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:
European Tour: 2021 marks the 50th and last season of the world renowned European Tour, launched in April 1972 at the Spanish Open. From 2022 the Tour will be sponsored by Dubai-based global supply chain and ports operator DP World, and will be known as the DP World Tour.
South African Open: December 2021 events in South Africa have again been impacted by the Covid pandemic. The South African Open (Dec 2-5) will no longer be played as a DP World Tour event, and the Alfred Dunhill Championship (Dec 9-12) has been cancelled.
Who's Who:
Bernhard Langer: at age 64, Langer collected a record sixth Charles Schwab Cup, the only player to have won the season-long points chase more than twice. He also topped the PGA Tour Champions money-list for the 11th time out of a possible 13 since 2008.
Carlota Ciganda: the five-time Solheim Cup star was delighted to record a fourth Ladies European Tour win in her home national championship, the Ladies Spanish Open.
Lee Elder: Trailblazer, Ryder Cup player, four-time PGA Tour winner and eight-time Senior PGA Tour winner, Lee Elder died on November 28, aged 87. In 1975 he became the first African American golfer to play in the Masters tournament, and in so doing provided one of the pivotal moments in the history of professional golf.
Golf World Top 100: Best Golf Courses in Europe. From France to Spain to the Netherlands and Norway, the Golf World Top 100 panel reveals the places you have to play (published 20 October 2021).
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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