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Slow Play Hot Topic Again This Week

Here are some interesting excerpts from an article by ESPN’s Gene Wojciechowski about the pace of play on Thursday at Bay Hill. You can check out the article in its entirety HERE. “We talk about it every [players] meeting,” said tour veteran Pat Perez. “Every meeting we talk about pace of play and we talk [...]

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Amanda Blumenherst leads Kia Classic – Tours & News – Golf.com

Amanda Blumenherst leads Kia Classic – Tours & News – Golf.com. Blumenherst had 9 birdies and 2 bogeys, heading into the second round of the Kia Classic on Friday with a 1-shot lead over Germany’s Sanda Gal. Could this be a Duke Blue Devil winner weekend? We’ll see….

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Annika Sorenstam Family Now a Foursome

Congrats to Annika Sorenstam and her husband, Mike with the new birth of their baby boy! DETAILS

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Karrie Webb wins LPGA Founders Cup – Tours & News – Golf.com

Karrie Webb wins LPGA Founders Cup – Tours & News – Golf.com. Congrats to Karrie Webb, who continues her impressive run this season. And congrats as well to all of the ladies in the field this week, who freely gave of their time and effort to do some wonderful good to the number of charities [...]

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PGA Tour to Assume Control of LPGA Tour?

“Clearly, the LPGA could benefit from both the big pockets of the PGA Tour and from the ways in which it could structure added-value title sponsorship deals. Some men’s tour sponsors could take on LPGA events for a little more money, and the fact the PGA Tour would use its various promotional platforms to market [...]

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LPGA Tour plays for free at 2011 Founders Cup – Tours & News – Golf.com

LPGA Tour plays for free at 2011 Founders Cup – Tours & News – Golf.com. As much as I would like to see some of the needy charities here at home get some of the cut of the purse, I can’t help but think that a majority of it needs to be heading over to [...]

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Jennifer Song Has No Problem Giving Back

Every now and then I’ll read something that makes me look at a star golfer in a different light. It happened again today, as the Golf Channel’s Randall Mell wrote a nice piece about an LPGA Tour player that doesn’t take her success for granted and is going out of her way to make a [...]

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LPGA Golfer to Donate Kidney to Ailing Brother

It’s always nice to open up the headlines every once in a while and read about good things happening, because it’s not all that common anymore. But THIS story caught my attention, primarily because it’s something that I can relate to in my own life. Not for me exactly, but keep reading… About 3 years [...]

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Karrie Webb captures HSBC Champions; Yani Tseng finishes 3rd – Tours & News – Golf.com

Karrie Webb captures HSBC Champions; Yani Tseng finishes 3rd – Tours & News – Golf.com. Congrats to Karrie Webb for earning her 37th LPGA Tour victory!  

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State Farm Ending LPGA Tournament Sponsorship

“LPGA communications officer David Higdon said the tour was surprised by the timing of State Farm’s announcement, but admitted they were “certainly on our worry list.” – ARTICLE I don’t know which sponsors are on that “worry” list, but I would imagine that that list is considerably longer than the “no worries” list. Maybe it’s [...]

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