Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This remains her best result at a major championship to date, equalled by joint third in the 2023 Women's PGA Championship. [1] In 2014, she achieved her highest ever position in the Women's World Golf Rankings with number eighty-two. [2] Meadow represented Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she finished tied 31st. [3]
2020 Tokyo. Individual. Nelly Korda (born July 28, 1998) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour, where she has won 14 times and reached number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings. Korda won the Olympic gold medal at the women's individual golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [ 3 ]
Wi Sŏngmi. Michelle Sung Wie West (/ ˈwiː /; born October 11, 1989) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 10, she became the youngest player to qualify for a USGA amateur championship. Wie also became the youngest winner of the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the youngest to qualify for an LPGA Tour event.
The oldest champion was Babe Zaharias in 1954, at the age of 43, [ 6 ] and the youngest champion was Inbee Park in 2008, at the age of 19. [ 6 ] The U.S. Women's Open has had eight wire-to-wire champions: Zaharias in 1954, Fay Crocker in 1955, Wright in 1958, Mary Mills in 1963, Catherine Lacoste in 1967, Berning in 1968, Donna Caponi in 1970 ...
Eight different events are classified as having been LPGA majors at some time. The number in each season has fluctuated between two and five. The first tournament which is now included in the LPGA's official list of major victories is the 1930 Women's Western Open, although this is a retrospective designation as the LPGA was not founded until 1950. [3] ·
Lydia Ko MNZM (born 24 April 1997) is a New Zealand professional golfer and the reigning Olympic champion. She first reached number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings on 2 February 2015 at 17 years, 9 months and 9 days of age, making her the youngest player of either gender to be ranked No. 1 in professional golf.
Annika Charlotta Sörenstam (pronounced [ˈǎnːɪka ˈsœ̂ːrɛnˌstam] ⓘ; born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer regarded as one of the best female golfers in history. [ 2 ][ 3 ] Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 96 international professional tournaments, making her the ...
Yin Ruoning (born 28 September 2002) is a Chinese professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. [ 1 ] At age 20, she won the 2023 Women's PGA Championship becoming the second women's major championship winner from China. [ 2 ] Yin rose to number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings in September 2023.