Sarah White, Just Starting Out, Wins Founders Tribute Everyone comes from somewhere, including everyone who is famous. Everyone who wins a big golf tournament won a small one somewhere back there. Everyone who plays on the LPGA had to qualify to get there. So why not write about Sarah White and her victory at Longbow …
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Sep 02
Watch out for Tavatanakit
New Thai Star Tavatanakit on a Winning Streak That’s the way it goes. One star comes out of a new golf country, and then her sister does the same thing. Before we know it, the floodgates open on a generation of new stars from that country. The Jutanugarn sisters, Moriya and Ariya probably played a …
Jun 21
Sarah Burnham – One Step at a Time
LPGA Rookie Burnham Qualifies for KTMG by $3.00 Any time that one of us writes about a player’s chances of success, we are bound by pure speculation. We don’t know anything about the future, near or distant, but it’s apparently fun to muse about it, especially when we have all the stats at our beck …
Jun 13
Lemiux Sets Out as New Pro
Gabby Lemieux Has Native American Community at Her Back The Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic is rolling around again, and I followed several young golfers this week who are playing on a sponsor’s exemption. Alexa Pano will be there, and I seldom pass up an opportunity to write on her progress. This time, though, someone else …
Aug 28
Portland Classic – Marissa Steen
Marissa Steen Late Bloomer Maybe I just think everything about the Portland stop on the LPGA tour every year is so interesting because it’s my home town. You’ll have to pardon me for that. Maybe it’s so interesting because almost every year, it’s a tournament that I can attend. That’s where I’ve gotten to meet …
Feb 01
Danielle Downy
LPGA Loses Member – Danielle Downy Danielle Downy, a member of the LPGA for a decade, and head of golf operations at Auburn University, has been killed in a one-car accident outside of Auburn, Alabama. She lost control of her car and overturned multiple times before striking a tree. Reports say that she received “massive …