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Amy Yang wins CME Group Tour Championship, $2 million prize

34-year-old Amy Yang birdied her last two holes to win the CME Group Tour Championship — and $2 million (€1.83m) — with a 6-under 66. The South Korean golfer dropped her face in her hands before being doused in enough champagne that she needed to towel off before signing her card. “Never give up,” said Yang, the oldest winner on …

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LPGA and CME Group announce $4 million largest ever individual prize in women’s sport

The winner of next year’s CME Group Championship will receive a record $4 million (€3.66 million) prize, the LPGA and CME Group announced earlier this week. The award will be the largest individual prize in the history of women’s sport. The runner-up will also receive $1 million out of a total $11 million purse, an increase from 2023’s $7 million …

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Leona Maguire’s Best Year Yet

Things are going better than ever for Leona Maguire. With a fourth-place finish at the Andalucia Open de Espana on Sunday Nov. 27th, the 27-year-old rounded off her best season so far by maintaining her 11th-in-the-world-rank, a career-high. She had moved up nine places following a second-place finish at the CME Championship a week prior, missing out on the largest-ever …

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Maguire Takes Second to Ko in the CME Group Tour Championship

Last Saturday, Leona Maguire carded a nine-under 63 after 3 rounds of the CME Group Tour Championship in Florida. This set up a thrilling duel between herself and Lydia Ko for the richest prize known to women’s golf, $2 million.    Maguire is one of the 11 first-time winners on the LPGA Tour this year. Lydia Ko was one of …

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2nd for Jennings in Ultramarathon, Biggest ever payday for Maguire- Weekend Roundup

National Cross Country Championships- First Senior Title for Healy  Sarah Healy claimed her first national senior title at the National Cross Country Championships in Donegal this weekend in the 8000m, besting European silver medallist Ciara Mageean by 15 seconds with a time of 27:05– though Mageean still impressed as she ran much of the last lap with only one spike. …

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