Lydia Ko Sets L.P.G.A. Record
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lydia Ko became the youngest player to win the L.P.G.A. Tour’s rookie of the year award.
Lydia Ko has become the youngest player to win the LPGA Tour's rookie of the year award.
Lydia Ko became the youngest player to win the L.P.G.A. Tour’s rookie of the year award.
Watson won his first World Golf Championship event, beating Tim Clark at the HSBC Champions in Shanghai.
McDowell shot a one-under-par 71 as his lead in the HSBC Champions in Shanghai dwindled to a shot over Hiroshi Iwata, a gate-crasher on a leader board top-heavy with major champions.
McDowell had a bogey-free round of five-under-par 67 to build a three-shot lead at the HSBC Championship in Shanghai.
Cappelen had five birdies on the front nine on the way to a seven-under-par 65 that gave him a two-shot lead at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Miss.
Phil Mickelson and his longtime caddie, Jim Mackay, work together seamlessly and share a deep emotional bond exemplified by Mackay’s emotional reaction to Mickelson’s victory at the 2013 British Open.
The British golfer Harry Vardon, the folk hero of professional golf’s formative era, inspired most of the game’s culture as it exists today, notably with his unmatched six British Open titles.
For Louise Richardson, the principal of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, the exclusion of female members by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club transcends gender politics. It has become a workplace hurdle.
Coupled with the recent success of No. 1-ranked Stacy Lewis, Michelle Wie reaching her long-awaited potential at the United States Women’s Open further heightened the profile of American women in the sport.
Martin Kaymer, who opened the tournament with a course-record 65, closed with a 69 at Pinehurst No. 2 for a 72-hole total of nine-under-par 271. He finished eight strokes ahead of Erik Compton and Rickie Fowler.
The Pinehurst No. 2 course, recently returned to its original appearance with irregular sand and native vegetation, will host the United States Open and the United States Women’s Open in the coming weeks.