Ladies European Tour players voted Tuesday to run its tour as a 50-50 joint business venture with the LPGA. The tours will combine to manage operations.
Jin Young Ko finished off her dominant season. She swept the LPGA’s major season-long awards with her finish Sunday at the CME Group Tour Championship.
Jin Young Ko is in position to finish off a sweep of the LPGA’s most important season-long awards in Naples. Ko’s 6-under-par 66 Saturday all but mathematically secures the Vare Trophy.
Caroline Masson’s chance at winning was dashed three weeks ago with her fiancé, Jason McDede, helping Nelly Korda beat her in Taiwan. And they’ll do it again on Sunday at the CME.
The $1.5 million first-place check makes Sunday an epic, historic moment in the women’s game. It will be the most money a woman has ever made winning a golf tournament.
Sei Young Kim takes a two-shot lead into the weekend at the CME Group Tour Championship, but as Randall Mell writes, she has some big-hitting company to hold off in her bid for the $1.5 million winner’s check.
With Mike Whan’s new long-term contract secured as the LPGA commissioner, he isn’t lacking motivation, but he does admit there’s still ‘a long way to go’ in rebuilding the LPGA tour.
LPGA pros will play for a record $75.1 million next year. The 2020 schedule, released Friday, features 33 official events, plus the UL International Crown.
Sei Young Kim holds the first round lead at the CME Group Tour Championship with an opening 65. She’s also considered the best player in the women’s game today who hasn’t won a major.
With a record-breaking winner’s check on the line, the CME Group Tour Championship felt a lot like a major after the first day at Tiburon Golf Club, where Sei Young Kim leads by two.
Stacy Lewis rarely sneaks into a tournament, but did this week at the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship after narrowly staying inside the top 60 in points.
Mike Whan doesn’t intend to leave the LPGA anytime soon. With his contract set to expire late next year, Whan confirmed with GolfChannel.com Tuesday that he has signed a contract extension.
World No. 1 Jin Young Ko is having a historic season whether or not she wins this week’s CME Group Tour Championship. But if her injured ankle holds up, she could cap it off in style with a $1.5 million first-place check.
