Blog: Editors' Blog

Embracing Kathy Whitworth

In a week when LPGA news was troubling at best, a number its fans and Golf World readers seemed to take solace in Ron Sirak's profile of Hall of Famer Kathy Whitworth. . Dear Editor,...

By Bob Carney

Published Jul. 12, 2009

Keywords Kathy Whitworth | LPGA

Magazine

My Shot: Doug Ford

Fifty years are winning a green jacket, a Masters Champion remembers hustlers, mobsters and pool-hall basics

By Guy Yocom

Published Jun. 27, 2008

Keywords Kathy Whitworth | Whitworth | my shot | LPGA | 88 tournaments | flat tire

Sirak: Not Once, But Twice In A Lifetime

Less than a year ago there were whispers about Lorena's game and her fortitude as a player... Not any more

By Ron Sirak

Published Apr. 22, 2008

Keywords Ron Sirak | golf | LPGA | lorena ochoa | annika sorenstam | streak | ginn open | U.S. open | christie kerr | nancy lopez | donna caponi | se ri pak | kathy whitworth

Player of the Decade/1977-1986

60th Anniversary

Published Jun. 19, 2007

Keywords 60th anniversary | Nancy Lopez | Player of the Decade | Nancy Lopez | Golf World | Deane Beman | course design | Bob Hope Chrysler Classic | Tom Watson | Kathy Whitworth

Sirak: A Legend Like No Other

Fifty years after Kathy Whitworth joined the LPGA, she remains the tour standard for victories and flat-out determination

By Ron Sirak

Published Jun. 30, 2009

Keywords golf world | golf | ron sirak | lpga | kathy whitworth | legend | Babe Zaharias | ben hogan | texas | byron nelson | Mickey Wright | Louise Suggs and Betsy Rawls and finished with Nancy Lopez | Betsy King | Carol Mann | Judy Rankin | hall of fame | JoAnne Carner | Beth Daniel

Sirak: Kraft Nabisco's "Poppy" Steps Down

Kim is latest Korean to follow Pak's lead

By Ron Sirak

Published Oct. 16, 2008

Keywords ron sirak | golf | golfworld | lpga tour | ikraft nabisco | terry wilcox | ron sirak | shirley wilcox | Lorena Ochoa | Paula Creamer | Morgan Pressel | Michelle Wie | Aree Song | Inbee Park | Grace Park | Mickey Wright | Kathy Whitworth | Judy Rankin | Nancy Lopez | Annika Sorenstam

The 2007 Sirak Awards

Ron Sirak decides who deserves an award and makes one up for them

By Ron Sirak

Published Nov. 19, 2007

Keywords Ron Sirak | Lorena Ochoa | natalie gulbis | LPGA | PGA Tour | tiger woods | annika sorenstam | Michelle Wie | Tadd Fujikawa | suzann petteresen | kathy whitworth | Sam Snead | ben hogan | jack nicklaus | morgan pressel | christie kerr | padraig harrington | angel cabrera | phil mickelson | rory sabbatini | sergio garcia