NAPLES, FL. — Beware of the injured golfer. Korea’s Jin Young Ko is the defending champion in the biggest money event in women’s golf, and she’s definitely injured. An injury to her left wrist has troubled her since May and she never takes a full swing in practice. On a scale of 1 to…
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Szokol makes it into the LPGA’s most lucrative tournament
The golf season has a series of climax events these days. The PGA Tour had its season climax in either September, when the FedEx Cup Playoffs concluded, or October, when the Ryder Cup ended. Take your pick. PGA Tour Champions concluded its season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs last Sunday when Phil Mickelson won the last…
A weird finish sets the stage for the LPGA’s biggest money event
BELLAIRE, FL. – With the biggest money tournament in the history of women’s golf coming up this week it’s easy to think of the two-year old Pelican Championship – the last event of the LPGA’s regular season – as anything more than a warmup event. It was certainly no ho-hum affair on Sunday, however….
Christina Kim goes from LPGA onlooker to contender in a hurry
BELLAIRE, FL. – The Pelican Championship, the last regular season tournament on the Ladies PGA Tour, reached only its halfway point on Friday but the week has already been a big success for Christina Kim. The 37-year old LPGA veteran is lucky to be in the field. She came up one shot short of making…
Late qualifier Malm repeats in IPGA Players
Curtis Malm, may have been the defending champion in the Illinois PGA Players Championship this week, but he was lucky to even be in the field. The 36 players invited into the last of the IPGA’s four major tournaments is determined off a season-long point list, and Malm was one spot out until Shaun McElroy,…
U.S. dominates in this Ryder Cup
HAVEN, Wis.—The longstanding U.S. frustrations in the Ryder Cup are over. After losing to Europe in four of the previous five meetings and seven of the last nine captain Steve Stricker found a combination of young players who dominated the 43rd staging of golf’s premier team event at Whistling Straits. In fact, this American team…
Could this be the day the U.S. reclaims the Ryder Cup?
HAVEN, Wis. – If it wasn’t for a nightmarish day nine years ago the United States golfers and their supporters would already be in a celebratory mood at Whistling Straits. The U.S. went 3-1 in Saturday’s morning foursome matches for the third straight session to open a 9-3 lead. The Europeans had their best session…
At least there’s hope for the U.S. after great start in Ryder Cup
HAVEN, Wis. – Beautiful weather greeted the 40,000 spectators when the 43rd Ryder Cup teed off Fridays. So did massive traffic jams on the rural roads that surround Whistling Straits. At the end of the day, though, there was at least hope for the American side that has been dominated by the Europe in in…
Stricker in the spotlight at Ryder Cup Opening Ceremonies
HAVEN, Wis. – Thursday’s Opening Ceremonies for the 43rd Ryder Cup was not without the unexpected. U.S. captain Steve Stricker provided it. First Stricker broke into tears while introducing his wife and daughters to a standing room only crowd who ignored a late afternoon rain to gather at the Dye Pavilion at Whistling Straits. “I…
Stonebridge fits Tee-K Kelly’s golf game to a tee
Tee-K Kelly was the whole show at the 72nd Illinois Open, no question about that. The Wheaton resident, Ohio State alum and Medinah Country Club member led wire-to-wire in winning the biggest event for Illinois resident. He was a record-tying 17-under-par, posting a 54-hole score of 199 at Stonebridge Country Club in Aurora. His rounds…