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Written By: Ron Sirak @ronsirak
Ron Sirak is recipient of the PGA of America Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award and the LPGA Media Excellence Award. He s covered more than 150 major championships for The Associated Press and Golf World magazine and co-authored three Vision54 books with renown teachers Lynn Marriott and Pia Nilsson.
This is a fact of the COVID-19 year that doesn’t need an asterisk but rather an exclamation point. Many sports stats for 2020 were skewed by the pandemic pause. But when it comes to new faces on the LPGA Tour this is undeniably true: The rookie class of 2021 is the most experienced ever.
Look back at some of northwest Houston s top feel-good stories from 2020
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Avanti Senior Living resident, Roger Hoestenbach, bursts into tears as he sees his family during the Senior Living Parade, Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Avanti Senior Living at Towne Lake believed the parade would boost morale for it s residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.Gustavo Huerta, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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The Hwy. 6 bridge over U.S. 290 in Cy-Fair opened the weekend of Oct. 31, 2020, ahead of schedule.Melanie Feuk / Staff photoShow MoreShow Less
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Main Street America is an effort from Hope Haven to temporarily house homeless community members and guide them toward self-sufficiency. The community will also have a one-stop shop for aid needed for homeless clients.Hope HavenShow MoreShow Less
Surprise U.S. Women’s Open champ to join LPGA Tour in 2021 December 21, 2020
Kim A-lim, who shocked the golfing world by winning the oldest LPGA major championship earlier this month, will take her talent to America next year.
The reigning U.S. Women’s Open champion announced on Monday that she will be joining the LPGA full-time starting in 2021. The 25-year-old had been playing on the Korea LPGA (KLPGA) Tour since 2016.
Kim became one of the tour’s best Cinderella stories of 2020 when she captured the U.S. Women’s Open in Houston on Dec. 14. She rallied from a five-stroke deficit to finish at three-under 281, holding off world No. 1 Ko Jin-young by one shot.
Champions Golf Club relishes limelight during U.S. Women s Open
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A Lim Kim of Korea gets her shot out of a bunker on the 10th hole during the championship round of the 75th Annual U.S. Women s Open at Champions Golf Club in Houston on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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A Lim Kim of South Korea holds onto the Harton S. Semple trophy after winning the 75th Annual U.S. Women s Open at Champions Golf Club in Houston on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Grounds crew work on the 18th hole on Cypress Creek Course after a downpour during the final round of the 75th Annual U.S. Women s Open on the at Champions Golf Club in Houston on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. The tournament was suspended until Monday due to the weather.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less