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USWO Leaderboard Spelling Bee: The Word Is Pettersen
Suzann Pettersen is +2 through two rounds of the US Women's Open at Oakmont and certainly among the leaders. With Jeong Jang double bogeying the last hole, she will play with good friend Christina Kim. Natch, the Norwegian is on the leaderboard alongside the ninth green. Well, sort of. Always...
Even Oakmont Can Give Up an Ace Now and Then
Sun Gyoung Park, an amateur from Korea who lives in Vail, AZ., made a hole-in-one in today's morning wave in the second round of the US Women’s Open. She did it at the 141-yard, par-3 sixth hole. Park used an 8 iron to make the ace. It was the 21st uno in U.S. Women’s Open history...
Paula Creamer Successfully Battling Thumb at Oakmont
Paula Creamer has barely gotten going in her second round at the US Women's Open, but even that small amount of golf action is hurting her surgically repaired thumb. Creamer said entering the championship that she is not yet at 100% As one might guess and was confirmed to Waggle Room, Creamer...
Oakmont...South Africa...The Open - Back to the Future for Kelli Shean?
The best story of day one at the US Women's Open has to be South African Kelli Shean. She finished her opening round at -1 and ended the day just a stroke back of leader Brittany Lang. It was difficult not to immediately draw parallels to a different major at Oakmont. Ernie Els did the same thing...
US Women's Open Stat Pack for Round One
Oakmont alone is a naturally compelling host course for a tournament of any kind. For a national championship like the US Women's Open, it becomes even more interesting and grueling. That showed on day one, where just five players finished under par for the day. The par 71 for the ladies played...
I Don't Think Arnie Palmer Is Staring at the Grass in This Pic
Arnold Palmer, Paula Creamer, Cristie Kerr, and former Pittsburgh Steelers RB (and Detroit native) Jerome Bettis put on a clinic for the kids today at Oakmont before the US Women's Open. Paula Creamer Tweeted a pic of the four of them this afternoon. And Arnie was not looking at the birdie behind...
Magna Cum Numquam: Michelle Wie Missed the College Joke
Michelle Wie is one of the clear headliners of this week's US Women's Open at Oakmont. There's a poster in Pittsburgh shouting "Wow, Wie!" and her arrival into town with one LPGA Tour win. She held a presser this morning and, well, it kind of got off to a bad start. The moderator got off to a...
Back to the Futures: Happy Independence Day!
I hope everyone had a safe and fun 4th - I know I did! Got home from Kentucky late Saturday night and slept in a bit yesterday morning, for once. My parents and I sat on our deck for breakfast on Sunday. What a beautiful morning it was. I put my bathing suit on and headed to my friend's house ...
Can Cristie Kerr Be the Breakout Star of the LPGA Tour?
On Sunday at Locust Hill in mild-mannered Rochester, NY, Cristie Kerr shook up the world of women's golf. The 32-year-old completed a total routing of the field assembled for the LPGA Championship, the circuit's second major championship of the year. Kerr was dominant throughout the tournament,...
Oddball US Women's Open Qualifier Playoff Decided by USGA
Brent Kelley of about.com let us know last week about a bizarre cliffhanger ending at a sectional qualifier for the US Women's Open, played in Washington. Christine Wong and Erynne Lee finished the qualifier at Tumble Creek Club tied at 147. That caused a sudden death playoff for the spot. Lee...
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