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Inkster, Miyazato lead LPGA event

Sat, 02/27/2010 - 19:52 by Inderjit Singh

Singapore -- Juli Inkster and Ai Miyazato each shot 3-under-par 69 Saturday and are tied for the lead at the LPGA's HSBC Women's Champions tournament in Singapore.

Inkster, 49, would be the oldest golfer to win an LPGA event if she can pick up career title No. 32 on Sunday while Miyazato, 24, will be shooting for her second tour title in as many weeks. They are at 7-under 209 after 54 holes.

Momoko Ueda, who tied for Saturday's best round with a 68, is among four players tied for third two strokes behind the leaders. She, Park Hee-young (69 Saturday), Sun Young Yoo (71) and Han Hee-won (71) have three-round totals of 5-under 211.

Shin shares lead at Samsung

Fri, 09/18/2009 - 11:32 by shalini.bahadur

Lajolla, Calif., Sept. 18: Jiyai Shin, who last week won her third tournament of the year on the LPGA Tour, shared the first-round lead Thursday at the Samsung World Championship.

Shin shot a 6-under 66 on the South Course of the Torrey Pines Golf Club to tie Song-Hee Kim for the top spot.

A dozen members of the elite 20-player field broke par on the course that hosted the 2008 U.S. Open.

Two-time former champion and world No. 1 Lorena Ochoa was tied for third at 5-under 67 with Sophie Gustafson.

Ai Miyazato and Juli Inkster were at 68. Inkster is one of just six Americans in the field. Paula Creamer shot a 69, Brittany Lincicome was at 70 and the group at 71 included Na Yeon Choi, Anna Nordqvist and Suzann Pettersen.

Report: Bivens out as LPGA commissioner

Fri, 07/10/2009 - 11:29 by preet_20

Bethlehem, Pa. July 9: Golfweek magazine reported Thursday that the LPGA Tour has decided not to retain Commissioner Carolyn Bivens for the final two years of her contract.

Bivens has been involved in a series of controversies during her four years on the job and recently came under attack from a group of high-profile players.

A group that included Lorena Ochoa, Michelle Wie, Juli Inkster and Paula Creamer sent a letter to the LPGA board of directors asking that Bivens be dismissed, published reports indicated.

Only 10 tournaments have been officially lined up for the 2010 LPGA Tour schedule.

A statement from LPGA spokesman David Higdon said the tour is focused on play at this week's U.S. Women's Open.