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Arpichaya Yubol shoots a career-best 61 to take the first-round lead at ShopRite LPGA Classic
Read full article: Arpichaya Yubol shoots a career-best 61 to take the first-round lead at ShopRite LPGA ClassicArpichaya Yubol followed a career-best finish on the LPGA Tour with a career-low 10-under 61 and took a two-shot lead over Jenny Shin after the first round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic.
Lindblad sets U.S. Women's Open amateur mark with 6-under 65
Read full article: Lindblad sets U.S. Women's Open amateur mark with 6-under 65Swedenโs Ingrid Lindblad shot a 6-under 65, the lowest round by an amateur in the 77-year history of the U.S. Women's Open, to take the early lead at Pine Needles.
Olson comes up aces and takes 1-shot lead in Women's Open
Read full article: Olson comes up aces and takes 1-shot lead in Women's OpenAmy Olson watches her shot off the third tee during the first round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament in Houston, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. For the first time, two courses are being used for the opening rounds because of the limited daylight by postponing the premier event in women's golf to December. She figured it would be a long shot to be in the U.S. Women's Open this year when the USGA had to scrap qualifying because of the COVID-19 pandemic. And then when golf resumed, Popov earned a spot in the Women's British Open and won at Royal Troon. And now she's already in the mix at the U.S. Women's Open, along with so many others.
Sophia Popov shoots 64 to lead Pelican Womenโs Championship
Read full article: Sophia Popov shoots 64 to lead Pelican Womenโs ChampionshipHaley Moore tees off on the first hole during the first round of the LPGA Pelican Women's Championship golf tournament Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, in Belleair, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)BELLEAIR, Fla. โ Women's British Open winner Sophia Popov left top-ranked playing partner Jin Young Ko and everyone else behind Thursday in the Pelican Womenโs Championship. Popov shot a 6-under 64 in windy conditions to take a two-stroke lead over Ashleigh Buhai, with Ko eight shots behind after a 72 in her first LPGA Tour start of the year. Ally McDonald, playing alongside Popov and Ko in an afternoon threesome, was at 67 with Womenโs PGA champion Sei Young Kim, the No. U.S. Womenโs Open champion Jeongeun Lee6, also making her return to the LPGA Tour, had a double bogey and two bogeys in a 73. She last played the Womenโs Australian Open in February before the tour began shutting down its Asia swing because of the pandemic.
Lincicome, Tan share Womenโs PGA lead at windy Aronimink
Read full article: Lincicome, Tan share Womenโs PGA lead at windy AroniminkBrittany Lincicome watches her tee shot on the sixth hole during the first round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship golf tournament at the Aronimink Golf Club, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, in Newtown Square, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Lincicome, Tan share Womenโs PGA lead at windy Aronimink
Read full article: Lincicome, Tan share Womenโs PGA lead at windy AroniminkLincicome and Kelly Tan each shot 3-under 67 on Thursday in windy conditions at challenging Aronimink to share the lead in the KPMG Womenโs PGA Championship. Lincicome was sensational after missing the cut by one shot this past weekend at the ShopRite LPGA Classic. Lincicome, a two-time winner of the major ANA Inspiration eight LPGA Tour victories, played bogey-free to stay even with Tan and keep her first Womenโs PGA title in sight. Tanโs previous best finish in a major came in 2016 when she tied for 30th at the Womenโs PGA. The 2009 champion, Nordqvist is one of eight Womenโs PGA Championship winners in the field that also includes all 11 winners this year on the LPGA tour.
Final birdie gives Nelly Korda a 1-shot lead in LPGA major
Read full article: Final birdie gives Nelly Korda a 1-shot lead in LPGA majorThat set her up for a wedge to 3 feet below the hole for birdie and a 6-under 66, giving her a one-shot lead. Two-time major champion In Gee Chun had to scramble for par on the 18th for a 67. 1 in the world with a victory at Mission Hills, and Brooke Henderson of Canada were among those two shots behind. It was still exhausting for Korda, who described her start as "good, but tired, for sure.โImagine how her father felt. That got the attention of the golfing sisters, with Nelly rushing home from Arkansas last week to watch on TV.