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Missing links: Charley Hull, a kindred spirit, and Miguel Angel Jimenez, bon vivant

April 23, 2014

Stories of interest you might have missed…

Future Hall of Famer Laura Davies sees some of herself in Charley Hull's game: "She gets her driver out on pretty much every hole, goes for pins and isn't scared of messing things up, because she is trying to win," Davies tells Ewan Murray of the Guardian.

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Charley Hull at the Kraft Nabisco Championship. (Getty Images photo)

"[Miguel Angel Jimenez is] a walking billboard for the priceless benefits of being comfortable in your own skin," Derek Lawrenson of the Daily Mail writes, chronicling the popular and entertaining Spaniard and his bid to play on the European Ryder Cup team at 50.

Beverly Hanson, a pioneer in women's golf, died in virtual obscurity a few weeks ago, a slight that the Associated Press' Doug Ferguson attempts to correct here. Hanson won 15 tournaments on the LPGA, including three majors, and in 1950 won the U.S. Women's Amateur at East Lake and was presented the trophy by none other than Bobby Jones.

Andrew Parr, a Canadian professional who estimates the annual cost of playing full-time tournament golf at $75,000, has taken a different approach than traditional sponsors to financing his dream: Crowdsourcing. So far, he's raised $42,000, according to this story by Scott Stinson in the National Post.

Paula Creamer, a Northern California native, returns to the homeland this for the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic at Lake Merced Country Club in San Francisco. Ron Kroichick of the San Francisco Chronicle has her homecoming story.