by admin | Feb 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Former Women’s PGA champion Hannah Green became the first woman to win a mixed-gender golf tournament over 72 holes when she closed with a 5-under 66 for a four-shot victory in the TPS Murray River on the PGA Tour of Australasia. Green, coming off a victory in...
by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
Madelene Sagstrom knows why she did it. She knows why after more than 16 years of living with unimaginable emotional pain she decided to reveal to those closest to her that at the age of 7 she had been sexually abused by a male friend in her native Sweden. And why a...
by admin | Jan 25, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Playing on a professional golf tour can be a lonely place for players, traveling all over the globe with often very little time spent at home. But for sisters Jessica and Nelly Korda, they have a “built-in best buddy” who comes with them to keep them...
by admin | Jan 24, 2022 | Representation, SEW
They played the LPGA’s 2022 season opener in Florida, but from the looks of players all bundled up over the weekend at Orlando’s Lake Nona Golf Club, it might as well have been in Ohio. Shorts and short sleeves worn Thursday and Friday at the Hilton Grand...
by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The U.S. Women’s Open golf tournament prize money will nearly double this year to $10 million, the USGA announced Friday. That number is up from $5.5 million last year and will continue to increase over the next five years to $12 million. It’s the largest purse in...
by admin | Dec 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Grace Summerhays is no stranger to tournament golf. In fact, she has tested herself at almost every level of competitive play there is: junior golf, amateur championships, women’s professional events, even men’s Korn Ferry Tour qualifiers. But there’s one stage she...
by admin | Dec 29, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Playing on a professional golf tour can be a lonely place for players, traveling all over the globe with often very little time spent at home. But for sisters Jessica and Nelly Korda, they have a “built-in best buddy” who comes with them to keep them...
by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW
At age 16, when it comes to driving, most teenagers think about cars. But not Kyndall Campbell—she thinks about driving golf balls. She is a sweet, smart and demure girl, until she starts talking golf. Then her competitive spirit awakens. The young champion golfer sat...
by admin | Nov 29, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Ten years ago, the LPGA Tour had eight players earn at least $1 million in the season. One indication of how much has changed is Nasa Hataoka. The 22-year-old from Japan earned more than $1 million from two runner-up finishes this year. They came at events with the...
by admin | Nov 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Donnie and Jamie Solesbee had no intention of getting their soon-to-be-daughter Autumn into golf. She was a 7-year-old in the foster care system, and the Solesbees were a couple on a journey to adopt. They met and fell in love with the young girl, unaware the game was...
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