Charley Hull has quickly become one of the most popular players on the LPGA, and it’s not all about her talent on the golf course. She’s gone viral a few times over the last month or so for smoking cigarettes during LPGA tournaments. At the U.S. Women’s Open earlier this month, there was a video…
SAMMIMISH, Wash. – They gathered around the 18th green, giddy with excitement. It was a who’s who of former No. 1 players and major winners. Some were new to tour. Others have grown up out there. Most were from South Korea, but not all. LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan was in the middle of the…
SAMMAMISH, Wash. — Amy Yang made more than 10 percent of her career earnings in one tournament on Sunday. Yang captured her first major championship title, winning the 2024 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington. For her efforts, Yang will take home $1.56 million, the largest first-place prize of her…
SAMMAMISH, Wash. – Amy Yang doesn’t have a hat sponsor or a bag sponsor. She’s at a fortunate point in her life where freedom means more than money. There was a time when a corporate sponsor dictated how many events she’d play or how she spent her free time. Not anymore. Now there’s a stitched-on…
SAMMAMISH, Wash. – Ashleigh Buhai made it to the weekend of a major championship despite a broken lefty pinky toe. The South African nicked her toe on the corner of the bed at 4:30 a.m. Thursday but chose to carry on at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, where she’s currently tied for 55th. “I felt like…
SAMMAMISH, Wash. – It was a round, as Golf Channel analyst Morgan Pressel said, when everything seemed to go wrong at the same time for Nelly Korda. The World No. 1 began the day in a share of second and ended it packing up her suitcase after a second-round 81 and finished at 6 over…
Sarah Schmelzel putts on hole eighteen during the second round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports American Sarah Schmelzel vaulted to the top of the board after a 5-under 67, the low round of the week so far. Her aggressive play off the tee paid off handsomely…
SAMMAMISH, Wa. – Charley Hull prefers to arrive at tournaments at the last possible moment. She caught the final flight out of London on Monday night to Seattle only to find that her clubs had been left behind by British Airways, along with her gym shoes inside the golf bag. Stressed out at the airport…
SAMMAMISH, Wa. — The pressures of a major championship melted away on the first tee when Nelly Korda looked over and saw her nephew, Greyson DelPrete, outside the ropes. Korda’s big sister Jessica arrived on Wednesday with her four-month-old son, but Nelly wasn’t sure exactly when they’d join her on the course at the KPMG…
It’s been three years since Hamilton’s Alena Sharp played in a major and she feels like her game has evolved to better suit the best-on-best women’s golf tournament. The 43-year-old Sharp joins Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., and Savannah Grewal of Mississauga, Ont., at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship on Thursday. Sharp last competed…
