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ADT Championship - Round Three

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Rolex Awards Dinner

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ADT Championship - Preview Day 3

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Teenage sensation Thomson given LPGA membership for 2012

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( Reuters ) - Teenage prodigy Alexis Thompson will compete full-time on the LPGA Tour next year after her petition for membership was approved by the LPGA on Friday. The 16-year-old American, who is now ranked 44th in the world, became the youngest winner ever on the U.S. circuit earlier this month and is widely viewed as one of the game's most exciting prospects. There is an 18-year-old age requirement for Tour membership but the LPGA agreed to bend the rules for her. " Lexi Thompson is a...Read Full Story

Katherine Hull wins Navistar LPGA Classic

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Australia's Katherine Hull rallied to win the Navistar LPGA Classic on Sunday for her second career LPGA Tour title, pulling ahead with a birdie on the par-5 17th and finishing with a two-putt par for a 5-under 67 and a one-stroke victory over Brittany Lincicome. Hull, the former Pepperdine player who also won the 2008 Canadian Women's Open , finished at 19-under 269 on the links-style Senator layout at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail 's Capitol Hill complex. After opening with a 68, she...Read Full Story

LPGA schedules news conference amid turmoil

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The LPGA Tour has scheduled a news conference for Monday afternoon following a weekend of uncertainty about who will lead the organization. Commissioner Carolyn Bivens appears on the way out after some players wrote a letter to the LPGA Tour's board of directors calling for her resignation. Tour veteran and board member Juli Inkster said Sunday the board would look for an interim replacement while searching for a new commissioner. The New York Times has reported that Bivens will leave. Golf...Read Full Story

Report:LPGA players asking for Bivens' resignation

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A meeting last week of more than a dozen players has resulted in a letter sent to the LPGA Tour's board urging that commissioner Carolyn Bivens resign, according to a published report. Golfweek Magazine reported Monday that key players stated in the letter the LPGA Tour's woes cannot be blamed on a poor economy, and they said the tour should find a new leader to rebuild relationships with longtime sponsors. The magazine cited a player who had received a copy of the letter. Among those at the...Read Full Story

LPGA players hope to stay focused on US Open

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American Cristie Kerr doesn't believe the possible strife between LPGA players and embattled commissioner Carolyn Bivens will be a distraction at this week's US Women's Open. "Let's talk about the Open this week," Kerr said. "Out of respect for the USGA I am asking that questions at this time be reserved for Women's Open or questions about myself, my golf and perhaps my wine making." The LPGA Tour has been one of the most hard hit sports league's during the global recession, losing seven...Read Full Story

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Golf: LPGA season begins with more events, optimism

While his predecessor, Carolyn Bivens, had a reputation of alienating sponsors with a hardline approach, the LPGA was able to renew eight of the nine tournament contracts that ended in 2011. It lost one tournament and added five others ...

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LPGA announces 2012 schedule with four more events

He also believes passionately in his product. Whan thinks women's golf is under-valued by the marketplace with a lot of growth potential, and he is correct about that. But Whan, who took over as commissioner in 2010 after the disastrous Carolyn Bivens ...

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