Lorena Ochoa, the top-ranked woman golfer is the world, racked up her 25th LPGA career victory this past weekend as she won the Honda LPGA tournament in Thailand. Ochoa trailed third-place finisher Paula Creamer by three strokes going into the final round, but her six-under round of 66 was more than enough to secure her the trophy. Hee Young Park of South Korea finished second.
Said Ochoa to the Associated Press, “It has been a great week. My goal was to win the tournament. Here I am with the trophy and I am very pleased. I played especially well.”
The field at …read more

LPGA “hottie,” Natalie Gulbis is busy taping episodes of the next season of Donald Trump’s reality show, “Celebrity Apprentice.” The 25-year-old crowd favorite is joining Dennis Rodman, reality show veteran Khloe Kardashian, and comedian Joan Rivers and her daughter Melissa. The show is scheduled to air in January 2009.
Gulbis is no stranger to reality TV. She is featured in the Golf Channel’s “Natalie Gulbis Show.”
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The highlight of this weekend’s golf events is the Justin Timberlake Shriner’s Hospital for Children charity tournament. Televised events include the following:(all times are EDT).
Saturday, October 1810am – 1pm – European Tour – Portugal Masters in Vilamovra, Portugal – Golf Channel230pm – 5pm – Champions Tour – Administaff Small Business Classic in The Woodlands, Texas – Golf Channel5pm – 8pm – PGA Tour – Justin Timberlake Shriner’s Hosptial for Children Tournament in Las Vegas – Golf Channel830pm – 11pm – LPGA – Kapalua LPGA Classic in Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii – Golf Channel
Sunday, October 1910am – 1pm – European Tour …read more

South Korea’s In Kyung Kim won her first LPGA tournament on Sunday when she bested Angela Stanford by three strokes to win the Longs Drug Challenge at Blackhawk Country Club in Danville, California. She broke into tears after sinking a 30-foot putt to win the event. “I was overwhelmed,” Kim told the Associated Press. “It was a happy cry.”
Kim, in her second season on the LPGA tour, has six top ten finishes this year, including a tie for third in the US Women’s Open last month.
Angela Stanford finished second and Yani Tseng finished third in the Long Drug …read more

Golf events this weekend include the PGA’s Turning Stone Resort Championship and the LPGA’s Samsung World Championship. Televised events include the following:(all times are EDT).
Saturday, October 119am – 12pm – European Tour – Madrid Masters in Madrid, Spain – Golf Channel4pm – 6pm – Champions Tour – Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship in Timonium, Maryland – NBC4pm – 7pm – PGA Tour – Valero Texas Open in San Antonio, Texas – Golf Channel730pm – 10pm – LPGA – Longs Drugs Challenge in Danville, California – Golf Channel
Sunday, October 129am – 12pm – European Tour – Madrid Masters in Madrid, …read more

Golf events this weekend include the PGA’s Turning Stone Resort Championship and the LPGA’s Samsung World Championship. Televised events include the following:(all times are EDT).
Saturday, October 4830am – 1230pm – European Tour – Alfred Dunhill Championship in Scotland – Golf Channel1230pm – 230pm – LPGA – Samsung World Championship in Half Moon Bay, California – NBC3pm – 6pm – PGA Tour – Turning Stone Resort Championship in Verona, New York – Golf Channel
Sunday, October 5730am – 1230pm – European Tour – Alfred Dunhill Championship in Scotland – Golf Channel3pm – 6pm – PGA Tour – Turning Stone Resort Championship …read more

Golf events this weekend include the British Masters and the PGA Tour Championship. Televised events include the following:(all times are EDT).
Saturday, September 27Noon – 330pm – PGA – Tour Championship in Atlanta – NBC130pm – 330pm – Champions Tour – SAS Championship in Cary, North Carolina – Golf Channel4pm – 6pm – European Tour – British Masters in West Midlands, England – Golf Channel 630pm – 9pm – LPGA – Navistar LPGA Classic in Prattville, Alabama – Golf Channel
Sunday, September 28130pm – 6pm – PGA – Tour Championship in Atlanta – NBC130pm – 330pm – Champions Tour – …read more

I wasn’t sure we’d see this, but 18-year-old golfer, Michelle Wie has swallowed her pride and entered the LPGA’s Qualifying School to earn her 2009 LPGA Tour Card. She will compete in the qualifier this month at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California–the same course where she finished fourth at the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2004 at the age of 13 and rose to national attention.
The top 20 finishers at Mission Hills will advance to a December qualifier in Daytona Beach, where the top 20 will earn an LPGA Tour card. If Wie is unsuccessful at Mission …read more

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The Ryder Cup is approaching, but there’s still golf on television this weekend. Televised events include the following:(all times are EDT).
Saturday, September 138am – 1130am – European Tour – Mercedes Benz Championship in Cologne, Germany – Golf Channel1pm – 330pm – Champions Tour – Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn in Conover, North Carolina – Golf Channel330pm – 6pm – LPGA – Bell Micro Classic in Mobile, Alabama – Golf Channel 630pm – 9pm – Nationwide Tour – Albertsons Boise Open in Boise, Idaho – Golf Channel
Sunday, September 148am – 1130am – European Tour – …read more

The LPGA announced on Friday that it had reconsidered a portion of its proposed requirement that two members demonstrate English proficiency within two years of joining the tour or face suspension. The meat of the proposal hasn’t really changed, but the tour vows to find other ways to communicate with its members without the threat of suspension. Said LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens in a statement on Friday:
“The LPGA has received valuable feedback from a variety of constituents regarding the recently announced penalties attached to our effective communications policy. We have decided to rescind those penalty provisions.
After hearing the concerns, we …read more