Equal Prize Money Still on Horizon in Women’s Golf
The US Women’s Open Golf concluded in Pennsylvania on Sunday, with the young Philippine-Japanese star Yuka Saso winning the event and claiming the record prize money. The story of how it has grown relative to the Men’s US Open is interesting. This year’s total prize money for the Women’s Open was €12 million, versus a pot of €20 million for …
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Amundi Signs Irish Star Lauren Walsh And Renews Partnership with KPMG Women’s Irish Open
Amundi, the leading European asset manager, has announced the renewal of its partnership with the KPMG Women’s Irish Open. The renewal aligns with the company’s commitment to supporting women’s golf tournaments. Amundi strengthened this commitment in 2021 by becoming the title sponsor of a women’s major golf tournament ‘The Amundi Evian Championship’. Amundi is also associated with the Amundi Czech …
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Lottie Woad Becomes The First European Woman To Win Augusta National Amateur
Twenty-year-old Lottie Woad etched her name in history at the revered venue of the Masters on Saturday, becoming the first European female to win Augusta National Amateur. Entering the final stretch in the fifth edition of the prestigious tournament, Woad trailed Bailey Shoemaker by one stroke after the American posted a course-record 66. In a dramatic finale, Wood managed to …
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Nelly Korda Makes History By Clinching Third Consecutive LPGA Tour Victory At Ford Championship
Nelly Korda secured her third successive LPGA Tour title with a commanding performance at the Ford Championship in Arizona this weekend – becoming the first LPGA Tour player in eight years to win three straight starts. Facing a two-shot deficit at the beginning of the day, world number one Korda delivered a flawless bogey-free round, carding a sensational seven-under-par 65. …
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Want To Get Into Golf? Now’s Your Chance! Golf Ireland Have Started Chip & Chat
Golf Ireland have launched Ireland’s first Women’s Social Golf Community – Chip & Chat.
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Jin Young Ko Ties Record For Most Weeks At The Top Of The Rolex Rankings
Jin Young Ko has tied Lorena Ochoa’s record of the most weeks at the top of the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings. The fifteen-time LPGA Tour winner has been at the top of the rankings for the past 158 weeks, since July 2019, tying the record set by Ochoa from 2007 – 2010. Since 2019, she has had to battle …
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Coughlan Looks To Play Herself Into Form
Douglas golfer Clodagh Coughlan is keeping her expectations low as she returns from injury and tries to hit form this summer with today’s Connacht Over 18 Women’s Senior Amateur Open the primary target now. The 24-year-old finished T9 in the Flogas Irish Women’s Amateur Open Championship in Woodbrook and is steadily picking up pace heading into the height of the …
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Jessica Ross Finds Form And Silverware In Clandeboye
Jessica Ross walked away with a victory at the Ulster Men’s and Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Open Championships in Clandeboye yesterday (30 May). In the Women’s event, Ross had a comfortable lead starting her round and with Kate Lanigan (Hermitage) posting a 77 that was only enough for a +1 total and second place. Bridgestone Order of Merit leader Emma …
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Golfer Lauren Walsh Flying High In USA
By Valerie Clancy Castlewarden golfer Lauren Walsh says the hard work has paid off as her team at Wake Forest won the 2023 Division 1 Women’s Golf Championship yesterday. The event, which took place at Grayhawk Golf Club in Arizona, saw Walsh play a crucial part in the team’s win by securing a point in a 3&2 victory over her …
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Saudi Backed LIV Golf Target Women’s Circuit. Will There Be Similar Outrage?
LIV Golf, the ambitious new venture backed by Saudi Arabia, has set its sights on creating a women’s circuit that could rival the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.
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