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Locust Hill To Host LPGA Championship

AP | BEN DOBBIN | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York


ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The LPGA Championship will be held at Locust Hill golf course in suburban Rochester for one year next June, with supermarket c...

Michelle Wie Wins First LPGA Tour Event At Lorena Ochoa Invitational

AP | STEPHEN WADE | Posted 11.16.2009 | Sports


GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Michelle Wie raised both arms in the air, then put a hand over her mouth. No need to say a thing – this celebration...

Michelle Wie v. Golf

Matthew DeBord | Posted 11.11.2009 | Sports


Matthew DeBord

From the moment Michelle Wie arrived, the golf establishment and the media have harassed, hounded, and undermined her success. Why would golf do this to its most bankable star since Tiger Woods?

The Undoing of LPGA Commissioner Carolyn Bivens

Stephanie Wei | Posted 08.13.2009 | Entertainment


Stephanie Wei

Last week, Golfweek broke the story that 15 of the LPGA Tour's most notable players drafted a letter to the board of directors calling for Tour's Commissioner to step down: a coup d'etat, if you will.

LPGA Drops Plan To Suspend Players Not Conversant In English

New York Times | BILL PENNINGTON | Posted 10.07.2008 | Home


Bowing to a torrent of criticism, the L.P.G.A. Tour dropped plans on Friday to suspend players who were not conversant in English by 2009. The tour sa...

"The Wilhelmina 7": LPGA Golfers in Bikinis, Evening Gowns and Lingerie -- and Why It May Be the Smartest Move in Women's Sports Today

Dave Hollander | Posted 08.15.2008 | Entertainment


Dave Hollander

The double-standard women athletes endure with regard to marketing their sexuality is totally unacceptable. For both men and women: It's not just good for their sport -- it's good for their careers.