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LPGA player disqualified for failing to sign her own scorecard

In recent years, golf's governing bodies have relaxed some of the game's rules, including those regarding the signing of an incorrect scorecard when you didn't know you'd committed a penalty.

November 20, 2020

News

Solheim Cup moving to even-numbered years starting in 2024

The Ryder Cup’s shift has been cited as the reason for its change.

November 17, 2020

News & Tours

How the last two years have given Stacy Lewis a new appreciation for the U.S. Women’s Open

This is going to be a special U.S Women’s Open for Stacy Lewis—and not just because it’s being played next month in her home state of Texas.

November 7, 2020

News

Sei Young Kim is no longer the best player without a major, wins KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in dominant fashion

There wasn’t anything anyone could do to overtake Sei Young Kim at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

October 11, 2020

Uncategorized

On her 50th birthday, Annika Sorenstam looks back at one of the greatest careers in golf history

Ahead of celebrating her 50th birthday on Friday, Annika Sorenstam took time to talk to Golf Digest and reflect on what was one of the greatest golf careers of all time.

October 9, 2020

KPMG Women's PGA Championship

Will there be another player who makes a major her first win on the LPGA Tour?

Let’s begin with a statement we can all agree on: Winning a major championship is harder than winning a regular tour event.

October 7, 2020

LPGA Tour

Georgia Hall wins first title in the U.S. during surreal week at the Cambia Portland Classic

Georgia Hall’s second LPGA Tour win didn’t come easy at the Cambia Portland Classic.

September 21, 2020

ANA Inspiration

Mirim Lee is a playoff winner at the ANA Inspiration after the wildest of back nines

The inherent beauty of sports is that it is not scripted, which was never more apparent than on a wild Sunday on a man-made oasis in this broiling desert.

September 14, 2020

ANA Inspiration

Watch Mirim Lee make amazing 72nd-hole eagle chip en-route to ANA Inspiration victory

We’ve heard of golfers getting hot with a putter to win a major championship title, but getting hot with a wedge?

September 14, 2020

ANA Inspiration

The LPGA will be playing the ANA Inspiration in a COVID-19 bubble that, alas, is not air-conditioned

The heat is likely to dominate conversations at the ANA Inspiration, upstaging talk even of the COVID-19 pandemic that’s responsible for postponing this LPGA major championship from its scheduled start in April to the first full week in September.

September 8, 2020

News

World No. 1, defending champ Jin Young Ko not in ANA Inspiration field

Jin Young Ko ascended to World No. 1 with her win at last year’s ANA Inspiration. She will lose one of those titles next week.

September 4, 2020

News

Lexi Thompson got accused of improving her lie by social media, R&A explains why she wasn’t at fault

Social-media commentators made their own decisions, but the only ruling that matters is that of the R&A

August 21, 2020

News

Gaby Lopez tests positive for COVID-19 heading into LPGA’s return

Gaby Lopez on Wednesday became the first LPGA Tour player to be announced as having tested positive for COVID-19.

July 30, 2020

News

Michelle Wie West will be 2021 Solheim Cup assistant captain and hopes to compete sometime this year

As soon as Pat Hurst was named the 2021 U.S. Solheim Cup captain in Janaury, Michelle Wie West grabbed her phone and sent her a text.

July 23, 2020

Well Played

Lexi Thompson nearly takes down mini-tour legend in men’s event

Lexi Thompson will resume competing against the best women golfers in the world when the LPGA restarts next week. In the meantime, she nearly took down a male mini-tour legend during a final tuneup.

July 21, 2020

News

LPGA pro Jennifer Kupcho set to tee it up against the men in Colorado

Jennifer Kupcho, winner of the Women's Colorado Open earlier this year, will try to see if she can take the men's title, too, after getting a sponsor's exemption into the event.

July 17, 2020

The Gulf Club

OMEGA Dubai Moonlight Classic organisers double down on night aspect, add food market to LET stop

There will be more moon - and definitely more floodlighting - at the second edition of the OMEGA Dubai Moonlight Classic this year after feedback from players and fans.

July 12, 2020