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Matilda Castren victorious in LPGA event at Lake Merced to become first Finnish winner on Tour

by admin | Jun 14, 2021 | Representation, SEW

 Matilda Castren became the first Finnish winner in LPGA Tour history Sunday in the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship, pulling away on the front-nine at foggy Lake Merced and holding off Min Lee by two strokes. “It’s a huge honor to be a winner as a rookie,...

A surreal back nine at the U.S. Women’s Open leaves Yuka Saso a major champ and Lexi Thompson heartbroken again

by admin | Jun 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Lexi Thompson managed to tell herself to smile. After all, that’s what all the work she’d done with herself was about. Be positive. Be grateful. Do not beat yourself up. So, when she walked off the 18th hole at The Olympic Club on Sunday afternoon, every fiber of her...

How to juggle a pro golf career when you’re a Mom

by admin | Jun 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Arms and hips not in sync? Struggling with your game? Try carrying an unborn child while you plot your way around the course. Twenty years ago, this is exactly what amateur Brenda Corrie-Kuehn — eight months pregnant — did at the US Women’s Open at Pine...

At 14, Chloe Kovelesky is the youngest player in the U.S. Women’s Open field. She’s also one of the longest

by admin | Jun 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW

SAN FRANCISCO — As 14-year-old Chloe Kovelesky prepares to swing, she gathers herself. The youngest player in the 76th U.S. Women’s Open field has a slight squat motion that acts as her trigger before taking the club back, then mashing 280-plus-yard drives beyond some...

How big a deal is winning the U.S. Women’s Open? For So Yeon Ryu, it all but saved her career

by admin | Jun 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW

So Yeon Ryu’s U.S. Women’s Open victory 10 years ago at The Broadmoor continues to have a movie-like feel to her. The then 21-year-old directed the triumph through extended weather delays in Colorado, staging a climactic finish when she made a birdie on the 72nd hole...

Michelle Wie West calls winning the U.S. Women’s Open life-changing. In this next chapter, will she be a game-changer?

by admin | May 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW

The first time Michelle Wie West left her daughter to go to work she cried. That’s not unusual, of course. In Wie West’s case, she was headed to the first tee for Round 1 of the Kia Classic, her first official round on the LPGA in 643 days. Wie West was staying on...

Princeton AD Mollie Marcoux Samaan hired as LPGA commissioner

by admin | May 27, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

The LPGA Tour chose Princeton athletic director Mollie Marcoux Samaan as its commissioner Tuesday, the second woman to lead the tour since its formation in 1950. Marcoux Samaan succeeds Mike Whan, who announced in January he was resigning and then took over as CEO of...

Wei-Ling Hsu’s late eagle creates big swing, keys first career LPGA win

by admin | May 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Wei-Ling Hsu promised her caddie she wouldn’t cry if, or when, she finally won. She was mistaken. Hsu eagled the par-5 15th hole Sunday, creating a four-shot swing that gave her a two-shot lead, and won the LPGA Tour’s Pure Silk Championship for her first career...

Coaches and players talk about the NCAA women’s regional that became their worst nightmare

by admin | May 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Imagine dedicating years of your life to achieving a single goal, only to have it ripped away from you at the last minute. That’s what happened Wednesday at the NCAA Div. I Women’s Golf Regional in Baton Rouge, La. That morning, 110 women headed to The University...

Amy Bockerstette’s historic NJCAA golf national championship appearance comes to abrupt end

by admin | May 14, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Amy Bockerstette’s historic appearance at the NJCAA women’s golf national championship came to an unexpected and early end Thursday when the final round was reduced to the top 15 teams and other golfers in the top 24 because of weather...
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