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Ariya Jutanigarn Wins CME Group LPGA Tour Championship

Ariya Jutanigarn knocked in a 23 foot birdie on the final hole to win the CME Group LPGA Tour Championship by a shot over Lexi Thompson and Jessica Korda.  Thompson missed a less-than-two-foot par putt on the 18th that would have forced a playoff.

Ariya won the tournament, but Lexi won the Race to the CME Globe and the million dollar bonus. Sung Hyun Park and So Yeon Ryu tied for Rolex Player of the Year with 162 points each. Go to LPGA.com to get the full story of who won what.

Here are highlights of Ariya’s final round:

Here is Lexi’s missed par putt.

Here is Sung Hyun Park and So Yeon Ryu on being co-Rolex Players of the Year:

 

2017 Solheim Cup Team Comparison

The 2017 Solheim Cup is about to start in Iowa, so here are the Power Rankings for the two teams.

The table below has all of the players on each team. Each player has their current power index number followed by their power ranking position in parentheses, as of August 13.

Europe USA
Georgia Hall 14.92 (9) Lexi Thompson 18.17 (4)
Carlota Ciganda 14.46 (11) Michelle Wie 13.13 (15)
Caroline Masson 10.04 (34) Angel Yin 10.29 (30)
Anna Nordqvist 8.46 (47) Cristie Kerr 10.00 (35)
Jodi Ewart Shadoff 7.54 (60) Stacy Lewis 9.38 (42)
Charley Hull 3.08 (203) Lizette Salas 7.71 (58)
Emily K. Pedersen 3.00 (208) Gerina Piller 6.96 (72)
Karine Icher 1.25 (324) Brittany Lincicome 4.83 (131)
Suzann Pettersen 0.96 (339) Paula Creamer 4.50 (141)
Madelene Sagstrom -0.42 (654) Danielle Kang 3.83 (168)
Mel Reid -2.29 (1812) Austin Ernst -1.88 (1735)
Florentyna Parker -3.54 (2342) Brittany Lang -2.29 (1812)

Based on the most recent results, it looks like the U.S. should have the edge.

Brooke Henderson Wins Meijer LPGA Classic

Canada’s Brooke Henderson wins the Meijer LPGA Classic over Michelle Wie and Lexi Thompson.

 

 

Si Woo Kim Wins Players Championship

Si Woo Kim displayed an incredible short game, making par save after par save to have a bogey free final round 69, to win the Players Championship by 3 shots over Louis Oosthuizen and Ian Poulter.

Here are the highlights from the PGA Tour’s Youtube page:

Here is how the (in)famous 17th was played:

The shot of the day goes to Rafa Cabrera-Bello who made a 2 on the par-five sixteenth:

With the win, Kim moved up 1703 spots to the 94th spot in our Power Rankings.

 

 

Jonas Blixt and Cameron Smith Win Zurich Classic in Playoff

For the first time in 35 years the PGA Tour had an official event where players played in teams.  Cameron Smith and Jonas Blixt won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in a playoff over Kevin Kisner and Scott Brown.

Rounds 1 & 3 had the teams playing alternate shot, and for rounds 2 & 4 they played better ball.

Here are the Sunday and Monday highlights from the PGA Tour’s Youtube page: