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Japan Times
24-06-2025
- Sport
- Japan Times
Holder Thailand to join Japan and others for LPGA International Crown
Defending champion Thailand and past winners the United States and South Korea were among seven teams named Monday as qualifiers for October's LPGA International Crown team event. Australia, Japan, China and Sweden also booked a place in the Oct. 23-26 match-play event at New Korea Country Club in South Korea. The four top-ranked golfers from each qualified nation after the Women's British Open on Aug. 4 will compete for their homeland in the International Crown. An eighth squad, the World Team, will include the top-ranked player not from an already qualified nation from each of four regions — Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa/Oceania — based on points as of Aug. 4. The Thai squad of Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn, Patty Tavatanakit and Jeeno Thitikul won the most recent Crown in 2023 at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. Spain won the inaugural 2014 title with the Americans taking the 2016 triumph and South Korea winning in 2018 before the 2020 event was called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yahoo
23-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Holders Thailand among seven set for LPGA International Crown
Jeeno Thitikul helped Thailand win the 2023 International Crown in San Francisco and could be on the Thai squad that has qualified to defend the title in October in South Korea (Mike Mulholland) Defending champion Thailand and past winners United States and South Korea were among seven teams named Monday as qualifiers for October's LPGA International Crown team event. Australia, Japan, China and Sweden also booked a place in the October 23-26 match-play event at New Korea Country Club in South Korea. Advertisement The four top-ranked golfers from each qualified nation after the Women's British Open on August 4 will compete for their homeland in the International Crown. An eighth squad, the World Team, will include the top-ranked player not from an already qualified nation from each of four regions -- Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa/Oceania -- based on points as of August 4. The Thai squad of Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn, Patty Tavatanakit and Jeeno Thitikul won the most recent Crown in 2023 at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. Spain won the inaugural 2014 title with the Americans taking the 2016 triumph and South Korea winning in 2018 before the 2020 event was called off due to the Covid pandemic. js/ea
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Slow week in golf as PGA Tour goes to Mexico and LPGA begins a swing through Asia
PGA Tour MEXICO OPEN AT VIDANTAWORLD Site: Vallarta, Mexico. Course: Vallarta Vidanta. Yardage: 7,436. Par: 71. Prize money: $7 million. Winner's share: $1.26 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (NBC). Defending champion: Jake Knapp. FedEx Cup leader: Ludvig Aberg. Last week: Ludvig Aberg won the Genesis Invitational. Notes: The Mexico Open technically is on the western coast of America, but it's the start of NBC's coverage until the Masters. ... Aaron Rai (No. 29) is the highest-ranked player in a field that features only four from the top 50. ... The 132-man field includes six additional sponsor exemptions set aside for Latin American players. That list includes Alvaro Ortiz, a former Latin American Amateur champion and the younger brother of Carlos Ortiz. ... Padraig Harrington is in the field. He played three times on the European tour earlier this year. ... The winner gets an invitation to the Masters. Only 11 players in the field are already in the Masters. That includes two amateurs, U.S. Amateur champion Jose Luis Ballester and Latin American Amateur champion Justin Hastings. ... Blades Brown, the latest teenager to turn pro, has received another sponsor exemption. He missed the cut in The American Express. Next week: Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches. Online: ___ LPGA Tour HONDA LPGA THAILAND Site: Chonburi, Thailand. Course: Siam CC (Old). Yardage: 6,632. Par: 72. Prize money: $1.7 million. Winner's share: $255,000. Television: Wednesday-Thursday, 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 10:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: Patty Tavatanakit. Race to CME Globe leader: A Lim Kim. Last tournament: Yealimi Noh won the Founders Cup. Notes: This starts the first Asia swing on the LPGA Tour, which goes from Thailand to Singapore to China. There will be another Asia swing in the fall. ... Seven of the top 10 in the women's world ranking are playing in Thailand. That does not include Nelly Korda and Lydia Ko, the top two players. ... The two LPGA winners this season are in the field, A Lim Kim (Tournament of Champions) and Yealimi Noh (Founders Cup). ... The field includes Japanese twins Akie and Chisato Iwai, who both earned cards through LPGA qualifying last year. They are playing on sponsor exemptions. ... Another exemption went to Gianna Clemente, best known for getting into three straight LPGA events through Monday qualifying at age 14 in the late summer of 2022. ... Patty Tavatanakit won the tournament last year, joining Ariya Jutanugarn (2021) as the only Thai players to win on home soil. Next week: HSBC Women's World Championship. Online: ___ European Tour MAGICAL KENYA OPEN Site: Nairobi, Kenya. Course: Muthaiga GC. Yardage: 7,208. Par: 71. Prize money: $2.5 million. Winner's share: $416,667. Television: Thursday-Friday, 5-10 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 4:30-9 a.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 4-9 a.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: Darius Van Driel. Race to Dubai leader: Tyrrell Hatton. Notes: This is the first of three stops on the African continent. ... The field does not include anyone from the top 100 in the world ranking. ... Haotong Li is coming off a victory in the Qatar Masters. ... Brandon Wu, Troy Merritt and Callum Tarren are playing under a category that awards spots to PGA Tour players who finished between No. 126 and 200 in the FedEx Cup last year. ... This is the sixth year for the Kenya Open to be part of the European tour. It was on the Challenge Tour schedule dating to 1991. ... Among the past champions are Seve Ballesteros, Ian Woosnam and Trevor Immelman. ... No American has ever won the Kenya Open since it began in 1967 as an associate event for what initially became the Safari Circuit. ... Tyrrell Hatton remains atop the Race to Dubai from his victory in the Dubai Desert Classic, a Rolex event. ... The European tour will be in South Africa the next two weeks. Last tournament: Haotong Li won the Qatar Masters. Next week: Investec South African Open Championship. Online: ___ LIV Golf League Last week: Joaquin Niemann won LIV Golf Adelaide. Next tournament: LIV Golf Hong Kong on March 7-9. Points leader: Adrian Meronk. Online: ___ PGA Tour Champions Last week: Justin Leonard won the Chubb Classic. Next tournament: Cologuard Classic on March 7-9. Charles Schwab Cup leader: Ernie Els. Online: ___ Korn Ferry Tour Last tournament: Kyle Westmoreland won the Panama Championship. Next week: Visa Argentina Open on Feb. 27-March 2. Points leader: Hank Lebioda. Online: ___ Other tours Sunshine Tour: Hyundai Open, Royal Johannesburg GC (East), Johannesburg. Defending champion: New tournament. Online: PGA Tour of Australasia: Webex Players Series Sydney, Castle Hill CC, Norwest, Australia. Previous winner: Kazuma Kobori. Online: ___ AP golf:
Associated Press
18-02-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Slow week in golf as PGA Tour goes to Mexico and LPGA begins a swing through Asia
PGA Tour MEXICO OPEN AT VIDANTAWORLD Site: Vallarta, Mexico. Course: Vallarta Vidanta. Yardage: 7,436. Par: 71. Prize money: $7 million. Winner's share: $1.26 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (NBC). Defending champion: Jake Knapp. FedEx Cup leader: Ludvig Aberg. Last week: Ludvig Aberg won the Genesis Invitational. Notes: The Mexico Open technically is on the western coast of America, but it's the start of NBC's coverage until the Masters. ... Aaron Rai (No. 29) is the highest-ranked player in a field that features only four from the top 50. ... The 132-man field includes six additional sponsor exemptions set aside for Latin American players. That list includes Alvaro Ortiz, a former Latin American Amateur champion and the younger brother of Carlos Ortiz. ... Padraig Harrington is in the field. He played three times on the European tour earlier this year. ... The winner gets an invitation to the Masters. Only 11 players in the field are already in the Masters. That includes two amateurs, U.S. Amateur champion Jose Luis Ballester and Latin American Amateur champion Justin Hastings. ... Blades Brown, the latest teenager to turn pro, has received another sponsor exemption. He missed the cut in The American Express. Next week: Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches. ___ LPGA Tour HONDA LPGA THAILAND Site: Chonburi, Thailand. Course: Siam CC (Old). Yardage: 6,632. Par: 72. Prize money: $1.7 million. Winner's share: $255,000. Television: Wednesday-Thursday, 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 10:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: Patty Tavatanakit. Race to CME Globe leader: A Lim Kim. Last tournament: Yealimi Noh won the Founders Cup. Notes: This starts the first Asia swing on the LPGA Tour, which goes from Thailand to Singapore to China. There will be another Asia swing in the fall. ... Seven of the top 10 in the women's world ranking are playing in Thailand. That does not include Nelly Korda and Lydia Ko, the top two players. ... The two LPGA winners this season are in the field, A Lim Kim (Tournament of Champions) and Yealimi Noh (Founders Cup). ... The field includes Japanese twins Akie and Chisato Iwai, who both earned cards through LPGA qualifying last year. They are playing on sponsor exemptions. ... Another exemption went to Gianna Clemente, best known for getting into three straight LPGA events through Monday qualifying at age 14 in the late summer of 2022. ... Patty Tavatanakit won the tournament last year, joining Ariya Jutanugarn (2021) as the only Thai players to win on home soil. Next week: HSBC Women's World Championship. ___ European Tour MAGICAL KENYA OPEN Site: Nairobi, Kenya. Course: Muthaiga GC. Yardage: 7,208. Par: 71. Prize money: $2.5 million. Winner's share: $416,667. Television: Thursday-Friday, 5-10 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 4:30-9 a.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 4-9 a.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: Darius Van Driel. Race to Dubai leader: Tyrrell Hatton. Notes: This is the first of three stops on the African continent. ... The field does not include anyone from the top 100 in the world ranking. ... Haotong Li is coming off a victory in the Qatar Masters. ... Brandon Wu, Troy Merritt and Callum Tarren are playing under a category that awards spots to PGA Tour players who finished between No. 126 and 200 in the FedEx Cup last year. ... This is the sixth year for the Kenya Open to be part of the European tour. It was on the Challenge Tour schedule dating to 1991. ... Among the past champions are Seve Ballesteros, Ian Woosnam and Trevor Immelman. ... No American has ever won the Kenya Open since it began in 1967 as an associate event for what initially became the Safari Circuit. ... Tyrrell Hatton remains atop the Race to Dubai from his victory in the Dubai Desert Classic, a Rolex event. ... The European tour will be in South Africa the next two weeks. Last tournament: Haotong Li won the Qatar Masters. ___ LIV Golf League Last week: Joaquin Niemann won LIV Golf Adelaide. Next tournament: LIV Golf Hong Kong on March 7-9. Points leader: Adrian Meronk. ___ PGA Tour Champions Last week: Justin Leonard won the Chubb Classic. Next tournament: Cologuard Classic on March 7-9. Charles Schwab Cup leader: Ernie Els. Online: ___ Korn Ferry Tour Last tournament: Kyle Westmoreland won the Panama Championship. Next week: Visa Argentina Open on Feb. 27-March 2. Points leader: Hank Lebioda. ___ Other tours ___
