With Christmas finally behind us it's time to look forward to the jam-packed season of golf ahead. We take a look at the potential highlights of 2017.
With Christmas finally behind us it's time to look forward to the jam-packed season of golf ahead. We take a look at the potential highlights of 2017.
Solheim Cup
This year's Solheim Cup may struggle to match the controversial match-up in Germany two years ago, but when the players tee it up at Des Moines Golf and Country Club, Iowa, on August 14 there's sure to be plenty of drama. The American players on the LPGA have been struggling for form as of late, so this year could be the opportunity for Annika Sorenstam's European team to score a rare victory on away soil.
The Big Names Head To Dundonald
2017 will see some of the world’s top female golfers head to Dundonald Links, in Ayrshire, for the newly co-sanctioned Aberdeen Asset Scottish Ladies Open. With the top players on the LPGA and LET set to compete from the 27th July, the event looks set to be a big hit and will boast the biggest prize fund on the Ladies European Tour outside of the majors.
Ricoh Women's British Open
After a successful event at Woburn last year, the Ricoh Women’s British Open will head to Kingsbarns for the first time this August. Lydia Ko, Ariya Jutanugarn and local favourite Catriona Matthew are among those set to compete from 3-6 August at the stunning links course, situated just outside St. Andrews. For more information visit: www.ricohwomensbritishopen.com
Charley Hull Winning Her First Major Championship
Well, hopefully. The twenty-year-old ended 2016 in style when she won the season-ending Tour Championship, her first LPGA title. Whilst the Kettering-born talent has yet to earn her first major, she has risen to World No. 16 and looks to possess all the weapons required to get her hands on the silverware in the very near future.
Will Lydia Ko's Sweeping Changes Pay Off?
The World. No 1 had a rocky end to 2016 when she suffered her first serious loss of form since joining the LPGA as a talented seventeen-year-old, eventually losing out to Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn in the Race to the CME Globe. Since then she’s fired both her coach and caddie, and ditched her equipment manufacturer Callaway in favour of PXG. Whilst the New Zealander still holds the top stop by a significant margin, it will be interested to see whether the sweeping changes pay dividends for the Olympic silver medallist in 2017.
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