Emma Talley Out For Redemption At Galgorm →

“I'm just proud of myself for putting myself in this situation.”

Though disappointed in the eventual result, Emma Talley had nothing to be ashamed of in her performance at the 2021 ISPS Handa World Invitational presented by AVIV Clinics. The American, who had held part of the 36- and 54-hole co-leads last year, found herself in the first playoff of her Tour career with Pajaree Anannarukarn by Sunday’s end. After failing to make par on the second playoff hole, the par-5 18th, Talley finished the week with a new career-best runner-up showing. She said the sting of the playoff definitely sat with her for a bit, but the experience and result helped Talley retain her LPGA Tour card for this season. And even with memories of last year ever reminiscent, her return to Galgorm Castle is one of joy.

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The Beloved Old Course at St. Andrews Is So Much More Than the Home of Golf →

Some memories can be fickle and fluid, changing as the echo travels farther away from the source. Others are utterly seared, frozen in time like a perfect Kodachrome slide. The moment I fell in love with the Old Course at St. Andrews is unequivocally in the latter category. I can project it on the back of my forehead in razor sharp focus.

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LPGA Veteran Stacy Lewis Looks to Win More Titles and Inspire Next Generation →

Stacy Lewis, 37, isn't slowing down anytime soon.

In her 14th year on the LPGA Tour, the two-time major champion and 13-time winner continues to etch her name in the history books while redefining what it means to have it all as a professional athlete.

At the start of 2022, the LPGA board of directors elected Lewis as player director alongside Ally Ewing. Shortly after, Lewis was named captain of Team USA for the 2023 Solheim Cup. Lewis will make history as the youngest American captain in Solheim Cup history, leading a team of the top 12 American golfers who will face off against Team Europe at Finca Cortesin in Spain in Sept. 2023.

Since her LPGA rookie season in 2009, Lewis dominated the leaderboards with multiple victories and consecutive weeks in the top 10 world rankings, including 25 weeks at No. 1. As her career reaches new heights, Lewis looks to claim another major title this week at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland.

Lewis talked to ESPN about how she continues to elevate her career, why it's important that the Championship be hosted at Congressional and how she balances it all.

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STORE Capital Sponsors Team of LPGA Tour Professionals →

STORE Capital Corporation (NYSE: STOR), an internally managed net-lease real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in Single Tenant Operational Real Estate, today announced that it is sponsoring a team of professional golfers on the LPGA Tour. The STORE team will include Stacy Lewis, Lauren Stephenson, Fatima Fernandez Cano, Brooke Matthews and Sarah Schmelzel. The partnership will debut June 2-5 at the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club (Southern Pines, NC). The STORE Capital logo will appear on each athlete’s left collar in competition this season.

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A Look Inside The Bag Of Yuka Saso →

I LOVE digging into the bags of our LPGA staff players; it not only speaks to the gearhead I have living inside, but it’s also quite informative as a player. Most of us should model our bags after these players than those on the PGA Tour. Why? Well, for one, the speed numbers are closer to us, and second, the level of accuracy and spin control LPGA players roll with is nothing short of ELITE. The whole bag is built around plotting AROUND the golf course, not OVER it.

LPGA players aren’t chasing distance as much as the rest of the population. Sure, they all want to get faster and longer, but spin control, precision, and the short game tend to hold more weight as it relates to success. In simple terms, long hitters don’t dominate the LPGA Tour as they appear to on the men’s side.

Defending U.S Woman’s Open Champion Yuka Saso piques my interest even more. She would be considered one of the longer hitters on the LPGA, and her launch conditions sit just shy of where I live (you will see her numbers below). Yuka would be considered one of the BIG hitters on the LPGA with 150+ ball speed (the equivalent on PGA is 180+), but as you will see, spin and control are pretty heavy-handed when it comes to picking the gamers.

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Two decades after Annika played Colonial, LPGA pros ponder taking on the men again →

“A few months ago, Lauren Stephenson quietly took a shot at a dream she has had since seeing Brittany Lincicome compete at the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship in 2018. The 24-year-old South Carolina native, still searching for her first LPGA win in four years on tour, wrote a letter to tournament director Steve Wilmot at the RBC Heritage requesting a sponsor’s exemption into the PGA Tour event she attended in her youth at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island.”

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LPGA's best balance golf and motherhood →

“Being a mom is a hard job. Being a mom while competing on the LPGA Tour, well that’s another story. Hear from some of the greatest LPGA players about playing on the Tour while raising a family.”

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U.S. Womens Open Champion Yuka Saso In Her Own Words →

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Emma Talley Pleased With Opening 67 At Windy Wilshire Country Club →

It’s been four weeks to the day since Emma Talley got engaged to her longtime boyfriend Patrick Smith and the happiness she’s been feeling off the golf course is definitely showing in her on-course play. The University of Alabama alum fired a 4-under 67 to open her week at the DIO Implant LA Open and needed just 26 putts to get the job done on a gusty day one at Wilshire Country Club, a place she feels especially comfortable with as a fade player.

“I putted well today. (The greens are) just tricky,” said Talley who has a 29.09 stroke putting average through nine events. “To putt well in the afternoon, that's great because tomorrow I'll have fresh greens at 7:30 in the morning. I think it sets up really good for a fade which is what I hit. I also have always loved this golf course ever since my rookie year. For some reason, it sets up good for my eye. I'm hitting the ball really well right now, and that goes a long way, especially when it's windy.”

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Stacy Lewis Sad To Leave Mission Hills, But Excited For The Future →

A bench. That’s what made Stacy Lewis go misty-eyed when talking about her memories of the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club. Lewis made the beloved leap into Poppie’s Pond in 2011, a moment that she will forever associate with a simple locker-room bench.

“I had done my press conference and went in the locker room. I was still wet, trying to find clothes to change into,” said Lewis, her voice cracking as she looked out at the 18th green. “I sat on that bench and called my college coaches, and it was like it all hit me there. We don't get to do that. I'm getting emotional about it, but this place is so special to us as a tour. I'm just going to miss the whole week.”

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Prize Money and Sponsorships Are Growing in Women’s Golf, but Is It Enough? →

“Brittany Lincicome started playing on the L.P.G.A. Tour in 2005, when it was a struggling endeavor with few events. Now, in her 18th season, the tour is thriving and she has no plans to retire any time soon.

“My parents had said, ‘Play 10 years and you can retire,’” Lincicome said. “Now there’s no end in sight. The prize money is out there. The purses are going up every year. It would be hard to leave. Plus, I would love to get a win and have my daughter there with me.”

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Past Chevron Champion Winners Pressel And Lincicome Foresee A Very Positive Future For Golf →

The memories of her victory in a major in 2007 are still quite vivid for Morgan Pressel, who culminated a great performance at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California with a series of “big putts” on 10, 12, 15 and the 72nd hole to win The Chevron Championship (then Kraft Nabisco).

“I remember standing on the range waiting for the final result and the rest was kind of a blur. Time went by really fast at that point. It was only my second year on Tour and probably the biggest moment in my career,” said 33-year-old Pressel, now a commentator for Golf Channel.

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Morgan Pressel becomes Stacy Lewis' first U.S. Solheim Cup assistant →

Morgan Pressel has played many different roles at the Solheim Cup: player, winning point-scorer, broadcaster. Now, she gets to add another title to that list: assistant captain. Stacy Lewis, the recently named American captain, has picked Pressel as her first assistant captain for the 2023 match in Finca Cortesin in Andalucia, Spain. Team USA will be competing to take the cup back from Team Europe, after back-to-back losses in 2019 and 2021.

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Fatima Fernandez Cano captures Epson Tour's Carlisle Arizona Women's Golf Classic →

Fatima Fernandez Cano set a course and career low in the third round of the 2022 Carlisle Arizona Women’s Golf Classic with a 61.

Sunday, a steady 2-under 70 was enough to seal the deal at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Arizona, winning for the second time on the Epson Tour, the qualifying circuit known as the “Road to the LPGA”.

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Fatima Fernandez Cano shoots a 61, ties mark for lowest score in Epson Tour history →

Fatima Fernandez Cano birdied her first three holes Saturday at the 2022 Carlisle Arizona Women’s Golf Classic. A bogey on the fourth was the only blemish on her scorecard. She made the turn with an eagle on the ninth. Then notched another eagle and four more birdies on the back nine at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Arizona.

In the end, Fernandez Cano signed for an 11-under 61 in the third round, setting a course and career record. Oh, it also happened to tie the lowest score in Epson Tour history.

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Stephenson Enjoys The Fruits Of A Different Type Of Sponsorship →

It’s not unusual for a group of club members to get together, pool their funds and help an aspiring LPGA Tour player during the early days of her career. That has been happening for generations. And those unsung financial heroes deserve a shoutout.

But it is quite unusual for an entire club to pick an LPGA Tour player who has no natural connection to the membership or the area and say, “Yeah, we’re all going to sponsor you and make you our professional ambassador.”

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Natural Born Captain →

Those who consider Stacy Lewis a friend have been smiling and nodding all week. Last Wednesday, Lewis was named U.S. Solheim Cup captain, a move that didn’t surprise anyone – she had been on the shortlist since before the 2021 matches – but one that is already creating anticipation. Lewis is as passionate about the Solheim Cup as anyone who has ever played.

And she gets the best out of those around her. Always.

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Stacy Lewis named youngest U.S. captain in Solheim Cup history (and she’s not ruling out playing too in 2023) →

It’s not a surprise Team USA has decided to go with a new captain for the 2023 Solheim Cup—but the name might be a little different than expected. On Wednesday, the LPGA announced Stacy Lewis has been selected to lead the Americans at the 2023 matches at Finca Cortesin in Andalucia, Spain

Lewis, a 13-time LPGA Tour winner and two-time major champion, served as an assistant captain in 2021 and, somewhat unofficially, in 2019 when a back injury forced her to withdraw from playing in Scotland. The 36-year-old has played in four Solheim Cups, with a career record of 5-10-1, and is the youngest woman to be selected as a U.S. captain (and second youngest overall). With her wealth of experience, she knows how important it is for players to feel comfortable during the stress-packed week.

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Stephens Announces Multi-Year Sponsorship of LPGA Golfer Brooke Matthews →

Stephens, an independent financial services firm, announced today its multi-year sponsorship of LPGA Tour member Brooke Matthews. As part of the agreement, the Stephens logo will appear on Matthews’ golf apparel during tournament play through 2024, as well, she will participate in Stephens’ corporate events, client outings, advertising and social media.

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Stout Adds LPGA Tour Players as Brand Ambassadors →

Stout, a global investment bank and advisory firm, has signed multi-year sponsorship agreements with LPGA Tour players Lizette Salas and Lauren Stephenson. Both players will wear the Stout logo when they begin the 2022 season.

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