Joely Pique has the rundown of the 1st round of the Alliance Bank Golf Classic. As you can see, scoring was pretty low, with 12 players breaking 70, led by rookie Dolores White's fine 66, and 28 players shooting par or better. So let me tell you abou...
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On a day that started windy, Juli Inkster and Ji-Yai Shin were the 1st to post under-par scores at the Women's British Open. The LET has details on their 71s, which were recently matched by Brittany Lang. With Gwladys Nocera -2 through 8 holes of bog...
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Judging by the scoring at the Evian Masters this morning, the players who had a Thursday-afternoon/Friday-morning draw had the worst of the rains to contend with this week thus far before play was suspended. Sure, the 2 golfers who broke 70 this morni...
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The Utica City Amateur is my favorite golf tournament to play. I did it 3 straight years following the end of my college golf career and 8 years in a row late in grad school and early in my professorial career, but this year was my 1st in the last 6 t...
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I can't compliment the LPGA enough on their decisions on Saturday and Sunday to do what it takes to keep the State Farm Classic a 72-hole tournament. There's just too many interesting things that can happen at Panther Creek to cap this at 54 holes. T...
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Earlier today I claimed that Karrie Webb, Ya Ni Tseng, Azahara Munoz, Brittany Lincicome, and Jee Young Lee were the players back in the pack through 36 holes at the State Farm Classic most likely to make the biggest moves on moving day. To my surpris...
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Thunderstorms and heavy rains today and anticipated for tomorrow in Mobile forced the tournament organizers to shorten the Bell Micro LPGA Classic to 54 holes and send the 3 players tied for the lead--Se Ri Pak, Suzann Pettersen, and Brittany Lincicome--out to play the 18th hole in a playoff. It took...
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I didn't think anything could top the end of the LPGA's 2009, weather-wise, as heavy rains played havoc with both the LPGA Tour Championship in Houston and their Q-School in Daytona Beach. But how about the rains in Spain being supplemented by snow, p...
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Don't look now, but there's another hot Swedish golfer dominating LET Q-School. This past January, it was Anna Nordqvist who bounced back from a disappointing LPGA Q-School by taking medalist honors in the LET's and securing full membership there as o...
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The LPGA was forced to complete the 3rd round of its Q-School with the same rules they had started it, so there was no chance to institute lift, clean, and place rules on the 2 LPGA International courses. I can't come up with any other explanation for...
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