World Ladies Championship
Played as the inaugural World Ladies Championship (March 2-4; CLPGA/LET Tours event). Second-placed Pornanong Phatlum (Thai) finished 1 shot behind Shanshan Feng (China), who became the first Chinese woman to win on the Ladies European Tour. Feng & Li Ying Ye made it a home win in the team competition, while Jing Yan (China) took the amateur title. [Vintage course, Mission Hills Haikou, Hainan Island, China].
Played as the Mission Hills World Ladies Championship (March 6-9; CLPGA/LET Tours event). Second-placed Suzanne Pettersen (Nor) finished 5 shots behind Inbee Park (S Kor), reversing the 2013 result (when Park finished one shot behind winner Pettersen). The team strokeplay competition was won by South Korea (Inbee Park & So Yeon Ryu); second was China (Shanshan Feng & Xi Yu Lin). [Blackstone course, Mission Hills Haikou, Hainan Island, China].
Played as the Mission Hills World Ladies Championship (March 7-10; CLPGA/LET Tours event). Second-placed Inbee Park (S Kor) finished 1 shot behind Suzanne Pettersen (Nor). The team strokeplay competition was won by South Korea (Inbee Park & Ha-Neul Kim); second was Norway (Suzann Pettersen & Marianne Skarpnord). The leading amateur was Simin Feng (China). [Sandbelt Trails course, Mission Hills Haikou, Hainan Island, China].
Played as the Mission Hills World Ladies Championship (March 12-15; CLPGA/LET Tours event). Second-placed Inbee Park (S Kor) finished 1 shot behind So Yeon Ryu (S Kor), who recorded her first LET win. The team strokeplay competition was won by South Korea (Inbee Park & So Yeon Ryu); second was Norway (Suzann Pettersen & Marianne Skarpnord). [Blackstone course, Mission Hills Haikou, Hainan Island, China].
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Played as the SGF67 World Ladies Championship with SBS (March 17-19; CLPGA/LET/KLPGA Tours event). Hae-rym Kim (S Kor) beat Seon-woo Bae (S Kor) with a four-foot birdie putt at the second playoff hole (par-5 18th). [Blackstone course, Mission Hills Haikou, Hainan Island, China].
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Played as the World Ladies Championship (March 10-13; CLPGA/LET/KLPGA Tours event). Second-placed Seung-hyun Lee (S Kor), Bo-kyung Kim (S Kor) and Han-sol Ji (S Kor) finished 1 shot behind Jung-min Lee (S Kor). The team strokeplay competition was won by South Korea (Jung-min Lee & Jin-young Ko); second was France (Celine Herbin & Gwladys Nocera). [Olazabal course, Mission Hills Dongguan, China].
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.
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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