The analytics era for the U.S. Solheim Cup team didn’t get off to the smoothest start. Captain Stacy Lewis hired KPMG Performance Insights lead analyst Justin Ray to serve the American team for the 2023 competition against Europe, and then with 25 potential players and captains in a room waiting for a presentation, a flustered Read more…
GAINESVILLE, Va. — The U.S. Solheim team received some presidential encouragement Monday ahead of the Solheim Cup. Former President Barack Obama surprised the team during their dinner, wishing them good luck ahead of the matches that begin Friday at nearby Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. The Americans will try to win the Cup for Read more…
US Solheim Cup captain Stacy Lewis announced overnight (Australian time) that she’d chosen Jennifer Kupcho, Sarah Schmelzel and Lexi Thompson with her captain’s picks to complete the 12-player roster.
European Solheim Cup captain Suzann Pettersen selected veterans Georgia Hall and Emily Kristine Pedersen, her vice-captain Anna Nordqvist and rookie Albane Valenzuela to round out her 12-player roster.
The AIG Women’s Open concluded the 2024 Solheim Cup qualifying period for both Europe and the US, finalising 17 of the 24 players headed to Robert Trent Jones Golf Club next month.
U.S. Solheim Cup captain Stacy Lewis expected this version of the matches to mirror the 2023 edition at Finca Cortesin. With the matchup having only one year between contests this time, thanks to the LPGA opting to move it to even years, the second-year captain thought only a few players would change between the teams. Read more…
As the LPGA returns to the Old Course at St. Andrews for the third time to play the AIG Women’s British Open, the Home of Golf is greeting the tour with a howling forecast. It’s expected to pour in Scotland. Gusts are predicted to hit 40 miles per hour. To say the least, they are Read more…
The course in Louisville, Kentucky, is the fourth venue to have a Solheim Cup and Ryder Cup, alongside Gleneagles, Muirfield Village and The Greenbrier.
The way she views it, Dewi Weber should not be at the Portland Classic this week. The Dutchwoman qualified for the Olympics under the IOC standards, and with the women’s golf competition starting on Aug. 7, all but one LPGA Olympian is not playing at Columbia Edgewater Country Club. Instead, thanks to the Netherlands Olympic Read more…
PORTLAND, Ore. — Aditi Ashok made national headlines in India as the only Olympic golfer from her country in 2016 and 2020, impressively contending in both competitions. Once again, she holds a unique place as an Olympian—this time for a scheduling reason. She is the only player among 60 in the Paris Games teeing it Read more…
The win nearly ensures that the Virginian goes from career uncertainty three seasons ago to a spot on the American Solheim Cup side competing in her home state.
Through 19 events this season past winners have dominated, with only two first-time champions in Bailey Tardy’s Blue Bay LPGA title in February and Linnea Strom’s victory at the Shoprite LPGA Classic.
In her 103rd career major start, Angela Stanford kept her emotions under wraps down the stretch in the Amundi Evian Championship until crossing the bridge on the 18th hole. Then the tears started flowing as it started to sink in that Stanford’s 24-year career in major championships was coming to an end. “Took a lot Read more…
May the Force be with you. The iconic phrase from Star Wars ran through Ayaka Furue’s mind with four holes to play in the Amundi Evian Championship as the fan of the iconic American film franchise navigated a chaotic finish in France to deliver a Kessel-run-worthy finish of five-under over her final five holes.
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