Callaway Golf Company (NYSE:ELY) today announced the signing of teenage star Morgan Pressel to a multi-year contract to play and endorse Callaway Golf® equipment. The reigning women’s U.S. Amateur Champion, Pressel will play a full slate of 2006 LPGA Tour events beginning in February. She will endorse Callaway Golf woods, irons, wedges, golf balls, and [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — John D. Laupheimer, the second commissioner of the LPGA Tour who helped attract corporate sponsorship to women’s golf during his six-year tenure, died Monday in London, former commissioner Ty Votaw said. He was 75.
Votaw said Laupheimer had been suffering from cancer and slipped into a coma a few weeks ago.
“He took [...]
The LPGA Tour made an exception Monday for 17-year-old Morgan Pressel, accepting her as a member instead of making her wait until she turns 18 three months after the season begins.
The decision means that Pressel, a senior honor student at St. Andrews School in Boca Raton, Fla., can play wherever she is eligible and have [...]
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Annika Sorenstam is feeling comfortable enough about her personal life that her boyfriend, Mike McGee, has become slightly more visible at tournaments. The Swedish star talked about her relationship in a recent interview with The Aftonbladet newspaper in Stockholm.
McGee is an agent for International Golf Partners, and the son of [...]
The Japan LPGA tour will add three tournaments to its schedule in 2006, taking total prize money to a record level as a new generation of players continue to boost interest in women’s golf in Japan.
The 2006 schedule released Tuesday by the Japan LPGA features 36 tournaments and combined prize money of 2.66 billion yen, [...]