The Pelican Women’s Championship presented by Konica Minolta and Raymond James marks the 13th time in 18 stroke-play events this season that Leona Maguire has opened with an under-par round.
Defending champion Emily Kristine Pedersen is back at a golf course where she found success as she returns to Saudi Arabia and the scene of her triumph in 2020.
On a tightly contested second day of the Dubai Moonlight Classic presented by EGA, Maria Fassi and Jessica Karlsson sit tied at the top of the leaderboard on ten-under-par. Fassi held the overnight lead after equalling the tournament course record of 63 in round one and although today was tougher, the 23-year-old held onto her position.
An amateur golfer’s 15-foot birdie putt on 18 gave Ladies European Tour stars Linnea Strom (SWE), Jenny Haglund (SWE) and Lucie Malchirand (FRA) a two-shot lead after the opening day at the Aramco Team Series – New York.
Sweden’s Maja Stark put on a clinical display to win for the second time in her last three starts on the Ladies European Tour after firing a superb tournament low-round 65, which propelled her to eight-under-par and two strokes clear of Pia Babnik at the Estrella Damm Ladies Open presented by Catalunya in Sitges, Spain.
Two-time champion Tyrrell Hatton staked his claim for a record third title after an explosive 64 at Carnoustie in the first round of the 20th Anniversary Alfred Dunhill Links. He shares the lead with Spain’s Adri Arnaus, Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts and China’s Haotong Li.
With one day left at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G, LPGA Tour winners Minjee Lee and Nasa Hataoka are tied atop the leaderboard at -12 at Pinnacle Country Club. Lee carded her career-low score with a second-round 63, which included seven birdies in her first 10 holes.
Maybe it was deliberate, or perhaps he will regret his words, but Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee really laid into Ian Poulter. According to Chamblee, Poulter is “the worst ball-striker” at the Ryder Cup “by a lot”.
It seems odd calling it the 2020 Ryder Cup given that we are well into 2021 but these are strange times with Covid. The buzz is
Playing in her first event in six weeks, Rolex Rankings No. 2 Jin Young Ko absolutely dominated the field at the 2021 Cambia Portland Classic. Ko carded a bogey-free 69 on Sunday (the third and final round, after play was cancelled on Saturday due to rain) and earned her ninth LPGA Tour victory, a runaway four-stroke win over Jeongeun Lee and Su Oh.
Kristoffer Broberg will take a commanding eight shot lead into the final round of the 2021 Dutch Open after firing an 11 under par 61 on Saturday to set a new course record at Bernardus Golf. Overnight leader Broberg flew out of the blocks on day three, firing an eagle and four birdies in his opening six holes to stretch his advantage from one to five shots early on.
World number two Jin Young Ko lived up to that title on Friday, carding six birdies and just one bogey for a second-round 67 at the 2021 Cambia Portland Classic. She sits atop the leaderboard at eight-under heading into the weekend at Oregon Golf Club. Ko holds a one-stroke advantage over Gemma Dryburgh in second and a three-stroke lead over Carlota Ciganda in third.
