https://www.scmp.com/rss/510010/feed The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour is the elite series of events for female golfers. Mostly consisting of tournaments played in the US, it currently consists of 35 officially sanctioned events across the world. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press,Agence France-Presse Associated Press,Agence France-Presse Australian Hannah Green won the HSBC Women’s World Championship for a second time on Sunday, holding off a fast-finishing American Auston Kim to claim a one-stroke victory at Sentosa Golf Club. Green, the 2019 Women’s PGA Championship winner, closed with a 69 after an erratic back nine with three birdies and three bogeys almost opened the door for Kim. Green tapped in for bogey at the last and a 14-under four-round total of 274 at the par-72 course to give her another title in Singapore after... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3345022/hannah-green-wins-singapore-again-newly-married-kiwi-wins-new-zealand-open?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3345022/hannah-green-wins-singapore-again-newly-married-kiwi-wins-new-zealand-open?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Mar 2026 09:30:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Australians Hannah Green and Minjee Lee moved to the top of the leaderboard Saturday to lead by one stroke after three rounds of the HSBC Women’s World Championship. Green, the 2019 Women’s PGA Championship winner and who won the Singapore tournament in 2024, shot a four-under 68 and three-time major winner Lee a 69 to post three-round totals of 11-under 205 at the Sentosa Golf Club. American Angel Yin (68) and Haeran Ryu (70) of South Korea were tied for third in the LPGA tournament. With the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3344978/hannah-green-minjee-lee-take-lead-singapore-kiwi-raises-home-hopes-new-zealand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3344978/hannah-green-minjee-lee-take-lead-singapore-kiwi-raises-home-hopes-new-zealand?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Feb 2026 11:05:08 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Minjee Lee rocketed up the HSBC Women’s World Championship leaderboard on Friday after carding an eight-under-par 64 in Singapore. The three-time major winner moved into a tie for second place at the Sentosa Golf Club, one shot behind overnight leader Auston Kim, whose 69 left her at nine under after two rounds. World No 4 Lee, one of nine top 10 players in the field this week, had an eagle and six birdies and tied for the round of the day on the Tanjong course. In a field stacked with talent,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3344896/minjee-lee-climbs-world-championship-leaderboard-singapore-amateur-leads-new-zealand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3344896/minjee-lee-climbs-world-championship-leaderboard-singapore-amateur-leads-new-zealand?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:00:13 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Matias Sanchez battled bad weather and bad light to take an early clubhouse lead he acknowledged “doesn’t mean a whole lot” in the New Zealand Open on Thursday. The Australian carded a seven-under-par 64 on the Remarkables course at Millbrook Resort, just draining his last putt with play suspended for the day because of darkness. Heavy rain had delayed the start by three hours, meaning almost half the field, including local amateur Yuki Miya, who was six under with five holes to play, have yet... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3344758/australias-matias-sanchez-leads-new-zealand-open-jeeno-thitikul-struggles-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3344758/australias-matias-sanchez-leads-new-zealand-open-jeeno-thitikul-struggles-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:00:13 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Minjee Lee begins her 12th season on the LPGA Tour next week reinvigorated by the prospect of facing opponents who seemingly get ever younger and by a determination to “stay in the present”. After a couple of difficult years, the Australian had quite the 2025, winning her third major title at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and finishing inside the top 10 eight times, earning herself US$3.9 million in the process. She gets her 2026 campaign under way at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3343812/form-minjee-lee-has-major-golf-dreams-ahead-aims-stay-present?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3343812/form-minjee-lee-has-major-golf-dreams-ahead-aims-stay-present?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:00:09 +0000 Agencies Agencies China’s Miranda Wang lost the lead to the No 1 player in women’s golf and then delivered the clutch shots over the final three holes for a two-under 70 and a one-shot victory over Jeeno Thitikul on Sunday in the FM Championship in Norton, Massachusetts, for her first LPGA title. Wang, 26, finished with a 20-under-par 268 to win the US$615,000 championship cheque. She was feted with a champagne shower on the 18th green. The 2019 Duke graduate became the seventh LPGA rookie to win this year,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3323883/chinas-miranda-wang-comes-behind-beat-world-no-1-jeeno-thitikul-first-lpga-win?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3323883/chinas-miranda-wang-comes-behind-beat-world-no-1-jeeno-thitikul-first-lpga-win?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Sep 2025 06:26:28 +0000 By her own admission, Lydia Ko typically has not played well at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in the past – but she changed that in emphatic fashion on Sunday and erased any doubts she had about what the year may hold. A three-under-par 69 at Sentosa Golf Club took Ko to 13 under for the tournament, four shots better than her nearest challengers Jeeno Thitikul and Ayaka Furue, in what was a largely untroubled final round. The 27-year-old has not always enjoyed her time in Singapore, with a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3300722/hsbc-womens-world-championship-untroubled-lydia-ko-adds-singapore-title-collection?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3300722/hsbc-womens-world-championship-untroubled-lydia-ko-adds-singapore-title-collection?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 Mar 2025 06:36:36 +0000 Lydia Ko shot a four-under 68 on Saturday to move from one stroke behind to one stroke in front after three rounds of the LPGA’s HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore. The 27-year-old South Korean-born New Zealander had a 54-hole total of 10 under on the Tanjong course at Sentosa Golf Club. Charley Hull, who birdied two of her first four holes, was a stroke behind in second after a 68. Jeeno Thitikul, who had four back-nine birdies for a 66, had the best round of the day to move into... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3300672/hsbc-womens-world-championship-lydia-ko-takes-third-round-lead-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3300672/hsbc-womens-world-championship-lydia-ko-takes-third-round-lead-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Mar 2025 08:57:06 +0000 Lydia Ko has one of the most impressive CVs in golf, and while it does not yet include an HSBC Women’s World Championship title, that could well change after her second round on Friday. The Olympic champion carded a five-under-par 67 in Singapore to move to within one shot of overnight leader Kim A-lim, of South Korea, whose 69 took her to seven under for the tournament. Kim’s compatriot Kim Hyo-joo had the joint-lowest round of the day, with a six-under 66 leaving her in a tie for third... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3300551/hsbc-womens-world-championship-olympic-champion-lydia-ko-one-shot-lead-sentosa?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3300551/hsbc-womens-world-championship-olympic-champion-lydia-ko-one-shot-lead-sentosa?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Feb 2025 08:40:39 +0000 It was a moment Miranda Wang had been working towards for years, and in the end the overriding emotion on Thursday after her first round on the LPGA Tour was one of relief. Naturally, there was excitement too for the Beijing-born 26-year-old, who opened her HSBC Women’s World Championship with an even-par 72, but getting through the “really amazing” day in Singapore topped the list. Her state of mind may well have had something to do with the back-to-back bogeys she recovered from at the start,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3300426/hsbc-womens-world-championship-relief-chinas-miranda-wang-lpga-debut?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3300426/hsbc-womens-world-championship-relief-chinas-miranda-wang-lpga-debut?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Feb 2025 12:36:40 +0000 Hannah Green is a notable absentee from the Honda LPGA Thailand this week, an event the Australian has opted to skip for the first time in four years as she prepares to defend her HSBC Women’s World Championship title in Singapore. Green kick-started her best season to date with a win at Sentosa Golf Club last March, and followed that up by taking the LA Championship and BMW Ladies Championship. The 28-year-old had six top 10 finishes and was the first Australian since Karrie Webb in 2006 to win... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3299456/hsbc-womens-world-championship-hannah-green-skips-thailand-prepare-title-defence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3299456/hsbc-womens-world-championship-hannah-green-skips-thailand-prepare-title-defence?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Feb 2025 01:30:13 +0000 Excitement, anticipation and a certain amount of expectation will be flowing through Ginnie Ding’s veins when she steps onto the first tee in Morocco on Thursday. The 22-year-old will start her rookie season on the Ladies European Tour in the Lalla Meryem Cup, the next step in a two-year journey that has taken her from college golfer to fully fledged professional. And with a 30-tournament season ahead, Ding, the first Hongkonger to earn full LET status, wants to make a fast start to life on tour... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3297355/ladies-european-tour-ding-achieves-first-hong-kong-eyes-passport-bigger-things?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3297355/ladies-european-tour-ding-achieves-first-hong-kong-eyes-passport-bigger-things?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Feb 2025 02:30:08 +0000 The LPGA and USGA announced a change to its gender policy on Wednesday that will effectively ban transgender golfer Hailey Davidson and others like her from competition. Starting in 2025, only players assigned female at birth or who transitioned before going through male puberty will be eligible to compete in LPGA tournaments or USGA female championships. Davidson, who celebrated her 32nd birthday on Tuesday, began hormone treatments in 2015 and underwent gender-affirming surgery in 2021. Before... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3289435/lpga-usga-make-gender-policy-changes-ban-hailey-davidson-other-transgender-golfers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3289435/lpga-usga-make-gender-policy-changes-ban-hailey-davidson-other-transgender-golfers?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Dec 2024 04:05:39 +0000 World No 4 Yin Ruoning shot a superb final-round 65 to win her second tournament in three weeks at the LPGA Tour’s Maybank Championship in Malaysia on Sunday. The 22-year-old China No 1 Yin is in red-hot form on the Tour’s Asian swing, having won her home Buick Shanghai title a fortnight ago and finishing joint 14th at the BMW Championship in South Korea last weekend. She took her third win of 2024 at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club by finishing on 23-under 265, a stroke clear of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3284061/us-lpga-tour-red-hot-world-no-4-yin-ruoning-secures-title-malaysia-flawless-65?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3284061/us-lpga-tour-red-hot-world-no-4-yin-ruoning-secures-title-malaysia-flawless-65?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Oct 2024 10:16:57 +0000 Lydia Ko said she was on “cloud nine” after a dramatic day at St Andrews, where the Olympic champion won the Women’s Open on Sunday, her first major title in eight years. Three weeks after taking gold in Paris, Ko birdied the final hole at the Old Course for a three-under-par 69 to beat a who’s who of stars, including defending champion Lilia Vu, world No 1 Nelly Korda, China’s Yin Ruoning and two-time Open winner Shin Ji-yai. Ko finished at seven-under for the tournament, two shots clear of the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3275852/olympic-champion-ko-cloud-nine-after-battling-wind-rain-star-quartet-womens-open-title?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3275852/olympic-champion-ko-cloud-nine-after-battling-wind-rain-star-quartet-womens-open-title?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Aug 2024 23:15:17 +0000 Two-time former winner Shin Ji-yai will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Women’s Open at St Andrews on Sunday, and said she had need all her years of experience to battle her way to a third round five-under-par 67. The 36-year-old, who won the tournament in 2008 and 2012, moved to seven under overall, a stroke clear of defending champion Lilia Vu and two ahead of overnight leader and world No 1 Nelly Korda. On another wet and windy day in Scotland, Shin put herself in pole... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3275798/south-koreas-shin-leads-womens-open-vu-korda-heading-final-round?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3275798/south-koreas-shin-leads-womens-open-vu-korda-heading-final-round?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Aug 2024 03:35:40 +0000 Nelly Korda surged into the lead at the Women’s Open at St Andrews on Friday, firing a second consecutive round of 68 to sit at eight-under-par and three shots ahead of the field. Defending champion Lilia Vu and England’s Charley Hull, the local favourite and first-round leader, were tied for second, with China’s Yin Ruoning alone in fourth at four under, after a even-par 72. Korda, who is looking for her seventh win of the year, has never finished higher than ninth in the Open and said she was... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3275753/chinas-yin-mentally-tired-after-second-round-grind-korda-takes-womens-open-lead?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3275753/chinas-yin-mentally-tired-after-second-round-grind-korda-takes-womens-open-lead?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Aug 2024 05:45:14 +0000 England’s Charley Hull enjoyed a superb finish, with four birdies on the back nine on the Old Course at St Andrews, to lead the Women’s British Open with a five-under par opening round of 67. China’s Yin Ruoning was a shot further back after battling the worst of the windy conditions, and had reached six-under through 14 before dropping a couple of shots on the way home. Bidding for her first major title after finishing runner-up in both last year’s Women’s British Open and Women’s US Open, Hull... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3275565/chinas-yin-makes-wind-her-friend-sit-one-shot-lead-blustery-british-open?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3275565/chinas-yin-makes-wind-her-friend-sit-one-shot-lead-blustery-british-open?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Aug 2024 02:59:34 +0000 Just like the Bryants and the Williams sisters, this Czech-American family are all professional athletes. Petr Korda was a top tennis professional back in the 1980s and 1990s. He married another tennis pro, Regina Rajchrtová, and they have three children. The couple repped their native country Czechoslovakia before the Eastern Bloc dissolved and played at top-level tournaments around the world, including Grand Slams and Olympics. After the couple retired from tennis, they became US citizens and... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3270454/meet-amazing-athletic-korda-family-golfers-tennis-pros-nelly-no-1-golf-world-elder-sis-jessica-6?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3270454/meet-amazing-athletic-korda-family-golfers-tennis-pros-nelly-no-1-golf-world-elder-sis-jessica-6?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Jul 2024 11:00:10 +0000 Nelly Korda, the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in golf since Margaret Abbott in 1900, is all set to represent US women’s golf at the coming 2024 Paris Olympics, per USA Golf. Korda is the current world No 1 in the Women’s World Golf Rankings, with 14 wins at the LPGA Tour. She is also the defending Olympics champion, having scored gold at the 2020 Tokyo Games. She also recently made her Met Gala debut, wearing Oscar de la Renta as the first LPGA player to walk the glamorous... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3268858/who-olympic-gold-medallist-nelly-kordas-nhl-boyfriend-andreas-athanasiou-chicago-blackhawks-ice?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3268858/who-olympic-gold-medallist-nelly-kordas-nhl-boyfriend-andreas-athanasiou-chicago-blackhawks-ice?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Jul 2024 11:00:13 +0000 It’s not every day that you see a professional golfer smoking a cigarette while playing one of the most important games of their life. So when Charley Hull was seen chuffing her way through the US Open this weekend and signing autographs for fans while doing so, it caught plenty of attention. While smoking is not usually associated with athletes given its scientifically proven health consequences, it’s hard to deny that her look – carefree, cig in between tournament holes and all – was quite a... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3265802/charley-hull-john-daly-womens-golf-glam-english-lpga-tour-star-went-viral-smoking-us-open-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3265802/charley-hull-john-daly-womens-golf-glam-english-lpga-tour-star-went-viral-smoking-us-open-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Jun 2024 10:00:13 +0000 China’s Ruoning Yin was one of 10 players to withdraw from the Mizuho Americas Open, with seven of the drop outs caused by illness. It led to the LPGA raising concerns over a health issue with a statement late in the second round on Friday, which said that they will continue to monitor the situation at Liberty National in New Jersey. The run of withdrawals was highlighted in the first round when defending champion Rose Zhang dropped out after three holes because of an intestinal issue. Yin, who... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3263176/lpga-chinas-ruoning-yin-one-10-players-withdraw-mizuho-americas-open-prompting-serious-health?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3263176/lpga-chinas-ruoning-yin-one-10-players-withdraw-mizuho-americas-open-prompting-serious-health?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 May 2024 04:07:20 +0000 Australia’s Hannah Green drained a remarkable 30-foot birdie putt at the final hole to edge Celine Boutier of France and win the HSBC Women’s World Championship by a stroke in Singapore on Sunday. The LPGA Tour’s flagship event in Asia had looked like it was heading for a playoff after Boutier’s five-under 67 put her in the clubhouse at 12-under-par and for Green to draw level with birdies at the 16th and 17th. But the Australian completed a hat-trick of birdies over the closing holes to snatch... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3253991/hsbc-womens-world-championship-hannah-green-snatches-title-dramatic-birdie-18?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3253991/hsbc-womens-world-championship-hannah-green-snatches-title-dramatic-birdie-18?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 03 Mar 2024 10:30:09 +0000 Ayaka Furue’s putter remained red hot in a wet and windy Singapore on Saturday, as the Japanese golfer opened up a two-shot lead at HSBC Women’s World Championship. Furue’s four-under-par 68 at Sentosa Golf Club took her to 10 under overall, clear of Hannah Green, who sits alone in second after her 67. The 23-year-old is No 1 on the green at this week’s tournament, averaging 26 putts per round, and the only blemish on her card was a bogey at the par-4 12th. “I didn’t do anything special [to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3253940/hsbc-womens-world-championship-ayaka-furue-takes-two-shot-lead-final-round-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3253940/hsbc-womens-world-championship-ayaka-furue-takes-two-shot-lead-final-round-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Mar 2024 10:00:19 +0000 France’s Celine Boutier delivered a putting masterclass to storm up the leaderboard with an eight-under-par 64 and snatch the second round lead at the HSBC Women’s World Championship on Friday in Singapore. Starting the day in a tie for 30th, Boutier needed just 22 putts to navigate her way around the par-72 Tanjong course at Sentosa Golf Club, and heads into the weekend with a one-shot lead over Japan’s Ayaka Furue, who shot a 67. Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom posted a 68 to take third place while... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3253842/celine-boutier-delivers-putting-masterclass-grab-lead-hsbc-womens-world-championship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3253842/celine-boutier-delivers-putting-masterclass-grab-lead-hsbc-womens-world-championship?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Mar 2024 09:57:21 +0000 Sarah Schmelzel birdied two of her final three holes on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore. The America’s four-under-par 68 left her just ahead of a three-way tie for second, between Lilia Vu, Linn Grant and Esther Henseleit. China’s Yin Ruoning carded a 71 to sit among a large group tied for 10th at Sentosa Golf Club, as did two-time defending champion Ko Jin-young. Schmelzel overcame a shaky start in windy conditions,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3253699/golf-round-schmelzel-grabs-early-hsbc-womens-lead-hend-rolls-back-years-new-zealand-kim-mission-liv?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3253699/golf-round-schmelzel-grabs-early-hsbc-womens-lead-hend-rolls-back-years-new-zealand-kim-mission-liv?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Feb 2024 10:56:43 +0000 China’s Yin Ruoning makes her debut at the HSBC Women’s World Championship on Thursday, still looking to recapture the form that propelled her to world No 1 last year. The 21-year-old’s slow start to 2024 has been characterised by inconsistent performances, with below-par rounds invariably followed by ones two or three shots over, and vice versa. A tie for 19th at the season-opening Tournament of Champions was followed by a 23rd place at the LPGA Drive on Championship, and a finish outside the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3253488/hsbc-womens-world-championship-yin-ready-shake-rusty-start-says-thinking-about-olympics-gives-me?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3253488/hsbc-womens-world-championship-yin-ready-shake-rusty-start-says-thinking-about-olympics-gives-me?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:30:12 +0000 Lily Muni He’s swing from golfing enthusiast to social media sensation echoes the rise of Eileen Gu among young winter sports athletes. Standing tall at 163cm, her journey began with golf and expanded into fashion, blooming into a presence that captivates millions online. Born in China and raised in San Diego, He is a rising star on the LPGA tour and could influence a generation of new golfers in China. She had a passion for the sport from a young age, starting to compete at age five. She made... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3241307/meet-lily-muni-he-chinese-golfer-setting-instagram-alight-24-year-old-lpga-pro-fashion-influencer?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3241307/meet-lily-muni-he-chinese-golfer-setting-instagram-alight-24-year-old-lpga-pro-fashion-influencer?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Nov 2023 06:00:18 +0000 Away from the soggy headlines announcing the premature end of the Aramco Team Series’ stop in Hong Kong, and Janet Lin Xiyu’s monster putt to win a two-hole play-off, Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching was quietly going about her best finish in months. The Hongkonger has struggled for the past two years on the LPGA Tour, and said at times she had been “feeling very helpless out there”, with missed or barely made cuts the rule not the exception. According to several of those close to her, things had become... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3237915/urgent-phone-call-turned-around-my-career-golfer-tiffany-chan-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3237915/urgent-phone-call-turned-around-my-career-golfer-tiffany-chan-says?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Oct 2023 00:45:10 +0000 China’s Yin Ruoning became the world number one in women’s golf on Sunday by finishing third at the LPGA Queen City Championship. The 20-year-old became only the second Chinese woman to claim the world number one ranking after Feng Shanshan, who reached the summit from November 2017 to April 2018. Yin, who needed a top-four result to overtake American Lilia Vu for the top spot, missed out on a playoff for the Queen City title between Australia’s Minjee Lee and England’s Charley Hull. But Yin... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3234067/chinas-yin-becomes-womens-golf-world-number-one-finishing-third-lpga-championship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3234067/chinas-yin-becomes-womens-golf-world-number-one-finishing-third-lpga-championship?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 10 Sep 2023 22:31:27 +0000 While there was no victory to celebrate at the US$2 million Freed Group Women’s Scottish Open there were enough warning shots fired by Yin Ruoning and the China contingent to give their Asian Games rivals a fright with the countdown ticking away to next month’s tournament in Hangzhou. In the end, France’s Celine Boutier never really gave the field a hope at Dundonald Links on Sunday. She started the day three shots ahead and held the chasing pack at bay to win by two shots at 15-under-par 273... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3230186/chinas-asian-games-ladies-fire-warning-shots-attention-turns-hangzhou?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3230186/chinas-asian-games-ladies-fire-warning-shots-attention-turns-hangzhou?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Aug 2023 02:56:39 +0000 Hong Kong pair Tiffany Chan and Ginnie Ding will compete against the world’s best in the Scottish Women’s Open next week after being handed sponsor’s invites. Chan, who competed alongside South Korea’s Haeji Kang at last week’s Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, is the city’s only professional playing on the LPGA Tour, while Ding is a raising amateur. The pair will go up against major winners Yin Ruoning and Minjee Lee at Dundonald Links, as well as China’s Lin Xiyu and Yu Liu, and defending... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3228751/scottish-womens-open-hong-kong-pair-tiffany-chan-and-ginnie-ding-take-worlds-best-dundonald-links?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3228751/scottish-womens-open-hong-kong-pair-tiffany-chan-and-ginnie-ding-take-worlds-best-dundonald-links?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:46:01 +0000 Hong Kong-based tech company Freed Group has been announced as the title sponsor for next month’s Women’s Scottish Open. The LPGA tournament will take place at Dundonald Links between August 3 to 6, and champion Ayaka Furue is returning to defend her title on something of a hot streak. Furue already has six top five finishes under her belt this season, and finished in a tie for eighth at last month’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Abel Zhao, the company’s co-founder and CEO, said his... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3228541/womens-scottish-open-hong-kong-tech-company-freed-group-signs-title-sponsor?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3228541/womens-scottish-open-hong-kong-tech-company-freed-group-signs-title-sponsor?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:32:23 +0000 It would be hard to find a better example of the stark contrast between the riches in men’s and women’s golf than in the events at the Centurion Club outside Hemel Hempstead. Fresh off the back of hosting LIV Golf London last week, when 45,000 spectators reportedly streamed through the gates and Cameron Smith walked away with a winner’s cheque for US$4 million, the Aramco Team Series starts on Friday, with significantly fewer people and far less cash. Another Saudi Arabia-back three-day event... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3227493/aramco-team-series-law-calls-greater-exposure-london-stop-highlights-disparity-between-men-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3227493/aramco-team-series-law-calls-greater-exposure-london-stop-highlights-disparity-between-men-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Jul 2023 22:30:21 +0000 Twenty-year-old Yin Ruoning of China birdied the 72nd hole to post a bogey-free 67 and win the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship on Sunday at Baltsurol Golf Club. Yin finished at 8-under 276, edging Japan’s Yuka Saso by one stroke at the second women’s golf major of the year. Despite finding the rough off the tee at the par-5 18th, Yin reached the green in three and sank a birdie putt from roughly 10 feet to break a tie with Saso at 7 under. In April, Yin joined Feng Shanshan as the only two Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3225346/chinas-yin-claims-maiden-major-womens-pga-championship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3225346/chinas-yin-claims-maiden-major-womens-pga-championship?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Jun 2023 23:40:21 +0000 While Hong Kong argues about building houses on the only golf course in the city capable of staging elite events, two of the women’s games biggest stars have signed up to play in the Aramco Team Series stop in London Nelly Korda and Leona Maguire will be part of the field at the Centurion Club next month, in the third ATS tournament of the season. The fourth edition of the series, which is backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, will take place in Hong Kong in October. Korda, currently... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3223953/aramco-team-series-korda-and-maguire-join-stellar-field-london-third-stop-season?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3223953/aramco-team-series-korda-and-maguire-join-stellar-field-london-third-stop-season?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jun 2023 11:07:35 +0000 Yin Ruoning became just the second Chinese winner in LPGA Tour history on Sunday, holding off Georgia Hall in the DIO Implant LA Open. The 20-year-old Yin closed with an eventful one-under-par 70 for a one-shot victory over Hall, the English player whose 5-foot birdie try on the 18th to force a play-off slid by the right side. Recently retired Shanshan Feng is the other only other Chinese champion, winning 10 times on the LPGA Tour. “That means a lot, not just for me, also for China,” Yin said.... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3215782/lpga-tour-chinas-yin-makes-history-la-open-win-holds-georgia-hall-triumph-california?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3215782/lpga-tour-chinas-yin-makes-history-la-open-win-holds-georgia-hall-triumph-california?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Apr 2023 02:10:05 +0000 Ko Jin-young became the first player to successfully defend the HSBC Women’s World Championship title, after a composed final round on yet another rain-soaked day in Singapore. The world No 5 ensured the continued domination of South Korean players in this event, with seven of the last eight champions coming from her homeland. She shot a three-under 69, including four birdies, to finish 17 under for the week and claim victory by two shots from American Nelly Korda. Play was once again... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3212428/hsbc-womens-world-championship-ko-jin-young-retains-title-maintain-south-korean-dominance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3212428/hsbc-womens-world-championship-ko-jin-young-retains-title-maintain-south-korean-dominance?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Mar 2023 10:45:04 +0000 American Danielle Kang fired a flawless nine-under 63 to grab a one-shot halfway lead at a rain-soaked HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore on Friday. World No 18 Kang, who started the day in a tie for 29th on one-under, surged to the top of the leader board after draining nine birdies, including three in a row from the 12th during a weather-delayed second round at Sentosa Golf Club. Surprise overnight leader Elizabeth Szokol was tied for second place, alongside Allisen Corpuz and Kim... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3212309/hsbc-womens-world-championship-flawless-kang-lets-rain-delay-wash-over-her-charge-top?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3212309/hsbc-womens-world-championship-flawless-kang-lets-rain-delay-wash-over-her-charge-top?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Mar 2023 13:42:38 +0000 A year after missing the HSBC Women’s World Championship with a back injury, Elizabeth Szokol returned with a bang on Thursday, carding a superb eight-under 64 in Singapore. The unheralded American, who is ranked 153 in the world, outshone the game’s best at Sentosa Golf Club after overcoming a bogey on the 10th, her first hole of the day. But from there she never looked back, rattling off seven birdies and an eagle to open up a three-shot lead on 2021 US Women’s Open champion, Japan’s Yuka... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3212131/hsbc-womens-world-championship-unheralded-szokol-returns-bang-year-after-back-injury-kept-her-away?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3212131/hsbc-womens-world-championship-unheralded-szokol-returns-bang-year-after-back-injury-kept-her-away?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Mar 2023 12:39:35 +0000 Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching begins her season in Singapore at the HSBC Women’s World Championship on Thursday, with a top 10 finish in mind. The 29-year-old has been invited to compete in the no-cut event, which features nine of the world’s top 10 players, at Sentosa Golf Club. Chan had her best season on the LPGA Tour last year and was optimistic about her chances in her first tournament of 2023. “Being able to play in Singapore is great and hopefully I can get a top 10 this week, that would be a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3211974/hsbc-womens-world-championship-chan-targets-top-10-and-hopes-get-season-flyer-asias-major?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3211974/hsbc-womens-world-championship-chan-targets-top-10-and-hopes-get-season-flyer-asias-major?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Mar 2023 11:30:09 +0000 Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching starts her season in Singapore next week at the HSBC Women’s World Championship with eyes on a far bigger prize than the winner’s cheque for over US$300,000. The Hong Kong golfer goes into 2023 on the back of her best showing on the LPGA Tour, with two top 10 finishes, including a tie for fourth at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, and having made seven cuts from the 13 events she entered. A higher world ranking means she can expect to play more this year, and a “great... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3211160/hong-kong-golfer-tiffany-chan-eyes-greater-lpga-tour-success-after-hsbc-womens-world-championship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3211160/hong-kong-golfer-tiffany-chan-eyes-greater-lpga-tour-success-after-hsbc-womens-world-championship?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Feb 2023 23:30:10 +0000 Hong Kong’s Tiffany Chan got off to an impressive start at the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women’s Open, after shooting her first hole-in-one en route to an opening four-under-par 68. The 29-year-old accomplished the feat on the par-three 16th of the Tanah Merah Country Club’s Tampines Course, holing out from 123 yards with a nine-iron. “It’s my first one,” said a delighted Chan, who is ranked at world No 371. “I looked up and it hit the pin. I had holed out from the fairway but never from... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3202765/singapore-womens-open-hole-one-hong-kongs-tiffany-chan-tsz-ching-its-my-first?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3202765/singapore-womens-open-hole-one-hong-kongs-tiffany-chan-tsz-ching-its-my-first?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Dec 2022 12:07:58 +0000 The Philippines’ Princess Mary Superal held off some of the world’s best golfers to claim her maiden professional international title at the inaugural Simone Asia Pacific Cup on Saturday. The 25-year-old fired a glorious five-under-par 67 to finish on a 12-under-par 204, winning by three shots from former US Women’s Open winner So Yeon Ryu of South Korea, who also closed with a 67. World No 4 Lydia Ko, who trailed by one at the start of the day, failed to mount a strong challenge as she signed... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3189618/simone-asia-pacific-cup-philippines-princess-mary-superal-breakthrough?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3189618/simone-asia-pacific-cup-philippines-princess-mary-superal-breakthrough?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Aug 2022 14:13:16 +0000 South Koreans Bio Kim and Taehoon Ok shot blistering second-round scores of 63 and 64 respectively on Friday to take the lead at the US$1.5million International Series Korea. They moved to 10 under for the Asian Tour event at Lotte Skyhill Country Club on Jeju Island. Their compatriot Hanbyeol Kim fired a 66 and was two shots back, while another South Korean, Yoseop Seo, returned the same score and was one stroke further adrift. Bio made nine birdies and dropped just one shot in his... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3189563/south-korea-charge-bio-kim-taehoon-ok-lead-jeju-and-women-dominate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3189563/south-korea-charge-bio-kim-taehoon-ok-lead-jeju-and-women-dominate?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Aug 2022 13:47:59 +0000 South Korea’s seasoned campaigner So Yeon Ryu fired a seven-under-par 65 to seize a one-shot lead after the opening round of the inaugural Simone Asia Pacific Cup in Indonesia on Thursday. The 32-year-old reeled off seven birdies in a flawless round at the Pondok Indah Golf Course in Jakarta. World No 4 Lydia Ko of New Zealand – the highest-ranked player among the 44 competitors in the field – left it late with a glorious birdie-eagle finish for a bogey-free 66 to join Philippines’ Princess Mary... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3189383/simone-asia-pacific-cup-south-koreas-so-yeon-ryu-leads-way-inaugural?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3189383/simone-asia-pacific-cup-south-koreas-so-yeon-ryu-leads-way-inaugural?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Aug 2022 10:54:59 +0000 Hong Kong pair Tiffany Chan and Ginnie Ding will take on some of the biggest names in ladies golf this week at the inaugural Simone Asia Pacific Cup, and Chan has hailed the creation of the Ladies Asian Tour for the opportunities it represents. The US$750,000 event, which tees off on Thursday at the Pondok Indah Golf Course in Jakarta, Indonesia, is the second event of the LAT Series following the season-opening DB Group 36th Korea Women’s Open in June. Other tournaments on the schedule include... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3189245/ladies-asian-tour-hong-kongs-tiffany-chan-ginnie-ding-take-best-simone?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3189245/ladies-asian-tour-hong-kongs-tiffany-chan-ginnie-ding-take-best-simone?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Aug 2022 23:45:23 +0000 China’s trailblazing golfer Feng Shanshan announced her retirement from the professional game in a lengthy Instagram post on Tuesday. The former women’s world No 1, major winner and Olympic bronze medallist said that after 15 years as a professional it was time to “try something different”. Feng, who became the first Chinese player to become a member of the LPGA Tour when she joined in 2008, said she had “gained much more than what I have given” during her time as a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3187383/lpga-tour-chinas-feng-shanshan-announces-retirement-lengthy-instagram?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3187383/lpga-tour-chinas-feng-shanshan-announces-retirement-lengthy-instagram?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Aug 2022 03:53:08 +0000 Jennifer Kupcho and Lizette Salas won the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational on Saturday, while a birdie at the last propelled Hong Kong golfer Tiffany Chan and partner Haeji Kang into a tie for fourth. Kupcho and Sala closed with a nine-under par 61 in best-ball for a five-stroke victory in the LPGA Tour’s lone team event. The US Solheim Cup partners finished at 26-under overall at Midland Country Club, having opened Wednesday with a 68 in alternate shot, shot a best-ball 61 on Thursday and took... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3185566/lpga-tour-kupcho-and-salas-win-dow-great-lakes-bay-event-hong-kongs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3185566/lpga-tour-kupcho-and-salas-win-dow-great-lakes-bay-event-hong-kongs?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Jul 2022 04:32:13 +0000 Major winners Lydia Ko and Hyojoo Kim will battle it out for personal and team glory at the inaugural Simone Asia Pacific Cup in Indonesia next month. The pair are in a field of 40 golfers from 16 nations and territories at the Ladies Asian Tour Series event in Jakarta, which is taking place during a week-long celebration of the women’s game in the region. Tiffany Chan and Ginnie Ding will represent Hong Kong during the US$750,000 54-hole stroke play tournament, which will be held at the Pondok... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3185120/ladies-asian-tour-hong-kong-pair-take-regions-best-inaugural-simone-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3185120/ladies-asian-tour-hong-kong-pair-take-regions-best-inaugural-simone-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Jul 2022 07:00:17 +0000