Archive for 'June,2016 '
Asian players have usurped the LPGA
SAMMAMISH, Wa. – You might have noticed over the past decade that the LPGA Tour has taken on a different look. In fact, it’s hard to remember what the old look looked like. Asian players have [...]
Inkster back in Washington as a legend
SAMMAMISH, Wa. – Juli Inkster was a confident and competitive young lady when she stepped onto the first tee at the Safeco Classic at Meridian Valley Country Club in Kent, Wa. to begin her fifth tournament [...]
Griffey is a long-ball hitter in golf, too
SAMMAMISH, Wa. – In a little more than seven weeks, Ken Griffey Jr. will stand in front of a large audience in Cooperstown, NY, and deliver what surely will be a from-the-heart speech. And in typical fashion, Junior [...]
News and Notes from Sahalee
PGA Staff THREE IS GREAT, FOUR IS UNPRECEDENTED Three-time defending Champion Inbee Park is the first player since Annika Sorenstam in 2005 to win a single major championship three consecutive times (Sorenstam won this Championship in [...]
McGirt captures first Tour championship
DUBLIN, Ohio — William McGirt won for the first time in 165 starts on the PGA Tour, and the timing couldn’t have been better.William McGirt won for the first time in 165 starts on the PGA [...]
Nordqvist back-to-back ShopRite champ
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Anna Nordqvist successfully defended her ShopRite LPGA Classic title Sunday, closing with a 7-under 64 in breezy conditions for a one-stroke victory over Haru Nomura. The 28-year-old Swede became the oldest tour [...]
McCarron notches first Champions win
DES MOINES, Iowa — Marriage has made Scott McCarron a much better golfer. McCarron won the Principal Charity Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title, birdieing the final three holes for a 7-under [...]
Golf Bag: Day leery of Olympic Games
DUBLIN, Ohio — For the first time, Jason Day has publicly expressed doubts about playing in the Olympic golf tournament in Rio de Janeiro for fear of contracting the Zika virus. Day, 28, the No. 1-ranked [...]
McIlroy returns to former putting grip
DUBLIN, Ohio — Frustrated with his putting at the Irish Open, Rory McIlroy decided to change his grip from left-hand low back to a conventional grip on Thursday at the Memorial Tournament. Despite winning his home [...]
PGA moving Trump’s WGC to Mexico
Sources within the Trump organization and the PGA Tour have told Golf Channel that the former WGC-Cadillac Championship will move from Trump National Doral to Mexico, beginning next year. The event will be contested at Club de [...]
