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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Brilliant Start For Leona Maguire At The Penultimate Event Of The LPGA Tour

In the penultimate event of the LPGA Tour season, Leona Maguire displayed remarkable steadiness with a bogey-free three-under-par 67 in The Annika by Gainbridge at Pelican in Bellaire, Florida. Following her involvement in Europe’s Solheim Cup success in September, Maguire meticulously scheduled her late-season tournaments. Participating in only one of the LPGA Tour’s four-week Asian Swing, the world number 19 …

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Lexi Thompson shoots 69, barely misses cut in PGA tour debut

Lexi Thompson has just barely missed the cut, and the chance to make history, on her PGA tour debut — but she has more than shown naysayers she can compete with the men. Thompson shot a 2-under par 69 in her second round at the Shriners Children’s Open in Las Vegas Friday, meaning that with a 2-over par 73 in …

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Leona Maguire on her “most successful year to date”

It has been a super successful year for Irish professional golfer Leona Maguire. Since early 2021, Maguire has claimed three top 10 finishes at the LPGA majors and making her mark in Europe’s Solheim Cup victory in Ohio in September. “I think it’s been my most successful year to date” she expressed. “The majors are obviously a big focus point …

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Atthaya Thitikul: Golf’s New No. 1

Thai teenager, Atthaya Thitikul, is embracing being golf’s new number 1 at the young age of 19.    Atthaya has reached number 1 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, being the 16th different player to reach number one and the second from Thailand behind Ariya Jutanugarn, who sat on top for 23 weeks between June 2017 and March 2019. …

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