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3 days ago
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Lottie Woad earns low amateur honors at U.S. Women's Open, moves closer to LPGA card
Lottie Woad earns low amateur honors at U.S. Women's Open, moves closer to LPGA card ERIN, Wis. ― As if competing in a U.S. Women's Open wasn't demanding enough, Lottie Woad put a new pair of shoes in play during a practice round and "got beat up pretty bad with blisters." The world's top-ranked amateur battled through the long and undulating terrain of Erin Hills to top the amateur standings. Woad, one of six amateurs to make the cut out of the 26 in the field, carded a final-round 75 to finish at 5 over for the championship, two ahead of Texas's Farah O'Keefe and Carolina Lopez-Chacarra. Oregon's Kiara Romero vaulted up the board with the day's low round, 5-under 67, the lowest final round by an amateur in U.S. Women's Open history. "My right foot's OK," said Woad. "My left foot, I don't really know if you'd call it a blister. It kind of has no skin, so more of a wound." Woad's finish at the U.S. Women's Open earns her one point toward the LPGA's Elite Amateur Pathway program, new this year. A top-25 finish would've given her two points. She now has 17 of the 20 points needed to earn her LPGA card for the remainder of the 2025 season as well as 2026. The rising Florida State senior will earn another point next week at the Arnold Palmer Cup June 5-7 at Congaree Golf Club in South Carolina, where she'll represent the International team. Top-ranked amateurs are often invited to the Amundi Evian Championship and, if that's the case for Woad, a top-25 finish there would give the Englishwoman her LPGA card. She's already in the field for the AIG Women's British Open based off her top-10 finish last year at St. Andrews. She can play in that event as an amateur or a pro. "Definitely feel I can contend," said Woad of the state of her game. "Still a lot of things I need to work on. I've had a lot of experience in majors now and being in the final few groups over the weekend."
USA Today
25-05-2025
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- USA Today
Why Auburn's Jackson Koivun would wait to turn pro if he earns PGA Tour card Monday
Why Auburn's Jackson Koivun would wait to turn pro if he earns PGA Tour card Monday Show Caption Hide Caption Drone flyover video of Omni La Costa North Course par-4 15th hole Omni La Costa is hosting the NCAA mens and womens golf championships for a second year in a row. The North Course's 15th hole is a challenging par 4. CARLSBAD, Calif. — Jackson Koivun can earn his PGA Tour card on Monday. If he did, he could play on the PGA Tour in two weeks as a full-time member. The sophomore at Auburn sits at 19 points in the PGA Tour University Accelerated, one away from earning a PGA Tour card. The caveat? Koivun is going to lock up that point in the next couple of weeks anyway. When he tees it up at the Arnold Palmer Cup next month at Congaree, he will have his PGA Tour card and be able to take up membership after his junior season. Or, he could finished in the top 10 at the 2025 NCAA Men's Golf Championship on Monday and lock up his card now, giving him the ability to turn pro after the championship, joining Luke Clanton and Gordon Sargent as college players turning pro thanks to PGA Tour U Accelerated. "I've been thinking about it a little bit," Koivun said. "I think it's definitely a little easier on the mind knowing that it's kind of already there, but it would be cool with the top 10 this week to finally get that. It's kind of been weighing on me for a while now, but at the end of the day, I know I'm going to get it and just trying to go play golf and try to represent Auburn." Koivun finished T-2 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa last year, a fitting end to a dominant freshman campaign that saw him win the Fred Haskins Award, Ben Hogan Award and Jack Nicklaus Award. This year, he has three victories, including his second straight SEC Championship and the NCAA Auburn Regional on his home course. In the fall of 2023, Vanderbilt's Sargent earned his 20th point but deferred turning pro and returned for his senior season. Clanton didn't have a point in Accelerated a year ago but earned his 20th in February, making the cut at his hometown event in Florida. They'll both make their professional debuts in two weeks at the RBC Canadian Open. With a top 10 Sunday, Koivun would earn his card and be able to join Clanton and Sargent, but that's not the plan. "I'll be going back to Auburn," Koivun said Sunday after a 1-under 71 in the third round of the NCAA Championship, where he sits T-7 after the morning wave. The plan was always to return to Auburn, which he helped win its first national championship last year. After three rounds, the Tigers are in first and a virtual lock to make match play, which begins Tuesday. Koivun never wavered even as he racked up points and came close to securing his card. He said he spoke a bit with Clanton and Sargent about the pressure of chasing the card and accomplishing the feat like they did. "The easiest thing to do is just try to put it as far out of your mind as you can," he said. "This game is full of stress, and at the end of the day, anything we can do to take stress off of us and just go play freely is great." Come Monday, there could be a ceremony to celebrate his accomplishment. But his future is on the plains at least one more year, and Koivun and the Tigers' focus the rest of the week is on trying to go back-to-back.
USA Today
30-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Arnold Palmer Cup announces rosters, teams for 2025 competition at Congaree
Arnold Palmer Cup announces rosters, teams for 2025 competition at Congaree The rosters for the 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup teams were announced Tuesday night. The event is a Ryder Cup-style tournament featuring the top men's and women's college golfers matching the United States against a team of International players. The Palmer Cup is the only major tournament that features men and women playing side-by-side as partners, though the Olympics added mixed-team golf for the 2028 games in Los Angeles. The United States leads the Palmer Cup series 15-12-1. The 2025 Palmer Cup will be played June 5-7 at Congaree Golf Club in Ridgeland, South Carolina. The Americans won last year at Lahinch. Twelve men and 12 women comprise each roster. U.S. team selections include Auburn's Carson Bacha, Oklahoma State's Ethan Fang, Auburn's Josiah Gilbert, Auburn's Jackson Koivun, Ole Miss' Michael La Sasso, Notre Dame's Jacob Modleski, Louisville's Sebastian Moss, Oklahoma State's Preston Stout, Oklahoma's Jase Summy and Vanderbilt's Wells Williams comprise the men's selections. For the women, Auburn's Anna Davis, Stanford's Megha Ganne, USC's Jasmine Koo, Texas' Farah O'Keefe, USC's Catherine Park, Wake Forest's Macy Pate, Oregon's Kiara Romero, Virginia's Amanda Sambach, Arkansas' Kendall Todd, and Stanford's Kelly Xu were the picks. Colorado Christian's Adam Duncan and Findlay's Mary Kelly Mulcahy were the non-Division I selections. More: 2025 NCAA men's college golf conference championship dates and results Head coaches Kalen Anderson and Nick Clinard selected Northwestern's Lauryn Nguyen and Florida's Jack Turner, respectively, as their coach's picks. International team selections include Daniel Bennett (Texas; South Africa), Carla Bernat Escuder (Kansas State; Spain), Carolina Chacarra (Wake Forest; Spain), Pablo Ereno (UCLA; Spain), Charlie Forster (Long Beach State; England), Eila Galitsky (South Carolina; Thailand), Justin Hastings (San Diego State; Cayman Islands), Filip Jakubcik (Arizona; Czech Republic), Lauren Kim (Texas; Canada), Phichaksn Maichon (Texas A&M, Thailand), Maria Jose Marin (Arkansas; Colombia), Michael Mjaaseth (Arizona State; Norway), Meja Ortengren (Stanford; Sweden), Gabriel Palacios (Utah; Guatemala), Andrea Revuelta (Stanford; Spain), Louise Rydqvist (South Carolina; Sweden), Arni Sveinsson (LSU; Iceland), Mirabel Ting (Florida State; Malaysia), Tyler Weaver (Florida State; England), and Lottie Woad (Florida State; England). Elice Fredriksson (Halmstad; Sweden) and Ross Laird (Stirling; Scotland) were selected as representatives of The R&A's Student Tour Series. Coaches Stew Burke and Aaron O'Callaghan selected Caitlyn Macnab (Ole Miss; South Africa) and Connor Graham (Texas Tech; Scotland), respectively, as their coach's picks. Spain leads in country selections with four, and 14 countries in total are represented on Team International. Of the 32 universities represented, Auburn and Stanford have the most selections by school with four. Eight others have more than one. Hastings (Cayman Islands), Palacios (Guatemala), and Sveinsson (Iceland) are the first golfers from their countries to be selected for the Palmer Cup. Universities with their first selections include Colorado Christian, Halmstad, Long Beach State and Utah.
Scotsman
30-04-2025
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- Scotsman
Scottish duo selected for Arnold Palmer Cup in South Carolina
Connor Graham and Ross Laird set to represent Internationals in Congaree contest Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Two Scots - Connor Graham from Blairgowrie and Ross Laird of Glenbervie - will be playing in this summer's Arnold Palmer Cup. The teams for the college/university match between the US and the Internationals were announced live on Golf Channel on Tuesday night and both Graham and Laird will be in action at Congaree in South Carolina on 5-7 June. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Connor Graham secured one of just two coach's picks for Team International for this year's Arnold Palmer Cup at Congaree | Texas Tech Graham, who has had a standout freshman year at Texas Tech, secured a coach's pick from Stew Burke and Aaron O'Callaghan for the Internationals while Laird, a scholar at University of Stirling, earned his spot in the same team through The R&A Student Tour Series. The duo will be joining forces in the mixed event with the likes of Carla Bernat Escuder, the Spaniard who won the Augusta National Women's Amateur earlier this month, and England's Lottie Woad, the Women's Amateur Golf Ranking No 1 and leading amateur in last year's AIG Women's Open at St Andrews. Woad's compatriot and fellow Florida State player Tyler Weaver has also been selected, as has Charlie Forster, another English player, and Elia Galitsky and Louise Rydqvist, two of Hannah Darling's team-mates at the University of South Carolina. The International line up includes Justin Hastings, the Cayman Islands player who teed up in The Masters this year after winning the Latin America Amateur Championship in January, as well. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Stirling scholar Ross Laird earned his spot through The R&A's Student Tour Series | Contributed Also teeing up through The R&A's Student Tour Series will be Swede Elice Fredriksson of Halmstad University. In addition to Graham, Burke and O'Callaghan selected South African Caitlyn Macnab, who is at Ole Miss, as a coach's pick.
USA Today
04-03-2025
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- USA Today
Rickie & Jordan didn't get a sponsor invite to the Arnold Palmer Invitational. So who did?
Rickie & Jordan didn't get a sponsor invite to the Arnold Palmer Invitational. So who did? There's been so much discussion over who didn't get an exemption into the Arnold Palmer Invitational – namely Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth – that those who did have been all but forgotten. The Arnold Palmer Invitational is granted four sponsor invites plus a fifth is granted for a participant in the Arnold Palmer Cup, which is voted on by the competitors in the annual Ryder Cup-style team event. That went to Auburn sophomore Jackson Koivun. The API sponsor exemption committee chose to give its four spots to Rafael Campos, ranked No. 186 in the world, who won the Bermuda Championship last season and wrote an impassioned letter to tournament organizers; Mackenzie Hughes, who narrowly missed out on the top-50 automatic qualifiers last season (No. 52) and is ranked No. 67 in the world; Min Woo Lee, an up-and-coming pro from Australia ranked 55th in the world and who represented the international team at the Presidents Cup last year and has a large social media following; and former U.S. Open champion Justin Rose, who has been a mainstay of the tournament and longtime ambassador of MasterCard, the presenting sponsor of the tournament. At No. 36 in the world, Rose had the best ranking of all the sponsor invites. To borrow a phrase from tournament sponsor MasterCard, sponsor exemption have become priceless in the age of the $20 million limited field, playing for elevated FedEx Cup points and often no cuts. But sponsor exemptions are given at the prerogative of the tournament for a variety of different reasons. There's often no rhyme or reason, nor does there need to be. Bottom line: Fowler and Spieth had numerous chances to qualify but due to poor play, injury and newborn babies for both to care for, they didn't get the job done and were left with only one last avenue into the tournament via a sponsor exemption and didn't get the call this time. Sam Saunders, the grandson of Arnold Palmer, discussed the exemption process in great detail here last week. Spieth shared his disappointment at being overlooked for a sponsor invite here. The field of 72 at the signature event are competing for a purse of $20 million. There is a 36-hole cut this week to the top 50 and ties plus any player within 10 shots of the lead.
