ai-miyazato Stories - Hound Dog LPGA
Player Profiles - Part 1
As is my annual habit, I will be profiling the Top 30 players in my final 2010 rankings in groups of five. Selected others will follow the Top 30. The numbers in parentheses after each player's name indicates her ranking at the end of 2009, her preseason ranking and the highest position she...
Jiyai Shin Is New #1 in Women's Golf
On the heels of her win at the JLPGA's CyberAgent Ladies tournament, Jiyai Shin has assumed the world number one ranking from the now retired Lorena Ochoa. Despite winning the LPGA Tour's Tres Marias Championship for her third win of the year, Japan's Ai Miyazato is in third in the rankings -...
The Day Golf Youth Took the Torch for the Next Generation
The story in the golf world on Friday was that Tiger Woods missed the cut at Quail Hollow, but that Phil Mickelson was in contention to win his second consecutive tournament. If Mickelson had been successful this weekend, he would have an opportunity with a third straight PGA Tour win at the...
LPGA Tour Surfs into San Diego for US Opener
The LPGA Tour kicks off its season in the United States today with the first round of the Kia Classic from LaCosta. As one might expect, the first full field event on the schedule has garnered an outstanding field. That field includes reigning LPGA Champion Anna Nordqvist, who took in some surf...
Miyazato in Elite Company in Japan, LPGA Past & Present
With her two shot win at the HSBC Women's Champions on Sunday, Ai Miyazato became only the fifth player in the history of the LPGA Tour to start the season two-for-two. The other four to accomplish the feat are legends in the women's game: Marilyn Smith (1966) Mickey Wright (1963) Louise Suggs...
Evian Masters: Your Yearly Career Affirmation
"I'm good enough. I'm smart enough. And, dog gone it, people like me." Those were the words that Stuart Smalley told himself everyday as a daily affirmation. That was good enough to help the fictional character - played by the now Senator from Minnesota, think about that - get through the...
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