LESS than a decade ago, European women were among the top golfers in the world, with the likes of Annika Sorenstam and Laura Davies regularly vying for the top spot and racking up victories at the majors.

Melissa Reid has backed Europe’s Solheim Cup team to spring a surprise and beat their American counterparts in this weekend’s Transatlantic battle.

SUZANN PETTERSEN, the second ranked female golfer in the world, yesterday declared at Killeen Castle that Europe are ‘here to win’ the Solheim Cup.

Melissa Reid has backed Europe’s Solheim Cup team to spring a surprise and beat their American counterparts in this weekend’s Transatlantic battle.

Michelle Wie secured her second career LPGA title as she held her nerve to shoot a two-under-par 70 and win the CN Canadian Women's Open by three shots.

The British threat fell by the wayside as Brazilian teenager Angela Park birdied her final three holes for a third round 68 and set her sights on a maiden LPGA victory at the Evian Masters in France.

England’s Lisa Hall admits her victory in the ANZ Ladies’ Masters in Australia earlier this month completed her rehabilitation after she came close to quitting the game.

tacy Prammanasudh carded three birdies and an eagle in a second round four-under-par 68 to take a three-shot lead heading into the weekend’s action at the inaugural Navistar LPGA Classic.

Stacy Lewis made some history at the the 1.25 million NW Arkansas Championship on Sunday when she became the first amateur in 38 years to win an LPGA event.

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Norway’s Suzann Pettersen grabbed the lead with a super 67 and Scots Mhairi McKay and Catriona Matthew are also well in the hunt after at the halfway stage of the McDonald’s LPGA Championship at Bulle Rock in Maryland.

Korea’s Young Kim overcame a pair of bogeys in the middle of her round with a strong finish to win the €959,000 Corning Classic on Sunday and record the first LPGA title of her career.

Wales’ Becky Morgan stayed in the top 10 after a third round 74, but it was two South Koreans who forged ahead at the Michelob ULTRA Open today.

Scotland’s Catriona Matthew was very much in contention as two of the new stars of women’s golf – Lorena Ochoa and Paula Creamer – shared the lead on four-under-par 140 at the halfway stage of the Kraft Nabisco Championship today at Mission Hills Country Club in California.

Mexico’s Lorena Ochoa claimed her 10th career title with a final round 68 at Superstition Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona.

Mexico’s Lorena Ochoa, the number one player on the LPGA Tour last year, took a firm grip on the Safeway International with a third-round 69 in Phoenix.

Meaghan Francella birdied the fourth play-off hole to claim her maiden LPGA title at the rain-delayed MasterCard Classic in Mexico City.

Meaghan Francella birdied the fourth play-off hole to claim her maiden LPGA title at the rain-delayed MasterCard Classic in Mexico City.

Michelle Wie today warned her appearance at the Omega European Masters was not a one-off, and revealed she even harbours ambitions to play in the Ryder Cup.

Jeong Jang, the reigning Weetabix Women’s British Open Champion, continued a run of South Korean dominance on the LPGA Tour when she won the Wegmans LPGA in Rochester, New York.

Seon Hwa Lee shot a near-perfect round to take advantage of overnight leader Ai Miyazato’s slip up and win the Shoprite Classic in Galloway, New Jersey.

South Korean Mi Hyun Kim and Japanese rookie Ai Miyazato, two of the smallest players in women's golf, dodged the wind to head the field after the third round of the Ginn Open at the Reunion Resort in Orlando, Florida.

Defending champion Annika Sorenstam begins her quest for the Grand Slam – a clean sweep of the four majors for women – at the Kraft Nabisco Championship in California tonight.

Chad Campbell and Jim Furyk, two members of the last American Ryder Cup side and both desperate to make amends in Ireland this September, are the joint leaders at the halfway stage of the Sony Open in Hawaii.

Annika Sorenstam is off to a good start in her quest to make history.

Michelle Wie shrugged off the hype and admitted she was just “really excited” about making her professional debut in the Samsung World Championship, starting at Bighorn Golf Club in Palm Desert, California, tomorrow.

ON a golf course, she’s a celebrity in the international spotlight.

AMERICAN Meg Mallon celebrated Independence Day in style, coming from three behind at the start of the day to clinch her second US Women’s Open crown by two shots at the Orchards Golf Club on Sunday.

Fresh from victory in the Australian Open on Monday, Britain's Laura Davies is high on confidence going into the opening event of the LPGA season in America, the Welch's/Fry's Championship in Tucson, Arizona.

Ernie Els today shot a remarkable 12-under-par round of 60 to open the defence of his title at the Heineken Classic in superb fashion.

LIKE most other 14-year-old girls, Michelle Wie listens to underground music, watches the Disney Channel and loves to go shopping.

Great Britain’s Laura Davies claimed a share of the halfway lead after launching a second-round birdie spree at the ADT Tour Players’ Championship at West Palm Beach in Florida today.

Second round scores from World Ladies Matchplay Challenge, Chiba, Japan