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Pressel, Lewis Tweet, Question LPGA

I lost interest in the Wegmans LPGA event after Cheyenne Woods missed the cut and Michelle Wie posted a third-round 75 to take herself out of contention. Jiyai Shin went on to win by seven strokes, pushing her 2009 earnings over $1 million, and cementing her Rookie of the Year bid. But Stacy Lewis and Morgan Pressel were...

The Day Michael Jackson Died: Athletes Mourn Loss of Music Legend

I heard Michael Jackson died at approximately 5:30 PM ET. Hours later, I still don't think it's fully hit me. This was the man I idolized growing up as a kid ... I watched Moonwalker about 80 times on VHS (Joe Pesci was the villain). I once furiously outbid someone $159 for a replica Beat It jacket with 13 zippers. I...

LPGA Commissioner Would Welcome Players Using Twitter During Round

LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens made news last year for the tour's peculiar language requirement. The policy was short-lived, but it's one of those things you can easily point to as an example of why the LPGA struggles to remain both relevant and solvent. Bivens understands as much (although misguided, her attempt to get...

Michelle Wie Paired With Morgan Pressel

This could get awkward. The Honolulu Advertiser reports that Michelle Wie will play with her most vocal critic, fellow teenage prodigy Morgan Pressel, in Thursday's first round of the Evian Masters in France. Like Wie, Pressel was good enough to compete against professionals at a very early age. Pressel qualified for the...

Alexis Thompson: More Like Pressel or Wie?

With Michelle Wie having to withdraw from the U.S. Women's Open earlier this week and 12-year-old Alexis Thompson having a solid showing after qualifying for the tournament, the armchair psychologists are coming out of the woodwork to tell the Wie's exactly where they went wrong. Morgan Pressel, the 19-year-old LPGA Tour...

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05/29/12 Golf Glance Source: Idaho Press-Tribune - Nampa ID Muirfield Village Golf Club (7,352 yards, par 72).
05/24/12 Golf: Plenty of ways to view Morgan Pressel's slow... Source: The Patriot-News - Harrisburg PA On one hand I feel sorry for Morgan Pressel, who was hit with a slow penalty during the semifinals of last week's LPGA Sybase Match Play Championship.
05/23/12 Pressel, Sluman, & 3 more join Classic Source: FOX - WNAC MyFOX Providence - Providence RI Five more golfers have been added to the lineup for the 2012 CVS Caremark Charity Classic.
05/23/12 David Barrett writes that the only Source: Golf Observer Kevin Na's trigger-pulling troubles at the Players Championship two weeks ago put the spotlight on the slow-play problem on the PGA Tour, leading many to wonder why the Tour didn't enforce stroke penalties.
05/22/12 Munoz of Spain prevails in Sybase Match Play, topping... Source: PGA.com Azahara Munoz is never going to forget her first LPGA Tour win.