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Cheyenne Woods, the 18-year-old niece of Tiger Woods, will play in her first LPGA tournament next month. Cheyenne Woods, a freshman at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, was given a sponsor's exemption to play in the Wegmans LPGA event June 25-28 at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, N.Y. Cheyenne is the daughter of Earl Woods Jr., the son of Tiger Woods's father, Earl Sr. http://www.canada.com/sports/golf/Woods+niece+make+LPGA+debut/1615901/story.html
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CLIFTON, N.J. — South Korea’s Oh Ji Young captured her second LPGA Tour title Sunday, defeating Norwegian Suzann Pettersen by four shots at the Sybase Classic. Oh carded a two-under par 70 for a 14-under total of 274. She claimed the $300,000 US first prize and added the title to the State Farm Classic crown she won last year. The 20-year-old finished with a flourish, draining a ...
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Lorena Ochoa will try to join a select club this week as she seeks her fourth straight title in the $2-million LPGA Sybase Classic. Only Swedish superstar Annika Sorenstam, and 20-time LPGA tour winner Laura Davies of England, have won the same title four consecutive times -- Sorenstam nabbing the Mizuno Classic five straight years from 2001-05 and Davies the Standard Register PING four straight seasons ...
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va., — American Cristie Kerr seized the lead with a birdie at 15 and held on to beat South Korea’s In-Kyung Kim by two strokes in the LPGA Michelob Ultra Open by two shots on Sunday. Kerr, who lifted the trophy at the same event in 2005, fired a final-round one-under par 70 for a 16-under ...
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Williamsburg, VA (Sports Network) - Cristie Kerr shot a one-under 70 on Sunday and squeezed past a tight leaderboard to win the Michelob Ultra Open for the second time. Kerr, also the 2005 champion, finished at 16-under-par 268 for a two-stroke victory. It was the 12th title of her career and first this season. Her $330,000 winner's check vaulted her to the top of the money ...
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Seoul, South Korea (Sports Network) - Grace Park underwent successful arthroscopic hip surgery this week and will miss up to four months of action on the LPGA Tour. "It was a very difficult decision to have the surgery and miss time, but this was the only way to get back to being healthy and strong," Park said in a statement. "Doctors have given me a very ...
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MORELIA, Mexico— Mexican star Lorena Ochoa shot a 5-under 68 on Sunday to hold off Norway's Suzann Pettersen by a stroke in a dramatic final round and win the Corona Championship for the second straight year. Ochoa, who also won the tournament in 2006, had back-to-back birdies on the 15th and 16th holes to break a ...
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Site: Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico Course: 6,539 yards, par 73 Purse: $1,300,000 Status: Official Rank Player Today Thru To Par 1 2 3 4 Total Winnings 1 Lorena Ochoa -5 F -25 65 65 69 68 267 $195,000 2 Suzann Pettersen -5 F -24 69 64 67 68 268 $120,662 3 Na Yeon Choi -3 F -18 66 69 69 70 274 $87,531 4 Wendy Ward -3 F -17 71 68 66 70 275...
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Morelia, Mexico (Sports Network) - Lorena Ochoa, the hometown favorite and defending champion, shot a four-under 69 on Saturday, but saw her lead cut down to one after three rounds of the Corona Championship. Ochoa finished 54 holes at 20-under 199, which was one off her tournament record from last year, and is one ahead of Suzann Pettersen, who fired a six- under 67 on Saturday. ...
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MORELIA, Mexico (AP) — Lorena Ochoa had another big day at the Corona Championship. The defending champion and top-ranked golfer on the LPGA Tour shot an 8-under 65 on the Tres Marias course to take a one-stroke lead over South Korea's Na Yeon Choi after the first round on Thursday. "It was a good day, there is really not much more to add if you look at ...
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