At the Jamie Farr Classic this past weekend, won by South Korean Yi Eun-jung in a playoff, the ladies were doing more than just playing golf.  According to a report in Golfweek, as many as fifteen of the top LPGA players met with player directors on July 2nd to discuss the apparent disrepair of the tour, and more specifically, the ousting of Carolyn Bivens as commissioner of the LPGA.
The meeting was attended by some of the top names in women’s golf, including Lorena Ochoa, Paula Creamer, Morgan Pressel, Cristie Kerr and Natalie Gulbis.  After the meeting was over, a letter …read more

The ladies of the LPGA are getting ready to tee off in the season’s second major, the McDonald’s LPGA Championship, set to be played at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre De Grace, Maryland.  But the optimism the golfers may have as they prepare to tackle Bulle Rock is being offset by the anxiety and uncertainty many of them are feeling as the future of the tournament remains up in the air.  As was announced last year by LPGA Commissioner Carolyn Bivens, the championship is being taken over by the LPGA starting next year, a move that effectively ends a …read more