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Newsmakers 2020

People, places and things that will define golf in 2020

The following list could look very silly by this time next year (or maybe even sometime next month). But that’s not going to stop us from predicting some less obvious people, places and things that, as we see it, will help define golf’s first year in a new decade.

December 27, 2019

LPGA

Sei Young Kim, overlooked no more, wins the CME Group Tour Championship and $1.5 million

Sei Young Kim might have just become the least-talked about wire-to-wire LPGA winner ever. The 26-year-old from South Korea quietly opened the CME Group Tour...

November 25, 2019

LPGA Tour

A song lyric helped Nelly Korda get within a stroke of the lead at the CME Group Tour Championship

After making double bogey on the third hole of the third round of the CME Group Tour Championship, Nelly Korda was in a bad place on the leaderboard.

November 24, 2019

LPGA Tour

Nelly Korda’s hot finish has her within two of the lead at CME Group Tour Championship

Korda, 21, won the last event she played before the CME Group Tour Championship, defending her title in the Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA.

November 22, 2019

LPGA Tour

Nelly Korda defends her title in Taiwan, credits her caddie, who happens to be the runner-up’s fiancé

A no-win situation for looper Jason McDede.

November 4, 2019

The Grind

Danny Willett’s remarkable resurgence, Pat Perez’s eye-popping dinner bill, and Tony Romo’s golf dilemma

Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where we’ve got a little extra pep in our step after seeing Daniel Jones’ NFL debut for the New York Giants. Danny Dimes looks like a stud.

September 27, 2019

Women's Golf

Nelly Korda could be quite the menace for the rest of the LPGA as the tour enters home stretch

It wasn’t quite a full helping of revenge for Nelly Korda at the Lacoste Ladies French Open but some solace after the previous weekend’s disappointment at Gleneagles.

September 23, 2019

Solheim Cup

Solheim Cup 2019: Team USA, with its record number of rookies, must rely on more than experience at Gleneagles

To achieve this week’s goal at Gleneagles of winning a third straight Solheim Cup, the United States team must handle the pressure of playing on the road.

September 11, 2019

Solheim Cup

Final automatic qualifying spots filled for 2019 U.S. Solheim Cup team

Three automatic qualifying spots for the U.S. Solheim Cup team remained at the start of the CP Women’s Open, the final Solheim Cup qualifying event for the American women.

August 26, 2019

LPGA

Who is Hannah Green and how is she still leading the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship?

On Saturday night, Hannah Green, a relative unknown from Australia, was leading the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Hazeltine National, same as the Wikipedia-less LPGA pro...

June 23, 2019

LPGA

Brooke Henderson defends LOTTE Championship title, wins by four in Hawaii

KAPOLEI, HAWAII – APRIL 21: Brooke Henderson of Canada watches her drive on the fifth hole during the final round of the LOTTE Championship at Ko Olina Golf Club on April ...

April 21, 2019

LPGA

Nelly Korda overtakes Lexi Thompson, becomes highest-ranked American in women’s golf

SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE – FEBRUARY 27: Nelly Korda of the United States speaks to the media during a press conference prior to the HSBC Women’s World Championship at Sentosa Golf Club on ...

March 26, 2019

LPGA

Nelly Korda shoots bogey-free 68 to win first LPGA title at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship

The promise Nelly Korda has shown since joining the LPGA a year ago was never in doubt.

October 29, 2018

U.S. Women's Open

Americans overcome Saturday woes, surge up leaderboard in final round at Shoal Creek

Ariya Jutanugarn and her meltdown was undoubtedly the story on Sunday at the U.S. Women’s Open. But take a step back from the blown lead and four-hole playoff that produced the first champion from Thailand...

June 4, 2018

LPGA Tour

Michelle Wie drops 35-foot birdie putt on final hole to clinch first win since 2014

It was only fitting that a long, dramatic putt would finally put an end to Michelle Wie's long, frustrating victory drought.

March 5, 2018

LPGA Tour

LPGA rookie of the year Sung Hyun Park leads LPGA CME Tour Championship, two other rookies contending

Three rookies, including tournament leader Sung Hyun Park, are in the top six at the LPGA CME Tour Championship heading into the weekend at Tiburon Golf Club.

November 18, 2017

Sisterly Love

Jessica Korda makes a quadruple bogey, has to deal with perfect younger-sibling comment from sister, Nelly

As if making a quadruple-bogey 9 during a professional tournament wasn’t bad enough, Jessica Korda happened to do so while playing with her younger sister, Nelly, at the LPGA Blue Bay event in China.

November 9, 2017

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