(AP) THE LPGA WILL REQUIRE PLAYERS to speak English starting in 2009, with players who have been LPGA members for two years facing suspension if they can’t pass an oral evaluation of English skills.(????) ?? ????? ??? ??…

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MAYBE ANNIKA HAS THE RIGHT IDEA. She is leaving the game for her own reasons, but the surge of young talent in women’s golf might have me thinking about hanging up my cleats.Exhibit A: 20-year-old Ji-Yai Shin. The world No. 10, who plays the South Ko…

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Yawnnn… ZZZZZZZ. Oh, is this thing on?
As you may know, I’m golf blog boycotting a certain player who was formerly referred to as “the female Tiger Woods” (FTW). FTW seems to prefer getting her ass handed to her by the men of the PGA Tour rather than paying her dues on [...]

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Lorena at work. (DB/Flickr)IN AN AP STORY, LORENA OCHOA SAID she plans to retire in five or six years while in her early 30s. She hopes to still be ranked No. 1 when she leaves the game, which would be a monumental achievement considering all the risin…

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Lorena OchoaANGELA PARK SHOT A 68 on Friday to take a one-shot lead over Helen Alfredsson heading into the weekend at the Evian Masters in France. Alfredsson fired a nine-under 63 in the second round.Cristie Kerr is in a five-way tie for third after a …

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A HALL OF FAME GOLFER, Judy Rankin began her broadcast career in 1984, a rare female walking the fairways with and reporting on PGA Tour professionals.“I was quite sure I was going to be a miserable failure,” Rankin told Golf Digest.That was 24 yea…

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Souchak on SI cover.PAULA CREAMER WAS BLAZING HOT yesterday at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic. The Pink Panther fired a course-record 60, including a seven-under 27 on her second nine. Paula birdied nine of her last 11 holes.At the 1955 Texas Ope…

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Man what an interesting week in the world of professional golf. Tiger is out and I’m sure the networks and golf publications are gasping for oxygen.
Too young? Nope!
Inbee Park won the Women’s U.S. Open at the age of 20, the youngest Open winner ever.
Too old? Nope!
Some other PGA Tour players may want to [...]

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HELEN ALFREDSSON. NOW THERE’S A BLAST from the LPGA past. Ranked 116th in the world, the 43-year-old Alfredsson is right in the thick of things at the U.S. Women’s Open at Edina, Minnesota. I doubt that she’ll win, but what a story it would be.If…

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Heeeeere’s Johnny!TEN HOURS OF TV COVERAGE are on tap for the U.S. Women’s Open. It’s ESPN on Friday and all NBC on the weekend.Friday3:00-7:00 PM EDT on ESPNSaturday & Sunday3:00-6:00 PM EDT on NBCOn ESPN, I think you’ll probably hear Andy North…

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WOULD ANYONE BE TERRIBLY UPSET if Annika Sorenstam won her fourth U.S. Women’s Open?Sorenstam is retiring at the end of the season, and as much as I like Lorena Ochoa — I think she’s awesome, actually — I wouldn’t mind another shiny National Op…

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(Yani Tseng)THE MCDONALD’S LPGA CHAMPIONSHIP had a full menu of golf drama, including a playoff and 19-year-old rookie winner named Yani Tseng, but it was no happy meal for Lorena Ochoa and Annika Sorenstam. Both finished one shot back in a tie for thi…

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“Let’s go to Memphis in the meantime, baby.”?John HiattThis week definitely reminds me of the above lyric from the John Hiatt song.I admit I’m looking ahead with a full shag bag of anticipation to the U.S. Open. Can’t wait. I think most gol…

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(Glasson/Flickr)“MOVE OVER, BOYS.”So begins the news release announcing that June is Women’s Golf Month, sponsored by American Express. The announcement states that more than 68,000 women across the country have been introduced or re-introduced t…

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THOSE TIRE TRACKS up the backs of LPGA Tour players at the Michelob ULTRA Open belonged to Annika Sorenstram.Annika notched her third win of the season with a truly dominating performance. Rounds of 64, 66, 69 and 66 put Sorenstam at 19 under for a sev…

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Is Paula Creamer wearing shorts in this picture or a skirt? Not sure this is a terribly good choice for Yahoo Sports to be displaying this picture of Paula in their RSS golf news feed. It’s quite “Ladies of Big Break crotch shotesque” of them.
Of course, being a golf blogger with [...]

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THIS WAS THE ONE that didn’t get away from Paula Creamer.Creamer, or the “Pink Panther” as she’s known by fans, lost her two-stroke advantage on the 72nd hole when Juli Inkster rolled in a clutch mid-range birdie putt. Paula couldn’t convert …

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Anthony KimTHEY’RE TWO of the brightest young stars in professional golf. And they’re leading their respective tour events heading into Sunday’s final rounds.They’re Anthony Kim, 22, and winless on the PGA Tour, and Paula Creamer, 21, and already…

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Juli Inkster (Eddie Honeyfield/Flickr)Hall-of-Fame golfer Juli Inkster will miss next month’s McDonald’s LPGA Championship, ending a streak of competing in 56 consecutive majors.The reason? Inkster’s youngest daughter, Cori, is graduating from ju…

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I’m glad that Annika Sorenstam got herself back in the winner’s circle today. She defeated Paula Creamer on the first hole of a playoff at the Stanford International Pro-Am. That marks victory #71.
All due respect to Lorena Ochoa, Annika is still #1 in my book.

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(N Gottwald/Flickr)When Lorena Ochoa was five years old, she climbed a tree at the Guadalajara Country Club and tumbled to the ground, breaking both of her small wrists. Young Lorena wore a cast that extended from her shoulders to fingers for three mon…

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Continue reading → Lorena Ochoa’s Magical Wrists

At yesterday’s Ginn Open media conference, Lorena Ochoa was asked if she would ever consider playing in a PGA Tour event.“No,” Lorena said. “My idea was first to play on the LPGA and dominate here and just try to do my best and achieve my goals…

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(N Gottwald/Flickr)Here’s an interesting excerpt from Lorena Ochoa’s press conference after yesterday’s first round at the Kraft Nabisco Championship:Q. Lorena, playing up ahead of you was Annika. A lot of players are saying they are looking for …

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How hard is it to win your state amateur championship? Extremely hard. How about winning two in a row? My friend Rachel Newren did. Rachel is no longer an amateur though. She’s turned pro and will be going on the Futures Tour this year. I’ve had the pleasure of [...]

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Twenty under. That pretty much says it all about the first 2008 start for Lorena Ochoa at the HSBC Women’s Champions in Singapore. Lorena won by 11 strokes over second-place finisher Annika Sorenstam.When asked to put her opening victory into context…

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Lorena Ochoa and Annika Sorenstam.(N Gottwald/Flickr)Annika Sorenstam left it up to the scribblers to decide the significance of her season-opening win at the SBS Open at Turtle Bay in Kahuku, Hawaii. It was Sorenstam’s 70th LPGA Tour title.“What k…

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I’ve always been a huge Annika Sorenstam fan. I haven’t jumped on the Lorena Ochoa bandwagon yet. I’m very glad to see Annika get her 70th win in Hawaii at the SBS Open, after going over a year without a victory.

As I’ve said many times, it’s a privilege to have watched golf [...]

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The Green Blazer has the quote of the week:
“Michelle Wie turns 18. Pedophiles lose interest.”

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Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing a lady who I consider to be one of the most beautiful women in the golf world (a.k.a. golf babe), Blair O’Neal. Blair is not only a great golfer and a successful model, she’s a downright nice person.
1. You are a multi-tasking woman. You have two fields [...]

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At GolfDigest.com, Johnny Miller opines on the game’s best performers, from driving to putting.”You might be asking why Tiger’s name isn’t on all of them — some would argue that it could be,” Johnny writes. “But from my spot in the NBC tower, I defini…

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Two years ago my pal Bogeyman got me Ashey Prange’s (Big Break) autograph with the quote “long and straight.” Ahem.

Last year at the 2007 PGA Show I met Ashley and got a pic with her. Fast forward one year and I meet her again for the 2nd time. The story…
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Ladies Will Bring Drama to Big Break Ka’anapali as the Big Break series returns for ninth season!
ORLANDO, Fla. (Jan. 7, 2008) – The girls are back and Big Break Ka’anapali is the place to catch the best female cast in Big Break series history. Coming this spring, the popular GOLF CHANNEL series will be hotter [...]

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2007 Masters Blog

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Today is the last day of 2007. I’m going through the year’s posts and highlighting by month, some of the best subjects of the year.
January 2007
January 2007 saw me at my first PGA Merchandise Show and I got a ton of hits, comments and thousands of video views of my interviews. I even [...]

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I didn’t have a jumpsuit like these pro caddies when I looped for Orville Moody this year. (Glasson/Flickr)Not too bad a year for this golf blogger. I made many new golf connections, including other golf bloggers and writers and several Tour pros — me…

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Lorena Ochoa is not just the best female golfer. She is also the best women’s athlete of 2007, according to The Associated Press.No argument here.Lorena Ochoa won her second straight AP Female Athlete of the Year award in a landslide, collecting 71 vot…

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And there was much rejoicing…
Thankfully, Michelle Wie will not be given the opportunity to humiliate herself in the PGA Tour’s Sony Open this year. No sponsors’ exemptions.
Wie has also apparently said that she plans to focus on women’s tournaments this year. Gee what a brilliant idea. I wonder what rocket scientist thought [...]

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(N Gottwald/Flickr)Annika Sorenstam capped a tough year with a victory this past weekend at the Dubai Ladies Masters, avoiding her first winless season since 1993.In 2007 Sorenstam lost her world No. 1 ranking to Lorena Ochoa and ruptured a disk in her…

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Every year around this time of year (Thanksgiving for us in the USA) I do the Hooked On Golf Blog Turkey Awards. To get on this list of awards, you have to be some kind of bonehead in the golf world. Last year the clear #1 Turkey was Phil Mickelson’s collapse at the [...]

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(N Gottwald/Flickr)Lorena Ochoa won the ADT Championship on Sunday with an unlikely birdie on the final hole. The two-shot victory over Natalie Gulbis earned the women’s No. 1 golfer a $1 million first prize.That’s eight wins and more than $4.3 mil…

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The New LPGA Logo Sucks
Wow. Have you seen the new LPGA logo? Man the old one was way better. This one is so, cliche’ and as my new female golf blogger friend Pink Diva says it’s “circa 1980’s.”
See what getting married will do to your golf game?
Missing the weekend at Trump National [...]

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Continue reading → New LPGA Logo Sucks :: Annika Sorenstam winless in 2007

Creamer in black. (N Gottwald/Flickr)A good year got even better for Paula Creamer this past weekend with her dominating win at the LPGA’s Tournament of Champions in Mobile, Alabama. Creamer cruised to an eight-shot victory, firing a final-round 68 f…

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Wow. Like there are like numerous sports like articles quoting Michelle Wie as saying like she like regrets she played this year…like.
Like, um, “Wie” regret she played too.

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The talented and beautiful LPGA star, Natalie Gulbis, strays away from swimsuits and showcases her game face in an all-golf calendar for 2008. Photos capture her on the golf course and highlight her competitive spirit and drive to succeed.
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The Natalie Gulbis Show begins airing it’s 2007 season Wednesday night September 19th at 10pm ET on the Golf Channel. The 6 part original reality tv series will run each Wednesday night at 10pm ET through October 24th. Repeats can be seen on various da…

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Continue reading → The Natalie Gulbis Show To Begin Airing September 19th

The Natalie Gulbis Show begins airing it’s 2007 season Wednesday night September 19th at 10pm ET on the Golf Channel. The 6 part original reality tv series will run each Wednesday night at 10pm ET through October 24th. Repeats can be seen on various days and times throughout weeks and months after the initial airing.
This [...]

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Continue reading → The Natalie Gulbis Show To Begin Airing September 19th

The Natalie Gulbis Show begins airing it’s 2007 season Wednesday night September 19th at 10pm ET on the Golf Channel. The 6 part original reality tv series will run each Wednesday night at 10pm ET through October 24th. Repeats can be seen on various days and times throughout weeks and months after the initial airing.
This [...]

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HALMSTAD, Sweden, Sept. 16, 2007 – Only once in The Solheim Cup history, has a team retained the Cup on foreign soil. Following in the footsteps of their 1996 predecessors, the women of the 2007 U.S. Solheim Cup Team overcame an 8 ½ to 7 ½ deficit to the European Team entering Sunday singles matches [...]

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Continue reading → Natalie Gulbis And Team USA Win Solheim Cup

(BBC Photo)The Solheim Cup, the Ryder Cup-type competition for women professionals, will tee off on Friday in Halmstad, Sweden. The three-day team competition pitting U.S. players against International players will feature foursomes, four-ball and sing…

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Continue reading → Q&A: Paula Creamer, U.S. Solheim Cup Team Member