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USA Today
30-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Karrie Webb set to make U.S. Senior Women's Open debut; 86-year-old JoAnne Carner returns
Seven-time major winner Karrie Webb will make her U.S. Senior Women's Open debut later this summer at San Diego Country Club, the USGA has announced. The LPGA and World Golf Hall of Fame member turned 50 last December and is fully exempt into the championship. A 41-time winner on the LPGA, Webb won consecutive U.S. Women's Open titles in 2000 and 2001. She's the only player in LPGA history to win five different majors, claiming the du Maurier Classic (1999), Kraft Nabisco Championship (2000, 2006), McDonald's LPGA Championship (2001) and Weetabix Women's British Open (2002) in addition to her U.S. Women's Open titles. "I was by no means in a hurry to be old enough to play in the U.S. Senior Women's Open, but now that that time has come, I'm excited to be competing in my first,' Webb said in a release. 'This championship brings together so many players I've admired and competed against throughout my career, and to now join them in this next chapter is really special. I'm excited for the challenge and incredibly honored to tee it up in a USGA championship once again." The seventh edition of the Senior Women's Open will be held Aug. 21-24 in Chula Vista, California. Webb will be joined by fellow Hall of Famers Annika Sorenstam, who won the Senior Women's Open in 2021, and 86-year-old JoAnne Carner, who shot 85-80 last year. Laura Davies won the inaugural championship in 2018. Leta Lindley clinched last year's edition by two strokes at Fox Chapel Golf Club in Pittsburgh. Online entry applications for the championship closed on June 4. The USGA received more than 400 entries for the fourth time in tournament history. Players must be 50 to be eligible and carry a handicap that does not exceed 7.4.
Boston Globe
22-06-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Minjee Lee perseveres to pick up third major title with PGA Championship win
'A lot of patience out there today. Obviously, I had ups and downs today,' Lee said. 'It's a battle against myself pretty much, especially with how tough the conditions were this whole week, not just today. Just amplified because it's major Sunday.' Kim and Wannasaen both shot 68 to match the best rounds of the day and the tournament after only two 68s combined the first three rounds. Kim played without a bogey, but had only pars after three consecutive birdies to wrap up her front nine. Advertisement With a record $12 million purse that was up from $10.4 million a year ago and matched the US Women's Open for the most price money, Lee took home $1.8 million. That matches the $1.8 million Lee got for her four-stroke win in the 2022 US Women's Open at Pine Needles. The 29-year-old Australian who is a Texas resident, living in nearby Irving, got her 11th career win. It was her first this season, making it 16 players to win 16 LPGA tournaments this year. Advertisement While still windy like it had been all week at 15-20 miles per hour, there weren't the constant gusts of 30 m.p.h. or more that had made the playing conditions so difficult Saturday. Thitikul hit her first shot of the final round into the right rough on way to a 75 to finish at 1 over 289, tied for fourth with Chisato Iwai (71). Lee's lead Sunday never got under two, and she preserved that with a clutch 8-foot par putt at the 170-yard 13th hole to stay at 3 under. That came about the same time Wannasaen rolled in a 14-foot eagle putt at the 235-yard par-4 15th hole to get to 1 under, though the 21-year-old from Thailand then missed the green and bogeyed the 455-yard 16th. 'Pretty much I saw every single leaderboard and knew exactly where I was pretty much all of today,' Lee said. 'Just really played within myself today.' Nelly Korda , the world's top-ranked player, and semi-retired Lexi Thompson both closed with 76s. Thompson, in the second-to-last group for the second day in a row, finished tied for 12th at 293. The 30-year-old, who played for only the seventh time in 16 tournaments this season, has gone 11 years since her only major win in the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship. Korda tied for 19th at 6-over 294 and still hasn't won this year after winning seven times last season. Jimenez wins another Champions event Miguel Angel Jimenez won the Kaulig Companies Championship in Akron, Ohio, for his fourth PGA Tour Champions victory of the season, rallying to force a playoff and beating Steven Alker with a 20-foot birdie putt on the second extra hole. Advertisement Two strokes down after playing partner Alker birdied the par-5 16th, Jimenez made a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-4 17th and an 18-footer on the par-4 18th. Tied for the lead entering the round at Firestone South, the 61-year-old Jimenez and 53-year-old Alker each shot 2-under 68 to finish at 10-under 270 in the major championship. They each parred the 18th on the first playoff hole, with Jimenez missing an 18-foot birdie try and Alker holing a 3½-footer to send it back to tee for a second extra hole. Before Jimenez's winning putt, Alker missed a 20-foot birdie try after a recovery shot from the trees right of the fairway. Jimenez won his third major title after taking the Regions Tradition and the Senior British Open — both in 2018 — and earned a spot next year in The Players Championship at the TPC Sawgrass. The Spanish star has 17 career victories on 50-and-over tour. Jimenez beat Alker by two strokes in the Trophy Hassan II in February in Morocco, then won the Hoag Classic in March in Newport Beach, Calif., and the Principal Charity Classic in a playoff three weeks ago in Des Moines, Iowa. Stewart Cink was third at 8 under after a 66. Steve Flesch was another stroke after a 65. The US Senior Open begins Thursday at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Hindustan Times
22-06-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Lexi Thompson recovers from opening triple-bogey top and shank in 3rd round at Women's PGA
FRISCO, Texas — Lexi Thompson nearly got blown over to start the third round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, with a top and a shank on the way to a triple bogey on the opening hole in windy conditions Saturday. She finished the day tied for third place. HT Image After hitting her tee shot into the fairway on the 517-yard par-5 first hole, a 207-yard drive into wind gusting to around 30 mph, Thompson topped her second shot that went only 117 yards. She then shanked her third shot to the right into a thick native area and the ball was never found. Asked after her round of 3-over 75 if the wind had her off balance for that second shot, Thompson said she just `full topped the ball" and doesn't even know what happened on the next shot that resulted in the lost ball. 'It was just compounded,' she said. "I mean it was windy. Don't get me wrong, it was blowing me. But I don't know if that was the excuse for the top, but we can go with it if you want.' Thompson also had a bogey on the second hole, but had only one more bogey along with two birdies the rest of the way to put her at 1-over 217, seven strokes behind leader Minjee Lee. 'With the start, I'll definitely take it. It was just a tough day with that wind. Tough and long,' she said. 'Overall a lot of positives to take from the day with my start being 4 over through two. Happy I stayed strong and put a good round together.' The semi-retired Thompson, playing for only the seventh time in 16 tournaments this season, won her only major in the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship. After a 2-under 70 on Friday, she went into the third round of the Women's PGA in fourth place in and four strokes behind Jeeno Thitikul, the No. 2-ranked player in the world who shot 76 Saturday and is now trailing Lee by four. Thompson's 13 top-five finishes in majors since 2013 are the most by any player and among her 20 top-10 finishes in those events. golf: /hub/golf This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
21-06-2025
- Sport
Lexi Thompson has a top and a shank to start windy third round at Women's PGA with triple bogey
FRISCO, Texas -- Lexi Thompson nearly got blown over to start the third round of the KMPG Women's PGA Championship, with a top and a shank on the way to a triple bogey on the opening hole in windy conditions Saturday. After hitting her tee shot into the fairway on the 517-yard par-5 first hole, a 207-yard drive into wind gusting to around 30 mph, Thompson topped her second shot that went only 117 yards. She indicated to her caddie that the wind knocked her out of balance. Things didn't get any better from there. Thompson shanked her third shot to the right into a thick native area and had to take a penalty shot that went over the green. She eventually two-putted from 20 feet, then followed with a bogey on the second hole. The semi-retired Thompson, playing for only the seventh time in 16 tournaments this season, won her only major in the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship. After a 2-under 70 on Friday, she went into the third round of the Women's PGA in fourth place and was four strokes behind Jeeno Thitikul, the No. 2-ranked player in the world, and was in the second-to-last group Saturday. Thompson's 13 top-five finishes in majors since 2013 are the most by any player and among her 20 top-10 finishes in those events.
Hamilton Spectator
21-06-2025
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Lexi Thompson has a top and a shank to start windy third round at Women's PGA with triple bogey
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Lexi Thompson nearly got blown over to start the third round of the KMPG Women's PGA Championship, with a top and a shank on the way to a triple bogey on the opening hole in windy conditions Saturday. After hitting her tee shot into the fairway on the 517-yard par-5 first hole, a 207-yard drive into wind gusting to around 30 mph, Thompson topped her second shot that went only 117 yards. She indicated to her caddie that the wind knocked her out of balance. Things didn't get any better from there. Thompson shanked her third shot to the right into a thick native area and had to take a penalty shot that went over the green. She eventually two-putted from 20 feet, then followed with a bogey on the second hole. The semi-retired Thompson, playing for only the seventh time in 16 tournaments this season, won her only major in the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship. After a 2-under 70 on Friday, she went into the third round of the Women's PGA in fourth place and was four strokes behind Jeeno Thitikul, the No. 2-ranked player in the world, and was in the second-to-last group Saturday. Thompson's 13 top-five finishes in majors since 2013 are the most by any player and among her 20 top-10 finishes in those events. ___ AP golf:
