As the World Turns IV
It's been almost a month and a half since my last As the World Turns installment. There's a lot to catch up on!The LPGA's Waterloo? Yup, the LPGA is coming to Waterloo, Ontario, Canada for at least 3 years starting next season for the 144-player, 72-...
For Another Paula Win I’ll Be Hopin’, As I Head Out to The Open
The dust has yet to settle on the just-completed LPGA championship and it is already time to look ahead to what I consider the most important Major Championship, the U.S. Women's Open. At this time last year, my wife and I were heading out to Oakmont C...
Good News/Bad News for the LPGA: Phoenix/San Antonio
Given the paucity of women's professional golf in April and May, I thought I'd pass along good news about the LPGA's efforts to return to Phoenix and bad news about their efforts to add to their Futures Tour event in San Antonio. Anyone hearing anythi...
3 Consecutive Weeks of LPGA Golf
After an absence of four entire months, the LPGA returns to American soil this week.In fact this is the first of three consecutive weeks that our girls will be out west. The 3rd and final week will bring us this year’s first major championship.March ...
Another JLPGA Event Cancelled
From breitbart.com's summary of Kyodo news stories:TOKYO - The Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan said Sunday it has cancelled the T-Point Ladies due to the effects of Friday's massive earthquake in the country.The T-Point Ladies was sch...
Lots of Questions to be Answered This Year. I Hope.
After what seemed like an eternity, we are now underway with 2011 LPGA season.If 2010 was any indication, expect another exciting year on the horizon.As was the case last season, I can see continued tight races for all the major awards.I see the Player...
Ai Miyazato’s Prospects in 2011
2 years in a row now, Ai Miyazato has been in the thick of the races for all the major end-of-season awards on the LPGA, but in both 2009 and 2010 she came just short. Both years, however, she met or exceeded my already-high expectations for her. Lik...
LPGA’s Leading Ladies Sure Know How to Negotiate
I love what Paula Creamer is doing about the Founders Cup. As Randall Mell summarizes, she's basically questioning why RR Donnelley can't afford to either put up the entire "mock purse" of $1.3M for charity or split it between the players and charity....
OK, Now I’m Back. So What Did I Miss?
Just got back online at home and am trying to catch up on a week of women's golf news. Here's what I found:Doug Ferguson on efforts to bring the LPGA back to HawaiiRandall Mell on Kristy McPherson's WD from the ANZ Ladies Masters to give herself more ...
Why the LPGA Should Move the Morelia Event to San Antonio
By now, most of my regular readers have probably heard that the LPGA is considering cancelling or postponing the Tres Marias event in the 3rd week of April due to ongoing drug cartel violence in Morelia. But I have another idea. Why not move it to Sa...
Reflections on the 2011 LPGA Schedule
I was primed to join in the tail end of the feeding frenzy over the (partially botched) timing of the release of the 2011 LPGA schedule, but now that I've seen it and had a little while to think about what's in it and when, I have to admit that there's...
Where Should the LPGA Go from Here? (or, There’s Much More to the LPGA’s Future Than Lexi Thompson)
Nearly one year into Michael Whan's tenure as LPGA Commissioner, it's far too soon to tell if his strategies for the tour will bear fruit, much less attempt to anticipate what we'll look back on as his legacy. But I've already spotted one trend that to...
