OLYMPIA FIELDS, IL. – Danielle Kang and Chella Choi are regulars on the LPGA Tour but have only one victory between them on the premier circuit in women’s golf. Still, they are the co-leaders in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship – the second of the LPGA’s five majors of 2017. Both hit the 54-hole stop…
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Shin shows she can still compete on LPGA Tour
Jiyai Shin doesn’t play on the LPGA Tour much anymore – but it’s certainly not due to a lack of talent. Her 7-under-par 64 on Saturday at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Olympia Fields proved that. Shin, from South Korea, was paired with American star Stacy Lewis in the third round but both were…
Choi, Yang lead in rain-plagued start to KPMG tourney
The biggest names in women’s golf were notably absent from the top of the leaderboard on Thursday during Round 1 of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Olympia Fields. Korean Chella Choi, a morning starter, shot a 5-under-par 66 on Olympia Fields’ North Course and another Korean, Amy Yang, was at 5-under after playing 17…
Michelle Wie is having fun on the course again
Michelle Wie finished her first round at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship with a big smile on her face – and with good reason. She shot a 3-under-par 68, another indication that her game is improving. Wie hasn’t won since the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open at Pinehurst and by her own admission her play in…
New No. 1 woman golfer is ready for a challenge at Olympia Fields
Women’s golf has a new No. 1 player going into today’s start of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Olympia Fields Country Club. So Yeon Ryu of South Korea took over the top spot in the Rolex Rankings this week following her victory on Sunday in the Wal-Mart Northwest Arkansas Championship. She supplanted Ariya Jutanugarn,…
Mickelson takes on LPGA stars in KPMG warmup at Olympia Fields
Phil Mickelson obviously won’t be playing in this week’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Olympia Fields but – just as was the case at last week’s U.S. Open – he was still part of the show. Mickelson’s participation in the Open at Erin Hills was in limbo until he formally withdrew to attend his daughter’s…
Koepka played like Dustin’s double in claiming U.S. Open title
THIS PIECE WAS THE WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF GOLF MEDIA AWARDS IN THE COMPETITION WRITING CATEGORY IN 2017. IT RAN IN CHICAGO’S DAILY HERALD ON JUNE 21, 2017. ERIN, Wis. – No, Dustin Johnson didn’t defend his U.S. Open title on Sunday. In fact, the game’s No. 1-ranked player didn’t…
Harman just couldn’t keep up with Koepka’s back nine birdie barrage
ERIN, Wis. – Brian Harman didn’t lose Sunday’s U.S. Open. Brooks Koepka just won it. That’s how Harman sees it. The turning point came on Erin Hills’ back nine after Harman made bogeys at Nos. 12 and 13. “Then I made the birdie at 14 and he birdies 14, 15 and 16,’’ said Harman. “That…
Comparing 63s isn’t easy for Johnny Miller
ERIN, Wis. – Johnny Miller, the golf analyst for NBC, was impressed by Justin Thomas’ 63 in Saturday’s third round of the U.S. Open, especially the 9-under-par aspect to it. Miller shot the first 63 in the Open 44 years ago, and his score was 8-under on a par-71 course. “Justin Thomas is a lot…
Spectator’s death latest in events that mar this U.S. Open
ERIN, Wis. — Away from the play on the course it’s been one thing after another for the U.S. Golf Association to deal with at this 117th U.S. Open. On Thursday it was a blimp crash a half-mile from the course. On Friday the USGA announced that E.Coli bacteria had been detected in a Hydration…