High-level golf runs in the family for 16-year-old Kris Kim, who will make his PGA Tour debut this week at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas. Kim’s mother, Ji-Hyun Suh, played on the LPGA in 1998 and 1999, at the same time superstar Se Ri Pak burst onto…
Hannah Green Wins 2024 JM Eagle LA Championship Hannah Green’s fifth win on the LPGA was good for $562,500 at the 2024 JM Eagle LA Championship in Los Angeles. Green is now at $861,302 for the season and $5,375,243 for her official career earnings. She’s the 82nd golfer in LPGA history to surpass the $5…
After 54 holes, there was an Aussie duo tied atop the leaderboard at the JM Eagle LA Championship in Los Angeles. But while Grace Kim stumbled to a 76-77 weekend, defending champion Hannah Green was calm, cool and collected en route to a second straight victory at Wilshire Country Club. Green shot a 5-under 66…
Thirty five events and a total prize fund of more than $118 million. That’s what the world’s top women golfers will be playing for in 2024 after the LPGA Tour announced another record-breaking schedule. The 2024 total prize fund will be the highest in LPGA Tour history, up 69 per cent from around $70 million…
As Nelly Korda continues to dominate, generating new interest in women’s golf should be one of the easiest sales jobs the LPGA will ever have. Last Sunday, a peak audience of 1.9 million people tuned in to NBC and watched Nelly Korda record her fifth consecutive tournament victory at the Chevron Championship, the first major…
Maja Stark had a new and interesting goal at last week’s Chevron Championship: No swearing. No outward displays of frustration. The advice came from Peter Hanson, a former pro who works with fellow Swede Ludvig Aberg, a rising star on the PGA Tour. Instead of telling Aberg to have more patience, they work on saying…
Jessica Korda pours champagne for sister Nelly Korda after she wins the Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA Presented By CTBC at Miramar Golf Country Club on November 3, 2019 in New Taipei City, Taiwan. (Photo: Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images) Korda’s second Taiwan title came in a three-way playoff against Minjee Lee and Caroline Masson. What made this…
Professional golf journalist Hannah Holden delves into the bag of LPGA Tour sensation, Brooke Henderson. Brooke Henderson has had an illustrious career so far, becoming the leading Canadian golfer with twenty professional wins, which includes thirteen LPGA Tour titles and two major championships. She recently made a significant equipment change, signing a multi-year deal with…
Nelly Korda continued her dominance on the LPGA Tour by securing her fifth consecutive victory at the Chevron Championship, earning a massive payday of $1.2 million. With this win, she now leads the money list with total earnings of $2,414,216 for the season, making her the fastest player in tour history to reach $2 million…
History is made. And she’s not done yet. Nelly Korda joined Nancy Lopez and Annika Sorenstam Sunday atop the LPGA record books with her fifth consecutive win and Korda did so in major fashion. Korda closed with a 3-under 69 to finish 13 under and claim the 2024 Chevron Championship, the first LPGA major of…
