ATLANTA — Michelle Wie West has repeatedly expressed gratitude about returning to the L.P.G.A. Tour in 2021 after chronic wrist injuries sidelined her for the better part of two years. But that doesn’t mean she is satisfied simply teeing it up.Wie West, 31, does not regard this season as one …
Read More »LSU Dominates All-Louisiana Women’s Golf Team
Story Links BATON ROUGE – LSU women’s golf program, which finished ninth in the 2021 NCAA Championships, dominated the 2021 Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-State women’s golf team announced Friday. The awards were voted by members of the LSWA and sports information directors across the state. LSU sophomore Ingrid Lindblad …
Read More »First International Olympic Academy Golf Course Launched at Costa Navarino
Showcasing a world first, revealed by the International Olympic Academy (IOA), the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) and Costa Navarino in Greece, an International Olympic Academy Golf Course has been launched at Costa Navarino’s Navarino Hills, which is the nearest golf development to Ancient Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic Games. The announcement – timed with International Olympic Day – comes at …
Read More »Greens-reading books are the latest golf craze | News, Sports, Jobs
By Ken Love For the Mirror Every so often, a new or unusual technology comes along that affects how the game of golf is played. Over the past few years, a good example of this has been the introduction of greens-reading books on the PGA Tour. These greens-reading books are …
Read More »At the P.G.A. Championship, Lizette Salas Finds Her Groove
ATLANTA — After an almost flawless opening round on Thursday at the KPMG Women’s P.G.A. Championship, Lizette Salas mentioned that she is reading “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.”The young adult novel, written by Erika L. Sánchez, reads like nonfiction to Salas. “I thought it was a biography of …
Read More »111 Wildcats on SEC Spring Sports Academic Honor Roll
Story Links BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A total of 111 Kentucky Wildcat student-athletes earned a place on the 2021 Southeastern Conference Spring Sports Academic Honor Roll, announced Thursday by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. UK had 23 baseball players on the list, most from any school in the league in that …
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