The tail-end of Hurricane Henriette caused a four-and-a-half hour delay at the £600,000 LPGA NW Arkansas Championship and left half the field unable to complete their opening rounds.

American Cristie Kerr claimed her first major title when she shot a final round 70 to win the US Women’s Open at Pine Needles in North Carolina today.

Britain’s Laura Davies continued her season’s great run of form with a four-under-par 68 that left her just a shot off the lead after the first round of the women’s major, the McDonald’s LPGA Championship in Maryland.

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.

South Korea’s Shi Hyun Ahn shot a four-under-par 68 to lead by one from Lorena Ochoa, after the first round of the Kraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club in California, with Scotland’s Catriona Matthew tied in third.

Britain’s Laura Davies needs a fifth major title to claim a place in the LPGA Hall of Fame and she goes into the Kraft Nabisco Championship knowing time is running out.

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.

English duo Laura Davies and Karen Stupples did well to match the par of 71 on a day of gusting winds and heavy showers at the Michelob ULTRA Open in Virginia.

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.

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 today’s third round of the Ginn Open at the Reunion Resort in Orlando, Florida.

Scotland’s Janice Moodie was tied for 12th after the rain-delayed first round was completed today at the inaugural Ginn Open at Reunion Resort in Orlando, Florida.

Scot Janice Moodie was on the fringe of the top 10 on one under par 71 after rough first-round conditions at the inaugural Ginn Open at Reunion Resort in Orlando, Florida.

World number one Annika Sorenstam began the new season in perfect fashion when she joined Liselotte Neumann in winning the Women’s’ World Cup for Sweden at Sun City in South Africa.

Wales’ Becky Morgan and Becky Brewerton made a surge through the field with a two-under-par 70 but Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam and Liselotte Neumann tightened their grip on the Women’s World Cup with a 69 in the second day foursomes at Sun City in South Africa.

World number one Annika Sorenstam and Liselotte Neumann contributed four birdies each to propel Sweden into a share of the lead after a seven-under-par 65 in the opening day fourballs at the Women’s World Cup at Sun City in South Africa.

Europe’s Solheim Cup team will be finalised at the conclusion of the Ladies’ Finnish Masters this Sunday, but England’s Laura Davies is already guaranteed to continue her ever-present record.

South Korea’s Hee-Won Han produced a spectacular finish to clinch her third LPGA title in the Safeway Classic in Portland, Oregon.

Swedish amateur Louise Stahle took the first round lead in the HP Open with a faultless five-under-par 67 at Ullna GC in Stockholm.

EUROPE’S women golfers brilliantly won back the Solheim Cup in Sweden yesterday - and wasted little time doing it.

Scottish pair Janice Moodie and Catriona Matthew, winning Curtis Cup team-mates nine years ago, took Europe nearer a third Solheim Cup victory in Sweden this evening.

MOTHER-TO-BE Patricia Meunier-Lebouc and Suzann Pettersen, the baby of the team, kept Europe in front after day one of the Solheim Cup match in Sweden yesterday.

Mother-to-be Patricia Meunier-Lebouc and Suzann Pettersen, the baby of the team, kept Europe in front after day one of the Solheim Cup match in Sweden today.

PHILOMENA GARVEY, the most famous Irish lady golfer in history played in the inaugural Vagliano Trophy match back in 1959, making it particularly appropriate that, on the first occasion this biennial fixture is contested in Ireland, it should be fought out on the spectacular links of County Louth made famous by Garvey.

Britain’s Janice Moodie moved into joint sixth place with a 71, but Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam claimed a two-shot lead with a 69 after three rounds of the US Women’s Open at Prairie Dunes in Kansas.