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golfweek.usatoday.com | Beth Nichols
• Rose Zhang returns to the LPGA after a month off due to neck spasms. • Zhang rehabbed at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas. • She's now pain-free but only started hitting balls three days ago. Rose Zhang returns to the LPGA after a month-long break at this week's Mizuho Americas Open, site of her extraordinary win two years ago in her professional debut.
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1 week ago | 
golfweek.usatoday.com | Beth Nichols
Rose Zhang of the United States plays her shot from the 11th tee during the final round of the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions 2025 at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club on February 02, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. Julio Aguilar, Getty ImagesRose Zhang of the United States take her tee shot on the second hole during pro-am play prior to the T-Mobile Match Play presented by MGM Rewards 2025 at Shadow Creek Golf Course on April 01, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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1 week ago | 
golfweek.usatoday.com | Beth Nichols
It’s tough to beat Gianna Clemente’s competitive schedule over the past month. From Augusta National to the first LPGA major of the season, to Nelly Korda’s junior event and now, defending her title at this week’s AJGA Mizuho Americas Open alongside the best tour players in the world. These days there are plenty of opportunities for young players to get a taste of life at the top.
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1 week ago | 
golfweek.usatoday.com | Beth Nichols
Five-time major champion Yani Tseng will make her first U.S. Women's Open appearance since 2016. The former No. 1 advanced out of a five-for-one playoff at Arizona Country Club on May 5 along with former Wildcat golfer Yusang Hou, who took medalist honors at 4-under 140. Tseng, who recently switched to putting left-handed to combat the yips, shot 70-71 in the 36-hole qualifier to finish at 3 under along with Ryann O'Toole, Hira Naveed, Dottie Ardina and Laetitia Beck.
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1 week ago | 
ca.sports.yahoo.com | Beth Nichols
Yani Tseng, now putting left-handed, qualified for first U.S. Women's Open in nine yearsFive-time major champion Yani Tseng will make her first U.S. Women's Open appearance since 2016. The former No. 1 advanced out of a five-for-one playoff at Arizona Country Club on May 5 along with former Wildcat golfer Yusang Hou, who took medalist honors at 4-under 140.
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1 week ago | 
golfweek.usatoday.com | Beth Nichols
There were two noteworthy rulings at the inaugural Black Desert Championship, where South Korea's Haeran Ryu put together a stunning five-shot, wire-to-wire victory. The first involved the tour's second slow-penalty of the season. Rookie Chisato Iwai was assessed a two-stroke penalty on the eighth hole Friday and would go on to miss the cut by two. The LPGA put the information out via its LPGA Media twitter account.
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1 week ago | 
thespectrum.com | Beth Nichols
There were two noteworthy rulings at the inaugural Black Desert Championship, where South Korea's Haeran Ryu put together a stunning five-shot, wire-to-wire victory. The first involved the tour's second slow-penalty of the season. Rookie Chisato Iwai was assessed a two-stroke penalty on the eighth hole Friday and would go on to miss the cut by two. The LPGA put the information out via its LPGA Media twitter account.
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1 week ago | 
golfweek.usatoday.com | Beth Nichols
Haeran Ryu collected her third LPGA title in dominant fashion, converting the first of five 54-hole leads in her young career. The second wire-to-wire champion of the season, Ryu won by five at the 2025 Black Desert Championship to collect the $450,000 winner's check. The Black Desert event marked the first LPGA event in Utah in more than 60 years, and the purse of $3 million is one of the largest among non-major events.
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1 week ago | 
ca.sports.yahoo.com | Beth Nichols
Two-time Solheim Cup player Alison Lee shared on Instagram that she and boyfriend Trey Kidd welcomed their first child, a son, born April 25. The 30-year-old Lee, a two-time winner on the Ladies European Tour, helped the U.S. defeat Europe in last year's Solheim Cup. Lee went viral at the event on Saturday after she holed a wedge shot and her caddie took off his shirt to settle a bet. Currently No. 47 in the world, Lee made her last start in November at the Aramco Team Series event in Saudi Arabia.
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2 weeks ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Beth Nichols
Last summer England's Charley Hull went viral after she was filmed smoking a cigarette while signing autographs at the U.S. Women's Open. Her smoking habit and increased fame became a talking point throughout the season. Earlier this year, Hull made a hefty bet with a friend during a casual round at Sunningdale Golf Club that she'd stop smoking and posted it on social media. If she picked up a cigarette over the next two months, she'd pay him 10,000 pounds.
