ORLANDO, FL. — Funny thing about the LPGA. The premier women’s tour in golf ended its 2022 season and started its 2023 campaign with Florida tournaments that were marred by some discontent. The sponsor of last November’s CME Championship wasn’t happy that all the players competing for the biggest first-prize in women’s golf didn’t show…
Tournament Reports
ING’s Fall Forum provides a sneak preview of the PGA Show
SEBRING, FL. -The International Network of Golf is a fixture at the PGA Merchandise Show and the Myrtle Beach World Amateur Handicap Championship. ING also hosted an annual Spring Conference around the country prior to pandemic concerns. Still on the brink of celebrating his group’s 30th anniversary, ING executive director Mike Jamison moved in another…
A special day for Joy
SEBRING, FL. — The International Network of Golf’s first Fall Forum in 2022 couldn’t have been scripted better for Joy and me. In Tuesday’s pro-am for the Citrus Golf Tour Open we played on different teams. Joy witnessed a hole in one by her professional partner, Chris Wiatr, and my team’s pro, Donnie Trosper, tied…
Korda, Thompson take their rivalry to LPGA’s biggest money event
BELLEAIR, FLORIDA – This is the ultimate crunch time for women’s golf. The CME Group Tour Championship, which offers the biggest prize fund in women’s golf history — $7 million with $2 million going to the champion. That tournament tees off on Thursday at Tiburon in Naples, FL. The last full-field event on the…
Fassi’s 62 perks up a late start in the LPGA’s Pelican tourney
BELLEAIR, Florida – As the last full-field event of the season, the Pelican Championship is important for LPGA players. The top 60 on the season point list qualify for next week’s $7 million CME Group Championship in Naples, where $2 million – the largest first prize in the history of women’s golf – will be…
Another big women’s week at French Lick — but this one is different
FRENCH LICK, Indiana – It’s transition time for women golfers at Indiana’s premier golf resort. It’s hard to imagine any golf facility doing more for the women’s game in the last decade than this southern Indiana resort has been willing to step forward for two pro circuits — The Legends for players who have reached…
Thailand golfer wins Illinois Women’s Open with hot back nine
The 27th version of the Phil Kosin Illinois Women’s Open turned into one of the more unusual ones on Tuesday. It all turned on great approaches to the No. 10 green by the only two players who seriously contender for the title on the Mistwood course in Romeoville. Amateur Addison Klonowski stuck her approach on…
Poston could be a wire-to-wire winner at the John Deere Classic
SILVIS, IL. – This has been one weird John Deere Classic. Illinois’ only annual PGA Tour stop usually has a few big names. This one had such mainstays on the circuit as Bubba Watson, Daniel Berger, Steve Stricker and Jason Day among its entrants, but none made it to the starting line. The local players…
Valspar produced a great climax for the PGA’s Florida Swing
The first day of spring also coincided with the last day of the PGA Tour’s four-tournament Florida Swing this year, and the final tournament of the Sunshine State’s moment in the sun for 2022 provided the best weather, the biggest crowds, the best scoring and the most drama of the four events. Sam Burns repeated…
It figures to be Zach Johnson vs. Luke Donald in the next Ryder Cup
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL. – Neither Zach Johnson nor Luke Donald looked threatening during Thursday’s first round of the PGA Tour’s traditional Florida Swing. The veterans teed off within 20 minutes of each other, Donald starting his round off No. 1 and Johnson off No. 10 at the Honda Classic – the first of four…