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Wie Rounding Into Form
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 15, 2009
...grow up a little.
Now she is a pro and has stormed out of the gate in her first two outings on the LPGA Tour this season, appearing to live up to the hype surrounding her when she was an amateur.
Th...
Gaps In the Schedule
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 28, 2009
Frilford Heath . Home of the Euro Tour Q-School
The European Tour released its 2009 schedule today under the heading "First courses revealed".
This strikes me as a little odd since the schedule also indicates that no less than 7 of the events are classified as TBC or To Be Confir...
Plenty of Tour Pain Ahead
in Eagle Par Birdie, on December 12, 2008
...the Asian tours will fare better than either the PGA or European PGA Tours and because of that, the LPGA, which plays a number of events in Asia, will weather the depression better than the others.
D...
GM Dumps Tiger
in Eagle Par Birdie, on November 24, 2008
...fs are just beginning, folks.
And it is just the tip of the iceberg for professional golfers.
The LPGA is reducing the number of tournaments it plays next year. Tour boss, Carolyn Bivens says the ...
Chi Chi Reborn
in Eagle Par Birdie, on October 19, 2008
...golf has slipped into an early winter hibernation.
Of course, the game is still being played - the LPGA tour is alive and kicking and so is the PGA Tour. But it's a sure sign the season is as goo...
How old for the big stage?
in The Parenting Weblog, on August 12, 2008
...limited with an age limit.
Golf phenom Michelle Wie skipped many junior tournaments to move up to LPGA events and then even trying PGA ones. Neither have been a success and Wie is almost out of spon...
Asians Own British Open
in Eagle Par Birdie, on August 3, 2008
...("it's something in Asian water"), why do more Asian women's golfers excel on the LPGA tour than any golfer from any other part of the world?
Many point to Michelle Wie (who tried a...
Reavie Wins Star-Crossed Canadian Open
in Eagle Par Birdie, on July 27, 2008
...irdies in the first seven holes but stumbled late in the round and finished tied for fifth.
On the LPGA circuit, Helen Alfredsson won her first title in five years when she captured the Evian Masters...
Ochoa's Powerful Swing
in Eagle Par Birdie, on July 15, 2008
...before in this space that most amateur golfers who are men would be well advised to watch how the LPGA Tour players hit the ball.
Why? Simply because the swings on the women's tour are muc...
LPGA player Jill McGill Urges You to Challenge Your Course and Seek Allergy Treatment
in Allergies, on June 21, 2008
...r from pursuing golf, and recording more than 20 top 10 finishes since she started touring with the LPGA in 1996.
She says, "I'm allergic to almost everything that you see in green. When I ...
Tour Honchos Meet with IOC
in Eagle Par Birdie, on May 27, 2008
...golf.com
PGA Commissioner Tim Finchem along with the heads of the European PGA Tour, R and A and LPGA Tour met with Olympic officials in Lausanne, Switzerland last week.
On their agenda was a...
Sorenstam To Retire
in Eagle Par Birdie, on May 13, 2008
Courtesy: Fairways.ca
You could say she's going out on a high note.
Annika Sorenstam has announced she will retire at the end of the year. But she's not going quietly.
She has won three times this season, most recently this past Sunday, and can now boast 90 career victories. Inclu...
Ochoa: Looking for Fourth Straight Win
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 20, 2008
Courtesy: Salem News
Lorena Ochoa is quietly putting together a season that has already surpassed Tiger's.
Ochoa has one major under her belt this season, the Kraft Nabisco . She has won three straight tournaments in three straight weeks, as well.
Now, she's looking to make it ...
The Masters on the Web
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 8, 2008
...specially on the web. More on that in a moment.
Lorena Ochoa now has her second major win on the LPGA Tour , dispelling once and for all those whisperings about whether or not she could win whe...
Youth is Queen on LPGA Tour
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 5, 2008
... Courtesy: timeinc.net
The LPGA has beaten the PGA to the first major of the year by one week.
The Kraft Nabisco Championship had a familiar name atop the leaderboard at the major's halfway ...
LPGA Tournament In Trouble
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 26, 2008
...ay) but local government jacks up property taxes 90% (boo).
Hurray-boo also seems to summarize the LPGA Tour this season.
After launching 2008 with Lorena Ochoa stating that she intends to put in an...
Ochoa Crushes Field
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 3, 2008
Courtesy: aljazeera
When Tiger Woods made his much anticipated entry into the ranks of professional golfers, the move was hailed as a new dawn for the game.
Woods was going to be the ambassador who would introduce golf to minorities, open up the doors of a largely white-only sport and b...
If Athletes From Other Sports Played Football
in End Zone Buzz, on February 8, 2008
...ot;, 200: Possessing blazing speed, the Mets shortstop would break ankles.
Fullback - Pat Hurst (LPGA), 5'6", 225?: Perfect for the blocking back position, what SI.com said about her is ...
LPGA Endorsements Grow
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 6, 2008
...;s Golfer
The women's professional golf game has truly gone global. And it has been the LPGA Tour's salvation.
LPGA players are starting to pull in some decent sponsorship and endorse...
Dangers in New Drug Policy
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 17, 2008
There was more than a little confusion when European Tour players gathered this week for a meeting. The confusion surrounded some perceived discrepancies in the drug lists between the PGA and European PGA tours.
Two of the players - Ian Poulter and Paul Casey - questioned why the PGA list ...
16 and Professional
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 11, 2008
...ggling to regain its profile in Japan in the wake of so many successful young Japanese women on the LPGA tour.
Ishikawa is now the shining star for his home tour.
The question remains as it always ...
2008: More of the Same?
in Eagle Par Birdie, on December 21, 2007
One golfer who will be glad to see the back of 2007 is Michelle Wie.
The past year has been an unmitigated disaster, two giant steps back.
Her game was nowhere because she rushed two wrist injuries and suffered for it; her public image was hammered by withdrawals during tournaments, reports tha...
History Made. Records Preserved
in Eagle Par Birdie, on November 14, 2007
...even months after their election, they were inducted into the Hall , along with Se Ri Pak from the LPGA tour.
Strange and Green represent an era in golf, perhaps the tail end of that era, when profe...
Heroines of the LPGA
in Eagle Par Birdie, on November 9, 2007
... Courtesy: golfworld.com
In 2006, LPGA veteran Betsy King traveled to Africa to see first hand how AIDS was destroying a continent. One of the countries she visited was rwanda .
As you shou...
The Unsinkable Michelle Wie
in Eagle Par Birdie, on November 2, 2007
There is one thing that journalists everywhere love and that's a good story. Now, a good story can be a bad story. And often that's what constitutes a good story.
If you're a little confused, then let me simply say the name Michelle Wie and I think you'll get my drift.
Wie'...
Pee In Here, Please
in Eagle Par Birdie, on September 21, 2007
... surely not lost on the world's major golf bodies - the PGA Tour, USGA, R&A, European Tour, LPGA and PGA of America.
These august golf entities have agreed on a list of banned substances that...
The Solheim Cup
in Eagle Par Birdie, on September 15, 2007
Courtesy: algonet.se
If you're a guy, then the Solheim Cup has probably slipped under your radar screen.
Yet, it probably offers more excitement than this week's final event of the FedEx Cup when we "discover" who's going to win the 10 million dollar annuity.
As if we ...
Remembrance
in Eagle Par Birdie, on September 11, 2007
...nd the Senior Tour event in North Carolina are all cancelled.
Ty Votaw, then commissioner of the LPGA Tour issues a statement saying that week's Safeway Classic in Portland, Oregon, is can...
Without Me, You're Nuthin'
in Eagle Par Birdie, on September 8, 2007
...avily over the years.
If a player wishes to skip a tournament, then he (or she, in the case of the LPGA which operates much the same way) can.
The problems arise when a high profile "series&quo...
It's All Good For The Women
in Eagle Par Birdie, on August 18, 2007
... CN kicked up the purse by nearly a million dollars this year, making it richer than several of the LPGA's majors. In fact, it's now the fifth richest of the LPGA tournaments.
This year's...
Hurry Up And Wait
in Eagle Par Birdie, on June 30, 2007
...ng competition at every turn. It really is difficult to pick a winner, week in and week out, on the LPGA Tour.
It's literally anybody's to win and so is this 62nd women's U.S. Open.
...
Veterans, Teenagers and 12 Year Olds
in Eagle Par Birdie, on June 27, 2007
...et up anything like Oakmont was for the men but it will still be a strong test for the women on the LPGA.
There is plenty in this year's Open that is as unique and enthralling as there was at the...
The Golfer's Back
in Eagle Par Birdie, on June 10, 2007
Golf and bad backs seem to walk hand in hand.
There is very good reason for this: the golf swing itself.
The swing is a rotational force exerted on the back with the lower back often taking much of the strain.
That's why you rarely hear of a touring pro with a bad UPPER back, although it&#...
The 2010 Ryder Cup. The Michelle Wie Drama
in Eagle Par Birdie, on June 3, 2007
...oodie grew very concerned and said so.
When the 88 rule was mentioned (if a non-tour player on the LPGA shoots 88 or worse, she is barred from the tour for the rest of the season), Wie's agent re...
88? What 88? It's the PGA For Me!
in Eagle Par Birdie, on June 1, 2007
...r swing coach, David Leadbetter, Michelle pipes up.
Wie spoke after her embarrassing return to the LPGA at the Ginn Tribute in South Carolina on Thursday.
The wrist injury incurred back in January f...
Dateline: Europe
in Eagle Par Birdie, on May 28, 2007
...s will compete in next week's Northern Ireland Ladies Open, one of the events on the European LPGA Tour!
They qualified by reaching the semi-finals of last week's Irish Amateur Close Champi...
Big Money
in Eagle Par Birdie, on May 27, 2007
...course deals. Astonishing for someone not yet 18 years of age.
As we know, Wie has not won on the LPGA Tour yet and has been on the DL for much of this year.
The Golf Digest story also reveals that,...
Oh No! Not Again!
in Eagle Par Birdie, on May 24, 2007
....
Let's put this in perspective. Michelle Wie has plenty of talent to be a major winner on the LPGA Tour before she turns 20 (she will be 18 this fall).
She hasn't finished high school yet. ...
Michelle Wie Wisens Up
in Eagle Par Birdie, on May 6, 2007
...en saying for several years now?
It's good that Wie is returning to action and sticking to the LPGA Tour. One upcoming tournament this summer should be right in her wheelhouse.
The women's B...
A Wealth of Talent and Money
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 28, 2007
...s female golfers fare better in the world rankings. Despite the heavy international presence on the LPGA, American women hold down 4th through 7th respectively. Leading the list are Annika Sorensta...
Endurance Golf
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 8, 2007
... that I can use to make my own humble game a little better.
I'm usually better off watching an LPGA event; at least the golf is on a level I can begin to understand.
But the PGA guys, well, they...
Sandra Post on Morgan Pressel
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 3, 2007
...
Courtesy: Sandra Post
When Morgan Pressel won the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship on Sunday, breaking the nearly 40 year record for being the youngest golfer to ever win a major, the first woma...
Morgan Pressel: Record Holder
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 2, 2007
... Pressel, as everyone knows today, has become the youngest women's player to win a major on the LPGA Tour and the youngest player in modern times.
Her victory on Sunday at the kraft Nabisc...
The Swing Coach Part Two
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 28, 2007
...o the second part of my interview with Anne Chouinard.
Anne is Lorie Kane's swing coach on the LPGA Tour and the Director of Instruction at the Canadian Golf Academy.
Anne is a former tour play...
The Swing Coach
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 27, 2007
...
However, there is an exception: Lorie Kane and Anne Chouinard.
Lorie is a veteran star of the LPGA Tour and Anne Chouinard has been by her side on the practice tee for the better part of 20...
LPGA's Banned Drugs List
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 26, 2007
...urtesy: Getty Images
Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club was the venue for last week's LPGA tournament, the Safeway International.
It could be dubbed "Suspicion Mountain".
Whe...
The Sandra Post Interviews Part 4
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 18, 2007
...d final part of The Sandra Post Interviews, Sandra imparts some of her wisdom after 16 years on the LPGA Tour, a time that included 8 victories - including a major at the age of 20. She also finishe...
The Sandra Post Interviews Part 3
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 10, 2007
...t turned 20 in her first year on the professional tour?
That was Sandra Post when she played the LPGA Tour.
In 1968, in her first year on tour, and literally days after turning 20, Sandra won the ...
Education for the Nation
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 7, 2007
...reat big spotlight shining on their club lines for women.
When I interviewed Sandra Post , former LPGA multiple winner, recently, we talked about this very subject.
Sandra is now a teacher of the g...
The Sandra Post Interviews Part Two
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 5, 2007
... properly? Or is she on a fast track to disaster?
I think you'll enjoy what a veteran of the LPGA Tour has to say about this.
And, by the way, Sandra knows whereof she speaks when it come...
Sweet Swinging Swedes
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 2, 2007
... pro golfers. By the dozens.
I counted 37 Swedish golfers playing on either the PGA, Nationwide or LPGA Tours on a Wikipedia site and I have no idea if that is up to date or not. 26 of the names I ...
The Sandra Post Interviews
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 25, 2007
... is part one of the Sandra Post Interviews.
I won't recap Sandra's stellar career on the LPGA Tour. If you want the details, see this previous post .
Suffice it to say that Sandra ha...
Spring Cleaning the Golf Way
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 22, 2007
...'s best golf courses can be found).
She's the swing coach for Lori Kane who plays on the LPGA tour.
Anne was replying to a question I had posed to her about how golfers could get tuned up ...
An Interview With Sandra Post
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 20, 2007
... Courtesy: Sandra Post
When Sandra Post was just 19 years old, she joined the LPGA Tour. That was in 1968.
She turned 20 that season and less than three weeks later, won a major, the LPGA Champion...
Golf Clubs for Kids
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 25, 2007
...r lower body strength.
So, it's easy to make a critical error in what you buy your budding PGA/LPGA star!
Enter Anne Chouinard, Director of Instruction at the Canadian Golf Academy in Prince E...
Golf Swing Aids Part 2
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 21, 2007
...l continue the conversation about swing aids by checking in with Sandra Post 8 time winner on the LPGA tour and the youngest player to win a major at the age of 20.
"There are so many teaching...
Appleby and Wie, Brits and Majors
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 19, 2007
...ning her game by continually trying to make the cut in a PGA event rather than concentrating on her LPGA game.
Seems I'm not alone in that view. PGA veteran Stuart Appleby is quoted as saying t...
The Hybrid Golf Club
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 16, 2007
...d hits would have been vastly reduced. The hybrid has been a life-saver.
And Sandra Post , former LPGA star and now a sought-after teaching pro in the Toronto area, agrees.
Sandra, who's also a...
High Loft Drivers
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 15, 2007
...e are the new hybrid clubs. Virtually every PGA touring pro has at least one hybrid in the bag; the LPGA pros often have several. Should we hackers have hybrids in our bags, too? Will they help...
Michelle Wie Blows Another Sony Open
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 13, 2007
...ruggling again in tournament play.
Michelle Wie is 17. Only 17. She has a fabulous future on the LPGA tour. But she hasn't won on that tour yet. She's come close with several second pl...
Learn From the Best...Women
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 11, 2007
... Courtesy: Bret Douglas/ LPGA
Many years ago, I was a member at a club north of Toronto. One day, on the eve of the Canadian Open which was still being held each year at Glen Abbey, a bunch o...
Sandra Post
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 8, 2007
...
For those of you who've been on another planet for the past 20 years, Sandra Post is an 8-time LPGA champion, including a major, twice winner of the Dinah Shore Tournament in back to back years, ...
One Swing: Two Sexes
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 7, 2007
...adian Golf Academy in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. And Lorie Kane, of course, is a veteran LPGA player with four victories and 17 second-place finishes in her 10 years on tour.
I began by as...
How to Lower Your Score - In the Winter!
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 2, 2007
...#39;m working on a few surprises, too. Like Lorie Kane's swing coach, Anne Chouinard and former LPGA player, Sandra Post.
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