Kris Schoonover fell in love with golf, as many do, at a young age. It was an idyllic introduction to the game: summer Fridays spent with her four siblings, sharing a few hand-me-down clubs and stretching $5 as far as it would go at nine-hole Bloomer Golf Course, just up the road from her hometown…
As a 12-year-old in 2007, Lexi Thompson strode onto the big stage at the U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina, in a visor and pigtails as the youngest qualifier in history to that point. Despite shooting 76-82 and not advancing to the weekend, Thompson served notice…
As a 12-year-old in 2007, Lexi Thompson strode onto the big stage at the U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina, in a visor and pigtails as the youngest qualifier in history to that point. Despite shooting 76-82 and not advancing to the weekend, Thompson served notice…
LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA | When the USGA announced the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open Championship would be contested for the first time at Pebble Beach Golf Links, the reaction was almost audible. It solidified the national governing body’s commitment to bringing the grandest of women’s golf championships to places the USGA called “the cathedrals of golf.” More…
Olivia Herrick and Samantha Sommers are teaming up for the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball for the first time since 2018. A Christmas or two ago, Samantha Sommers received two shipping tubes in the mail. Sommers, a former University of Minnesota golfer, opened them to find two of her favorite prints designed by her four-ball partner,…
Amanda Jacobs and Gretchen Johnson, both of Portland, Oregon, are fixtures at the top of leaderboards or match-play brackets in the Pacific Northwest. The self-described best friends have alternated winning the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Mid-Amateur Player of the Year award for most of the past decade, with Jacobs taking the honor four times (2015,…
Joanna Coe, Merion Golf Club’s PGA director of instruction, has turned the elusive dream of a life in professional golf into a reality she always desired. Coe, originally from Haverford, Pennsylvania, grew up playing public golf in southern New Jersey and excelled as a four-time all-American at Rollins College. She won the 2008 NCAA Division…
Not even two full seasons into her assistant coaching gig with USC women’s golf, Tiffany Joh can be read like an open book among her Trojans team. Earlier this spring, Joh had to break the news to her players that she’d be leaving at the end of the season to become an assistant coach with…
Mary Capouch was elected in 2022 as the first female president of the Louisiana Golf Association (LGA). It has been said, frequently, that golf is a game for a lifetime. Louisiana’s Mary Legg Capouch is a shining personification of that observation. Capouch grew up in Champaign, Illinois, and was introduced to the game by her…
Nottingham Forest have been charged by the FA for their controversial social media post following the Everton defeat. They suffered a 2-0 defeat against Everton, in a game marred by controversial decisions. Forest had three good claims of penalties, all denied by the on-field referee as well as the VAR. The official club account on…
