Jiyai Shin, vying to add the LPGA Player of the Year award to Rookie of the Year honors, seized the lead in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational with a six-under 66. The 21-year-old from South Korea, a three-time winner on the US tour this year, came into the event with a four-point lead over world number one Ochoa in the player of the year race. She topped the leaderboard on Friday at 11-under 133. Americans Michelle Wie (66) and Paula Creamer (69) were tied for second on 136. Overnight leader... Read Full Story
Lorena Ochoa shot a 66 on Thursday and has a 1-shot lead over Reilley Rankin after the first round of the LPGA's season-ending Tour Championship. Michelle Wie, fresh off her first LPGA victory last week, shot a 72. She limped through her round on a sprained left ankle that she first injured at the Solheim Cup in August. She was going for treatment after her round and was considering withdrawing from the tournament. The first round was suspended due to darkness at 5:25 p.m. Four threesomes... Read Full Story
Anna Nordqvist won the LPGA Tour Championship Monday as Lorena Ochoa seized her fourth straight Player of the Year award by one point over Jiyai Shin. Nordqvist, 22, fired a final-round 65 on Monday to finish 13-under par in the tournament reduced to 54 holes because of heavy rain over the weekend. Ochoa was two strokes back and secured the top player honor when South Korea's Shin couldn't chip in from the front of the 18th hole. Shin led Ochoa by eight points (156-148) in the Player of the... Read Full Story
Anna Nordqvist won the LPGA Tour Championship Monday as Lorena Ochoa seized her fourth straight Player of the Year award by one point over Jiyai Shin. Nordqvist, 22, fired a final-round 65 on Monday to finish 13-under par in the tournament reduced to 54 holes because of heavy rain over the weekend. Ochoa was two strokes back and secured the top player honor when South Korea's Shin couldn't chip in from the front of the 18th hole. Shin led Ochoa by eight points (156-148) in the Player of the... Read Full Story
Sweden's Sophie Gustafson climbed within two shots of overnight leader Lorena Ochoa at the LPGA Tour Championship Friday as rain wreaked havock on the second round. Rain drenched the Houstonian Golf and Country Club before dawn and the start of the second round was pushed back six hours. A couple of hours after play began, light rain began to fall,and darkness stopped play before Ochoa, who led the first round with a 66, even made it to the first tee. Gustafson, who carded a first-round 70... Read Full Story
The LPGA's struggles to hang onto sponsors was reflected in its schedule for next season as the women's pro golf tour has reduced its number of tournaments to 24 from 27. Officials also announced a home for the second major of the year which will now be in Singapore. The Tour which begins February 18 at the Honda tournament in Thailand. Next season also marks the first season that acting commissioner Marty Evens will be in charge from the outset. He replaced Carolyn Bivens in July. Evans... Read Full Story
World number one Lorena Ochoa goes in search of her fourth victory of the year this week as the LPGA Tour starts a two-week swing through Asia. The 27-year-old Mexican successfully defended her title at the Navistar Classic in Alabama at her last event earlier this month and tees off at the Hana Bank Kolon Championship in fine form. But she has a top field of players to contend with, led by defending champion Candie Kung of Taiwan, who defeated Australia's Katherine Hull by a stroke last... Read Full Story
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The 2010 LPGA Tour will consist of 24 tournaments, four fewer than this year, in 10 countries. The season tees off in Thailand from February 18-21 and stays in Asia a week later with an event in Singapore. "We have made great strides in our long-term goal of building an intelligent and sustainable schedule for the LPGA Tour," acting commissioner Marty Evans told a news conference on Wednesday at the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship. "We look forward to a wonderful... Read Full Story
Michelle Wie withdrew from the LPGA Tour Championship on Thursday after hobbling through her first round on a sprained left ankle. The 20-year-old Wie, fresh off her first tour victory last week, shot an even-par 72 on Thursday. She first injured her ankle at the Solheim Cup in August. Wie went for treatment after her round and withdrew about an hour later. "I wanted to do everything I could to fight through the injury," Wie said in a statement after dropping out of the tournament. "It... Read Full Story
Updated: November 17, 2009, 16:10
GUADALAJARA, Mexico(AP) Lorena Ochoa is having one of the best years of her life, and it has nothing to do with being ranked No. 1 in golf. She's getting married next month in her hometown, which will be a boon for Mexico's edition of Hola magazine. Her engagement was front-page news in every paper in the country. But the pending marriage hasn't helped the struggling LPGA Tour, which needs a dominant star. Ochoa's won only three times... Read Full Story
Usain Bolt said he had no intentions of playing professional football in the United States, and apparently he has no intention of testing his speed against the NFL's best either.
