By David Shefter, USGA U.S. Women's Open History Timeline As we celebrate National Women’s History Month, the USGA is highlighting five significant players who captured multiple U.S. Women’s Open titles. This week, it’s JoAnne Carner. JoAnne Carner is the only…
The numbers are in. The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred an interest in golf not seen in recent years. According to the National Golf Foundation golf participation among juniors, beginners, and returning golfers increased 20-25% in the 2nd quarter this year.…
LPGA Professionals Class A Instructor Cathy MacPherson shows us the "Star to A" putting drill to improve consistency.
(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., 04 September 2020) As women and men around the world united on Tuesday, September 1st, to celebrate the 5th annual Women’s Golf Day (WGD), they set new heights for the ground-breaking movement. Despite the pandemic WGD…
In the late 1960s, my family moved next door to Club Green Meadows Golf Course in Vancouver, Wash. and my parents and siblings all caught the golfing bug. In the summer of 1970 I had the unique opportunity and pleasure…
Former professional golfer Linda Chen served as president of Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma, Wash. for nearly three years. She started the same week in June 2015 that the U.S. Open was being held at Chambers Bay in nearby…
Winner of From Her Tees' last issue drawing Kathleen Turner of Port Orchard, Wash. was the winner of a WA Golf prize pack. Here she is in her own words.... "What I missed most about golf during shelter in place?…
Three-time champion Annika Sorenstam named ambassador of milestone celebration LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (June 3, 2020) - The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced a number of exciting initiatives connected to the milestone 75th anniversary U.S. Women's Open Championship, which…
Edean Ihlanfeldt, a Hall of Fame amateur golfer who played against LPGA legends Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Patty Berg before starting the women’s golf program at the University of Washington in 1974, passed away April 27 in Wenatchee, Wash. She…
Winner of From Her Tees' last issue drawing Sally Bourgault of Olympia, Wash. was the winner of two Legends Cup Pro-Am spots. Here she is in her own words.... "I started playing golf in High School in 1975 with my…