Wegmans LPGA Championship Friday Afternoon: So Much for the Scoring Opportunities, Eh?
Just as I was turning off the tv yesterday afternoon to head out to the Toronto airport to pick up the Full Metal Archivist, I heard Judy Rankin mention that it was a bad sign the winds were picking up and Terry Gannon say there were storms all over we...
Wegmans LPGA Championship Thursday Morning: Tseng and Creamer Set the Pace
Ya Ni Tseng opened the Wegmans LPGA Championship with 6 birdies in her 1st 11 holes at Locust Hill Country Club and held on despite some errant drives down the stretch to post a 66 and take a 1-shot lead on Paula Creamer, who fired a bogey-free 67 that...
I’m Here!
I got to Locust Hill yesterday a little before 4 pm and after checking out the driving range and practice putting green and checking in at the media center, it wasn't until about 4:45 that I was able to catch up with Mika Miyazato's pro-am group as the...
I’m Here!
I got to Locust Hill yesterday a little before 4 pm and after checking out the driving range and practice putting green and checking in at the media center, it wasn't until about 4:45 that I was able to catch up with Mika Miyazato's pro-am group as the...
I’m Off!
Should be at Locust Hill in a couple of hours. Many thanks to my parents for taking care of the girls (and taking them to skating practice tonight!) while I'm in Pittsford. Weather forecast is calling for a goods chance of overnight rains and an inte...
EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI
The Full Metal Archivist has been able to get through to her sister and her family in Okinawa. It seems like everyone there and in Chiba in her family is doing ok, but it sounds like Sendai (where I gave a talk when I was living in Fukuoka during my F...
Rassin’ Frassin’ Snow!
Hey folks, sorry for the delay in posting about the exciting HSBC Women's Champions action, where Chie Arimura and Karrie Webb have opened up a huge gap on Ya Ni Tseng, Na Yeon Choi, and Sun Young Yoo, but that winter storm that hit Western NY yesterda...
LPGA Tour Championship Thursday: Orlando Enters the Twilight Zone
As Emily Kay and Ryan Ballengee point out, the 1st round of the LPGA Tour Championship was a potentially crushing disappointment for Ai Miyazato (2nd in the Player of the Year race, she hit 4 greens at Grand Cypress and shot an 80) and Ji-Yai Shin (2nd...
Just Windy in Wales, But Still Tough to Score
Carin Koch took the 2nd-round lead in the S4/C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe with a fantastic 68 in windy conditions in Wales, prompting much alliteration from the LET. She's opened up a 1-shot lead on Christel Boeljon (72) and a 2-shot gap on M...
Wet and Windy in Wales
Scotland's Vikki Laing leads the S4/C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe by 1 shot over Christel Boeljon and Henrietta Zuel and 2 shots over Helen Alfredsson and amateur Amy Boulden as the rest of the field went over par. Laing bogeyed the 1st hole m...
Futures Tour Road Trip: Day 1 (Hannah Yun, Lori Atsedes, Virada Nirapathpongporn, Pornanong Phatlum, Jane Rah)
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...
Women’s British Open Thursday: Will Anyone Break 70 in the Winds at Royal Birkdale Today?
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...
