Archive for the 'Ladies European Tour' Category
LOTTA WAHLIN triumphed at the second extra play-off hole to lift the S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe.
In another wet and blustery day at Machynys Peninsula Golf & Country Club – the weather had already reduced the tournament to 54 holes after Saturday’s washout – the Swede defeated long-time leader Martina Eberl after the pair [...]
August 18th, 2008 | Posted in Golf News, Ladies European Tour | No Comments
The S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe has been reduced from a 72-hole event to a 54-hole tournament after stormy weather meant Saturday’s third round could not be completed.
The Machynys Peninsula Golf and Country Club course in Llanelli was battered by heavy rain and wind, and the abandonment was good news for Welsh player Becky [...]
August 17th, 2008 | Posted in Golf News, Ladies European Tour | No Comments
Germany’s Martina Eberl shot a sparkling seven-under-par 65 in fine weather to take a one stroke lead at the S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe in Llanelli.
Wales’ leading lady Becky Brewerton posted a 66 to share second with the English pair of Georgina Simpson and Henrietta Zuel.
Eberl first played the back nine at Machynys [...]
August 15th, 2008 | Posted in Golf News, Ladies European Tour | No Comments
Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam had to make do with joint sixth place in her final appearance on home soil as South Korean teenager Amy Yang won the Scandinavian TPC.
Yang shot a nine-under-par final round of 63 to triumph by six strokes at the tournament hosted by Sorenstam, the former world number one, at the Frosaker Golf [...]
August 11th, 2008 | Posted in Golf News, Ladies European Tour | No Comments
Lill Saether of Norway tied the course record with an 8-under 64 Saturday to take a 1-shot lead going into the final round of the Scandinavian TPC.
Maria Hjorth, a LPGA Tour regular from Sweden, had set the course record with another bogey-free round only a few minutes before Saether posted her lowest score ever on [...]
August 10th, 2008 | Posted in Golf News, Ladies European Tour | No Comments
Annika Sorenstam birdied six of her last eight holes to shoot a six-under 66 yesterday and take a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the Scandinavian TPC in Stockholm.
The Swede, who is hosting the Ladies European Tour event for the last time, started on the 10th hole in rainy conditions. She parred the first [...]
August 9th, 2008 | Posted in Golf News, Ladies European Tour | No Comments
Annika Sorenstam gutted out a gutsy performance in the rain, firing a 6-under 66 for a slim one-stroke lead in the first round of the Scandinavian TPC Thursday.
The Swede, who grew up just an hour’s drive away from the course, capitalized on six birdies on the back nine. She made par on the first 10 [...]
August 8th, 2008 | Posted in Ladies European Tour | No Comments
Juli Inkster made an eagle and five birdies in a bogey-free 65 to take the early clubhouse lead at the Women’s British Open on Thursday, while Annika Sorenstam had a miserable start to her final major.
Inkster, at age 48 trying to become the oldest winner of a major, was one of the earliest players out [...]
July 31st, 2008 | Posted in Golf News, LPGA Tour, Ladies European Tour | No Comments
Lisa and Leona Maguire have made it onto the European Junior Ryder Cup team.
And they did it in style, finishing first and second respectively at the European Young Masters.
The 13-year-old Ulster twins will now take on the Americans at the Club at Olde Stone, Kentucky, just a few days [...]
July 29th, 2008 | Posted in Golf News, Ladies European Tour | No Comments
Helen Alfredsson won her first LPGA Tour title in five years Sunday, defeating rookie Na Yeon Choi in a playoff at the Evian Masters.
The 43-year-old Swede made a three-foot birdie in the third round of the playoff at the par-5 18th, while the 20-year-old Choi, of South Korea, parred the hole.
Alfredsson had a 67 in [...]
July 28th, 2008 | Posted in Golf News, LPGA Tour, Ladies European Tour | No Comments