2009 LPGA Tour Championship TV Schedule and Tournament Notes
ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG — ... Creamer is looking for her first 2009 win. (dnkbdotcom/Flickr) THE 2009 LPGA TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP is underway at the Houstonian Golf & Country Club in Houston, Texas. Lorena Ochoa is the early leader after shooting a 6-under par 66. Purse: $1.5 million Defending champion: (inaugural edition) Tournament preview Tournament interviews Final field 2009 LPGA Tour Championship Leaderboard More coverage: Preview and predictions (Mostly Harmless) ...

LPGA Tour Championship Thursday: Ochoa Leads, Wie WDs
Mostly Harmless — ... of the LPGA Tour Championship today. Both players started on the back in the morning pairings, but they finished quite differently. Ochoa fired a tournament-leading 66, making 3 of her 8 birdies on the day in her last 4 holes, while Shin was busy bogeying 2 of her last 4 holes and finishing +2 over her last 8 holes to drop back to T9 at -2. Meanwhile, ...

Stacy Lewis and Her Hometown Championship
LinksLifeGolf — ... . Thanks for visiting! by Jeff Skinner This isn’t what the LPGA Tour needed in Houston at its Tour Championship . First their biggest drawing card disappears when Michelle Wie has to withdraw with a bad ankle and then the weather refuses to cooperate. The players haven’t been able to complete round two due to rain delays. They’ll continue the second round at 7 a.m. today. One of those golfers that wasn’t able to start her second round was ...

LPGA Tour Championship Friday: Houston, We Have a Problem!
Mostly Harmless — ... " in on the Houstonian today when it appeared heavy rains would wash away the entire 2nd round of the LPGA Tour Championship. True, half the field didn't even get to tee it off and nobody in the morning pairings actually finished her round. So they're going to need the course to drain well, more rain to hold off, a lot of fast play from the remaining golfers in the field (Candie Kung, Seon Hwa Lee, and Silvia Cavalleri joined Michelle Wie in withdrawing), and a little luck to finish all 72 holes by Sunday afternoon now. But Brecht practically guaranteed that all 72 holes ...

LPGA Struggles to Finish The Tour Championship
LinksLifeGolf — ... week for the LPGA Tour Championship . The tournament started with such promise: There was plenty of buzz thanks to Michelle Wie winning her first tournament, the top players in the world were to be showcased on a weekend without competition from the PGA Tour and the Player of the Year Race was headed for a photo finish. Then the dark cloud that has been following the LPGA all year reappeared again and this time it brought rain and not controversy. After a weekend of rain delays and false starts play resumed on Sunday but the women will have to start early on Monday to finish ...

LPGA Tour Championship Friday Sunday: Still Not Done with the 2nd Round, but the LPGA's Pennant Races Are as Hot as Ever
Mostly Harmless — I don't know what the LPGA has done to get on the bad side of the golf gods. All I can say is that Michael Whan may want to start building an ark, if he hasn't begun already. Just got up this morning after our late-night return from Kitchener, Ontario, and Skate Canada (on which more later), expecting to see that the 3rd round of the LPGA Tour Championship had finally begun. But lo and behold, there are still groups with 5 holes left to play early this morning, before the original 1st cut can even be made! I guess I have to accept that this'll be a 54-hole deal, after all. ...

LPGA Tour Championship Monday: Na Yeon Makes an Early Move
Mostly Harmless — ... birdied her 1st 4 holes in a row today to climb to -6 and pull within 2 shots of the lead in the LPGA Tour Championship. If she were to win this week, Choi would join Ji-Yai Shin and Lorena Ochoa as the LPGA's only 3-time winners in 2009. She's already made a million dollars each of her 2 LPGA seasons and has never missed a cut in her 53 LPGA starts. She's already improved her ballstriking from her rookie season; if she ever got her putter going, she'd be a real threat for Player of the Year. Watch for her today and in 2010! ...

LPGA Tour Championship Monday: Hee Young Park Making a Late Move
Mostly Harmless — ... going -7 over her 1st 11 holes today at the LPGA Tour Championship and Lorena Ochoa, Cristie Kerr, and Ai Miyazato making Sunday charges, as well, it's easy to overlook Choi's fellow Super Soph ...

LPGA Tour Championship Monday: Gambatte, Ai-sama!
Mostly Harmless — ... now trails her by only 2 shots in the LPGA Tour Championship. Imoto, onechan, the Full Metal Archivist, and I saw Daisuke Takahashi get robbed by the judges in Kitchener, Ontario, at Skate Canada (no big deal, as the winner Jeremy Abbott was able to return to defend his title at the ISU's Grand Prix finals as a result--and Dai-chan will get a chance for redemption there in a couple of weeks). The great thing about golf is: no judges. With ...

LPGA Tour Championship Monday: Lorena Ochoa Will Not Be Denied--or Will She?
Mostly Harmless — ... got off to a fast start in the final round of the LPGA Tour Championship, making birdies on her 1st 3 holes to climb to -9. But after becoming the 1st player in the field to break the -10 barrier with a birdie on the 7th, the world #1 bogeyed 8 and 9, right around the time that ...

JLPGA Q-School's 3rd Stage Begins Tomorrow
Mostly Harmless — ... begins in a little while in Tochigi and Mie prefectures. Originally, the JLPGA had announced that Meena Lee, Young Kim, Teresa Lu, and Shanshan Feng had entered the 3rd stage, but with Lee playing well in the LPGA Tour Championship and Feng finally missing the cut Monday morning, it makes sense that I see only Young Kim's name in the ...

Nordqvist Wins and Ochoa Player of the Year
LinksLifeGolf — ... . Thanks for visiting! The LPGA finally ended its turbulent season with a final round that was almost worth the wait. It was a round worthy of a Sunday afternoon finish with a full gallery and some decent television ratings. Unfortunately, the girls had to close out an exciting tournament on Monday and missed the chance to showcase their talents. There was plenty worth watching at The Tour Championship and The LPGA continues to put on a great product. ...