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LPGA TOUR

Scottie Scheffler won the the RBC Herigate golf tournament in Hilton Head, South Carolina, on Monday. The Masters champion has won four of his last five starts.
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Apr 23, 2024
Scheffler and Korda take men's and women's golf by storm
Masters champion Scheffler has won four of his last five starts.
Ayaka Furue hits her tee shot on the ninth hole during the final round of the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday.
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Jan 22, 2024
Ayaka Furue finishes in tie for fourth behind Lydia Ko in LPGA opener
Overnight leader Lydia Ko claimed a two-stroke victory on Sunday.
Yuka Saso leads the CPKC Women's Open after one round at Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club in Vancouver on Thursday.
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Aug 25, 2023
Japan's Yuka Saso grabs first round lead at CPKC Women's Open
The U.S. Women's Open in 2021, came alive with four straight birdies and added two more to ensure a one-stroke lead over Sweden's Linn Grant.
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Dec 26, 2022
Kathy Whitworth, golf's winningest professional, dies at 83
Kathy Whitworth, whose 88 LPGA Tour victories are the most ever
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Dec 12, 2022
Minami Katsu and Yuna Nishimura qualify for U.S. LPGA Tour for 2023 season
Golfers Minami Katsu and Yuna Nishimura earned U.S. LPGA Tour status for the 2023 season after finishing the Q-Series alone in fifth and tied for 24th, respectively, on Sunday.
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Sep 18, 2022
Ayaka Furue in three-way lead, Hinako Shibuno 4th at Portland Classic
Kobe native Furue opened with a birdie, reeled off three in a row starting at the par-5 fifth and added another at the 14th to leap into contention at Columbia Edgewater.
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Aug 2, 2022
Ayaka Furue zeros in on major challenge after Scottish Open highlight
From Thursday, the 22-year-old Kobe native will take on the Women's British Open on the renowned links in Gullane, near Edinburgh.
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Apr 17, 2022
Hinako Shibuno finishes second at Lotte Championship
Shibuno, the 2019 Women's British Open champion, finished the day two shots off winner Kim Hyo-joo of South Korea.
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Apr 3, 2022
Hinako Shibuno falters at Chevron to see hopes of major title fade
The 23-year-old led by a stroke after two rounds at Mission Hills Country Club but then dropped to 5-over-par 77, carding two birdies, three bogeys and two double bogeys for a 4-under 212.
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Jul 11, 2021
Nasa Hataoka opens six-shot lead at Marathon Classic
Hataoka carded eight birdies and one bogey during the solid round that gave her a 54-hole course record at 19-under 194 at Highland Meadows Golf Club.
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Mar 19, 2019
Nasa Hataoka rises to personal-best fifth in LPGA rankings
Nasa Hataoka moved up one notch to a personal-best fifth in the latest women's world golf rankings released Monday.
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Nov 18, 2018
Nasa Hataoka in tie for 12th after third round of LPGA Tour Championship
Nasa Hataoka carded a 2-under-par 70 in the third round of the CME Group Tour Championship on Saturday and is tied for 12th place, 10 shots behind leader Lexi Thompson of the United States.
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Jun 28, 2017
Miyazato eyes first major title
Former women's world No. 1 Ai Miyazato is hoping to break her major hoodoo at the Women's PGA Championship starting on Thursday in Illinois.
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Dec 5, 2016
Hataoka earns LPGA Tour card
Nasa Hataoka earned an LPGA Tour berth on Sunday, making her eligible to play in the majority of tournaments on the U.S. women's golf tour next season.
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Dec 1, 2016
Hataoka starts strong in qualifying school
Teenager Nasa Hataoka got off to a strong start in her bid to earn a tour card on the U.S. LPGA Tour for next season, shooting a 4-under-par 68 on Wednesday for a tie for third place in the first round of the final qualifying school.
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May 23, 2016
Miyazato flames out in final round
First-round leader Mika Miyazato stumbled on the final day of the Kingsmill Championship on Sunday, falling out of contention and finishing in a disappointing three-way tie for 15th place.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.

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