ADT Championship
Played as the LPGA Playoffs at The ADT Championship (Nov 20-23; LPGA Tour season-ending event). Second-placed Karrie Webb (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Jiyai Shin (S Kor) in the final-day shootout. Shin took the $1 million first prize, the richest in women's golf. The 32 player field was cut to 16 for day 3, then 8 for the final day. [Trump Intl GC, West Palm Beach, FL].
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ADT
Played as the LPGA Playoffs at The ADT Championship (Nov 15-18; LPGA Tour season-ending event). Second-placed Natalie Gulbis (USA) finished 2 shots behind Lorena Ochoa (Mex) in the final-day shootout. Ochoa took the $1 million first prize, the richest in women's golf. The 32 player field was cut to 16 for day 3, then 8 for the final day. [Trump Intl GC, West Palm Beach, FL].
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ADT
Played as the LPGA Playoffs at The ADT Championship (Nov 16-19; LPGA Tour season-ending event). Second-placed Lorena Ochoa (Mex) finished 2 shots behind first-time LPGA Tour winner Julieta Granada (Paraguay) in the final-day shootout. 20-year-old Granada took the $1 million first prize, the richest in women's golf. The 32 player field was cut to 16 for day 3, then 8 for the final day. [Trump Intl GC, West Palm Beach, FL].
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ADT
Played as the ADT Championship (Nov 17-20; LPGA Tour season-ending event). Second-placed Soo-Yun Kang (S Kor), Michele Redman (USA) and Liselotte Neumann (Swe) finished 2 shots behind defending champion Annika Sörenstam (Swe), who won her 10th LPGA Tour title of the 2005 season. [Trump Intl GC, West Palm Beach, FL].
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ADT
Played as the ADT Championship (Nov 18-21; LPGA Tour season-ending event). Annika Sörenstam (Swe) beat Cristie Kerr (USA) with a bogey at the first playoff hole. [Trump Intl GC, West Palm Beach, FL].
Played as the ADT Championship (Nov 20-23; LPGA Tour season-ending event). Second-placed and defending champion Annika Sörenstam (Swe) finished 1 shot behind Meg Mallon (USA). [Trump Intl GC, West Palm Beach, FL].
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ADT
Played as the ADT Championship (Nov 21-24; LPGA Tour season-ending event). Second-placed Rachel Teske (Aus, née Hetherington) finished 3 shots behind Annika Sörenstam (Swe), who won her 11th LPGA Tour title of the 2002 season. [Trump Intl GC, West Palm Beach, FL].
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Tyco/ADT
Played as the Tyco/ADT Championship (Nov 15-18; LPGA Tour season-ending event). Second-placed Annika Sörenstam (Swe) finished 2 shots behind Karrie Webb (Aus). [Trump Intl GC, West Palm Beach, FL].
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Arch Wireless
Played as the Arch Wireless Championship (Nov 16-19; LPGA Tour season-ending event). Second-placed Rachel Teske (Aus, née Hetherington) finished 3 shots behind Dottie Pepper (USA), who recorded the last of her 17 LPGA Tour wins. [Hills course, LPGA Intl GC, Daytona Beach, FL; at the time known as the Legends course].
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PageNet
Played as the PageNet Championship (Nov 11-14; LPGA Tour season-ending event). Se Ri Pak (S Kor) beat Karrie Webb (Aus) and defending champion Laura Davies (Eng) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. [Wynn Las Vegas, Nevada; at the time known as Desert Inn CC].
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PageNet
Played as the PageNet Championship (Nov 19-22; LPGA Tour season-ending event). Second-placed Brandie Burton (USA), Pat Hurst (USA) and Karrie Webb (Aus) finished 4 shots behind Laura Davies (Eng). [Wynn Las Vegas, Nevada; at the time known as Desert Inn CC].
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ITT
Played as the ITT LPGA Tour Championship (Nov 20-23; LPGA Tour season-ending event). Annika Sörenstam (Swe) beat Lorie Kane (Can) with a par at the third playoff hole. Pat Hurst (USA) was eliminated at the first playoff hole. [Wynn Las Vegas, Nevada; at the time known as Desert Inn CC].
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ITT
Played as the inaugural ITT LPGA Tour Championship (Nov 21-24; LPGA Tour season-ending event). Emilee Klein (USA), Kelly Robbins (USA) and Nancy Lopez (USA) finished 4 shots behind Karrie Webb (Aus), who recorded her fifth LPGA Tour win. [Wynn Las Vegas, Nevada; at the time known as Desert Inn CC].
Tournaments:
Solheim Cup: can Europe defend the most prestigious team trophy in women’s professional golf, when the 17th Solheim Cup is played out at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio (Sept 4-6).
Italian Open: Nicolai Højgaard recorded his first European Tour win (Sept 5), just a week after his twin brother Rasmus landed the European Masters title (Aug 29); the first brothers to win back-to-back on the European Tour.
Who's Who:
Patrick Cantlay: moved into the world top 5, after winning the final two FedEx Cup playoff events and scooping the $15 million first prize.
Trish Johnson: kept the Senior LPGA Championship trophy in European hands, with her second win in this event in its four-year history.
The San Roque Club: "... how best to revitalise a course that had previously been fit to play regular host to the European Tour’s qualifying school finals..." by Toby Ingleton.
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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