With a final-round 71, Australian Minjee Lee finishing at a championship-record 13-under 271 and earning her second career major championship. She joined Jan Stephenson (1983) and Karrie Webb (2000, 2001) as Australians to win the U.S. Women’s Open, and followed Webb in 2001 as major winners at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club. With the win, Lee earned $1,800,000, the largest single prize in the history of women’s golf. American Mina Harigae (72) claimed second place on ...
Alison takes the lead as the first woman to Captain male and female members of a Northern Ireland golf club. Congratulations Dungannon Golf Club and Congratulations 2022 Captain Alison. Photo: Oliver McVeigh Photography.
When Lady Vice Captain Norah announced she was having her golf event at Lough Erne Golf and Spa Resort members didn’t have to think twice about going! The Lady Vice Captain’s competition was played on the fabulous Faldo Championship Course. Thankfully the weather was good and everyone enjoyed the day. After a very nice meal Norah presented her beautiful prizes to the lucky winners, the overall winner was Collette Ewings. A good nights craic was ...
Things in life have never come easy for me. I wasn’t the smartest girl in class or the most talented athlete. It’s funny to say that now as a two-time major champion, but that’s because I worked at it. Whatever I felt I lacked in talent, I made up for in hard work. When I put in the time, the success came, both in school and in sports. There’s never been any other way than ...
Ger Bradley Michigan Seems Like A Dream To Me Now! It took us four days to hitchhike from Saginaw….. The lyrics from Simon and Garfunkel’s ‘All Gone to Look For America’ popped into my head as we drove past a sign for Saginaw en-route to Traverse City. My mind drifts back to that fantastic week in late September when my friend and I travelled to Michigan to take part in the prestigious Americas Cup annual golf tournament. This was my first ...
Castlewarden’s Lauren Walsh has won the Sunshine State making this her second win in the U.S. in five weeks. The twenty year old from Kill playing on a scholarship at Wake Forest University, closed with a one-under 71 to win the Sunshine State Amateur by six strokes at Las Colinas Golf Course at Mission Inn Golf & Resort. “Absolutely delighted with another win,” she reported. “Nice way to round off the unique semester!“ Tied for the lead with England’s ...
Globally renowned golf destination Finca Cortesin to host biennial event Spain will host the 2023 Solheim Cup at the world-renowned championship course at Finca Cortesin, Andalucía. Set to host the prestigious international women’s professional golf team event for the first time in the tournament’s history, Spain is no stranger to staging high-profile golf events with a rich history in both the men’s and women’s game, hosting the Ryder Cup ...
The championship will be played as closed door events due to the COVID-19 pandemic with health and safety protocols in place Katie Poots [Knock G.C. N.I.]photo. Golfile Many of the world’s most talented amateur golfers will assemble at neighbouring venues on England’s Golf Coast this week to contest The Amateur and Women’s Amateur championships. In total, almost 100 players will gather at West Lancashire, a course in north-west England, for The Women’s Amateur Championship. The championship will be played ...
Caption: Brenda Gearty (left) at the 125th Anniversary Celebration of the ILGU in 2018 (Image by Jenny Matthews) The ILGU is saddened to hear of the passing of Honorary Life Member of the Union Brenda Gearty. Brenda served as Connacht District Chair in 1986 and on the Central Council (Board) of the ILGU for 12 years between 1977 and 1999. Brenda was a past Captain, past President and Honorary Member of Co. Longford Golf Club. ‘Mrs. Golf as ...
The Evian Championship which was to be the Ladies’ PGA’s first event in 2020 has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The prestigious event will now be played in 2021. The ongoing uncertainty concerning the opening of borders, in particular with Asia and the USA, poses a major risk to the organization of a competition, which in less than 8 weeks, has to welcome 120 players from around the world and from over 30 countries. ...
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