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World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul grabs 3-shot lead at Tour Championship
The two best players in the world were the two best players on the course at the CME Group Tour Championship on Friday.,Thailand's Jeeno Thitikul fired a 9-under-par 63 to vault into a three-stroke lead at the LPGA's season finale at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla. And Nelly Korda made a charge wi...
Linn Grant, Grace Kim share lead halfway through The Annika
Sweden's Linn Grant fired a 7-under-par 63 to join Australian Grace Kim in the lead at The Annika on Friday at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla.,Grant and Kim stand at 9-under 131 through two rounds, one shot better than Jennifer Kupcho (66) and South Korea's Haeran Ryu (68).,Mexico's Gaby Lopez s...
Injured Nelly Korda withdraws from International Crown
World No. 2 Nelly Korda has withdrawn from the upcoming Hanwha Lifeplus International Crown, per the LPGA.,While the LPGA only cited "an injury" for Korda, the two-time major champion and former World No. 1 player told reporters on Saturday that she was "definitely worn down.",Yealimi Noh has been t...
Akie Iwai 1 shot up on 8 challengers at Lotte Championship
Akie Iwai produced her worst round of the tournament on Thursday but still emerged with the lead entering the final day of the Lotte Championship in Ewa Beach, Hawaii.,The 23-year-old Japanese player shot a 1-under-par 71 in the third round at Hoakalei Country Club, ending up at 13-under 203 for a o...
Youmin Hwang shoots course-record 62, takes Lotte lead
Youmin Hwang fired a course-record, 10-under-par 62 on Thursday, and she holds a three-shot lead at the midway point of the Lotte Championship in Ewa Beach, Hawaii.,The 22-year-old South Korean eagled the opening hole in the second round at Hoakalei Country Club. She added nine birdies and one bogey...
Charley Hull’s 5-under 67 propels her into lead at Kroger Queen City
England's Charley Hull shot a 5-under-par 67 on Saturday in Hamilton, Ohio to take over sole position of first place with one round to go at the Kroger Queen City Championship.,Hull, 29, has failed to win a tournament in 2025, but with her six-birdie, one-bogey day, she moved closer to achieving jus...
Chanettee Wannasaen (63) on top at Kroger Queen City Championship
Chanettee Wannasaen of Thailand fired a 9-under-par 63 and established a two-shot lead after the first round of the Kroger Queen City Championship on Thursday in Hamilton, Ohio.,Wannasaen had an eagle 2 along with seven birdies while keeping a bogey-free card. Gigi Stoll is alone in second at 7-unde...
Akie Iwai ahead by three at CPKC Women's Open
Akie Iwai of Japan is halfway home to her second victory in as many weeks as she built a three-shot lead at the CPKC Women's Open on Friday in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.,Iwai followed her bogey-free 64 in the opening round with a 2-under-par 69 on Friday to climb to 9-under 133 at Mississaugua Go...
Thailand's Jeeno Thitikul reclaims No. 1 world ranking
Thailand's Jeeno Thitikul has reached No. 1 in the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings for the second time in her career.,Thitikul, 22, climbed one spot on Monday to pass Nelly Korda, who had held the No. 1 ranking since March 25, 2024.,Thitikul previously earned the No. 1 position on Oct. 31, 2022, a...
Miyu Yamashita takes slim lead into final round at Women's Open
Miyu Yamashita of Japan maintained her lead through three rounds of the AIG Women's Open despite stumbling to a 2-over par 74 on Saturday at Porthcawl, Wales.,After holding a three-shot lead through the midway point of the tournament, Yamashita was at 9-under par through three rounds as her advantag...
Miyu Yamashita rides stellar 65 into Women's Open lead
Miyu Yamashita of Japan shot the round of the week so far, a 7-under-par 65, to jump out to a three-stroke lead at the AIG Women's Open on Friday in Porthcawl, Wales.,Yamashita held third place after the first round at Royal Porthcawl and took control Friday with a bogey-free, seven-birdie round. Sh...
Japan’s Rio Takeda, Eri Okayama in command at Women’s Open
Rio Takeda and Eri Okayama of Japan shot matching rounds of 67 to take the lead after one round of the AIG Women's Open on Thursday in Porthcawl, Wales.,Takeda and Okayama are 5 under par after one trip around Royal Porthcawl, and Miyu Yamashita made it an all-Japanese top three on the leaderboard a...
Charlotte Laffar rides 'amazing' first round to Women's Scottish lead
World No. 1,184 Charlotte Laffar is the surprise name atop the leaderboard after the first round of the ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open on Thursday in Gailes, Scotland.,The 32-year-old Englishwoman has six career top-10 finishes and zero wins on the Ladies European Tour, and she took a four-year br...
Five share lead after opening-round 65s at Evian Championship
Five women fired rounds of 65 to take the first-round lead Thursday at the Evian Championship, the fourth of five LPGA majors on the season.,Americans Jennifer Kupcho and Andrea Lee, Australians Grace Kim and Gabriela Ruffels, and Leona Maguire of Ireland all share the lead at 6-under at the Evian R...
Amy Yang looks to repeat at Women's PGA in wide-open field
The LPGA has a new commissioner on the way, a new course to play and no shortage of parity as it marks the halfway point of the season at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, which begins Thursday in Frisco, Texas.,It's an important time on the women's golf calendar for more reasons than one. Three of...
Maja Stark up 1 entering final round at U.S. Women's Open
Sweden's Maja Stark continued her impressive play at the U.S. Women's Open on Saturday, shooting a 2-under 70 to take a one-shot lead entering the final round at Erin Hills in Erin, Wis.,Stark, who sits at 7-under 209 through three rounds, posted three birdies and one bogey as she moved up one spot ...
Mao Saigo grabs lead, Nelly Korda 3 back at U.S. Women's Open
Mao Saigo got her hands on her first major championship last month. After Friday's performance at the U.S. Women's Open, she is halfway to another.,Saigo fired a 6-under-par 66, the best round of the championship so far, and finished the day with a three-stroke lead at Erin Hills in Erin, Wis.,The n...
A Lim Kim, Angel Yin among 6 tied for U.S. Women's Open lead
Past champion A Lim Kim of South Korea was part of a six-way tie for the lead after one round of the U.S. Women's Open on Thursday at Erin Hills in Erin, Wis.,Kim was joined at 4-under-par 68 by countrywoman Jin Hee Im, Japan's Rio Takeda, Spaniard Julia Lopez Ramirez, Yealimi Noh and Angel Yin.,The...
Nelly Korda chasing first win of '25, U.S. Women's Open breakthrough
Nelly Korda ranks No. 1 in the world despite being without a win on the LPGA Tour halfway through the season but insists there's no added pressure for a breakthrough at the Women's U.S. Open at Erin Hills Golf Club in Wisconsin this week. ,"I don't try and think about it," said Korda, who had seven ...
World No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul on top at Mizuho Americas Open
Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand rang up eight birdies with no bogeys on Thursday to set the first-round pace at the Mizuho Americas Open in Jersey City, N.J.,Thitikul, ranked No. 2 in the world, won the CME Group Tour Championship last fall but has not won on the LPGA Tour yet in 2025.,She's in good posi...