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:
Women’s major championships: the month of June sees two women’s majors: the US Women’s Open (June 3-6), with A Lim Kim defending, and the Women’s PGA Championship (June 24-27), with Sei Young Kim defending.
Senior PGA Championship: the revered Southern Hills in Oklahoma hosts the 81st staging of this event (May 27-30); Ken Tanigawa holds the title from its last playing in 2019.
Who's Who:
Phil Mickelson: in winning the 2021 PGA Championship, the world’s most famous “leftie” became the oldest winner of a golf major championship.
Hideki Matsuyama: became the first Japanese professional to win a men’s major championship, when he triumphed in this year’s Masters Tournament.
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.
American Dunes opens for play following Nicklaus transformation
Nicklaus Design has transformed the former Grand Haven Golf Club in Michigan into the American Dunes Golf Club, a new public course that is now open for play
New course opens for play at Barnbougle
Bill Coore designs 14-hole layout with “sporty” holes on dune ridge above Lost Farm (golf carts allowed).
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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