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South Africa's Paula Reto tests positive for COVID-19, out of Olympics
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Thursday, 29 July 2021 13:55
KAWAGOE, Japan – South Africa’s Paula Reto tested positive for COVID-19 and has been forced to withdraw from next week’s Olympic women’s golf competition. Reto, 31, tested positive during her team’s final testing protocols and because of the travel requirements, she will not be able to compete. She will be replaced in the field by India’s Diksha Dagar as the…
American women in the mix early at ISPS Handa World Invitational
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Thursday, 29 July 2021 14:26
Three Americans are in the mix after Day 1 of the ISPS Handa World Invitational. Jennifer Kupcho birdied four of her last five holes to shoot a 7-under 66 and co-lead with South Korea’s Chella Choi and Scotland’s Gemma Dryburg. Golf felt “easy” for Emma Talley, who stands one shot behind the early leaders, and Sarah Burnham’s “don’t mess up”…
LPGA again cancels Taiwan Swinging Skirts in relation to COVID-19 concerns
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Thursday, 29 July 2021 14:37
For the second consecutive season, the Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA event has been canceled because of issues related to COVID-19. The LPGA announced Thursday night in a statement that the event, which was to be contested Oct. 28-31 in New Taipei City, Chinese Taipei, would not be held "[d]ue to ongoing travel and border restrictions as well as the current…
In one year, Mito Pereira gets Tour card, becomes Olympian and could earn medal
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Thursday, 29 July 2021 16:57
KAWAGOE, Japan – Had the Summer Games not been delayed a year by the COVID-19 pandemic, Mito Pereira would have been watching the action on television. The Chilean was just inside the top 300 in the world ranking at the time – you need to be inside the top 250 to qualify for the Olympics - and trying to find…
Annika Sorenstam turns back the clock and rises to the top at U.S. Senior Women's Open
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Thursday, 29 July 2021 08:29
The last time the world saw Annika Sorenstam play in a major, most were watching their box TVs as she capped her Hall of Fame career holing a 199 yard eagle on the 72nd hole of the 2008 U.S. Women's Open. It was 13 years before, at the 1995 U.S. Women's Open when she notched her first LPGA title. Now,…
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