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All Change as LPGA Commissioner Resigns

Carolyn Bivens resigned as LPGA Tour commissioner Monday, bowing to pressure from players who were upset about the organization’s economic woes and her leadership. Marsha Evans, a retired rear admiral in the Navy who also has led the American Red Cross...

Posted Jul 14 2009, 09:40 AM by Golf International with | with no comments

Filed under: Golf International, LPGA Tour, Carolyn Bivens, Marsha Evans

Players Call for LPGA Boss to Resign

Top LPGA players have lost confidence in the Tour’s leadership and have called for the resignation of commissioner Carolyn Bivens, according to a media report on Monday. Mexican world number one Lorena Ochoa and American Paula Creamer were among a group...

Posted Jul 07 2009, 08:20 AM by Golf International with | with no comments

Filed under: Golf International, Lorena Ochoa, Paula Creamer, LPGA Tour, Carolyn Bivens

Michelle Wie Still Aiming to Beat the Men

Six years since gaining national attention as a 13-year-old golfing phenomenon, Michelle Wie still seeks that first win on the LPGA Tour and dreams of beating the boys on that other pro golf circuit. A trip to Augusta also would be nice. Wie raised a...

Posted May 14 2009, 10:34 AM by Golf International with | with no comments

Filed under: Golf International, Michelle Wie, PGA Tour, LPGA Tour

Lorena Ochoa Set to Dominate LPGA

Of all the trophies Lorena Ochoa has collected since her magical hands first touched a golf club, one of her favorite mementos is a photograph taken when she was 12, standing beside a teenager who even then looked like a giant in the game. Her head doesn't...

Posted Dec 31 2008, 12:00 PM by Golf International with | with no comments

Filed under: Golf International, Lorena Ochoa, LPGA Tour, 2009

Michelle Wie Needs to Prove Herself

Michelle Wie has a clean slate for a future that remains muddled. Considering all she has gone through, there’s simply no telling what will happen next. When she won the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links at 13, it would have been hard to imagine her going...

Posted Dec 10 2008, 03:01 PM by Golf International with | with no comments

Filed under: Golf International, Michelle Wie, Q-School, LPGA Tour

Michelle Wie Earns LPGA Tour Card

Michelle Wie has been playing LPGA Tour events since she was in the seventh grade, drawing the biggest galleries because of her youth and power, but earning little respect from players because of her preferential treatment. In the 62 tournaments she has...

Posted Dec 09 2008, 09:39 AM by Golf International with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Golf International, Michelle Wie, Q-School, LPGA Tour

Different Ways to the LPGA Tour

Michelle Wie tuned up Tuesday for the final stage of LPGA Tour qualifying, which could be the five most important rounds of a career that already has brought the 19-year-old massive fame, millions of dollars but no trophies. One hour west of the Q-school...

Posted Dec 03 2008, 07:40 AM by Golf International with | with no comments

Filed under: Golf International, Michelle Wie, LPGA Tour, Vicky Hurst

LPGA Cuts Tournaments for 2009

The LPGA Tour has become the latest pro sports organization to feel the crunch of the global economic downturn. Even while insisting next year will be “solidly profitable,” the LPGA Tour announced Wednesday that it will offer three fewer tournaments in...

Posted Nov 21 2008, 07:50 AM by Golf International with | with no comments

Filed under: Golf International, LPGA Tour, Carolyn Bivens

Paula Creamer Looking for Another Home Town Victory

Paula Creamer is proving that maybe you can go home again. Creamer returned last week to the San Francisco Bay Area and won the LPGA’s Samsung World Championship at Half Moon Bay, less than 50 miles west of her childhood home in Pleasanton. This week...

Posted Oct 09 2008, 07:57 AM by Golf International with | with no comments

Filed under: Golf International, Suzann Pettersen, Morgan Pressel, Paula Creamer, LPGA Tour

Annika Sorenstam Heads Towards Home Stretch

Annika Sorenstam is headed into the stretch run of her final LPGA Tour season still exuding the same competitive drive that has carried her this far. “I’m not a social golfer,” she said matter-of-factly Wednesday when asked about what she’ll do once through...

Posted Oct 02 2008, 07:40 AM by Golf International with | with no comments

Filed under: Golf International, Annika Sorenstam, Lorena Ochoa, LPGA Tour

Shanshan Feng & Anna Rawson Lead with 67s

China’s Shanshan Feng shot a 5-under 67, playing a four-hole stretch in 5 under, for a share of the first-round lead Thursday with fellow LPGA Tour rookie Anna Rawson in the Bell Micro LPGA Classic. Feng opened with five straight pars, then birdied the...

Posted Sep 12 2008, 07:45 AM by Golf International with | with no comments

Filed under: Golf International, Paula Creamer, Cristie Kerr, 2008, LPGA Tour, Bell Micro LPGA Classic, Shanshan Feng, Anna Rawson

LPGA returns After a Two Week Break

The LPGA Tour resumes after a two-week break Thursday, with Taiwanese rookie Yani Tseng and Paula Creamer heading the field for the inaugural 1.4 million-dollar Bell Micro LPGA Classic. The tournament will be the first full-field LPGA event at the Robert...

Posted Sep 11 2008, 10:07 AM by Golf International with | with no comments

Filed under: Golf International, Paula Creamer, LPGA Tour

PGA Tour End of Season Still in Need of Change

For the first time in nearly 20 years, the PGA Tour is taking a week off in the middle of the season. The timing couldn’t be better. Tour commissioner Tim Finchem built this break into the schedule last November so players would not have to compete four...

Posted Sep 11 2008, 10:00 AM by Golf International with | with no comments

Filed under: Golf International, Ryder Cup, FedEx Cup, PGA Tour, Trevor Immelman, LPGA Tour, Geoff Ogilvy, Bubba Watson

Fallout From New LPGA "English Only" Policy Continues

Imagine what could have happened to Angel Cabrera if he belonged to a tour that required its players to speak English. A powerful Argentine who rose from an impoverished childhood, he won the U.S. Open last year at Oakmont by holding off Tiger Woods and...

Posted Aug 29 2008, 07:50 AM by Golf International with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Golf International, Padraig Harrington, Angel Cabrera, LPGA Tour, K.J. Choi, Se Ri Pak, Carolyn Bivens, LPGA "English" Rule, Libba Galloway, Rosetta Stone

LPGA to Have English Speaking Requirement

The LPGA Tour boasts players from all over the world, and it wants all of them to be able to speak English. The LPGA will require players to speak English starting in 2009, with players who have been LPGA members for two years facing suspension if they...

Posted Aug 27 2008, 11:02 AM by Golf International with | with no comments

Filed under: Golf International, LPGA Tour, English

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