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2022 - 10 - 20

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Teenager Thitikul leads vital LPGA event (The West Australian)

Thai teenage sensation Atthaya Thitikul has seized the first-round lead at the LPGA Tour's BMW Championship in Korea with a tournament-record 63.

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World No. 1 Jin Young Ko's return after two-month break results in ... (GolfDigest.com)

Still dealing with a wrist injury, the defending champ at the BMW Ladies Championship closed with a 10 on her final hole for an opening-round 80.

2 who shot a career-best 63 on Thursday to take the lead by one shot over Korean amateur Minsol Kim. Ko’s score leaves her 17 shots back of the leader, Atthaya Thitkul, the 19-year-old World No. The break came at the recommendation of her doctor, according to Ko’s manager, and Ko acknowledged there were some bumps along the way. Before that she had only missed two cuts in her LPGA career. “It's really difficult to explain the state of my wrist,” said Ko, who had been getting among other things acupuncture treatments to try and heal the injury. The top-ranked player in the world shot a one-under 35 on the front nine at Oak Valley Country Club in Wonju, South Korea.

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Atthaya leads Korean LPGA event (Bangkok Post)

WONJU, South Korea: World number two Atthaya Thitikul shot a tournament-record nine-under-par 63 to grab the first-round lead at the BMW Ladies Championship ...

… I will try to stay positive to get ready for the remaining rounds.” Atthaya, who has already won twice in her first season on the LPGA Tour, said: “I just want go out and play, and just focus on what I have to do. The 19-year-old Thai star was a stroke ahead of local amateur Kim Min-sol in the LPGA event in Wonju.

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World No. 1 Ko not seeking excuses after disastrous start to LPGA ... (Yonhap News)

By Yoo Jee-ho WONJU, South Korea, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) -- This could not have been the kind o...

"She was playing so well. "I was busy playing my own game. I will try to stay positive to get ready for the remaining rounds." Ko said she wasn't paying much attention to her playing partner, though. "Right now, my primary goal is to wrap up this tournament pain-free." "I did the best I could.

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Golf: Lydia Ko makes solid start to LPGA's BMW Ladies ... (Newshub)

The Kiwi sits five shots behind the leader after the opening round in Wonju-si.

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Photos: Danielle Kang through the years (usatoday.com)

Two-time U.S. Amateur Champion, six-time LPGA Tour winner and 2017 Women's PGA Championship winner Danielle Kang turned 30 on October 20, 2022.

Danielle Kang hits her tee shot off the second hole during Saturday's round on the Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg, Virginia, Saturday, September 8, 2012. Women's Amateur golf tournament at the Charlotte Country Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. She won events in 2018, 2019 and 2020 — even taking home the Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average during the latter season.

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World No. 1 Jin Young Ko made a 10 on one of the worst days of her ... (usatoday.com)

How out of character is the 80? Consider that earlier this year she posted a tour record 16 consecutive rounds in the 60s and in late March.

Thailand's Thitikul Shoots Record Round For LPGA Lead (Barron's)

World number two Atthaya Thitikul shot a tournament-record nine-under-par 63 to grab the first-round lead at the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea on ...

Thailand's Thitikul Shoots Record Round For LPGA Lead (Barron's)

World number two Atthaya Thitikul shot a tournament-record nine-under-par 63 to grab the first-round lead at the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea on ...

I will try to stay positive to get ready for the remaining rounds." "I did the best I could... Thitikul, who has already won twice in her first season on the LPGA Tour, said: "I just want go out and play, and just focus on what I have to do.

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ECWPGT alum graduates to LPGA via Epson Tour (The First Call)

Yan Liu, 24, was recognized on Oct. 9 at LPGA Headquarters as the first card-carrying member of the LPGA to have played on the East Coast Women's Pro Golf ...

Launched in January 2022 to provide more playing and earning opportunities for professional female golfers, the ECWPGT is open to developmental professional players including those on the Epson Tour and Ladies European Tours and is also open to elite level amateurs and college players as well as LPGA Tour players outside the Top 150 on the Official Money List. The ECWPGT has a dual mission to create opportunities outside the ropes for women aspiring to the LPGA Tour and creating pathways and connections for them outside the ropes. Propelled by winning the Epson Tour’s Four Winds Invitational over the summer, Liu secured her LPGA Tour card by finishing ninth on the Epson Tour Official Money List. “The ECWPGT is providing necessary and meaningful opportunities for these women to continue to develop and play their way toward the LPGA Tour without having to travel all over the country,” said Patti Rizzo, 22-year LPGA Tour player and former Head Women’s Golf Coach at the University of Miami, and coach of 3-time ECWGPT Nataliya Guseva. The Top 10 Epson Tour Official Money List finishers are rewarded with the receipt of their LPGA Tour cards. 24-year-old Yan Liu and nine other Epson Tour players were recognized at a ceremony on Sunday, October 9 at LPGA Headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida after finishing in the Top 10 following the Epson Tour Championship.

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Korean Talent Show Begins At BMW Ladies Championship | LPGA ... (LPGA)

Though it may be unsurprising to see Korean players atop the leaderboard in a tournament that has only crowned Korean champions, the generational talent that ...

As things stand, Korean golfers of all ages figure to put on a master class at the BMW Ladies Championship. “I’ve been just relaxing at home and really having a lot of good food helps.” Park undoubtedly has the largest fanbase of any Korean player on the tour and they have shown up to support their heroine, cheering for her at every turn. The Korean players are also taking advantage of the opportunity to spend some time at home. “So today, to play side-by-side with her, I think it was a real honor.” Though it may be unsurprising to see Korean players atop the leaderboard in a tournament that has only crowned Korean champions, the generational talent that spans the current top-10 is certainly eye-catching.

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S. Korean veteran Ji Eun-hee in for long haul on LPGA Tour ... (Yonhap News)

By Yoo Jee-ho WONJU, South Korea, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- Ji Eun-hee joined the LPGA Tour in...

So you've got to putt well here to put up a good score." We're consistently in the top-10," Ji said. Ji is one of four South Korean winners on the LPGA Tour this season. "As I get older, I've been trying to take care of my body better. "I just want to stay on the tour as long as I can," Ji said. Ji moved to four-under for the tournament at Oak Valley Country Club in Wonju, Gangwon Province.

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Korean American LPGA golfer 'in better place' after overcoming ... (Yonhap News)

By Yoo Jee-ho WONJU, South Korea, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- After being on an emotional roller...

"I think I kind of burnt myself out a little bit, and I was lonely, and I just kind of lost my way a little bit. "It's nice to be here and playing in Korea again and playing good golf." "Talk to your friends, talk to your peers. In her early years on the tour, Lee tried to earn her college degree while playing professional golf. Just having a good chat with your friend really helps and really relieves a lot of stress and anxiety." "I was so busy with school, golf and trying to maintain a social life. Talking openly about her struggles was part of the healing process for Lee, and she now wants others to do the same. But I would say the best thing to do was really open yourself up and talk to people," she said. Lee also played in the second edition of the BMW Ladies Championship in 2021 and finished ninth. You don't really need to do much," said Lee, who carded a four-under 68 at Oak Valley Country Club in Wonju, some 85 kilometers east of Seoul, to tie for sixth place. collegiate player to a struggling pro unable to keep her LPGA card, Korean American golfer Alison Lee now finds herself "in a better place." The former UCLA star wrote that she had contemplated quitting golf at the end of 2019, before her parents convinced her to give it another shot.

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