the PGA Tour can be spent in a variety of ways. Some players go home to rest and spend time with family; others like Bryson DeChambeau head into the mountains to study their oxygen usage rates. And if you’re Phil Mickelson, you go from the driving range to the gun […]
France is the center of women’s golf this week as it hosts the Evian Championship, and even more eyeballs will turn to the nation in two weeks when the Ryder Cup comes calling for the first time ever. But according to Franck Riboud, president of the Evian tournament, the increased interest won’t change how the […]
Two years ago, Martin Kaymer was preparing to play in the Ryder Cup. Now the former world No. 1 is reportedly in search of a new caddie. According to a report from Bunkered.co.uk, Kaymer has split with his longtime looper, Craig Connelly. The two men were together for Kaymer’s breakthrough at the 2010 PGA Championship […]
Tiger Woods remains on the comeback trail, and his peers expect that path to lead to the winner’s circle sooner rather than later. Woods has authored a remarkable turnaround this year, rising from No. 656 in the world rankings to No. 21 while compiling a handful of strong finishes. That run includes a T-6 at […]
Maria Torres put Puerto Rico’s flag atop the leaderboard Thursday at the Evian Championship. The LPGA rookie’s move was well timed, giving the U.S. commonwealth a boost of pride with the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria’s devastating landfall looming. Torres was huddled with her family in San Juan when the hurricane hit on Sept. 20 […]
In what is unfolding as “The Year of the Breakthrough” in women’s golf, Maria Torres is making a run at becoming the most stunning of all. She’s an LPGA rookie. She’s No. 184 in the Rolex Women’s World Rankings. She has missed the cut in more than half her starts this year, with 11 MCs […]