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USA Today
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- Entertainment
- USA Today
From Montecarlo to Rome, LPGA players slayed their vacations, including three engagements
The LPGA had an off week between events in France and Scotland, giving players the rare chance to unplug from the tour grind and enjoy the sights. Lauren Coughlin, defending champion at this week's ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open, went home to Sweden with Maja Stark to unwind before a two-week stretch in the United Kingdom that culminates with the season's final major in Wales. Last year, the two friends squared off against each other in a Solheim Cup singles match that was so tight they halved. "Had a lot of fun," said Coughlin of staying with Stark's family in the tiny town of Abbekas. "Played a couple rounds of golf in Sweden, and got to experience sailing and her kind of small village that she lives in, so it was very cool." Japan's Yuri Yoshida toured Belgium while the Jutanugarn sisters enjoyed the Swiss Alps with their mom. Several players even got engaged. Yealimi Noh, who began 2025 with her first career LPGA victory at the Founders Cup, will no doubt tee it up in this week's Scottish with a bright smile on her face after getting engaged to Jackson Suh. Noh wasn't alone in having a life-changing moment last week. Gigi Stoll proposed to her partner in stunning Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. Former AIG Women's British Open winner Georgia Hall announced her engagement to Paul Dunne, a former winner on the DP World Tour who has caddied for her on the LPGA. The couple posted a photograph from Gleneagles. Meanwhile, Andrea Lee spent the week in Bordeaux after taking a share of fifth at Evian, her fourth career top-10 in a major. Cassie Porter stayed in France for a family vacation, taking an epic photo in front of the Eiffel Tower. Nanna Koerstz Madsen spent time in Rome, touring the Colosseum. Madelene Sagstrom went home to Sweden to spend time with her family doing her absolute favorite thing: picking mushrooms in the forest. Rookie Rio Takeda took in the sights in Paris and London. Former No. 1 Jin Young Ko turned 30 last week at Evian and then kept the good vibes going in Montecarlo.
News.com.au
10-07-2025
- Health
- News.com.au
British golfer stretchered away after collapsing twice in scary scenes
British golf star Charley Hull has withdrawn from the Amundi Evian Championship in France after collapsing twice on course. Hull, 29, was carried off the course in a stretcher after multiple medial issues throughout her round, reportedly caused by a virus, The Sun reports. The Kettering golfer had sat down inside a bunker on the third hole after appearing unwell, before collapsing on the fourth tee. Hull tried to persist with her round after a 15-minute medical break but collapsed once more following her tee shot. She was one under through 12 holes when she decided to withdraw from the tournament. Expressing her frustration at pulling out, Hull could be heard saying: 'I was playing pretty well but I feel faint'. While she also claimed she was struggling with her eyesight. Hull had reportedly been suffering with a virus for two days. The Times suggest that several others in the field, including the Swedish US Open champion, Maja Stark, and the Swiss player, Chiara Tamburlini, have also suffered from a virus in the build up to the tournament. Hull's withdrawal ends her hopes of a maiden major victory, having finished T12 at both the US Women's Open and KPMG Women's PGA Championship over the past month. She also forfeits any available prize money, with a nearly $12.3m purse up for grabs at Evian Resort Golf Club this week. Hull's collapse was described as a 'very unnerving situation' by broadcaster Richard Kaufman. The world No.19 hasn't won an event since November 2024, when she ended a two-year winless streak with victory in the Aramco Team Series. Hull has turned heads with her unconventional approach to golf in recent times. The Solheim Cup star has claimed to not use a yardage book and is often seen smoking cigarettes on the course. When asked about her training regimen recently, Hull revealed that she has been focused on a completely different sport rather than her swing. She told Sky Sports: 'My main goal actually isn't on the golf course. 'I want to try and get my 5k run time down to 20 minutes by the end of the year. It's around 26 minutes at the moment. 'I don't train in golf. I have zero interest in training in golf. I don't want to just be a golfer. 'I want to be an athlete. I train because it's good for my mental health and it's good for me. I just enjoy it as a hobby.'
Newsweek
22-06-2025
- Sport
- Newsweek
Major Winner Destroys Putter, Left with Wedge at Women's PGA Championship
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Things can change a lot from one week to the next in professional golf, even more so when it comes to major championships. Newly crowned US Women's Open champion Maja Stark experienced this firsthand during the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. The Swede, who dominated at Erin Hills with an impressive putting performance, was far from her previous showing at PGA Frisco. In fact, Stark was so frustrated with her poor work on the green that she took it out on her flat stick. Golfweek reported that the two-time LPGA Tour winner broke her putter during the fourth round in a fit of helplessness. Several videos subsequently went viral showing her putting with a wedge, which apparently didn't help her much. 🚨😵❌ #WATCH — Maja Stark BREAKS her putter head in frustration forcing the major champion to putt with her wedge during the final round of the KPMG Women's PGA. — NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) June 22, 2025 Stark finished the fourth round with a horrendous 38 putts, averaging 2.1 putts per hole. This was the trend throughout the tournament, as her putting total over the four rounds was 128, or 32 putts per round and 1.7 putts per hole. Only in the second round did Stark achieve positive numbers, needing only 27 putts, an average of 1.5 per hole. Not surprisingly, Friday was the only day the Swede posted a score under par (70). The same didn't happen on the first day (she carded at 75) or over the weekend (she carded a 77 and a 78). This performance keeps her tied for 47th place at 12 under par, with the final round still to be completed. Maja Stark of Sweden looks over a putt on the sixth hole during the third round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship 2025 at Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco on June 21, 2025 in... Maja Stark of Sweden looks over a putt on the sixth hole during the third round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship 2025 at Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco on June 21, 2025 in Frisco, Texas. MoreCurrently, Maja Stark is ranked 151st out of 158 LPGA Tour players in putting. She averages 31.21 putts per round (874 putts in 28 rounds), and her round with the fewest putts was 25. Stark makes up for her putting with her work off the tee. She has gained 0.60 strokes off the tee this season and is currently ranked 14th on the LPGA Tour. Her average driving distance is 267.25 yards, ranking her 57th on the tour. More Golf: Russell Henley May Have Thrown Away Travelers Championship with Honor
Daily Record
22-06-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Raging Major champ explodes and snaps putter as frustrations boils over at WPGA
Swedish star Maja Stark lets temper explode in Texas soon after winning the US Open Major champ Maja Stark snapped her putter in anger as frustrations boiled over at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. TV images displayed the Swedish star cracking the flat stick off her own bag during the final round in Texas and the head flew off leaving her to putt on a subsequent hole with a wedge. Earlier this month, Stark held off the late challenge from Nelly Korda to win the US Open at Erin Hills and bag her first Major. But it's been nothing as smooth this week at PGA Frisco's Fields Ranch East with searing heat, swirling winds and tricky pin positions on rock-hard putting surfaces causing torturously long rounds of six hours and snapping the patience of the best. Ironically, Stark spoke during the tournament about the competitive 'demon' coming out in her as looked to go back-to-back in big ones. Speaking on Friday, she said: 'When we started playing and I had a tough start, I was like: 'Okay, but I just won the US. Open, so it's fine.' But then the little competitive demon came alive inside me, so now I want to win this one, too, like real bad.' However, Stark's mood turned dark with the putter appearing to bear the brunt of her annoyance as she struggled badly on the final day and slipped down the standings. while Minjee Lee triumphed. Korda let her feelings be known prior to the final round as she slammed ridiculous slow play and called conditions at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship as brutal. Fans and TV viewers are being turned off in droves by the slug-like rounds and Korda said: 'I think we played a two ball in like six hours. "That's just a little ridiculous, but, what can you do? Trust me, it's so brutal out here. The greens are so firm. It's blowing 30 to 35 miles an hour. "It's messing with your putts. You're just happy to get 18 under your belt on a day like this.' Ex-Solheim Cup skipper Stacey Lewis, who missed the cut after a difficult two days, also didn't hold back the previous day saying the set-up was making the best ladies in golf look silly and the two-time Major winner slaughtered the resultant pace of play. Lewis says such situations offer no positive advertisement to the watching fans on-course and at home at a time when the ladies game is looking larger audiences and grow their status. She moaned: 'The issue of this all too is, make us look good. We're trying to get more people to watch women's golf, to watch us play golf and setups like this, they don't help us. "This is when we have our biggest stages, network TV and all of that and we're making very good players look silly.'
USA Today
22-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Major champ Maja Stark breaks putter on another tough day at KPMG Women's PGA Championship
FRISCO, Texas – Three weeks after Maja Stark hoisted a trophy on a major championship Sunday, she broke her putter at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. As the wind and heat made for an unrelenting cauldron of pressure, Stark's frustrations boiled over late in the final round. After a badly missed birdie attempt on the 16th hole from 13 feet, Stark chucked her putter at her bag and watched the putter head go flying. She casually tossed it back toward caddie Jeff Brighton as she walked to the next tee. Stark, of course, won the U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills earlier this month for her first major championship title. The Swede was 5 over on the back nine at Fields Ranch East in a final-round 78.
