"lpga-commissioner" Articles & Blogs:
13 year old Casie Cathrea makes a hole-in-one at LPGA Challenge
| Casie Cathrea, a 13 year old golfer from California, shot a hole-in-one at the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge in Danville, Calif. on Thursday. In the opening round – her first on the tour, she made a hole-in-one on the 155-yard 12th hole. AMAZING! Her sc...[Read on] |
LPGA signs 10-year deal with Golf Channel
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Interesting development.
The LPGA announced last week a 10-year TV deal with Golf Channel.
According to an article in Golf Week, this deal makes the tour the first stand-alone women’s sports organization to receive a rights fee agreement for domestic ...[Read on] |
LPGA set to allow transgender women to play
| On October 13, I posted a story about Lana Lawson who is a transgender woman suing the LPGA for the right to play in LPGA sponsored events. Currently LPGA competitions are restricted to golfers who are “female at birth” effectively excluding transgend...[Read on] |
Margaret Hamburg to Head FDA
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Former NYC health commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg will reportedly take over the FDAObama Administration | Today 2:40 pm
The Obama administration won’t comment, but news reports claim that Margaret A. Hamburg has been picked to head the Food and D...[Read on] |
Women's Sports: What's wrong with being a cause?
| Almost passed over yet another article about the bad economy and the effects on women's sports. You know, the one that invokes almost immediately the folding of the Houston Comets and the shaky pitch the WPS finds itself on.Though much later in the articl...[Read on] |
Is the Monkey Off Wie’s Back?
| Michelle Wie Wins First Title on LPGA
It finally happened! The collective sigh exhaled yesterday afternoon on a sun-soaked golf course in Guadalajara, Mexico was heard ‘round the golf world’. Michelle Wie won her first tournament on the LPGA Tour...[Read on] |
Trafficking Victims at U.N. Highlight Need for Recognition
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UNITED NATIONS (WOMENSENEWS)--The U.N. has held hearings and sessions on human trafficking many times before, where professional advocates and police authorities have offered evidence.
But an Oct. 22 gathering before an audience of several dozen, which i...[Read on] |
Get in the swing: June is Women’s Golf Month
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Throughout the month of June, women call the shots on the links. American Express Women’s Golf Month celebrates its fifth anniversary with a nationwide initiative that provides women the opportunity to learn or re-learn the game of golf in a fun and fri...[Read on] |
Golfers Creamer, Gulbis get signature shoes
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Paula Creamer and Natalie Gulbis are two of the LPGA’s biggest stars. Even if you’re not a golf fan, you may recognize Gulbis from reality TV shows like “The Apprentice” or her many magazine covers. Creamer’s Citizen Watch commercials ran du...[Read on] |
Barbie partners with pro golfer Brittany Lincicome to inspire girls
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Even as a young girl, Barbie was never my go-to doll. Though never a huge Barbie fan, I’ve admired some of the marketing moves Mattel has made over the years in an effort to keep the old girl relevant. Tattoo Barbie may have been my favorite.
As pa...[Read on] |
Get in the swing: June is Women’s Golf Month
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Throughout the month of June, women call the shots on the links. American Express Women’s Golf Month celebrates its sixth anniversary with a nationwide initiative that provides women the opportunity to learn or re-learn the game of golf in a fun and fri...[Read on] |
Pops and Sunshine – a heartwarming story about life and the Duramed FUTURES Tour
| Pops and Sunshine is a novel that takes us through the emotional journey of Lisa Nelson, Rookie on the Duramed FUTURES Tour, as she faces her last chance to make it to the LPGA and the family pressures she has back home in Tennessee.
By chance, Lisa find...[Read on] |
WPS restructuring means loss of jobs, move towards decentralization
| Women’s Professional Soccer issued a public release on Monday evening stating, “League staff has been restructured…while league marketing resources have been shifted to the team level in order to focus locally on attendance a...[Read on] |
Alexis Thompson: A new golf star is born
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Alexis Thompson
The U.S. Open may be over but it will not soon be forgotten. South Korea’s Eun Hee Ji curled in a 15-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to win the event on Sunday, beating Taiwan’s Candie Kung by one stroke for her first major title....[Read on] |
It’s a girl for Annika Sorenstam
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Hall of Fame golfer Annika Sorentam wrote in her blog that she and husband Mike welcomed daughter Ava Madelyn McGee at 3:30 am Tuesday morning. Baby weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces and was 19 inches long.
Sorenstam said both her and her daughter were doing w...[Read on] |
See Mommy Run
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More and more, elite female athletes are taking on a challenge greater than sports. They’re returning to the competitive world of sports while juggling motherhood.
Soccer moms have led the charge. The U.S. Women’s National Team has consistently feat...[Read on] |
Vamps, Vixens and Feminists 2010: Fighting the Backlash
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Wish I could be in London for this. Hopefully we will have someone on site covering this for Women and Hollywood. Info here. Tickets – 5 pounds. Book tickets here.
Vamps, Vixens and Feminists 2010: Fighting the Backlash sponsored by t...[Read on] |
Golf Like a Girl
| For a long time, golf was a very male (I might even say “white”) sport. Even now, there are some golf courses closed to women during the busy weekend times, and it remains a sport that intimidates many women, partly because many of the opportunities t...[Read on] |
Why female golfers need to start “stepping up to the tee” online
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Found out two interesting pieces of news about the female golf community. Apparently, not only has Golf for Women Magazine gone out of business, but golf (in general) is also unfair to women (shocking).
I’m completely aware that I’m slightly late to ...[Read on] |
Women’s Sports Foundation’s “Sportswoman of the Year”
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It’s that time of year again.
To celebrate the world’s top female athletes, the Women’s Sports Foundation nominated elite athletes from 20 different sports for individual and team Sportswoman of the Year awards.
The 2010 finalists have distinguish...[Read on] |
Hall of Fame golfer Annika Sorenstam releases namesake Syrah
| Annika Sorenstam, one of the most celebrated female golfers in history, launches her wine brand in partnership with Wente Vineyards on May 1st with the release of her namesake Syrah, ANNIKA. This elegant wine is comprised of 75 percent Livermore Valley Sy...[Read on] |
How cell phone companies can save women’s professional sports
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So I’ve been brainstorming for the past 24 hours about ways women’s professional sports can generate popularity (see yesterday’s posts for details about my call with @WNBA).
One of my ideas (which came out of that brainstorm) is that cell phone com...[Read on] |
Los Angeles Sol of WPS to fold
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Goodbye Sol. We hardly knew ya. After attending most of the home games at the Home Depot Center, and watching some great soccer, it is with huge sadness we learn that the Los Angeles Sol folded today. The notice comes after one season, despite the sta...[Read on] |
Fair pay and athletics: The gender disparities continue to loom
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This post is part of an initiative by the National Women’s Law Center in honor of Equal Pay Day — “voices are rising up across the web in support of fair pay for women.” All day, they’ll be promoting blog posts about fair pay and tweets with the...[Read on] |
Robin Roberts wins Walter Camp Football Foundation "Distinguished American" Award
| Former Southeastern Louisiana women’s basketball player Robin Roberts, accomplished student-athlete, media personality, author and breast-cancer survivor, is the 2009 recipient of the Walter Camp Football Foundation "Distinguished American" Award.
The ...[Read on] |
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