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USA Today
6 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
7 countries qualify for LPGA's International Crown, with Team England missing out
The field for the 2025 Hanwha Lifeplus International Crown is shaping up, as seven countries have qualified for team match-play competition. The four-day event will be held Oct. 23-26 at New Korea Country Club in South Korea, where the home team will be among the favorites. The seven countries that qualified include the United States (34 points), the Republic of Korea (53 points), Japan (74 points), Thailand (88 points), Sweden (115 points), Australia (128 points) and China (256 points). Team England missed qualifying by 83 points. The makeup of the teams will be finalized via the Rolex Rankings following the 2025 AIG Women's Open on Aug. 4. The top four players from each pre-qualified country will compete. In addition, an eighth World Team will debut this fall, consisting of the top-ranked player from each of the following four regions, not from a country already qualified: Americas (North America and South America); Europe; Asia; and Africa and Oceania. That opens the door for LPGA Hall of Famer Lydia Ko to compete. Team Thailand (Ariya Jutanugarn, Moriya Jutanugarn, Patty Tavatanakit, Jeeno Thitikul) won the most recent edition in 2023 at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. When the Crown was last held in South Korea in 2018, the Korean team won in front of a large and passionate fan base. Here's how the teams currently stand:
Yahoo
23-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Jeeno Thitikul makes nearly 200 feet of putts to lead KPMG Women's PGA
FRISCO, Texas — Jenno Thitikul walked off the fifth green after a double bogey in the first round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship reminding herself to stay patient and that some missed shots are going to happen. 'Majors, you're going to miss anyway,' said Thitikul, who's No. 2 in the women's world ranking. 'A way to bounce back, it's more important.' Advertisement Thitikul certainly found a way to do that on a hot and windy Thursday, finishing with a 4-under 68 for a one-stroke lead over Minjee Lee (69). Haeran Ryu, Rio Takeda and Somi Lee all shot 70. That only hole over par for Thitikul was followed by a par before she made five birdies in a six-hole stretch, with a 60-footer on the par-3 eighth hole in the middle of three in a row. 'My putter went really well,' said the 22-year-old from Thailand, who is seeking her first major title. 'In the front nine we had a lot of breeze going, and more than the back nine, but like (made) putts 7, 8, 9, which boosts the confidence up making the turn to the back nine.' Thitikul, who lives in the Dallas area, needed only 25 putts on the Fields Ranch East course at PGA Frisco. Her makes measured 199 1/2 feet. Advertisement Thitikul played with top-ranked Nelly Korda (72) and No. 3 Lydia Ko (75). Korda, who reaggravated a neck injury with a shot out of the rough during a practice round Monday, opened with seven consecutive pars in a round that had two birdies and two bogeys. Ko was the only in the group to make a birdie at the 513-yard, par-5 first hole, but didn't make another the rest of the day. While Korda said she doesn't feel pain hitting shots, the two-time major champion said she has pain 'just with rotation' of her neck and that it is hard to get comfortable to sleep at night. 'It's better, yeah. Getting better every day, which is nice,' she said. 'Just because I injured it last year, whenever I do injure my neck it takes a little bit longer than normal. ... Just takes me like a week to kind of recover when I tweak my neck now.' Advertisement Korda opened with seven pars, including at the 317-yard, par-4 seventh hole, where she hit a 294-yard drive into a valley just short of the green. Her initial pitch from there ricocheted off the edge of the green and rolled back down the slope to where she was. Korda hit her next shot to 2 feet. LPGA: KPMG Women's PGA Championship - First Round Battling neck injury, Nelly Korda opens KPMG Women's PGA in even par Nelly Korda shot an even-par 72 in the opening round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship on Thursday, three days after the world's top-ranked player reaggravated a neck injury during a practice round. That fifth hole for Thitkul started with a drive out of bounds and a penalty. Her birdie streak began with a nearly 18-footer at No. 7 before the long one at the eighth. She rolled in a 35-foot birdie at No. 17, and just missed making another one more than twice that long on the 434-yard, par-4 18th. Advertisement Two-time major winner Lee, a 29-year-old Australian, hasn't won since 2023. She opened Thursday with a bogey and finished with two bogeys over the last three holes. In between, she made seven birdies. 'I feel like they were pretty soft bogeys. ... Well, on 16, that was a bit soft and obviously the first hole is a par 5. I should be making birdie or par at the least,' Lee said. 'Obviously there will be bogeys, but I think for me, I just try to stay patient. If I make a bogey I just try it back it up with something better than that. Can't get ahead of yourself, especially in this kind of weather. I think it's more just the heat that's draining your focus.' Lee bogeyed the 425-yard 12th hole, where she drove into thick rough to the right and from there went into the left rough. She saved par at the par-3 13th by blasting from a bunker to 5 1/2 feet and had consecutive birdies to get to 5 under — the lowest by anyone in the first round. Then came her late bogeys, missing a 7-foot par on the 16th and hitting her approach on the 18th into a bunker.
Reuters
23-06-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Australia's Lee targets LPGA Hall of Fame induction after third major title
June 23 (Reuters) - Australia's Minjee Lee, who clinched her third major title when she won the Women's PGA Championship on Sunday, said her ultimate goal was to complete a career grand slam by winning all five women's majors and entering the LPGA Hall of Fame. Lee, who finished three strokes ahead of Auston Kim and Chanettee Wannasaen to win the $1.8 million tournament, previously won the Evian Championship in 2021 and the U.S. Women's Open in 2022. 'I mean, that is my ultimate goal," the 29-year-old said about completing the career grand slam. 'I really wanted to be in the Hall of Fame, that's why I started golf, and that's why I wanted to be on the LPGA Tour to win a bunch of tournaments and try and get into it," Lee added. Lee mentioned New Zealand's Olympic gold medallist Lydia Ko, who has also won three major championships and was inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame last year. "Seeing Lydia do it, I think it just, I'd really like to get there, but we'll see how we go after this week," she said. Lee is the fourth Australian golfer with three or more major titles, after Karrie Webb, Peter Thomson and Jan Stephenson.
CNA
23-06-2025
- Sport
- CNA
Australia's Lee targets LPGA Hall of Fame induction after third major title
Australia's Minjee Lee, who clinched her third major title when she won the Women's PGA Championship on Sunday, said her ultimate goal was to complete a career grand slam by winning all five women's majors and entering the LPGA Hall of Fame. Lee, who finished three strokes ahead of Auston Kim and Chanettee Wannasaen to win the $1.8 million tournament, previously won the Evian Championship in 2021 and the U.S. Women's Open in 2022. 'I mean, that is my ultimate goal," the 29-year-old said about completing the career grand slam. 'I really wanted to be in the Hall of Fame, that's why I started golf, and that's why I wanted to be on the LPGA Tour to win a bunch of tournaments and try and get into it," Lee added. Lee mentioned New Zealand's Olympic gold medallist Lydia Ko, who has also won three major championships and was inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame last year. "Seeing Lydia do it, I think it just, I'd really like to get there, but we'll see how we go after this week," she said. Lee is the fourth Australian golfer with three or more major titles, after Karrie Webb, Peter Thomson and Jan Stephenson.
RNZ News
23-06-2025
- Business
- RNZ News
Steven Alker pipped for second major title
Steven Alker of New Zealand during the Kaulig Companies Championship 2025 at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Photo: David Berding / Getty Images / AFP New Zealand golfer Steven Alker has missed out on a second senior major title. Alker has been beaten by Spaniard Maguel Angel Jimenez in a play-off at the Kaulig Companies Championship in Ohio. Alker was chasing his second major title on the over-50 tour after winning the Senior PGA Championship in 2022. Alker and Jimenez started the final round in a tie for the lead, holding a two shot lead. The pair had a couple of early birdies each with Alker then taking the lead with a third at the sixth. Alker was two ahead during the back nine, but that lead was back to one as they went to the 18th. Alker parred the last, while Jimenez birdied to force a play-off. The first play-off hole was parred, however the 53-year-old Kiwi put his tee shot wide on the second hole allowing Jimenez to win with a birdie. Alker pockets NZ$518,000 for his second place. Jimenez has won for the fourth time this year and today's victory was his third senior major. Meanwhile, in a major tournament on the LPGA Tour, Dame Lydia Ko finished in a tie for 12th at the PGA Championship in Texas. Australian Minjee Lee won for her third major title. And Ryan Fox finished tied for 17th at the latest PGA Tour event in Connecticut. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
