Suzann Pettersen Stamps Her Name Into LPGA History Books With Evian Masters Triumph.
Sweden’s Suzann Pettersen put her name into the history a final books posting a three-under-par 68 to earn her second career major at the inaugural Evian Championship.
The 32-year-old Norwegian shot rounds of 66, 69 and 68 for a total of 203, 10 under par, in the rain-shortened, 54-hole event. She finished two strokes clear of 16-year-old amateur Lydia Ko of New Zealand, who began the day tied for second.
The third and final round quickly turned into a duel between Ko and Pettersen, after ...
Suzann Pettersen Captures Evian Masters – In The Winners Circle.
IN THE WINNER’S CIRCLE with SUZANN PETTERSEN
2013 Evian Championship
September 15, 2013
Born: Oslo, Norway
Lives: Orlando, Fla.
Birthdate: April 7, 1981 – currently 32 years, 4 months, and 25 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: tied for 10th at 2002 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Turned Professional: 2000
VICTORIES
o LPGA: 13th career victory; 3rd this season, 2nd major championship victory Previous wins: 2013 Safeway Classic, 2013 LPGA LOTTE Championship Presented by J Golf, 2012 LPGA ...
Cool Kiwi Ko Kick-Starts Evian With A 68 … By Agathe Seron.
Lydia Ko, refreshing and smart young talent
New-Zealand’s Lydia Ko is a talented 16 year old still amateur. After her second win on LPGA Tour last week as defending champion at the CN Canadian Women’s Open, she enters the LPGA history book. She also recorded 2 other wins in professional events, one on LET in New-Zealand and one on ALPG in South Wales.
Experts and fans looked forward to see her playing in the fifth Major of the season. Smart and refreshing teenager, she feels as relax ...
Evian Masters – Water, Water & More Water But Not The Sponsor’s Product By Agathe Seron.
Rain and more rain is playing havoc with those competing in the Evian Masters and golf’s newest Major Championship.
The poor weather had led to the first round being suspended due to unplayable course conditions. Play has been rescheduled to at 7:45 a.m. local time on Friday morning and will all scores from today (Thursday) erased.
Rain forced first-round tee times to originally be delayed two hours and the first shot of the inaugural Evian Championship was struck at 9:45 a.m.local ...
Padraig Harrington Missing ‘Fear’ In His Game As He Edges Closer To Dropping Outside Top-100.
With triple Major winning Padraig Harrington now close to dropping outside the World’s top-100 for a first time in 16 years the Irishman confessed he’s lost a ‘fear’ in his game as he also seeks to end a five-year winless drought at this week’s KLM Open at Zandvoort.
Harrington is competing in the Dutch premier event for a first occasion in 11 years since finishing third at Hilversum in 2002 though this is the 42-year olds first visit to the links-like Kennemer course located ...
Colsaerts In A Better Place Heading Into 2014 Ryder Cup Than Two Years Ago.
Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts admits he’s in a better place heading into the 2014 European Ryder Cup qualifying campaign than he was two years ago.
Colsaerts is returning to competition at this week’s KLM Open, and a Kennemer golf course he remembers playing when he was just 15 years old, after a month’s break since he last tournament being finishing well down in the PGA Championship at Oak Hill.
The premier Dutch event is the third for Gleneagles qualifying in a 12-month long ...
Jimenez Looking To Break His Own ‘Oldest Player’ Record & Capture Second KLM Open Title In 9 Years.
He describes himself like a bottle of Rioja wine – just gets better with age!
However Miguel Angel Jimenez tees up in this week’s KLM Open determined to extend his record as the European Tour’s oldest-ever champion in winning a second Dutch title and nine years after a first.
“Next January I will be 50 but then I don’t find it a difficult thing still to be competitive out here,” he said.
“I finished fifth last week in Switzerland and thought I had a good chance of winning but ...
