LPGA Golf News

Lydia Ko, the golfing prodigy who won an LPGA Tour event last summer at the age of 15, and northwest Ohio product Caroline Powers, the winner of the 2013 Dinah Shore Award from the LPGA Foundation, have accepted invitations to play as sponsor exemptions in this summer's Marathon Classic.

It's a fairway fairy tale, how a 16-year-old East Bay girl qualified for the U.S. Women's Open only four years after picking up a golf club for the first time.

The Fifth Annual Afternoon Tee Women Golf Outing took place at the Zanesville Country Club on Monday.

Imagine where the Ladies Professional Golf Association might be today if Rochester dentist Jerry Mesolella didn't have a hard head.

She's 48, tees it up with kids half her age, hopes to play another decade but knows to do it she must find five more minutes of concentration on the course.

Leishman, who earned his first title on the PGA Tour, finished the tournament at 14-under-par 266.

With the LPGA and Ladies European Tours off last weekend, there was little movement in the latest women's world rankings.

The fact that this blog has been as successful as it is is a tribute to the loyalty of the hard core LPGA fans.

As executive director of the 3M Championship golf tournament, Hollis Cavner can change and tweak the Champions Tour event.

Karrie Webb won her first LPGA Tour title in two years, rallying from five shots down for a two-stroke victory over Shanshan Feng on Sunday in the wind-whipped ShopRite LPGA Classic.

Kris Tschetter no longer plays on the LPGA Tour or lives in Sioux Falls. Yet it's always easy to bring her love of golf and her hometown together once a year.

Former Florida State golfer Caroline Westrup , the only four-time golf All-American in school history, will play in the 2013 U.S. Women's Open June 24-30 at Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y. It marks the first career appearance in the U.S. Women's Open for Westrup who graduated from Florida State and turned professional in 2009.

Dottie Pepper makes it clear. It was the writers who used the word "retirement" with regard to her broadcasting career.

Casie Cathrea , 17, of Livermore, is accustomed to setting marks. She's the youngest golfer ever to Monday-qualify for an LPGA event - at age 13, for the CVS/pharmacy Challenge, at Blackhawk Golf Club in Danville; and the co-holder of the course record at Lake Merced Golf Club - 66, which she set during the stroke play portion of the 2012 USGA ... (more)

Nancy Lopez, 48-time LPGA Tour champion and World Golf Hall of Famer, will make an appearance at The Links at Hiawatha Landing during Dick's Sporting Goods Open week.

Scott McIntyre/Staff Golf Channel's Tom Abbott, center, chats with LPGA legend Pat Bradley, left, and LGPA player Lexi Thompson during ISPS Handa's Heroes, a nine-hole, made-for-TV charity event at TwinEagles Golf Club on Monday.

Scott Malaney, Stephanie St. Jean, Roy Armes and Gary Heminger combined for a 124 total on Monday to win the championship flight of the 24th annual Julie Cole Charity Golf Classic at the Findlay Country Club.

Michelle Wie, seen at last week's LPGA Championship, has shown that she can win in Canada before.

Korean pro golfer Jeong Jang signs her daughter into the onsite day-care provided by the LPGA at all its domestic tournaments, including one earlier this month in Galloway Township.

Craig Schaller announced yesterday on Rochester's WHAM 1800 that he has the key to understanding why the LPGA Tour is suffering declining popularity.