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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In a recent preview of the 2010 LET season, the tour mentioned Kristie Smith, Maria Hernandez, Carly Booth, and Caroline Masson as likely frontrunners in its Rookie of the Year race. Last month, the only one of those 4 that I had focused on was Hernan...
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The fact that 4 of my 9 frontrunners for LPGA Rookie of the Year honors can also be contending for LET ROY adds another wrinkle to both races. Azahara Munoz, Pernilla Lindberg, Maria Hernandez, and Mariajo Uribe will have to think long and hard about ...
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With Na Yeon Choi going -7 over her 1st 11 holes today at the LPGA Tour Championship and Lorena Ochoa, Cristie Kerr, and Ai Miyazato making Sunday charges, as well, it's easy to overlook Choi's fellow Super Soph Hee Young Park, who's -5 with 3 holes to...
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I don't know what the LPGA has done to get on the bad side of the golf gods. All I can say is that Michael Whan may want to start building an ark, if he hasn't begun already. Just got up this morning after our late-night return from Kitchener, Ontari...
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At this time last year, Sakura Yokomine broke through for her 1st and only victory at 2008's last regular-season event, the Daio Paper ElleAir Ladies, with a convincing win over Midori Yoneyama, Ai Miyazato, Momoko Ueda, and Ji-Hee Lee that brought her...
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Lorena Ochoa opened up a 4-shot lead on Player of the Year race leader Ji-Yai Shin in the 1st round of the LPGA Tour Championship today. Both players started on the back in the morning pairings, but they finished quite differently. Ochoa fired a tour...
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The LPGA Tour Championship is here. This one's for all the marbles! It all comes down to this! Jeff Skinner lays out what's at stake this week for the top LPGA golfers. Rookie of the Year Ji-Yai Shin may have clinched th...
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I'm as happy as the next guy that Michelle Wie has become the 3rd player of the top 8 without a win as an LPGA member I labelled as "most likely to win this season" to fulfill my expectations and, well, win in this season. After Ai Miyazato and Na Yeo...
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There are a lot of questions that remain to be answered in the final 2 events of the LPGA's 2009 season. Some have to do with the tour's major awards. Can Ji-Yai Shin hold off Lorena Ochoa in the Player of the Year race and become the 1st person sinc...
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