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Brilliant Chun leads Women's PGA Championship by five shots

  • Golf

Chun In-gee has a record-equalling five-stroke lead after one brilliant round of the Women's Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) Championship at Maryland's Congressional Country Club.

fourth place.Just 14 players finished the first round under par - accentuating the brilliance of Chun's golf

United States, the defending champion and also the reigning Olympic champion, said "I don't know what golf


Excitement grows as prize money doubled for women's PGA Championship

  • Golf

Golfers competing in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship this week have been told that the total prize money has been doubled, only days before the first players tee off on Thursday.

€1.2 million), an increase of 50 per cent on last year.The increase was hailed by Ladies Professional Golf

I'm just happy to be out here playing competitive golf," Korda said.


IGF has "no plans" to update Olympic qualification system as LIV players face missing cut

  • Golf

The International Golf Federation (IGF) has "no plans to modify the qualification system" for Paris 2024

, with players in the breakaway LIV Golf series facing potential exclusion from the Olympics under the

Qualification for the Olympic golf tournaments is based off the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR), and

The IGF, which has overseen the golf tournaments at the Olympics since the sport's re-admission at Rio

#LIVGolf pic.twitter.com/VWtuR8CLRk— LIV Golf (@LIVGolfInv) June 21, 2022But there are only four majors

will not comment on applications it may or may not have received for ranking eligibility, while LIV Golf

may offer LIV players a lifeline.While those from the PGA Tour who played in the curtain-raising LIV Golf


Olympic Houses to benefit New Zealand's teams

  • ONOC

New Zealand's Olympic teams will receive proceeds from two houses which will be sold by one of its sponsors.

teams, the Athletics NZ Jennian National Track and Field Champs, the Jennian Homes Charles Tour with Golf



Chilean Olympic Committee appoints general manager

  • PASO

Loreto Santa Cruz has been appointed general manager of the Chilean Olympic Committee (COCH).

competing for the institution as an age-group athlete.As well as triathon, Santa Cruz has experience in golf


Gender balance on IF Boards remains "challenge" as ASOIF issues latest governance review

  • Olympics

The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) admits ensuring gender equality within high-ranking positions at sporting organisations remains a "challenge" and will "take time" after releasing the results of its latest governance review.

Petra Sörling [at the International Table Tennis Federation] and Annika Sörenstam [at the International Golf

Taekwondo and World Triathlon notched a score between 150 and 170.The IFs of hockey, canoe, sport climbing, golf




Countdown to 2023 European Masters Games in Tampere begins

  • Multi-Sport Games

There is just over one year to go until the 2023 European Masters Games are set to take place in Tampere in Finland from June 26 to July 9, with a provisional programme of 29 sports and disciplines.

athletics, badminton, basketball, beach volleyball plus volleyball, canoe slalom and sprint, cycling, disc golf

, futsal, football, floorball, golf, handball, inline hockey, judo, karate, orienteering, padel, petanque


Morikawa and Dahmen share one-shot lead at halfway stage of US Open

  • Golf

Two-time major winner Collin Morikawa shares a one-shot lead with fellow American Joel Dahmen at the halfway stage of a tight-contested US Open in Boston.

six-time US Open runner-up who was among the stars to cause controversy by joining the Saudi-backed LIV Golf




PGA Tour players and LIV Golf rebels to meet in Boston for US Open showdown

  • Golf

Players on the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) Tour and their LIV Golf counterparts are set to

The golfing world was split apart last week when the Saudi-funded LIV Golf staged its first event in

players, such as the United States’ Phil Mickelson and his compatriot Sergio Garcia, have joined LIV Golf

the national chair of 911familiesunited.org, penned a letter to the US players who have joined LIV Golf

, accusing them of sportswashing and betraying their country.Rory McIlroy said it was "sad" the LIV Golf

which is the sovereign wealth fund of the nation.Mike Whan, the chief executive of the United States Golf


Alan Hubbard: Greedy golfers drive the most pleasant of sports into a bunker

  • Inside the Blogs

"A good walk spoiled" was how Mark Twain described golf.

Ironically, more than a century later it is the game of golf itself which is being spoiled by avaricious

Now similar wealth is being heaped upon golf, and surprise, surprise, it is Saudi Arabia splashing the

million dollar world title fights, the Saudis have mischievously bankrolled a series of invitational golf

has been to Augusta, home of the US Masters, will tell you that it is sport’s Garden of Eden.The LIV Golf

Invitational, won by Charl Schwartzel, pictured, is set to change the course of golf for the coming

There is no doubt that golf has been split asunder at a time when the sport is in a bunker.