The Japanese media has been following Ai Miyazato for the better part of a decade by now, but with 5 LPGA wins in the past 12 months, there's been a bit of a resurgence of interest in her in Japan, particularly with her 1st LPGA title defense coming up...
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It's finally moving day at Oakmont, but for over half the field it's going to be 1 of the longest days of the year, as many of them just finished their second rounds of the U.S. Women's Open a couple of hours ago or less. Here are the pairings for the...
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I haven't made the effort to identify who's responsible for the latest U.S. Women's Open preview from the Associated Press, but talk about using old talking points! The title: "Americans No Longer Dominate U.S. Women's Open." The theme: how badly Am...
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Lorne Rubenstein has a talent for taking each positive the LPGA Tour has going for it and framing it as a negative. The LPGA is the best tour in women's golf, attracting the top golfers from around the world (except for a few who decide to play only i...
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I've been following Ai Miyazato's career ever since she won the 2005 LPGA Q-School by as many shots as she had racked up JLPGA victories to date (12). Before each of the last 2 seasons began, I offered what turned out to be some pretty good prediction...
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Sal Maiorana is one of the great local golf writers, and he's going all out already this week with overviews of Locust Hill and the tournament history, profiles of Ai Miyazato, Ya Ni Tseng, and defending champion of the '09 LPGA Championship Anna Nordq...
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LPGA.com's and Hound Dog's previews set the stage for the tour's return to Hamilton Farm, the site of the 2008 Solheim Cup, in the Sybase Match Play Championship. The field contains 18 of the hottest 20 players on tour, according to Hound Dog. The battle for the...
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So far I haven't been that surprised by the way the Rookie of the Year races on the LPGA and LET have played out in the early going this season. Given the relatively large number of players who can legitimately hope to win both races, deciding which tour to play...
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Guess which players have gotten more than 1 win already in the 2010 season across the major women's golf tours? Well, Ai Miyazato, of course, with her 3 wins in 6 LPGA starts. And Ya Ni Tseng followed up her victory Down Under on the LET with her 2nd major. Add...
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Yuri Fudoh continued her fine play in the Fundokin Ladies event on the JLPGA today, shooting a bogey-free 69 to get to -6 for the tournament. Sakura Yokomine and Hyun-Ju Shin kept within a stroke of her, but the real story is the amount of golfers who played their way into contention...
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