The 37th edition of the Safeway Classic Presented by Pepsi is underway at Columbia Edgewater Country Club with 2007 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Angela Park in the lead at 6-under-par 66, one shot better than six players at 5-under-par 67. Park was bogey-free on the day with six birdies. Park has made [...]

Australia’s Katherine Hull won the Canadian Women’s Open on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, taking advantage of Yani Tseng’s final-round meltdown for a one-stroke victory at Ottawa Hunt.
The 26-year-old Hull, six strokes behind Tseng at the start of the round, shot a 3-under 69 to finish at 11-under 277. Se Ri Pak closed [...]

It was a dream day on the golf course for Taiwanese rookie Yani Tseng.
First, she completed the final eight holes of her rain-delayed second round and turned it into a course-record 64 at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club.
After a short rest, she then posted the best score of the third round at 68 to take [...]

The first round of the 2008 CN Canadian Women’s Open is off to a dramatic start, as Rolex Rankings’ number one and defending champion Lorena Ochoa (33-33=66, -6) birdied her final hole for a 6-under-par 66 and to take a one-stroke lead over world number two Annika Sorenstam (31-36=67, -5).
Playing in the afternoon wave, [...]

Ji-Yai Shin fired a six-under 66 on Sunday to earn her first major championship at the Women’s British Open at Sunningdale Golf Club.
Shin, 20, plays primarily on the Korean LPGA Tour so this was not just her first major title, but her first victory on the LPGA Tour. She finished at 18- under 270 [...]

Yuri Fudoh of Japan and Ji-Yai Shin of South Korea shot a 4-under 68 Friday to lead by one stroke and equal the halfway record at the Women’s British Open, while Annika Sorenstam’s 72 was just enough to make the cut.
Fudoh and Shin were at 10-under 134 to tie the record set by Jeong Jang [...]

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 [...]

Michelle Wie returns to playing tournament golf with the professional men this week, and given her propensity to produce drama of all sorts, it should be interesting.
We know this: She’ll have somebody baby-sitting her while she signs her scorecard.
Wie learned yet another lesson the hard way two weeks ago when she was disqualified from the [...]

World No.1 Lorena Ochoa defends the RICOH Women’s British Open, the final major championship of the season, at Sunningdale’s Old Course in Berkshire, England, this week.
Last year, in a season where Ochoa earned eight victories, it was at the birthplace of golf—the Old Course at St. Andrews—where Ochoa secured her first major championship victory [...]

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 [...]