Office Depot Ch'ship
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Office Depot
Played as the Office Depot Championship (Sept 30-Oct 2). Second-placed Soo-Yun Kang (S Kor) finished 2 shots behind Han (S Kor). Monday finish required following bad weather on earlier days. [Trump Natl GC, Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles, CA].
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Office Depot
Played as The Office Depot Championship hosted by Amy Alcott (April 2-4). Second-placed Ashli Bunch (USA) and Meg Mallon (USA) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Sörenstam, who recorded her 50th LPGA Tour win. [El Caballero CC, Tarzana, Los Angeles, CA].
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Office Depot
Played as The Office Depot Championship hosted by Amy Alcott (April 4-6). Second-placed Heather Bowie (USA), Pat Hurst (USA) and defending champion Se Ri Pak (S Kor) finished 4 shots behind Sörenstam (Swe). [El Caballero CC, Tarzana, Los Angeles, CA].
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Office Depot
Played as The Office Depot Championship hosted by Amy Alcott (April 5-7). Second-placed Annika Sörenstam (Swe) finished 1 shot behind Pak (S Kor). [El Caballero CC, Tarzana, Los Angeles, CA].
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Office Depot
Played as The Office Depot hosted by Amy Alcott (April 12-14; formerly Kathy Ireland Greens.com LPGA Classic). Sörenstam (Swe) beat Mi Hyun Kim (S Kor) with a par at the first playoff hole. This was Sörenstam's fourth straight win on the LPGA Tour, shutting out all other players between mid-February and mid-April. [Wilshire CC, Los Angeles, California].
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Kathy Ireland
Played as the Kathy Ireland Greens.com LPGA Classic (June 1-4). Second-placed Pat Hurst (USA) and Juli Inkster (USA) finished 1 shot behind first-time LPGA Tour winner Park (S Kor). [Wachesaw Plantn East GC, Murrells Inlet, nr Myrtle Beach, SC].
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City of Hope
Played as the City of Hope Myrtle Beach Classic (April 30-May 2). Second-placed Leta Lindley (USA), Helen Alfredsson (Swe) and Karrie Webb (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Hetherington (Aus), who claimed back-to-back LPGA Tour wins. Reduced to 36 holes due to rain. [Wachesaw Plantn East GC, Murrells Inlet, nr Myrtle Beach, SC].
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City of Hope
Played as the City of Hope Myrtle Beach Classic (April 16-19; formerly Susan G. Komen International). Second-placed Meg Mallon (USA) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Webb (Aus), who claimed her tenth LPGA Tour win. [Wachesaw Plantn East GC, Murrells Inlet, nr Myrtle Beach, SC].
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Komen Foundtn
Played as the inaugural Susan G. Komen International (April 17-20). Second-placed Lorie Kane (Can), Cathy Johnston-Forbes (USA) and Nanci Bowen (USA) finished 2 shots behind Webb (Aus). [Wachesaw Plantn East GC, Murrells Inlet, nr Myrtle Beach, SC].
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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