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LPGA Tour left out of LIV Golf deal but some women would listen if offer made to them
Read full article: LPGA Tour left out of LIV Golf deal but some women would listen if offer made to themLIV Golf Commissioner Greg Norman suggested two months ago the Saudi-backed would consider adding a women's tour.
Jessica Korda with 60 moves within 2 shots of Danielle Kang
Read full article: Jessica Korda with 60 moves within 2 shots of Danielle KangA sizzling 28 on the back nine โ 9-under par โ at Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club Orlando lifted Korda to an 11-under 60, just one shot off the LPGA Tour scoring mark. She will take a two-shot lead over Korda into Sunday in what sets up as a terrific shootout for the LPGAโs season opener:Kang leads Jessica Korda by two and Nelly Korda (67) by six. Jessica Korda, 27, is the older of the LPGAโs uber-talented sisters โ younger sister Nelly, 22, is No. Korda added a ninth birdie at the challenging, water-guarded par-3 18th, where she struck a soft 6-iron to 9 feet. Kang is the player to beat, sure, but finally, the Kordas will play with something big on the line.
TV production does its part in conservative return to golf
Read full article: TV production does its part in conservative return to golfIt was vastly different from any PGA Tour broadcast on network TV, said Greg Hopfe, executive producer of PGA Tour Entertainment. With so few cameras a typical PGA Tour event on network TV has about 20 cameras players at times were held in place to allow the cameras to get in position. It all was done with a conservative return to golf, following CDC guidelines and keeping contact minimal. Everyone who worked the event 28 people at Seminole, 23 people at PGA Tour Entertainment offices in St. Augustine were tested for the new coronavirus. It's roughly 1,000 miles from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, to Fort Worth, and then 1,000 to Hilton Head for the RBC Heritage, and just under 1,000 miles to Cromwell, Connecticut, for the Travelers Championship.