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- Thailand 1, Arizona, Florida and Texas (combined) 0
- The LPGA, at least, has stopped the bleeding, with the return of the ShopRite LPGA Classic, but there remain gaping holes in its 2010 schedule, as Ron Sirak of Golf World notes here. What is...
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- LPGA: Bivens' backlash roils board
- The LPGA Board of Directors is apparently feeling some backlash for allowing the Carolyn Bivens situation go on as long as it did. According to sources familiar with the situation, Dawn Hudson will remain on...
Blog: Editors' Blog
- Praise for Englehorn
- Nice letter from Terry Smail on Bill Fields' Backspin story on Shirley Englehorn. What a delight to open my Golf World and find the article about Shirley Englehorn! Shirley became one of my heroines when...
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- More than golf at the ADT
- If your favorite players failed to make the 36-hole cut at the ADT Championship and both Annika and Lorena were part of that group, there's still lots to do at Trump International. Before you even...
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- Lessons From LPGA's 'Rwanda Six'
- SCOTTSDALE -- Most of the "Rwanda Six"--the group of LPGA pros who traveled to the tiny African nation on a humanitarian mission involving AIDS orphans--had a reunion Monday at Desert Highland Golf Club in a...
- LPGA adds Kapalua Classic to 2008 schedule
- LPGA adds Kapalua Classic to 2008 schedule
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- A good first move for Whan
- Among the criticisms of ousted LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens was a lack of communication. In one of his first acts as the new commissioner, Michael Whan on Thursday gave out his cell phone number and...
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- Mike Whan minutiae
- Hockey News, in its annual list, "100 People of Power and Influence in Hockey," ranked Whan (then CEO of Mission-ITECH Hockey) 87th in 2007, ahead of Brett Hull and even Mario Lemieux (who had fallen...
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- LPGA: Cleaning up after Bivens
- Suddenly the future looks somewhat better for the LPGA, which had been hemorrhaging tournaments before commissioner Carolyn Bivens resigned under pressure on July 13. Last week, Wegmans announced that it would continue its long-running sponsorship...
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,...
Blog: Editors' Blog
- LPGA English Policy: Fast Response
- It took no time for us to get our first response to the LPGA's new English language policy, which will require that LPGA players speak enough English to conduct interviews. Jennifer Morrow is an English...
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- Fun and games until tomorrow
- KAHUKU, Hawaii -- With pitchers and catchers flinging the horsehide around in Florida and Arizona, and either Roger Clemens or Brian McNamee slinging horse feathers on Capitol Hill, the good folks of the LPGA gathered...
