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Golf Tips for Women

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Golf has become an extremely popular sport for women. If you are one of the millions of women who enjoy the game, here are some tips for you to improve your game!
Tip #1 - Go into a game with a smooth ,relaxed swing by grabbing two clubs from your bag and put them […]

The Rolex Women’s Golf Rankings

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The Rolex Women’s Golf Rankings was for this week, showed Annika Sorenstam of Sweden in first place with average points of 18.06. Sorenstam had a total of 740 points after 41 events.
In the second spot was Michelle Wie of the United States who had a points average of 9.56, with total points equal to […]

LPA Lowers Age for Futures

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The Futures Tournament is the avenue to success for so many female golfers. It’s also a very interesting tournament to watch. Last year, the Futures was played at the Kankakee Elks Country Club. Kankakee is my hometown and it was indeed big news. The Elks spent a lot of time and money prepping their course […]

Should Michelle Wie Be Exempted From Qualifying?

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Well it seems that the hottest debate on the LPGA tour is whether Michelle Wie should be exempted from qualifying for the US Women’s Open. In 2004, Ms Wie was extended a special invite to the US Women’s Open because she earned the equivalent of the top 35 earners on the LPGA official money list. […]

Sorenstam to the Rescue

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The Women’s World Cup was held in South Africa this past weekend, and (surprise, surprise) Annika Sorenstam’s Swedish team won by three strokes. Her playing partner for the 3-day event was Liselotte Neumann, a veteran LPGA golfer. Golf being a game of inevitable ups and downs, team events are often decided by one […]

Annika Sorenstam Wins Female Athlete Of The Year Award

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For a third time in a row, Annika Sorenstam has been awarded the AP Female Athlete of the Year Award. She was the first woman to win the first two components of the women’s Grand Slam, and she has won 10 times on the LPGA Tour.
Being awarded the AP Female Athlete of the Year award […]

Daly-Donofrio and Read Honored By The LPGA

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News from the LPGA this week announced the recent award given to LPGA President Heather Daly-Donofrio.
Daly-Donfrio was given the William and Mousie Powell Award for her contribution as LPGA Tout President. The William and Mousie Powell Award is given on behalf of the late Mousie Powell, a dedicated supported of the LPGA, who was married […]

Morgan Pressel grabs LPGA Tour Membership and Callaway Endorsement

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It looks like Morgan Pressel, 17 year-old golfer, is having a pleasant week. After being denied LPGA membership for being a minor, she was granted an exception and given full membership, adding another teen golfer to the Tour.
However, on Monday LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens called the 17-year-old to say an exception had been made.
Shortly afterwards, […]

61st LPGA U.S. Women’s Open

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If you’ve always wanted to see Newport, RI, then 2006 might be the perfect time to do it. The LPGA will hold the 61st U.S. Women’s Open (June 26-July 2) at Rhode Island’s historic Newport Country Club, more than one hundred years after it hosted the first U.S. Open. Tournament attendees will get a chance […]

2006 LPGA Tour schedule announced

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LPGA Commissioner Carolyn Bivens announced the 2006 Tour schedule. Some of the Tour’s features include:

A total of 34 events, including 32 official events and two unofficial events
Prize money totaling $49.3 million, which represents a 9.4% increase from 2005
A second Tour event in Hawaii, the Fields Open, to kick-off the official Tour season with back-to-back weeks […]