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By The Canadian Press Mon., Aug. 27, 2018 Brooke Henderson joined an exclusive club on Sunday. By winning the CP Canadian Women’s Open in Regina, the 20-year-old Smiths Falls, Ont., native became just the fourth Canadian since 1954 to win on home soil on one of the world’s top golf tours. Here is a look at the three previous triumphs: PAT FLETCHER — 1954 CANADIAN OPEN The head professional at the Saskatoon Golf and Country Club posted a four-shot win over fellow Canadian Gord Brydson and American Bill Welch at Point Grey Golf and Country Club in Vancouver. Article Continued Below Fletcher finished the 72-hole event at four-under 280. Read more: Brooke Henderson ends Canada’s 45-year drought at CP Women’s Open Brooke Henderson takes over the lead at the CP Women’s Open Brooke Henderson switching up approach ahead of Women’s British Open Fletcher was born in England, but raised in Victoria after moving there as … [Read more...] about Brooke Henderson posts rare feat, joining small group of Canadians to win golf tour at home
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Amateurs out to steal show in Midlands Champion Tour
Amateurs out to steal show in Midlands Champion Tour (The Philippine Star) - July 24, 2018 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — With Taiwanese sisters Hou Yu-Chiang and Hou Yu-Sang tipped to re-display the form they showed at Southwoods, a slew of local amateurs are also joining the fray in the ICTSI Champion Tour at Tagaytay Midlands, all seeking to steal the thunder from the big guns when the $75,000 event is fired off tomorrow. Asian Games-bound Lois Kaye Go primes up for the quadrennial meet in Indonesia as she spearheads the young locals’ charge in the blue-ribbon event featuring the leading pros from the Taiwan LPGA Tour and the Ladies Philippine Golf Tour. Go, who with Yuka Saso and Bianca Pagdanganan will banner the country’s campaign in next month’s Asiad, placed second to Thai veteran Yupaporn Kawinpakorn in the LPGT Women’s Championship at Summit Point last month and is looking forward to … [Read more...] about Amateurs out to steal show in Midlands Champion Tour
ICTSI Champion Tour lures elite cast
ICTSI Champion Tour lures elite cast (The Philippine Star) - July 16, 2018 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Renuka Suksukont and Yupaporn Kawinpakorn spearhead the crack Thai side against a host of Taiwanese and local players in the two-leg ICTSI Champion Tour. Three of Taiwan LPGA’s top 10 players, two Philippines Ladies Masters champions from Thailand and a slew of local and foreign aces prime up for what promises to be an explosive two-leg ICTSI Champion Tour which unfolds Wednesday at Manila Southwoods. Taiwanese Lee Hsin and Chen Min-Jou, the Nos. 2 and 3 players, respectively, in the current TLPGA Order of Merit ranking, and No. 9 Lin Tzu-chi, and Thais Saranporn Langkulgasettrin and Renuka Suksukont, winners of the first two Phl Ladies Masters, banner the star-studded field in the first of two $75,000 championships also serving as the 10th and 11th legs of the Ladies Philippine Golf Tour. LPGT leg winners … [Read more...] about ICTSI Champion Tour lures elite cast
LPGA revives Tournament of Champions as 2019 opener
LOS ANGELES: Next year’s LPGA season will open with a revived Tournament of Champions featuring winners from the past two campaigns plus celebrities and top amateurs, the women’s golf tour announced Thursday. The inaugural LPGA Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions, with a $1.2 million LPGA purse plus a $500,000 celebrity event, will be staged January 17-20 at Tranquilo Golf Club at Lake Buena Vista, Florida. LPGA commissioner Mike Whan announced the event on the eve of this year’s first US LPGA event, the Founders Cup at 6,679-yard, par-72 Wildfire Golf Club in Phoenix, Arizona. “This will be an experience like none other on our tour and it will be revered as a great reward for LPGA players who play well enough to make it into the winner’s circle every year,” Whan said. The Tournament of Champions was played at various US venues from 1994 to 2007, most recently at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Mobile, Alabama. In all, 45 celebrities and … [Read more...] about LPGA revives Tournament of Champions as 2019 opener
Korda, Jutanugarn sisters shine in Honda LPGA
CHON BURI, THAILAND: American Jessica Korda heads into the Honda LPGA final with a four-shot lead after the third round Saturday saw her younger sister and the Thai Jutanugarn siblings jostling atop the leaderboard. Five birdies on the back nine made up for an early bogey to give Korda a 68 for a total of 196 at the Siam Country Club course in Chonburi province. US golfer Jessica Korda tees off during the final round of the Honda LPGA golf tournament at the Siam Country Club in the coastal Thai province of Chonburi on Sunday. AFP PHOTO “I had no expectations, but my coach and I have worked together and it is still there,” Korda told LGPA.com. “I was bit nervous on the front nine, but I knocked the rust off,” added the 24-year-old, who is now only 18 holes from her fifth win on the LPGA tour. Korda built on a four-shot lead from the day before but was outdone in round three by her younger sister Nelly, who made eight birdies to card a seven-under 65 that … [Read more...] about Korda, Jutanugarn sisters shine in Honda LPGA