Scotland’s Trish Johnson is the only woman to have won a major senior tournament. She won the only one – the first Senior LPGA Championship last fall – and she got off to a good start on making it two-for-two in Thursday’s first round of the inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Chicago Golf Club…
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Socializing is over; now things get serious at first U.S. Senior Women’s Open
So far the inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open has been a feel-good story — the long-overdue creation of a national championship for women golfers who have passed their 50th birthday. They’re delighted the U.S. Golf Association added the event to its schedule, and it’s brought a lot of former professional and amateur competitors together again….
U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Chicago Golf Club is a real feel-good story
WHEATON, IL. –The inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open, which teed off on Thursday in the Chicago suburb of Wheaton, has been a celebration of women’s golf. It resembled a high school reunion, too, with the best pros and amateurs of the past re-connecting during three days of practice rounds and pre-tournament activities. More than anything,…
Small will compete in Senior Players while 2 ex-Illini stars are in JDC
It isn’t that Mike Small hasn’t gotten into big golf tournaments before. The super successful men’s coach at the University of Illinois has remained a competitive player in large part by taking advantage of sponsor’s exemptions. Small didn’t get an invitation to this week’s Constellation Senior Players Championship, which tees off at Exmoor Country Club…
Thirty-seven years later, and Pat Bradley tries to win another U.S. Open in Chicago
Golf was a different game when Pat Bradley won the ultimate title available to her, the U.S. Women’s Open. She did it at LaGrange Country Club in 1981, coming from three strokes behind in the last round to post a 66 and beat out Beth Daniel and Kathy Whitworth. It was the crowning achievement in…
Kemper Lakes is back on the radar as a major tournament venue
Watching the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship wrap up on Sunday created good vibes for Steve Jouzapaitis, the owner of Kemper Lakes. What was once one of America’s most prominent golf venues could be again, following a successful staging of a major championship. “I expected more issues and things to address, but everything was so smooth,’’…
Feng makes her case in battle for a new No. 1 in women’s golf
The possibility is remote, but China’s Shanshan Feng – in a tie for 54th place at the start of Saturday’s third round of the 64th KPMG Women’s PGA Championship – could still win the title on Sunday and regain her place as the No. 1-ranked player in women’s golf. Feng demonstrated on Saturday what one…
Stomach problems hamper start of Kang’s title defense
Danielle Kang began the defense of her title in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Thursday in less than impressive fashion. She shot 73 at soggy Kemper Lakes, and it was not a pretty site. At one point Kang was doubled over in pain, the cause of which she suspected was the waffles she had for…
Wie got an early look at Kemper Lakes — when she was 11
Michelle Wie’s days as a young phenom are over. In her early years she did things very few women players ever did, competing against the best women in her mid-teenage years and later taking on the men in a few PGA Tour events that included two appearances in the John Deere Classic. With five wins…
Refreshed Kang is ready to defend her KPMG title at Kemper Lakes
The champion will defend at this week’s 64th KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Kemper Lakes. There was some doubt about that when Danielle Kang pulled out after 11 holes at the Meijer Classic in Michigan two weeks ago, citing only “personal reasons.’’ Last week Kang didn’t seem ready for a major title defense either. She…