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[19th Hole - The Golf Blog From Your Golf Travel] Lorena Ochoa, the current Women’s number one hails from Mexico, while the emergence of South Korea has shaken the LPGA to its core with a whole host of players taking high order in the rankings. Add these facts to the issue of only five out of twenty-eight LPGA events in 2009 being won by US players and its quite apparent that the LPGA could struggle to attract investment.

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[LPGA.com News & Entertainment] News for the week of October 5, 2009 - LPGA.com: 4, 2009 - Overcast skies and a threat of rain did not phase Lorena Ochoa in her quest for a successful title defense and $195,000 check at the $1.3 million Navistar LPGA Classic Presented by Monaco RV. The 6,546-yard Senator Course at Capitol Hill on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail set up well for the second year in a row for Ochoa (66-68-66-70), although she took her 54-hole, three-stroke lead and made it four by the end of regulation - avoiding the playoff situation she found herself in one year ago.

[Hound Dog LPGA] Top 70 - September 2009 - Hound Dog LPGA: Hound Dog LPGA: An SB Nation Community. Navigation: Jump to content areas: Network Bar & Login; Section Navigation; Main Blog Content; Secondary Sidebar: Links to Recent Stories, FanPosts and FanShots; Masthead ... Lorena Ochoa had been ranked #1 since my final rankings in 2006. I knew she would eventually drop out of that spot but I never dreamed she would get passed by four players in one go. She is still in the thick of the HD Player of the Year race, as are all of the ...

[NBCSports.com: Golf] Lincicome's eagle wins LPGA's opening major - Golf- nbcsports ...: “Right when I hit it, it came off the clubface and it was exactly where we were trying to hit it and it took the slope like I was hoping it was going to, and it was really close, thank God,” Lincicome said. “If I had to make anything further than that .

[LPGA.com News & Entertainment] Lorena Ochoa Invitational Presented by Banamex and Corona - LPGA.com: In-Kyung Kim carded eight birdes on the day, including six in her first 11 holes, to tie the tournament record with a 7-under-par 65 on Saturday at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational Presented by Banamex and Corona Light. In the true spirit of moving day, Kim jumped from a tie for 23rd to seventh place.

[Suite101 Articles] Patty Berg - Matriarch of Women's Golf: Co-Founder of LPGA: Her concept of "shake a hand, make a friend" was a heartwarming habit. If people waited in line for an autograph, she was known to stand, shake each person's hand, and repeat each name as if she was placing it in permanent storage.

[Fang's Bites] Fang's Bites: Golf Channel Press Release Action: champions won tournament exemptions to compete on some of the world’s top professional circuits, such as the PGA TOUR, Champions Tour, European Tour, LPGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and Canadian Tour. Former Big Breakers Tommy Gainey and James Nitties currently compete on the PGA TOUR while four previous female contestants currently play on the LPGA Tour, including Kristy McPherson, a member of the 2009 U.S. Solheim Cup Team.

[Hybrid Golf Club Review Blog] Nike Begs Michelle Wie, Just Do It”¦please! Also, Golf Tips for ...: He consulted with Wie on the sixteenth hole of the Ginn Tribute where Wie was dangerously close to an all-time high score of 88 and I’m sure he was also mulling about his decision as Wie showed a thirty-six stroke difference between her score and winner Lorena Ochoa’s final tally. The William Morris Agency, unfortunately, cannot shake Wie from its roster as the parental units would only sign with the agency if the contract was not based upon Wie’s performance.

[Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog] Eun Hee Ji's US Women's Open win puts focus on golf instead of ...: But late Sunday afternoon, the focus was on golf and the final pairing playing the 72nd hole of the championship ”” and Ji seized the moment, capping an even-par 71 with a near 20-footer for birdie to claim the national championship.

[Everything golf, with a twist] Everything golf, with a twist » Weekly news update: Michelle Wie wins first LPGA event at Lorena Ochoa Invitational Commercial Bank Qatar Masters secured for further 3 years. Dolphin Energy signs three year deal with Commercial Bank Qatar Masters .

[Golf for Beginners] Golf for Beginners - Annika who? Sybase looking to Ochoa, Wie to ...: If your daughter wants to be like her, I hope it is only on the course, because in front on a micorphone, she is a moron: "ahhh, I had a really good day, I learned a lot....ahhh, there is very little difference between a 82 and 67, ahhhhh I did not realize I was 4 over par today because I was really playing well.

[The Warrior Beat| UH football, University of Hawaii athletics | honoluluadvertiser.com | Honolulu, Hawaii] Tomey will retire after this season - The Warrior Beat| UH ...: UH went to near-BCS conference levels (and higher in a few cases) for the head coach, but still kept the assistant coaching salaries well below BCS conference levels. BSU increased their assistant coaches salaries years *before* they gave their head coach a big raise, which is a key to their continued success.

[Golf for Beginners] Golf for Beginners - Are Michelle Wie's PGA footsteps too big for ...: This is an awful lot to expect from a teen who has never won on the LPGA tour and to date has never put together 2 solid rounds in a PGA, or Nationwide event. The one thing it seems people forget is that Michelle is not playing in a vacuum, meaning everybody always talks about how much better she is getting and while that's true, the men get better as well and not just the top males, but also the juniors/amateurs/collegiate players.

[Change.org's Women's Rights Blog] Girls Can't Play Baseball. Or Can They? | Women's Rights | Change.org: As someone who grew up playing lots of sports, I am very interested to see how the ISHAA will react to this complaint. While they certainly should change their policy to allow girls and boys to try out for any athletic teams regardless of gender affiliation - a change in the rules won't likely stop the stereotype that "girls can't play baseball." When it comes to leveling the playing field between genders, it seems that while changing the policy can happen, changing perceptions will take much longer.

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