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Sagstrom ends 5-year drought with LPGA Match Play title

Sagstrom ends 5-year drought with LPGA Match Play title

Madelene Sagstrom has ended a five-year LPGA Tour victory drought, overcoming the loss of a four-hole lead in a 1-up victory over Lauren Coughlin in the Match Play final. 7 Apr 2025
Ruffels rises as Zhang wins Cognizant Founders Cup

Ruffels rises as Zhang wins Cognizant Founders Cup

Rising Australian golf star Gabriela Ruffels has achieved the best result of her rookie LPGA Tour season, finishing outright third in the Cognizant Founders Cup in New Jersey. 13 May 2024
Minjee makes it seven LPGA wins

Minjee makes it seven LPGA wins

LPGA scoring leader Minjee Lee has made three birdies on the back nine to capture the Founders Cup by two shots and take her first triumph of the year. 16 May 2022
Minjee in control at Founders Cup

Minjee in control at Founders Cup

The only thing missing from Minjee Lee's resume this year is a victory and the best scorer on the LPGA Tour has taken a big step towards rectifying that in the second round of the Founders Cup. 14 May 2022
Brilliant Sagstrom takes LPGA Founders Cup lead

Brilliant Sagstrom takes LPGA Founders Cup lead

Madelene Sagstrom shot a bogey-free nine-under 63 to take the first-round lead at the LPGA Tour's Founders Cup, but Australia's Minjee Lee is among those lurking. 13 May 2022
Green second, Lee third as Hataoka stars in Hollywood

Green second, Lee third as Hataoka stars in Hollywood

Hannah Green has had her best finish on the LPGA Tour in 12 months by wrapping up second place at the LA Open behind runaway winner Nasa Hataoka. 26 Apr 2022
Karrie impresses as Ko goes low

Karrie impresses as Ko goes low

Legendary Australian golfer Karrie Webb has impressed on her return to the LPGA Tour, firing a one-under opening round at the Gainbridge LPGA in Boca Raton, Florida. 28 Jan 2022
The Preview: Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio

The Preview: Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio

After an intriguing season opener in Orlando the LPGA moves a couple of hours south to Boca Raton for its first full field event of the 2022 season at the Gainbridge LPGA. 25 Jan 2022
Morri: Rules are rules

Morri: Rules are rules

No other sport does a rules snafu quite like golf, as evidenced by the ‘debacle du jour’ from the Solheim Cup this past week. 6 Sep 2021
Minjee Lee charge falls just short at Open

Minjee Lee charge falls just short at Open

Minjee Lee has produced another of her ‘Sunday specials’ but the Australian's final round charge was not enough to earn her back-to-back major wins as Sweden's Anna Nordqvist took the Women's Open Championship at Carnoustie. 23 Aug 2021
Nelly shares Women's Open lead, Aussies within reach

Nelly shares Women's Open lead, Aussies within reach

Rampant World No.1 Nelly Korda can feel a target on her back after a brilliant start to the AIG Women's British Open – and Australia's leading challengers, headed by Minjee Lee, will be firing at it following a round of fireworks at fearsome Carnoustie. 20 Aug 2021
Korda scorches, Green rises in Tokyo heat

Korda scorches, Green rises in Tokyo heat

Following a day of more scorching temperatures, torrid rounds and a potential game-changing storm on the horizon, the fate of the women’s Olympic golf tournament is as unpredictable as the men’s seven-way bronze medal playoff was on Sunday. 5 Aug 2021
Sagstrom beats heat to take first-round Olympic lead

Sagstrom beats heat to take first-round Olympic lead

While the summer heat was something of a forgotten concern ahead of the Tokyo Olympics due to the pandemic, it definitely was noticeable last week during the men’s golf competition and became a real-life factor Wednesday as the women’s tournament got underway at Kasumigaseki Country Club. 4 Aug 2021
Su Oh an LPGA contender at Meijer Classic

Su Oh an LPGA contender at Meijer Classic

Australia's Su Oh has given herself a chance to claim a maiden LPGA Tour victory, sitting fourth going into the final round of the Meijer Classic in Grand Rapids, Michigan. 20 Jun 2021
Salas, Kang clash in 'friendly' match play

Salas, Kang clash in 'friendly' match play

Lizette Salas and Danielle Kang have set up an intriguing LPGA match play clash in Las Vegas, with the close friends battling each other for a berth in the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play last 16. 28 May 2021
Abused Sagstrom wants to touch lives

Abused Sagstrom wants to touch lives

Swedish golfer Madelene Sagstrom has revealed she was sexually abused as a child and hopes by speaking out she may help others in the same situation deal with the trauma. 24 Feb 2021
The Preview: Gainbridge LPGA

The Preview: Gainbridge LPGA

The LPGA Tour returns to Boca Rio Golf Club this week for the second instalment of the Gainbridge LPGA. Here’s everything you need to know about the event, including course information, TV times and players to watch, one of whom is an Aussie about to make her professional debut. 22 Feb 2021
Good vibes for Skarpnord ahead of defence

Good vibes for Skarpnord ahead of defence

It’s a different kind of pressure, being the defending champion. Just ask Marianne Skarpnord ahead of this week’s Geoff King Motors Australian Ladies Classic at Bonville Golf Resort. 19 Feb 2020
Minjee Lee surges up Vic Open leaderboard

Minjee Lee surges up Vic Open leaderboard

World No.9 Minjee Lee has made a big move in the second round of the $1.5-million women's Vic Open at 13th Beach. 7 Feb 2020
Law goes wire-to-wire at Pure Silk

Law goes wire-to-wire at Pure Silk

England's Bronte Law has held off a series of challenges to complete a wire-to-wire victory in the LPGA Tour's Pure Silk Championship in Williamsburg, Virginia. 27 May 2019
Anne van Dam wins the Canberra Classic

Anne van Dam wins the Canberra Classic

Dutch golfer Anne van Dam has powered home to claim the women's Canberra Classic by three shots after a flawless final round. 4 Mar 2019