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Back Injury Sidelines Shin
Thanks to linkage provided by Life On Tour, we now know why Jiyai Shin isn't in Arkansas this week: Shin, 23, was hospitalised in Seoul on Monday with severe back pain and cancelled all her scheduled competitions for the rest of September, SEMA Sports Marketing said in a statement. "She is...
Kia Classic - Epilogue
Sandra Gal's win yesterday reminded me of Beatriz Recari's win at CVS last October in several ways - a European in her mid-20s (Gal is 25, Recari was and still is 23) with many years of experience at other levels (Gal as an amateur champion and All-American at the University of Florida, Recari with...
Kia Classic - Final Round
Sandra Gal birdied the final hole to win the Kia Classic, her first career LPGA victory. Jiyai Shin finished in second place at -15 while Cristie Kerr and In-Kyung Kim tied for third at -11. Shin started the day ahead by one but quickly fell behind, bogeying 2 and 4 to hand Gal the early lead. ...
Kia Classic - 3rd Round
Jiyai Shin leads by one stroke through three rounds of the Kia Classic. Sandra Gal is in second place at -14 while Na Yeon Choi is third at -9, six shots behind the leader. The current two-horse race had materialized even before Round Three started midday Saturday. Coming off her Friday 64, Shin...
Player Profiles - Part 1
As is my annual habit, I will be profiling the Top 30 players in my final 2010 rankings in groups of five. Selected others will follow the Top 30. The numbers in parentheses after each player's name indicates her ranking at the end of 2009, her preseason ranking and the highest position she...
Evian Masters: Creating & Reassigning LPGA Nicknames
The Evian Masters - the LPGA's lead-in to the Women's British Open - produced a great finish in which four players had a legitimate chance to win. Lexi Thompson wrapped up first with birdies on the 71st and 72nd holes to post -13 and temporarily hold the lead. Na Yeon Choi was next - coming home...
Jiyai Shin Is New #1 in Women's Golf
On the heels of her win at the JLPGA's CyberAgent Ladies tournament, Jiyai Shin has assumed the world number one ranking from the now retired Lorena Ochoa. Despite winning the LPGA Tour's Tres Marias Championship for her third win of the year, Japan's Ai Miyazato is in third in the rankings -...
The Day Golf Youth Took the Torch for the Next Generation
The story in the golf world on Friday was that Tiger Woods missed the cut at Quail Hollow, but that Phil Mickelson was in contention to win his second consecutive tournament. If Mickelson had been successful this weekend, he would have an opportunity with a third straight PGA Tour win at the...
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