The LPGA heats up for summer

Among the many reasons to prefer the LPGA to the PGA Tour is because the best women always seem to be in the mix at the most important events, as opposed to the other tour, where entire seasons can go by without a meaningful battle of the big boys. Last week's duel between would-be fifth majors was a case in point. The Players Championship offered an ugly scrum between two journeymen (Paul Goydos and Jeff Quinney) and one putative headliner who in reality hadn't won a thing in years (Sergio Garcia). At the Michelob Ultra Open -- "our Players Championship," according to Annika Sorenstam -- the LPGA served up an excess of star power, intrigue and dazzling golf. [link]