LPGA Golf News

MOBILE BAY : American Jennifer Johnson fired a seven-under 65 on Sunday to seize her first LPGA title, posting a one-shot victory over Pornanong Phatlum and Jessica Korda in the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic.

The LPGA is coming back to Prattville in 2014 with the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail being named as presenting partner of the tournament.

World No. 1 golfer Park In-bee has been named female athlete of the month for April by the United States Sports Academy.

Ten years ago, as I stood near the 10th tee at Colonial Country Club waiting for Annika Sorenstam to hit her first shot in the Bank of America Colonial, an incredible jolt surged through my body.

Jennifer Johnson fired a 7-under 65 on Sunday and earned a 1-stroke win at the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic.

The countdown to the ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer has begun with three days of championship play set to begin on Friday, May 31 on the historic Bay Course at Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club.

The history books show Annika Sorenstam made headlines and drew record crowds to the 2003 Colonial tournament because she became the first female golfer in 58 years to compete against male peers in a PGA Tour event.

Eunjung Yi stands on a bridge waiting for a rules official after her tee shot rolled down the cart path along the 18th fairway during the second round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic at Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Ala., on Friday, May 17, 2013.

Golfers on the Symetra Tour lit up the Country Club of Asheville on Friday in the first round of the Friends of Mission Charity Classic.

Jessica Korda carded a 7-under 65 on Friday and moved one stroke clear of the field after two rounds of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic.

Lexi Thompson birdied four of her last five holes for a 7-under 65 and a share of the first-round lead Thursday with Eun-Hee Ji in the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic.

Stacy Lewis autographs Brandon Tice's hat after winning the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic at Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Ala., on April 29, 2012.

Carson-Newman University athletic director Allen Morgan introduces Suzanne Strudwick as the school's new golf coach on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Dottie Pepper is returning to golf broadcasting, signing a deal with ESPN that she calls a perfect fit of TV work and promoting junior golf.

Lizette Salas, who is in her second year on the LPGA Tour, works with junior golfers at Azusa Greens Golf Course recently.

Golfer Hee Young Park gets a high five from one of the players in her foursome after sinking a putt during the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic pro-am on April 25, 2012, at Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Ala.

Karlin Beck practices for the Navistar LPGA Classic on Monday September 17, 2012 at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Capitol Hill in Prattville, Ala.

Chicago's two local qualifying tournaments for the U.S. Open are over. Now comes the hard part for the 10 golfers who survived.

Jun. 25, 2011; Pittsford, NY, USA; Stacy Lewis tees off on the 1st hole during the third round of the Wegmans LPGA championship at the Locust Hill Country Club.

Becky Morgan's grandfather would have been proud of her. Morgan, an LPGA Tour regular since 2001, had to pull out of a U.S. Women's Open qualifier in Baltimore last week to return to her native Wales to attend the funeral of her 91-year-old grandfather, Phil Harris.