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Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Golf on 11 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment

Anna Nordqvist Wins LPGA Tour Championship

Rain shortened the LPGA Tour Championship to three rounds. In the final round, Anna Nordqvist shot a seven-under sixty five to claim the win and two hundred twenty five thousand dollars ($225,000): “… Nordqvist, meanwhile, earned her second career victory and made it through the season...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Golf on 11 22nd, 2009 | 1 Comment

Rain Changes the LPGA Tour Championship

It is wet in Richmond, Texas. Rain and a wet golf courses has forced the LPGA Tour Championship to switch to a fifty four hole event: “… The tournament now is scheduled for a Monday finish, and the tour’s season-ending event has been shortened to 54 holes. “Rather than forcing people’s...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Golf on 11 19th, 2009 | No Comments

LPGA Announced Reduced 2010 Schedule

An indicator of the challenges ahead of the LPGA is the 2010 schedule. There are only twenty four tournaments and only thirteen if those events will be in the United States: “Faced with the problem during the last year of having sponsors drop tournaments because of a slumping economy, the LPGA...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Golf on 11 17th, 2009 | No Comments

The Importance of the Michelle Wie Win

Michelle Wie won the Lorena Ochoa Invitational. It was her first LPGA victory. It is obviously meaningful for a first year player on the LPGA tour. Although Michelle Wie has been part of professional golf for years, this is her first official year on the tour. And people forget that she is only twenty...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Golf on 11 15th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Michelle Wie Wins in Mexico

It has been a win that has been anticipated for years. Michelle Wie has won her first LPGA event: “American Michelle Wie claimed victory at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Mexico, winning the first LPGA event of her career in the process. The 20-year-old, who shot to fame at an early age, fired...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Golf on 11 14th, 2009 | No Comments

Michelle Wie in Contention

Michelle Wie has not won on the LPGA tour. Many people have been waiting for her first ‘break-through’ win. She is in contention in a LPGA tour event in Guadalajara, Mexico: “Michelle Wie had a good chance to win her first U.S. LPGA Tour title by heading to the final round of the...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Golf on 11 7th, 2009 | No Comments

Paula Creamer Captains the Amateurs to a Win

As the captain of the U.S. amateurs, Paula Creamer could only watch. Her team, however, performed well and won the Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship: “It wasn’t exactly the walk in the park most folks expected, but in the end, the United States still was able to hoist the American...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Golf on 11 5th, 2009 | No Comments

It’s Still “Men-Only” at the Portmarnock Golf Club

It’s for men only. Women can’t join. Women are not allowed membership at the famous Portmarnock Golf Club, just outside of Dublin. That restriction is legal and sanctioned by the Irish Supreme Court: “… Three Irish Supreme Court judges, one a woman, noted that under current...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Golf on 11 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment

Shin Ji-yai Becomes LPGA Rookie of the Year

The 2009 LPGA season has been a success for Shin Ji-yai of South Korea. In her first year, she has won three times on the LPGA tour and has had excepytional finishes for a first year player. Shin Ji-yai has been named the 2009 LPGA Rookie of the Year but there may be other honours for this season: “…...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Golf on 11 2nd, 2009 | 1 Comment

A Glimpse at Future Golf Stars

The 2009 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship is a glimpse at international future golf stars. The team from the United States comprises of Jordan Spieth, Ben Martin, Jennifer Johnson and Alexis Thompson. The Captain of this team was an amateur playing in 2003. It does not seem that long...

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