Annika Sorenstam is on course for a fairytale victory in her final professional tournament by taking the halfway lead at the Dubai Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour.
European captain Alison Nicholas has broken with tradition and named two assistants for next year's Solheim Cup in Illinois.
In early September the beautifully comported U.S. Walker Cup team went to Ireland and defeated a team of fellow amateurs from Great Britain and Ireland, 12 1/2 to 11 1/2. A week later the American women went to Sweden to play a European squad for the Solheim Cup and came back victorious, 16-12. Then in late September the American men, led by Tiger Woods and loosely managed by Captain Jack (Nicklaus), went to Canada for the Presidents Cup and won handily over Gary Player's International team, 19 1/2 to 14 1/2. The last time U.S. golfers had such a trifecta? Never.
Record prize money of over $17 million will be on offer on the 2008 Ladies European Tour, it has been announced.
England's Lisa Hall set her sights on becoming the first three-time winner on this season's Ladies' European Tour after taking the halfway lead at the Dubai Ladies' Masters -- however, veteran compatriot Laura Davies is hard on her heels at the Emirates Golf Club.
Former U.S. Open champion Alison Nicholas will captain Europe in the 2009 Solheim Cup contest, succeeding Swede Helen Alfredsson.
Veteran Laura Diaz and rookie Nicole Castrale were selected as captain's picks by U.S. skipper Betsy King on Sunday for next month's Solheim Cup against Europe.
Sweden's Maria Hjorth and Linda Wessberg, along with Norway's Iben Tinning, were selected as captain's picks on Tuesday for Europe's Solheim Cup side.
Sweden's Annika Sorenstam and Sophie Gustafson, Suzann Pettersen of Norway and Briton Catriona Matthew have secured places in Europe's Solheim Cup side.
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Ever play Cut Leaderboard? That's the game where you take the top ten scorers after two rounds of a major championship and compare them to the top ten "losers" -- i.e., those players who finish just below the cut line. As often as not, the two lists look as if they were generated at random. The real leaderboard will have seven journeyman pros, a career amateur from Kotzabue, Alaska, an Asian Tour refugee playing on a sponsor's exemption ... and Phil Mickelson. The cut leader board will have seven journeyman pros, a high school senior from Peculiar, Mo., a former PGA Tour commissioner ... and Vijay Singh.
World No.1 Annika Sorenstam will miss the women's World Cup of Golf to be held at the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City in January.
European Ladies Golf Tour officials have announced changes to the Solheim Cup selection process to better reflect the growing internationalisation of the game.
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