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Golf World's cover of David Feherty with his pants down got us thinking about other provocative photos of golfers

Trending: Suzann Pettersen has a nice body

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:57:00 GMT

Photo by Jeff Lipsky courtesy ESPN The Magazine

If you haven't been paying attention lately, professional golfers on both sides of the gender aisle are getting hotter, with a big reason being the increased emphasis on fitness. So it doesn't surprise us that ESPN the Magazine selected one of the most physically fit women on the LPGA tour in Suzann Pettersen to appear completely naked in the 2012 installment of their Body Issue.

Ranked No. 6 in the world, and coming off of a top-10 finish at the U.S. Women's Open, the issue is hitting newsstands while the proverbial iron is hot. At 5' 9" and 150 pounds, the Norwegian has a naturally muscular build that lends itself to the notion that golfers are indeed athletes; something ESPN has taken notice of in their annual roster of nude photoshoots.

"A lot of the best athletes in the world have done it, and I thought it was great to be asked." Pettersen admitted to USA Today. "I just had to make sure that I was comfortable in doing it. It's as natural as it gets. It's health at its peak.

"I'm in great company."

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Pettersen joins fellow LPGA tour players Belen Mozo, Christina Kim, Sandra Gal and Anna Grzebien who have posed in their birthday suit for the Body Issue. And lest we forget the uncomfortable naked spider-pose Camillo Villegas blessed us with in 2010. Alongside the likes of NBA center Tyson Chandler, NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski, recent Home Run Derby runner-up Jose Bautista, soccer forward Abby Wambach and seven players from the U.S. volleyball team, Pettersen knows she's in good company ... just don't expect it to become a regular thing.

"There's nothing to be ashamed about. I am honored that they asked me to be with world-class athletes. I won't be posing nude again, but I'm glad I did it."

ESPN The Magazine's 2012 Body Issue hits stands this Friday, July 13.

-- Derek Evers
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Think Young, Play Hard: Sandra Gal

Ron Kapriske — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 04:00:00 GMT

LPGA winner Sandra Gal attracts crowds with her looks and her play.

July 2012 Table of Contents

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Q&A: Sandra Gal

Interviewed by Stina Sternberg — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Germany's Sandra Gal, 26, has captivated golf audiences worldwide with her superb iron game and killer smile. And sure, those famous legs haven't hurt.

Sandra Gal is crowned GolfDigest.com's Hottest Golfer

Stina Sternberg — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:39:00 GMT

Drum roll, please: After two months of online voting and 16 head-to-head matches (peruse the full men's and women's brackets here), we finally have an overall winner in the GolfDigest.com Hottest Golfer competition. Twenty-six-year-old LPGA...

Contest: Who Is The Hottest Golfer?

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

GolfDigest.com's Hottest Golfer: Sandra Gal

Alex Myers — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

A collection of photos of LPGA star Sandra Gal, the winner of GolfDigest.com's Hottest Golfer Contest.

The Style Blog: LPGA trendsetters

Stina Sternberg — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:53:00 GMT

Fashion runways are a funny business. Most of the concoctions designers send out are over the top and hard for the average person to process. "Who would wear that?" is a prevalent sentiment. It's no...

LPGA players face tricky greens, too

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:50:00 GMT

ORLANDO - There has been a lot of talk about wicked greens this week, not only at vaunted Royal Melbourne, site of the Presidents Cup, but Grand Cypress, home of the CME Group Titleholders.

No one would put Grand Cypress' putting surfaces in the all-artful league that Royal Melbourne occupies, but they are slick and sloping. The women will get their shot at Royal Melbourne soon enough, when the 2012 LPGA season kicks off there with the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open.

Aussie Karrie Webb watched some of the Presidents Cup broadcast Wednesday night. "I'm already a little scared about our tournament there at the start of the year," Webb said. "I'm hoping we don't have green speeds of 14. [But] Melbourne has a whole summer of hot, dry heat just to make those greens even firmer than what they already are."

Grand Cypress' greens aren't quite so frightful, but they will figure prominently in Sunday's final round, which will begin with Sandra Gal and Hee Young Park at seven-under 209 holding a one-stroke lead over Suzann Pettersen with Paula Creamer two back and Yani Tseng and Na Yeon Choi trailing by three.

"This week, just no idea on a lot of these greens," Park said, noting her usual practice-round routine hadn't been of much value this week. "It's more about trusting my feel. If it feels left to right, just trust my feel."

The greens are one reason the world's best women have risen to the top of the leader board after 54 holes. "I think it does bring out the best players," said Pettersen. "When the greens are this tricky and the course this firm, you'll see the best ball-strikers getting close on some of the surfaces. If you take on some of the pins, you can be rewarded, but you can make some bogeys as well."

Creamer erred on the side of caution in shooting a one-under 71 Saturday in pursuit of her first victory of 2011. "You can't be super aggressive with some of these holes," she said. "You're just going to have to make some 20- and 25-footers because of pin placements. I saw some of the 'dots' for tomorrow, and there's a lot of sucker pins. You're just going to have to make some putts early on and not let the leaders get too far away from you."

"It's interesting. I like it," Pettersen said of the firmness of the greens, noting that even wedge approaches were releasing during the third round. "It's hard to get [approaches] close, and you can't be too picky or you're on the wrong side of the hole and you might have a five-footer that you can barely touch. You can hit a great shot and have a six-footer that breaks more than a foot. It brings the feel into it, which I like."

Pettersen has kept the challenge in perspective thanks to some night-time television of her own.

"Having watched the President Cup," she said, "I feel pretty good about these greens."

-- Bill Fields