Ladies of the Links Featured Player: Yuka Saso
Jun 6th 2021
Entering the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open, only the most avid golf fans knew much about 19-year-old Yuka Saso. After stellar play, grit, and determination through the four rounds at the Lake Course at Olympic Club, Saso captured the win. In doing so, she became a household name and tied Inbee Park for the youngest player to ever win the U.S. Women’s Open.Saso, whose mother is from the Philippines and father from Japan, started playing golf at the age of eight. Her amateur victories began just six yea
Ladies of the Links: June 6- U.S. Women's Open
Jun 6th 2021
The LPGA Tour headed to the Olympic Club Lake Course in San Francisco, California for the U.S. Women’s Open. The event, which began in 1946, is the longest-running tournament on the LPGA Tour. The 72-hole event was played on a par 71 layout of 6456 yards for a purse of $5.5 million and 625 points towards the Race to the CME Globe. Last year, A. Lim Kim birdied the final three holes on Champions Golf Club’s Cypress Creek Course for her first major championship.First roundMel Reid got off to a q
Part 1 of our video series, Ask the Golf Pro, begins with our favorite golf pro, Megan Johnston, showing us how far from the ball we should be when setting up.Originally from Northern Ireland, Megan is an LPGA Certified Instructor and former Division 1 golfer. She has taught in Missouri, Maine, Arizona and Florida and interned under Tim Mahoney, a Golf Digest Top 50 Instructor and PGA tour putting record holder Kenny Knox.
The LPGA Tour headed to Las Vegas for the Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play Hosted by Shadow Creek, May 26 – 30. This inaugural event takes place on a par 72 layout of 6804 yards. A field of 64 in 16 groups of four battled for a purse of $1.5 million with 500 points up for grabs towards the Race to the CME Globe.Round-Robin Day 1In Group 9, Gerina Piller was 1-down to Hannah Green through six before winning five of the next six holes, winning 3 and 2. Azahara Munoz and Mel Reid were all-square throu