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Archive for: April, 2019

  Mehaffey becomes the second Pac-12 individual winner in head coach Missy Farr-Kaye’s four seasons, joining Linnea Strom in 2016, who is now competing on the LPGA Tour. She is the 13th Sun Devil to win the title, with Solheim Cup player Carlotta Ciganda also claiming the title on two occassions. “We are thrilled with Olivia winning her first Pac-12 championship,” ASU head coach Missy Farr-Kaye said. “She fought hard all week and it paid off. It is a ...

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    Amy Bouldem Camilla Lennarth, Noemi Jimenez and Silvia Banon on the 18th green. Ladies European Tour 2019. Omega Dubai Ladies Classic, Emirates Golf Club, Faldo Course, Dubai, UAE. 1-3 May 2019. Amy Bouldem Camilla Lennarth, Noemi Jimenez and Silvia Banon on the 18th green. Credit: Tristan Jones DUBAI – April 30, 2019: A star-studded cast are aiming for the new Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic title. We hear from the players who are welcoming a new floodlight ...

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    The Evian Championship continues to strengthen its sports policy through the global exposure received by its qualifying tournaments in Europe, Korea and the USA. Once again this year, these competitions offer 5 players the opportunity to take their place in the highly select line-up for the Major, to be held from 25 to 28 July 2019 (the field comprises 120 players selected according to stringent eligibility criteria). Société Générale, one of the Evian Championship’s major ...

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Rabat, Morocco – Nuria Iturrios of Spain has won the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco, three years after her maiden victory in the same tournament as a rookie, seizing the lead at the top of the 2019 Ladies European Tour order of merit. The 23-year-old from Palma de Mallorca carded a final round of three-under-par 70 over the Blue Course at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam to win by seven over Swedish duo Caroline Hedwall and ...

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CHASKA, Minn. (April 16, 2019)– Leona Maguire has accepted a special exemption to compete in the 2019 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, June 18 – 23, at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. “The opportunity to play in the 2019 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Hazeltine is a true honor and I could not be more excited,” said Maguire, who spent more weeks (135) as the world’s top-ranked amateur than any player in the history of ...

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Dubai is set to host the first professional day-night golf tournament from 1-3 May, 2019. Called the Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic the tournament will be played on the Faldo Course at Emirates Golf Club. Golf course designer Sir Nick Faldo made floodlights an integral part of the design. The excitement is already building as fans look to witness and be a part of golfing history, consisting of fifty-six leading professionals, who will be joined by 3 ...

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Paul O’Connell of Ireland the former Irish and British Lions Rugby Union Captain on the 17th hole during the second round of the 2017 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on the Championship Links at Carnoustie on October 6, 2017 in Carnoustie, Scotland. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images) Irish rugby legend Paul O’Connell and Clare Hurling star Shane O’Donnell are the first Irish sports stars confirmed to take part in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open pro-am, which ...

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With a final round 65, Leona Maguire found herself in a playoff at the Windsor Golf Classic on the Symetra Tour.    Leona Maguire stepped into the winner’s circle at the Windsor Golf Classic for the first win in her professional career. A birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff against Anannarukarn sealed the title. “I’ve been so close for the past few weeks and started off really well today, tried to keep my foot down,” said Maguire, ...

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  By Ron Sirak (a recipient of the PGA of America Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award and the LPGA Media Excellence Award) Marilynn Smith, whose role as one of the 13 Founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and pioneering work as a television broadcaster landed her in the World Golf Hall of Fame, died early Tuesday morning at the age of 89 surrounded by her family and friends. She would have turned 90 on April 13 ...

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East Lothian, Scotland, April 2019: Scott Allison from Liberton Golf Club in Edinburgh took full advantage of playing on Scottish home soil to secure the silverware at this year’s Links Golf Cup East Lothian, played over four of East Lothian’s finest championship links courses. Runner-up in the event last year, Allison recorded a total of 142 points over four rounds to lead the field of 108 players and became the first Scottish winner of the event ...

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