Recent Posts Tagged With 'lpga'

• 2010 Bob Jones Award Winner Wowed Hogan

  Posted on Monday December 28th, 2009 at 21:04 in ben hogan, lpga, annika sorenstam, byron nelson, usga, bob jones, world golf hall of fame, mickey wright, judy rankin, kathy whitworth, patty berg

  HINT: IT’S A WOMAN, arguably the greatest to ever play the game. It’s not Annika Sorenstam or Patty Berg or Kathy Whitworth. The winner of the 2010 Bob Jones Award is Mary Kathryn “Mickey” Wright, the holder of four U.S. Women’s Open titles...

• Michelle Wie Scores a 113

  Posted on Thursday December 10th, 2009 at 23:00 in lpga, michelle wie

  MICHELLE WIE EXCELS in golf and, um, college-level stats. On Thursday morning, Michelle tweeted about her final-exam score of 113 out of a possible 120. She’s a junior at Stanford and the 12th-ranked women’s golfer in the world.Stina Sternberg wr...

• Veterans Day Tribute: Pro Golfers Who Served in WW II

  Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 13:46 in pga tour, PGA, jack fleck, lpga, byron nelson, john coyne, tommy bolt, ted kroll, lloyd mangrum, herman keiser

  (Pictured: Lloyd Mangrum) “From the first days of World War II, players put away their sticks and picked up rifles to defend America.” By John CoyneSpecial to ARMCHAIR GOLFWORLD WAR II WAS CALLED the last “good” war and Tom Brokaw w...

• Q&A: Natalie Gulbis at Pinehurst

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 21:28 in zach johnson, lpga, annika sorenstam, pinehurst, natalie gulbis, solheim cup, chris dimarco, rsm mcgladrey, mcgladrey team championship

  Natalie Gulbis.NATALIE GULBIS IS ONE of the most recognizable female golfers on the planet. Only 26, Natalie is completing her eighth season on the LPGA Tour. Yes, eight seasons. It’s kind of hard to believe.Natalie has won one LPGA title and playe...

• 2009 Navistar LPGA Classic TV Schedule and Tournament Notes

  Posted on Thursday October 1st, 2009 at 13:28 in lpga, lpga tour, lorena ochoa, leaderboard, 2009 navistar lpga classic

  Lorena Ochoa defends this week. (Keith Allison/Flickr)THE 2009 NAVISTAR LPGA CLASSIC is underway at Capitol Hill/Senator Course in Pratville, Alabama. Alexis Thompson, a 14-year-old amateur appearing on a sponsor exemption, is the early leader after ...

• Jill McGill’s LPGA Tour Diary: British Isles

  Posted on Tuesday August 18th, 2009 at 15:17 in lpga, jill mcgill

  (Editor’s note: Jill sent me the following dispatch about a week ago.)By Jill McGillSpecial to ARMCHAIR GOLFI’m in London waiting for my flight to Kuwait. I’m doing a goodwill trip in Iraq again this summer. It was so rewarding last year I coul...

• The Rise and Fall of Carolyn Bivens

  Posted on Tuesday July 14th, 2009 at 07:52 in lpga, u.s. women's open, carolyn bivens

  As the first female commissioner in golf, Bivens has been controversial from the get go. She was constantly under scrutiny for her decisions, particularly her negotiation tactics and people skills—both of which contributed to her downfall.−Stepha...

• State of LPGA Casts Shadow Over U.S. Women’s Open

  Posted on Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 15:45 in lpga, lpga tour, lorena ochoa, paula creamer, u.s. women's open, cristie kerr, carolyn bivens

  The LPGA Tour is in desperate need of sponsors. (Playadura/Flickr)AS THE PLAYERS PREPARE for the U.S. Women’s Open at Saucon Valley in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, another drama is playing out that could lead to a dramatic shakeup on the LPGA Tour, whi...

• Meet the 5 Winners of Rocco’s Book, ‘ARE YOU KIDDING ME?’

  Posted on Wednesday July 1st, 2009 at 15:32 in Tiger Woods, ben hogan, lpga, st. andrews, john daly, camilo villegas, hank haney, john feinstein, rocco mediate, bethpage black

  THERE WERE FIVE LUCKY winners of a free drawing for a hardcover edition of ARE YOU KIDDING ME? The Story of Rocco Mediate’s Extraordinary Battle with Tiger Woods at the U.S. Open. The book is by Rocco and bestselling author John Feinstein.And here ...