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Update: Danielle Kang to miss another major due to spinal tumor

Golf Digest Middle East — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 19:06:11 +0000

By Keely Levins
During the US Women’s Open, Danielle Kang’s brother posted on Instagram some troubling news: His sister was playing the major championship with a tumour in her spine. Kang had withdrawn from the Palos Verdes Championship at the end of April, citing back pain. It wasn’t until the US Women’s Open that news of the tumour was public.

As Kang continues to work with her doctors on a plan, she announced on Instagram that she would take some time off from competitive golf, including three regular LPGA Tour events and the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, the major she won in 2017.

Now Kang has posted an update on Instagram, saying she will continue to miss tournaments as she and her team work to treat the spinal tumour. She said she will miss another major, the Amundi Evian Championship, and the Scottish Open.

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World No. 1 Jin Young Ko to headline 2022 Trust Golf Scottish Open at Dundonald

Matt Smith — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 09:17:03 +0000

By Matt Smith
Jin Young Ko, the double major winner and world No, 1 is heading to Scotland for the 2022 Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open at Dundonald Links from July 28-31.

Her announcment swells the ranks as fellow major champions Minjee Lee, Jennifer Kupcho and winner of the 2022 KPMG PGA Championship In Gee Chun are all set to tee up in Ayrshire.

Joining Ko in the 144-women field, the event’s strongest field to date, are former World No.1s Lydia Ko, Inbee Park and Ariya Jutanugarn.

Ko began this season with a history-making victory at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in February, which saw her set the LPGA Tour’s all-time record for most consecutive rounds in the 60s (15) and most consecutive sub-par rounds (30). She also claimed four top five finishes this season including tied fourth in the US Women’s Open earlier this month.

“I haven’t been back to Scotland since I first played in this event in 2018 so I am really excited to return in the summer,” Ko said. “Even though links golf is tough, I really like to experience the different conditions that we don’t get in Korea or anywhere else in the world. I haven’t travelled much outside of Asia or America over the last few years, so I am looking forward to enjoying some Scottish food and beautiful scenery while I am there and also seeing how the event has evolved since I was last there four years ago.”

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Mi Jung Hur wins wire to wire in Indianapolis, earns second LPGA title of 2019

Golf Digest Middle East — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 05:17:52 +0000

Mi Jung Hur celebrates on the 18th green after winning the Indy Women In Tech Championship by four strokes. (Michael Cohen/Getty Images)

By Keely Levins
Mi Jung Hur knows as well as anyone what it’s like to wait for a win. The lag between her first and second LPGA victories lasted five years (2009 to 2014) and 111 starts. It was another five years and 112 starts before she earned her third tour title earlier this year. Happily, she didn’t need to exercise quite as much patience for a fourth win.

Just seven weeks (and three starts) after winning the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open, Hur took the title at the Indy Women in Tech Championship on Sunday. She didn’t just win the tournament, though. She dominated. With a 21-under 267 total—including a closing four-under 68 on Sunday—Hur beat Norway’s Nanna Koerstz Madsen by four strokes and completed the first wire-to-wire victory of her career.

The way Hur sped away from the field was much in line with the nature of the venue. Brickyard Crossing is a unique golf course. The Pete Dye design features four holes inside the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In the same hypnotic way cars speed around the track, Hur steadily steered her way out front through all 72 holes.

Hur didn’t do much of anything wrong: She hit 78 per cent of her greens in regulation, including 17 of the first 18. Even better than her ball-striking was her putting; she averaged 26 putts per round.

Hur pours milk over her head, following the tradition of Indy 500 winners, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway after winning the LPGA’s Indy Women In Tech Championship at Brickyard Crossing. (Michael Cohen/Getty Images)

“I’m just trying to enjoy my golf game for the whole year and it’s working really well,” Hur said. “Every day’s not too much stress from my game. I’m so happy.”

Hur has said that her recent success—and positive outlook—stems from getting married in 2018. The 29-year-old South Korean says the new phase of her life helped her gain perspective on her golf game. Finding happiness personally with her husband has translated into finding more joy in golf, too.

“My married life makes me more comfortable, like not thinking [too] seriously about golf,” Hur said after Saturday’s round. “If I hit a bad shot, it’s just a bad shot. Before I got married, I’m like if I had a missed shot, How dare you, MJ. That was so stupid.* But right now, I’m just trying to enjoy my game.”

That’s not to say pressure doesn’t still exist. Hur felt the stress of trying to complete the wire-to-wire win, but the new outlook on golf makes it easier to handle.

Having closed the gap between wins so efficiently in Indianapolis, the question of whether a third victory is possible in 2019 is a fun one for Hur to ponder.

“I just enjoy it,” Hur said after friends doused her with champagne on the 18th green and her husband gave her a congratulatory kiss, “and there will be another chance coming.”

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