Paula Creamer News

SPOTTERS in East Lothian have had the privilege over the years of witnessing plenty of young golfers giving a glimpse of promise before going on to become leading lights in the game.

Cristie Kerr made a short par putt on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff with Suzann Pettersen on Sunday to win the Kingsmill Championship for the third time.

Comfort with a course doesn't necessarily translate into a good score, although it surely didn't hurt the five former champions who are playing in this year's Kingsmill Championship.

The United States Golf Association today announced that it has accepted a record number of entries for the 2013 U.S. Womens Open Championship, to be conducted at Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y. The 1,420 entries surpasses the 1,364 entries accepted in 2012 at Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wis., and marks the 10th consecutive year the number of ... (more)

Bowie Young is 4-under through eight holes. She's ahead of Cartiona Matthew, Hee Young Park, Ariya Jutanugarn and Lisa McCloskey.

The LPGA has never seen a playoff like last year's at Kingsmill, and for spectators, the format was perfect.

The South Korean has already won three times this season, including last weekend in the first North Texas LPGA Shootout.

The 24-year-old South Korean will do that beginning Thursday, hoping to stay on the roll that has already produced three victories this season and completed her climb to the No.

Mar 16, 2012; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Jiyai Shin sets up for her putt on the 17th during the second round of the RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup at Wildfire Golf Club.

Jake Judkins, the 2012 Express-News Golfer of the Year, is part of a Jaguars boys trio looking to improve on last year's fifth-place finish at the state tournament.

Johnson High sophomore Taylor Coleman heads to state off last weekend's North Texas LPGA Shootout in Irving, which included a 3-under in the first round.

Jiyai Shin admits to neglecting her "second job." Not that she's lost her love of music.

Caroline Masson still feels at times like the LPGA Tour rookie she is, even after three seasons on the Ladies European Tour and winning the South African Women's Open last year.

Scott McIntyre/Staff LPGA legend Nancy Lopez, right, stands alongside current pro Paula Creamer during ISPS Handa's Heroes, a nine-hole, made-for-TV charity event at TwinEagles Golf Club on Monday.

Last September in the Kingsmill Championship, winner Jiyai Shin and runner-up Paula Creamer engaged in a riveting, LPGA-record, nine-hole playoff.