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Wie Forgets to Sign Scorecard, Has to Go Home

18-year-old was in second place, will lose big paycheck

(Newser) - Michelle Wie, playing her best golf of the year, forgot to sign her scorecard and was disqualified from the State Farm Classic in Illinois. Wie, 18, had finished the third round only one shot behind the leader. "I don't know why or how it happened," said Wie, who...

Sorenstam to Retire After 2008 Season

Top female has eye on biz, including golf academy, courses

(Newser) - Annika Sorenstam has announced her retirement from professional golf, effective at the end of the 2008 season, Golf.com reports. The eight-time LPGA player of the year has "other priorities," including starting a family and working to build "the Annika brand of businesses, including my academy, my...

Creamer Holds On to Win SemGroup Championship

(Newser) - Paula Creamer blew another lead late in the final round and found herself in another playoff. Instead of getting nervous, she got mad at herself. After losing a two-shot lead on the final hole, Creamer held off a spirited bid from Juli Inkster by making an 8-foot birdie putt on...

Ochoa: a Lady Tiger?
 Ochoa: a Lady Tiger? 
OPINION
Apr 21, 2008 11:31 AM CDT

Ochoa: a Lady Tiger?

Mexican golfer could complete a 'Lorena Slam'

(Newser) - Golf fans should have no trouble choosing between the Lady or the Tiger at the moment: The best player in the world today, Ed Sherman writes in the Chicago Tribune, is Lorena Ochoa. With four victories in a row and five in six tournaments, the 26-year-old Mexican has already qualified...

Lorena Ochoa Wins Ginn Open
 Lorena Ochoa Wins Ginn Open 
Apr 20, 2008 7:05 PM CDT

Lorena Ochoa Wins Ginn Open

Becomes first in 45 years to win tournaments in four straight weeks

(Newser) - World No. 1 Lorena Ochoa became the first U.S. LPGA Tour player in 45 years to win four tournaments in consecutive weeks on Sunday. Ochoa shot 3-under 69 in the final round of the Ginn Open and beat Taiwanese rookie Yani Tseng by three strokes for her fifth victory...

Lorena Ochoa Wins Corona Championship

Win qualifies her for LPGA Tour Hall of Fame

(Newser) - Lorena Ochoa wasn't distracted when the fans chanted her name on only the second hole of the Corona Championship. But by her last stroke on the 18th hole Sunday, the emotions were too much. The Mexican star had just won her third straight tournament and qualified for the LPGA Tour...

Ochoa Leads Corona Championship
Ochoa Leads Corona
Championship 
Apr 12, 2008 7:09 PM CDT

Ochoa Leads Corona Championship

26-year-old on verge of qualifying for Hall of Fame

(Newser) - Lorena Ochoa closed in on the last point she needs to qualify for the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame, shooting her third straight 7-under 66 today to take a five-stroke lead in the Corona Championship. If Ochoa wins, the 26-year-old Mexican star will become the youngest player to qualify for...

Ochoa Finally Takes the Plunge
 Ochoa Finally Takes the Plunge 
Apr 7, 2008 4:12 AM CDT

Ochoa Finally Takes the Plunge

Wins the Kraft Nabisco Championship

(Newser) - Lorena Ochoa set the silver trophy on a table, clasped hands with her parents and sprinted to the edge of the lake surrounding the 18th green at Mission Hills, then raised both arms as she plunged into the water. Whether she is playing or celebrating, the Mexican star is unstoppable....

Player Charges PGA Drug Use
Player Charges PGA Drug Use
Jul 19, 2007 5:45 AM CDT

Player Charges PGA Drug Use

Gary Player says at least 10 golfers are using enhancers

(Newser) - Former British Open champion Gary Player said yesterday he knows "for a fact" some players on the PGA Tour have used performance-enhancing drugs. "Whether it's HGH, whether it's creatine, or whether it's steroids," the 1968 Carnoustie winner lamented, "we're dreaming if we think it's not coming...

Tiger Skips Paternity Leave, Eyes Carnoustie

New dad has five weeks to prepare for Scottish Open title defense

(Newser) - Golf's most famously competitive personality is unlikely to miss the next major title, despite a frustrating defeat at the US Open at Oakmont and the birth of his first child shortly thereafter. Tiger Woods had announced he might possibly miss an event pending the birth of his daughter, Sam, but...

South Korean Women Get In the Swing

Pak blazes trail to top of pro golf world

(Newser) - Men dominate business in South Korea, and the country has just 250 golf courses. Yet in the nine years since Se Ri Pak won four tournaments as an LPGA rookie, South Koreans have come to dominate the world's top women's tour, the Journal reports.  Ambitious parents even pull their...

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