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• 2011 U.S Solheim Cup Team Picks Ryann O’Toole was the surprise pick for American Women's Golf Team

  The only surprise selection in yesterday's Solheim Cup annoucement was 24-year-old LPGA tour rookie Ryann O’Toole as one of American ladies golf captain Rosie Jones' two wild card selections for the 2011 Solheim Cup match with Europe at Killeen Castle from 23-25 September 2011. Team USA contains nine players from the victorious side of 2009. Jones’ other selection went to lpga tour veteran Vicky Hurst as the top 10 players in the US Solheim Cup rankings automatically qualify. Of those who qualified automatically on merit, only the number three ranked Stacy Lewis, who has played in the Curtis Cup, did not play two years ago. Jones admitted: “This has been an extremely exciting and difficult selection process. I’ve been tracking these players for more than two years and tonight I feel we have built a fantastic team to represent the United States. Vicky and Ryann are two really solid players who will complement our team as we now focus on our strategy and performance next month at Killeen Castle.” Juli Inkster becomes the oldest player to participate in the Solheim Cup at the age of 51 and will also be the first-ever playing assistant captain. “I will be a player first and an assistant captain second and Rosie understands that. I feel like most of my career I’ve worn two hats as a mom and as a player, but it will be a challenge,” she said. Golf Babe O’Toole, a California girl who likes to surf, is a graduate of UCLA. She recently finished ninth in the 2011 US Women’s Open. She enthused: “Rosie (Jones, US non playing captain) took a chance on me and that means more than I can explain. It means just as much as winning a tournament". “To have someone go against what people might think and go out on a limb with a rookie. She can see what I’m made of. She said she can see my moxie. When I played well at the US Women’s Open, I thought of some new goals. “Rosie told me I was on the radar and it’s been on my mind since. I wanted to do whatever it took to get on this team. I’m looking forward to playing with these girls and to representing America. The fact that I get to be amongst these girls is an honour and I know I can partner up with any of them to make a great team.” O’Toole did add – “I’m ready to kick Europe’s butt,” – a provocative statement for one so inexperienced. In selecting the Californian, ranked 18 in the standings, Jones passed over Katie Futcher (12), Kristy McPherson (13), Wendy Ward (14), Pat Hurst (15), Natalie Gulbis (16) and Stacy Prammanasudh (17). The 2011 European Solheim Cup Team, led by captain Alison Nicholas, will be named next Monday in Dublin, Ireland. Melissa Reid, Laura Davies, Suzann Pettersen and Solheim rookie Christel Boeljon have already secured spots on the team through the LET (Ladies European Tour) Solheim Cup point standings. Posted Aug 23 2011, 04:18 PM by GolfbloggerUK with no comments Filed under: GolfbloggerUK, Ryann O'Toole, Golf Babes, Solheim Cup

• Latest Golf Babe - Lexi Thompson

  Alexis Thompson wins the 2011 LPGA Qualifying School Tournament in Florida! Former US Girls Golf Champion Alexis Thompson romped to victory at the LPGA 1st Qualifying School around the LPGA International Champions Course, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. Thompson, won the event by ten strokes with a 72 holes aggregate score of -23, 265, from leading amateurs, Mitsuki Katahira of Japan and Mi Hyang Lee of South Korea, who both finished on -13, 275. Former US Women's College Golfer, Eleanor Givens of Darlington, England, finished in tied 12th place after rounds of 70-72-71-70 for -5, 283, to qualify for the next stage with ease. Anna Scott of Durham, England, also made it through 1st stage with rounds of 70-69-75-72, for -2, 286. The top-50 and ties made it through to the next stage. The qualifying mark was +6, 294. A full list of ladies golf scores is detailed below. Final round scores Friday in the LPGA Tour's LPGA Qualifying Tournament - Stage I at the 6389-yard, par 36-36 - 72, Champions Course, LPGA International, Daytona Beach (a-denotes amateur): --- Top 50 and Ties Advance to the Stage II Qualifying Tournament--- 1 Alexis Thompson (Coral Springs, Fla.) 66-66-66-67 - 265 (-23) 2 Mitsuki Katahira (a) (Kawasaki City, Japan) 67-68-72-68 - 275 (-13) 3 Mi Hyang Lee (a) (Incheon, South Korea) 70-70-71-65 - 276 (-12) T4 Emma De Groot (a) (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 69-70-70-68 - 277 (-11) Ginger Howard (Bradenton, Fla.) 70-67-68-72 - 277 (-11) T6 Marissa Steen (a) (West Chester, Ohio) 70-68-74-66 - 278 (-10) Julia Boland (a) (Bryan, Texas) 68-72-70-68 - 278 (-10) T8 Maude-Aimee Leblanc (a) (West Lafayette, Ind.) 73-67-71-68 - 279 (-9) Stephanie Kono (a) (Honolulu, Hawaii) 65-71-72-71 - 279 (-9) T10 Shayna Miyajima (San Diego, Calif.) 68-73-71-69 - 281 (-7) Camilla Lennarth (a) (Stockholm, Sweden) 66-73-73-69 - 281 (-7) T12 Junthima Gulyanamitta (West Lafayette, Ind.) 74-70-71-68 - 283 (-5) Calle Nielson (a) (Nashville, Tenn.) 68-71-75-69 - 283 (-5) Eleanor Givens (a) (Darlington, England) 70-72-71-70 - 283 (-5) Rebecca Lee-Bentham (a) (Scarborough, Ontario) 71-70-71-71 - 283 (-5) T16 Alexandra Braga (Sun Valley, Calif.) 70-71-74-69 - 284 (-4) Kelli Rackley (Little Rock, Ark.) 71-68-75-70 - 284 (-4) Alejandra Llaneza (a) (Mexico City, Mexico) 71-71-71-71 - 284 (-4) Victoria Tanco (a) (Bradenton, Fla.) 70-71-71-72 - 284 (-4) T20 Carlota Ciganda (Larrainzar, Spain) 71-74-72-68 - 285 (-3) Taylor Collins (Davie, Fla.) 74-71-71-69 - 285 (-3) Rebecca Durham (St. Simon Island, Ga.) 69-72-73-71 - 285 (-3) Peiyun Chien (New Taipei City, Taiwan) 70-72-71-72 - 285 (-3) 24 Anna Scott (Durham, England) 70-69-75-72 - 286 (-2) T25 Jessica Speechley (a) (Australia) 73-68-77-69 - 287 (-1) Joanna Coe (Orlando, Fla.) 69-73-75-70 - 287 (-1) Andy Jun (a) (Asuncion, Paraguay) 78-70-67-72 - 287 (-1) 28 Courtney Massey (a) (Carrara, Australia) 68-77-71-72 - 288 (E) T29 Doris Chen (a) (Bradenton, Fla.) 68-73-76-72 - 289 (+1) Kyle Roig (a) (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) 72-71-73-73 - 289 (+1) Christina Proteau (a) (Port Alberni, Canada) 72-72-71-74 - 289 (+1) Brianna Do (a) (Lakewood, Calif.) 73-69-73-74 - 289 (+1) Susy Benavides (a) (Cochabamba, Bolivia) 71-70-74-74 - 289 (+1) Megan McKinney (Fisherville, Ky.) 73-71-68-77 - 289 (+1) T35 Therese Koelbaek (a) (Hoersholm, Denmark) 73-74-72-71 - 290 (+2) Jennifer Heinz (Jacksonville Beach, Fla.) 71-73-71-75 - 290 (+2) T37 Britney Hamilton (a) (Lake Orion, Mich.) 74-70-76-71 - 291 (+3) Vanessa Brockett (Los Angeles, Calif.) 73-72-73-73 - 291 (+3) Martina Gavier (Kent, Ohio) 73-72-72-74 - 291 (+3) Nicole Vandermade (a) (Brantford, Canada) 69-75-72-75 - 291 (+3) Alice Kim (a) (Walnut, Calif.) 73-68-74-76 - 291 (+3) T42 Elle Sandak (Warilla, Australia) 74-74-73-71 - 292 (+4) Jessica Carafiello (Coral Springs, Fla.) 70-76-75-71 - 292 (+4) T44 Fiona Puyo (a) (Frankfurt, Germany) 76-72-73-72 - 293 (+5) Emily Flanigan (a) (Celebration, Fla.) 72-73-76-72 - 293 (+5) Kendall Wright (a) (Sugar Hill, Ga.) 69-74-76-74 - 293 (+5) Lauren Mueller (Neptune, N.J.) 73-71-74-75 - 293 (+5) Paula Hurtado (a) (Medellin, Colombia) 68-74-74-77 - 293 (+5) Stacey Bieber (Fort Worth, Texas) 69-68-79-77 - 293 (+5) T50 Moah Chang (Los Angeles, Calif.) 68-77-77-72 - 294 (+6) Annie Miles (a) (Dublin, Ohio) 72-70-79-73 - 294 (+6) Jennifer Gartin (Port Saint Luice) 70-74-76-74 - 294 (+6) Jacqui Concolino (Orlando, Fla.) 70-71-78-75 - 294 (+6) Anya Sarai Alvarez (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 69-72-74-79 - 294 (+6) T55 Mary Narzisi (a) (Minneapolis, Minn.) 75-73-75-72 - 295 (+7) Tovie St. Louis (a) (West Palm Beach, Fla.) 72-75-74-74 - 295 (+7) Sookhee Baek (Orlando, Fla.) 71-70-75-79 - 295 (+7) T58 Alainna Stefan (a) (Dearborn, Mich.) 76-71-79-70 - 296 (+8) Ashley Walton (Dewey, Ariz.) 71-74-76-75 - 296 (+8) T60 Hwanhee Lee (Los Angeles, Calif.) 76-70-78-73 - 297 (+9) Shannon Fish (Spring, Texas) 73-73-75-76 - 297 (+9) T62 Shena Yang (a) (Tampa, Fla.) 73-75-74-76 - 298 (+10) Sandra Angulo Minarro (a) (Torreon, Mexico) 74-71-76-77 - 298 (+10) T64 Carmen Bandea (Johns Creek, Ga.) 75-72-80-72 - 299 (+11) Jackie Kazarian (a) (Dana Point, Calif.) 76-72-77-74 - 299 (+11) T66 Maite Cupp (Rome, N.Y.) 74-70-81-75 - 300 (+12) Iris Ocariza (Las Vegas, Nev.) 76-70-74-80 - 300 (+12) T68 Grace Thiry (a) (Altona Meadows, Australia) 75-73-76-78 - 302 (+14) Su-Ann Heng (Singapore) 71-73-80-78 - 302 (+14) 70 Carrie Rowe (St. Augustine, Fla.) 71-73-80-79 - 303 (+15) T71 Carly Werwie (a) (Kenosha, Wis.) 71-77-82-76 - 306 (+18) Michelle Yang (a) (Los Angeles, Calif.) 71-75-80-80 - 306 (+18) --- Missed 36 Hole Cut --- Jillian Fraccola (a) (Manlius, N.Y.) 79-70 - 149 Candra Sumedhatip (Las Vegas, Nev.) 75-74 - 149 Meng-Chu Chen (Beaumont, Calif.) 74-75 - 149 Russy Gulyanamitta (Vista, Calif.) 73-76 - 149 Bryana Gregory (Roseville, Calif.) 72-77 - 149 Hsang-Ping Chang (Beaumont, Calif.) 72-77 - 149 Yayoi Garcia Guzman (Irapuato, Mexico) 77-73 - 150 Alexa Kim (Chandler, Ariz.) 76-74 - 150 Meredith Taylor (Lexington, S.C.) 76-74 - 150 Julia Puscheck (a) (Arroyo Grande, Calif.) 74-76 - 150 Stephanie Smith (Lafayette, La.) 72-78 - 150 Stephanie Yocum (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.) 70-80 - 150 Allison Micheletti (White Plains, N.Y.) 78-73 - 151 Liz Wendt (a) (Houston, Texas) 78-73 - 151 Melissa Nawa (a) (Zambia, Africa) 77-74 - 151 Katja Dammann (a) (Pinehurst, N.C.) 77-74 - 151 Maggie Yuan (a) (Provo, Utah) 77-74 - 151 Lauren Mielbrecht (a) (Gulf Stream, Fla.) 76-75 - 151 Amanda McCurdy (Mansfield, Texas) 75-76 - 151 Taylore Karle (a) (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 74-77 - 151 Ellie Dutch (a) (Moodus, Conn.) 71-80 - 151 Tanya Wadhwa (McKinney, Texas) 78-74 - 152 Sarah Zwartynski (a) (Allen, Texas) 75-77 - 152 Amanda McPhee (Winchester, Mass.) 75-77 - 152 Chelsea Bach (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 74-78 - 152 Shellie Morton (a) (Detroit, Mich.) 74-78 - 152 Alexandrea Schutle (Naples, Fla.) 74-78 - 152 Rachel Levi (Brook Park, Ohio) 82-71 - 153 Chelsea Czinski (a) (El Dorado Hills, Calif.) 80-73 - 153 Whitney Hillier (a) (Joondalup, Australia) 80-73 - 153 Violeta Retamoza (Aguascalientes, Mexico) 79-74 - 153 Valerie Tan (Bradenton, Fla.) 77-76 - 153 Alexandra Gibson (a) (Lubbock, Texas) 76-77 - 153 Wan-Ling Chung (a) (Beaumont, Calif.) 75-78 - 153 Minami Levonowich (a) (Hilton Head Island, S.C.) 73-80 - 153 Suzanne Stanley (a) (Decatur, Ala.) 78-76 - 154 Kelsey Kipp (a) (Tyler, Texas) 78-76 - 154 Amber Pedersen (Saint Petersburg, Fla.) 77-77 - 154 Jessica Hauser (a) (Minneapolis, Minn.) 76-78 - 154 Stephanie Ferguson (Denver, Colo.) 76-79 - 155 Kate Scarpetta (a) (Moosic, Pa.) 75-80 - 155 Frederique Bruell (a) (Winter Garden, Fla.) 70-85 - 155 Brooke Marnitz (a) (Los Angeles, Calif.) 78-78 - 156 Tiarra Honce (Kelowna, Canada) 78-78 - 156 Sung Ea Lee (Tacoma, Wash.) 76-80 - 156 Shamira Marshall (a) (Macedonia, Ohio) 83-74 - 157 Caitlin Bliss (a) (Katy, Texas) 78-79 - 157 Katie Detlefsen (a) (Eagan, Minn.) 80-78 - 158 Haley Gildea (Ocoee, Fla.) 78-80 - 158 Casey Gee (a) (Sacramento, Calif.) 84-75 - 159 Kimberly Johnson (a) (San Diego, Calif.) 82-77 - 159 Lauren Archer (a) (Phoenix, Ariz.) 82-77 - 159 Reana Yun (a) (Glendale, Calif.) 79-80 - 159 Justina Yu (Las Vegas, Nev.) 79-80 - 159 Courtney Harter (Clearwater, Fla.) 83-77 - 160 Arliss Hoy (San Antonio, Texas) 79-81 - 160 Jandee Kim (Buena Park, Calif.) 83-78 - 161 Mari Suursalu (Tallinn, Estonia) 82-79 - 161 Alexis Bennett (a) (Rockford, Ill.) 81-81 - 162 Nina Jordal Offenberg (a) (Oslo, Norway) 79-83 - 162 Minhee Park (a) (Tieton, Wash.) 78-84 - 162 Jeanine Aronica (Garden City, N.Y.) 81-83 - 164 Lynna Rader (a) (Knoxville, Tenn.) 83-82 - 165 Cathy Schmidt (Bradenton, Fla.) 80-85 - 165 Jamie Clark (a) (Concord, N.C.) 83-83 - 166 Emily Wolff (Florence, Ky.) 83-83 - 166 Janelle Wilson (a) (Austin, Texas) 83-84 - 167 Meaghan Montoya (a) (Highland, Calif.) 86-82 - 168 Paige Pillar (a) (Monroe, N.J.) 85-87 - 172 Jacklyn Conklin (Riverview, Fla.) 87-87 - 174 Amanda Xu (a) (Lilburn, Ga.) WD Meagan Harris (Charlotte, N.C.) WD KyLee Brown (Ogden, Utah) WD Danielle Bonjovi (a) (Toledo, Ohio) WD Kayla Skiles (Kokomo, Ind.) WD Jennette Premo (a) (Saginaw, Mich.) WD Stephanie Mingos (a) (Mission Hills, Kan.) WD Lynette Duran (Lakewood, Colo.) WD Posted Aug 09 2011, 10:21 by GolfbloggerUK with 1 comment(s) Filed under: GolfbloggerUK, Golf Babes, Lexi Thompson

• Tiger Woods Debuts Prototype Nike Golf Shoes on Bridgestone Invitational Comeback

  Ahead of his return to competitive action, Tiger Woods has been working with one of the Directors within NIKE’s Innovation Kitchen, Tobie Hatfield, and NIKE Golf on a FREE-inspired prototype shoe that Tiger will wear during this week’s WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.   Originally developed in 2004 by a group led by Hatfield, NIKE FREE is a ‘natural motion’ technology that is designed to mimic and conform to the natural motion of the foot, coupled with the protection and traction of a lightweight performance shoe. The FREE-inspired elements in this prototype model allow greater movement for the front of the foot, increasing stability with mobility. “This will help give Tiger greater stability as he addresses the ball. The freedom of movement that natural motion technology delivers will also allow more power to be released through the swing rather than through the body – which can happen when your feet are too static.” said Hatfield. “I love the feel of NIKE FREE for training, so I asked Tobie if it was possible to bring that technology to the golf course. It’s exciting to see a conversation like that come to life and I look forward to wearing them this week,” added Tiger. The majority of the upper consists of a polyurethane coated stretch fabric, also seen within the construction of NIKE Basketball’s Hyperfuse 2011. Part of the heel is created from recycled NIKE Air Max units melted into thread and then woven together to create a strong, breathable textile material. The FREE-inspired outsole is directly taken from NIKE Sportswear’s Special Field Boot designed for first-responders. This model also has a half heel counter in both shoes to give more stability on the lateral side, particularly in follow through. The shoe also incorporates NIKE Flywire (first introduced in Beijing in 2008) attached to each lace loop, which when pulled tight envelope the foot for maximum comfort and stability. For more information on NIKE GOLF head to: www.nikegolf.com Posted Aug 04 2011, 04:12 PM by GolfbloggerUK with no comments Filed under: Tiger Woods, GolfbloggerUK, Nike Prototype Golf Shoes, Nike Golf Shoes, Prototype