Jennifer Kupcho will carry a one-shot lead into the final round of the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur, where an 11-for-10 playoff was required to determine who would advance to compete at Augusta National Golf Club. Kupcho, the reigning NCAA individual champion and No. 1-ranked amateur in the world, held a share of the lead […]
Monthly Archives: April 2019
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Masters should have been the first major Rory McIlroy won. Now it is the only one he is missing. Augusta National was thought to be the domain of Tiger Woods when he won four green jackets before turning 30. Now he is 43, with eight surgeries behind him, so far removed from his last Masters […]
There was never a question; never a doubt. At least that’s what Stanford junior Albane Valenzuela says now about the enviable dilemma she faced when two invitations to conflicting tournaments arrived in consecutive days. Our Steve Eubanks asked why she picked the ANA Inspiration over the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. The post Amateurs Are Comfortable […]
As a little girl, Valentina Giraldo’s goal was to play golf in the United States. She watched Tiger Woods play in the Masters and Lorena Ochoa dominate the LPGA and told herself that one day she wanted to do that. Now, she’s doing the next best thing, playing in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Our […]
Jimmy Walker has fought Lyme disease since late in 2016, a few months after winning the PGA Championship. Our Sean Fairholm has great empathy for Walker, as he’s been fighting the same affliction for the same period of time. This is Jimmy Walker’s story – and Sean’s. The post Lyme Life appeared first on Global […]
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – If Pernilla Lindberg picks up where she left off winning the ANA Inspiration last year, she won’t see the challenges that new tee boxes, thicker rough and firmer greens create this week. She’ll just see a bunch of great putts going in again. Lindberg was unstoppable breaking through to make her […]
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – Inbee Park is already among the legends of the women’s game. With seven major championship titles, she isn’t that far from a discussion of whether she belongs on the LPGA’s Mount Rushmore of great players. If she wins the ANA Inspiration this week, only Patty Berg (15), Mickey Wright (13), Louise […]
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – LPGA commissioner Mike Whan concedes he was frustrated when he learned the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur would be played the same week as the ANA Inspiration, but he is hopeful it leads to a greater future for the women’s game. “I didn’t like the conflict with my event, but I […]
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – The Kordas will see if they can push each other up another leaderboard this week. They’ll see if they can take their sister act to one of golf’s mountaintops this time. The ANA Inspiration begins Thursday with Nelly and Jessica Korda looking poised to see if their friendly sibling rivalry is […]
EVANS, Ga. – When Erica Shepherd saw what happened between Sergio Garcia and Matt Kuchar on Saturday at the WGC-Dell Technologies Championship, it stirred up some painful memories. Garcia lost a hole – and later the match – after lipping out a tap-in putt in anger before Kuchar could concede. Two years ago, something similar […]