http://lpganews.com/wordpress LPGAnews.com - Your #1 source for the most up-to-date news on the LPGA Wed, 21 Dec 2005 20:33:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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, ... http://lpganews.com/wordpress/?p=77 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 ... http://lpganews.com/wordpress/?p=76 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 ... http://lpganews.com/wordpress/?p=75 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 ... http://lpganews.com/wordpress/?p=74 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 ... http://lpganews.com/wordpress/?p=73 TOKYO — Ai Miyazato and Rui Kitada, who teamed up to win the inaugural Women's World Cup of Golf in South Africa in February, received the LPGA Award on Tuesday. Miyazato won the award, which was inaugurated by the Japan LPGA in 2004 to honor outstanding performances by tour members, for ... http://lpganews.com/wordpress/?p=72 The results of last week's LPGA Qualifying School illustrated the brimming promise of women's golf. Ai Miyazato, a 20-year-old from Japan who stands all of 5-foot-2 -- or nearly a foot shorter than Michelle Wie -- thrashed the field, winning by 12 strokes. A throng of Japanese media trailed Miyazato, ... http://lpganews.com/wordpress/?p=71 SINGAPORE: World number one Annika Sorenstam has paired up with American rising star Paula Creamer for the Lexus Cup barely a month after they were embroiled in a dispute during a season-ending championship. Creamer, 19, the LPGA Rookie of the Year, was incensed by Sorenstam’s decision to take a drop ... http://lpganews.com/wordpress/?p=70 NARITA (Japan): For Japan’s golfing wonder girl Ai Miyazato, the biggest worry about her upcoming rookie year on the premier US women’s tour is not the different language, food or lifestyle. It’s the vastness of the US LPGA Tour which the 20-year-old from Okinawa must encounter after she scored a ... http://lpganews.com/wordpress/?p=69 Daytona Beach, Fla. - Former Wake Forest women's golfer Ashley Hoagland earned a non-exempt status on the LPGA Tour by placing in the top-59 at the LPGA Tour qualifying school. A first team All-American in 2005, Hoagland joins former Deacon Laura Diaz on the LPGA Tour. Hoagland, who graduated in May, ... http://lpganews.com/wordpress/?p=68