Kuala Lumpur: Nine top ten finishes this season but yet to add to her four career LPGA wins so far in 2011. All that might just change tomorrow for world number four Na Yeon Choi, who displayed her credentials as one of the most consistent performers on tour by taking a slim one stroke lead into…
Kuala Lumpur: Rain disrupted play twice on the second day of the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia 2011 but it did not hinder a spectacular performance by two Americans lasses, who rose above the changing conditions to set the halfway mark. Ovenight joint leader Brittany Lang picked up where she finished yesterday to hang onto the…
Kuala Lumpur: It was a fiery hot day at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club today and the expectant crowd that made their way for the opening round of the 2011 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia were not to be disappointed. Four players – Brittany Lang, Maria Hjorth, Na Yeon Choi and Dewi Claire Schreefel –…
Kuala Lumpur: Home course advantage will be both a boon and bane for the four Malaysians in action at the US$1.9 million Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, which tees off tomorrow at the East Course of the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club. Jean Chua, Kelly Tan, Aretha Pan and Ainil Johani Bakar will line-up against…
Kuala Lumpur: Stacy Lewis knows what it feels like to be the odd one out. From the age of 11, she wore a back brace for 7 1/2 years to correct a medical condition called scoliosis, in which a person’s spine is curved from side to side. The only time she took it off was to play…
Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah Masters will make a long awaited return, as the penultimate leg of the burgeoning ASEAN PGA Tour. The tournament, which was last played in 1999 at Sutera Harbour Golf & Country Club (pix) will make a sentimental return to the same venue from November 3 to 6, boasting a prize purse of…
Kuala Lumpur: The top 10 players from the LPGA Money List are ready to rise to the challenge as the second edition of the US$1.9 million Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia got underway with the official player presentation earlier today at the Sime Darby Convention Centre. World number oneYani Tseng, Cristie Kerr, Stacy Lewis, Suzann Pettersen,…
Kuala Lumpur: Danny Chia was today confirmed as the second Malaysian in the field for the US$6.1 million CIMB Asia Pacific Classic, Malaysia, ending weeks of speculation on who will tee-off alongside national qualifier champion Shaaban Hussin in the PGA Tour-sanctioned event. Event title sponsors CIMB Group also confirmed the appearance of 2009 US Open…
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia will be deprived of the service of leading amateur Gavin Kyle Green for the upcoming South East Asian (SEA) Games in Jakarta after the University of New Mexico freshman failed to receive clearance from his university to participate in the biennial games from November 15-18. The absence of Gavin, who alongside Arie Fauzi…
Kuala Lumpur: Jet lagged and still exhausted after their journey from Korea, the stars of the LPGA stars nonetheless put on their best smiles as they launched the new Breast Care Centre at the Sime Darby Medical Centre in Subang Jaya today, as part of the pre-tournament programme of the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia. Led by Cristie…
