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New Straits Times
13-07-2025
- Sport
- New Straits Times
LPGA player misses major cut after slow play penalty
LONDON: China's Yan Liu was hovering around the cut line when she was assessed a two- stroke penalty for slow play during the second round of the Evian Championship on Friday. Liu, who started her round on the back nine at the Evian Resort Golf Club, was playing the seventh hole when she was assessed the penalty, according to Golf Digest. She went on to double bogey the par-5 and followed it up with another bogey. Liu rebounded to birdie her final hole but missed the cut at the fourth major of the year by three shots. The penalty is part of the LPGA's attempt to improve pace-of-play issues that have been heavily criticized by several of the tour's marquee players. The LPGA updated its pace-of-play policy in February, implementing a fine for a player who is 1-5 seconds over the allotted time limit, a one-stroke penalty for being 6-15 seconds over and a two-stroke penalty for a player taking more than 16 seconds over the time limit. Liu is the second player to be assessed a two-shot penalty, joining Chisato Iwai, who during the Black Desert Championship in May was the first player to be handed a two-stroke penalty. In all, there have been four slow-play penalties since the new policy was issued, according to Golf Digest. Liu entered the Evian Championship in France ranked 107th in the Rolex Women's World Rankings. However, she has now missed five of her past six cuts.--REUTERS
NBC Sports
12-07-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Two-shot penalty handed out for slow play at Evian Championship
Since the LPGA introduced its new pace-of-play policy earlier this year, there have been four penalties assessed. The most recent instance came Friday at the Amundi Evian Championship, where China's Yan Liu was given a two-shot penalty for slow play on the par-5 seventh hole, her 16th of the day. Per Liu's playing competitor, Andrea Lee, their group was on the clock for the last six holes. Liu, whose par was turned into a double bogey, went on to finish bogey-birdie and missed the cut by three shots at 5 over. The two-shot penalty marks the second such penalty since the new policy was rolled out at the Ford Championship in March. Chisato Iwai was docked two shots for slow play at the Black Desert Championship in May. Iwai would miss that cut by two shots. Two one-shot penalties have also been handed out.
USA Today
12-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
LPGA officials dish out another two-stroke slow play penalty at Amundi Evian Championship
For a second time this year, LPGA officials have dished out a two-stroke penalty for slow play. Only this one came at a major championship. China's Yan Liu received the penalty on the seventh hole (her 16th of the day) of the Amundi Evian Championship, resulting in a double bogey on the par 5. Liu, who was informed of the penalty while on the course, finished bogey/birdie on her last two holes to shoot 75. She ultimately finished the championship at 5 over, missing the cut by three. Lui played alongside Andrea Lee and Mi Hyang Lee on Friday. Lee, who has been contending all week, noted in her post-round interview that the group was on the clock the last six holes. "I felt a little bit rushed," said Lee. The LPGA has handed out four slow-play penalties since the new pace-of-play policy was put in place at the Ford Championship in March. Two of those were one-stroke penalties and two were two strokes. In May, Rookie Chisato Iwai was assessed a two-stroke penalty on the eighth hole Friday of the Black Desert Championship in Utah and went on to miss the cut by two. In February, the tour released a new Pace of Play Policy that introduced a one-shot penalty.
USA Today
01-07-2025
- Business
- USA Today
PGA Tour's tournament in Utah has a new title sponsor for the next 3 years: Bank of Utah
After its first season as the Black Desert Championship, the PGA Tour's stop in southern Utah has a new title sponsor. For the second playing of the event in October, the tournament at Black Desert Resort will be known as the Bank of Utah Championship. When the inaugural event was held last year, it was the first Tour stop in the state of Utah in more than 60 years. The new deal is a three-year contract through 2027. The 2025 tournament will be held Oct. 23-26 during the Tour's FedEx Cup Fall. "After celebrating a successful return to Utah last year, the PGA Tour is pleased to introduce Bank of Utah as title sponsor of our event at Black Desert Resort, which received rave reviews from Tour players and families following the inaugural 2024 tournament," said Tyler Dennis, PGA Tour Chief Competitions Officer. "The Bank of Utah Championship is staged in one of the most unique settings found on the PGA Tour schedule, and we are eager to welcome a proud Utah company into the fold ahead of the second rendition later this fall." More: Utah feels like it's having a moment at PGA Tour's inaugural Black Desert Championship The Black Desert Golf Course was the final design by the late Tom Weiskopf. Black Desert Resort also hosts the LPGA, with its inaugural tournament held last May. Opened in 2023, the golf course has received multiple accolades in its short time in existence. Black Desert ranks 34th on the Golfweek's Best 2025: Top 100 public-access courses in the U.S. list, 96th on the Golfweek's Best 2025: Top 200 Modern Courses in the U.S. list, and it's the No. 1-ranked course in Utah on the Golfweek's Best 2025: Top public-access golf courses in every state.
USA Today
25-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
LPGA rookie Chisato Iwai laps the field at 2025 Mexico Riviera Maya Open for first win
LPGA rookie Chisato Iwai laps the field at 2025 Mexico Riviera Maya Open for first win The final round tee times were scheduled early at the 2025 Mexico Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba, and LPGA rookie Chisato Iwai hit the ground running at El Camaleon Golf Course in Playa del Carmen on Sunday. The 22-year-old LPGA rookie, playing in her eighth event of 2025, birdied the five of the first six holes and made the turn in 31. She birdied the par-3 10th to get to 12 under, ballooning her lead to six shots more than halfway through the last round. She later stretched it to seven shots and that made Sunday a stroll to the finish line. Iwai, one of the 21 rookies on tour in 2025, shot a final-round 6-under 66, the low round of the week by two shots, to earn her first LPGA victory. A month ago, Iwai, 22, was hit with a two-shot, slow-play penalty in Utah and would go on to miss the Black Desert Championship cut by two shots. She rebounded the next week to contend at the Mizuho Americas. This week, Iwai, who opened with a 68, bounced back again, this time from a second-round 74 to post 68-66 on the weekend and dominate down the stretch. Iwai, from Japan, won by six shots over second- and third-round leader Jenny Bae of the U.S., who shot a final-round 73. Haeji Kang of Korea was solo third at 5 under. There were five golfers who tied for fourth at 4 under. Twenty-five of the 65 golfers who made the cut finished in red numbers. Iwai's victory is the largest margin of victory on the LPGA in 2025. Iwai is the third rookie to win in 2025. The week was extra special as Iwai's twin sister, Akie, older by one minute, finished at 2 under and tied for 16th. Chisao Iwai tied for 19th at the 2024 U.S. Women's Open and she's among the 35 golfers in Mexico also playing next week at Erin Hills in Wisconsin for this year's Open. How did Charley Hull, Maria Fassi do in 2025 Mexico Riviera Maya Open? Other notables: Carlota Ciganda, who won the last LPGA event in Mexico in 2017, tied for ninth at 3 under; Charley Hull finished 1 over to tie for 32nd; Maria Fassi (the lone Mexican golfer of the eight who started the week to make the cut) shot a final-round 77 to finished 7 over, tied for 56th. The early Sunday start allowed for final-round coverage to be live on CBS. It also helped all those golfers heading to the U.S. Women's Open to jump on the LPGA-arranged charter flight from Cancun to Milwaukee, especially beneficial as there are no direct flights on any commercial airlines between those two cities.
