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State of LPGA Casts Shadow Over U.S. Women’s Open
armchairgolfblog.blogspot.com - 7/7/2009
State of LPGA Casts Shadow Over U.S. Women’s Open
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The LPGA Tour is badly in need of sponsors. (Playadura/Flickr) AS THE PLAYERS PREPARE for the U.S. Women’s Open at Saucon Valley in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, another drama is playing out that could lead to a dramatic shakeup on the LPGA Tour, which is in serious trouble due to lost ...
jschil.wordpress.com - 7/7/2009
GOLF: LPGA Mutiny?
— jschil.wordpress.com — This article talks about how Golf Week magazine is reporting that top LPGA players — including Natalie... Gulbis, Lorena Ochoa and Paula Creamer — want commissioner Carolyn Bivens to resign. Golfweek Magazine reported Monday that key players stated in the letter the LPGA ... (more) GOLF: LPGA Mutiny?

Comments vote down jeremy3162 jeremy3162 posted 7/7/2009posted this
LPGA Final Day of US Women's Open
FanIQ.com - 7/12/2009
LPGA Final Day of US Women's Open
— FanIQ.com — The South Korean Eun Hee Ji poured it on at the end and won the  US Women's Open... by one stroke over Candie Kung, on the final hole. After two rounds on Friday, Cristie Kerr was ahead of the leaderboard and looking poised to win it.  Paula Creamer was her closest competitor ... (more) LPGA Final Day of US Women's Open

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How does the LPGA Right the Ship ?
bushwoodcountryclub.blogspot.com - 7/6/2009
How does the LPGA Right the Ship ?
— bushwoodcountryclub.blogspot.com — Folks, there is smoke belching from the engine room of the good ship LPGA - and the... Captain of the ship is nowhere to be found. Although I have long been a huge fan of the ladies tour (see one of my first posts here), and was slow to acknowledge the early naysayers, there is no denying ... (more) How does the LPGA Right the Ship ?

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