Mollie Marcoux Samaan, Class of 1991, who has served as the University’s Ford Family Director of Athletics since 2014, will be leaving Princeton to join the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) as their ninth commissioner. The University will undertake a national search to identify its next director of athletics.
Hailey Davidson clinches first win by trans golfer; seeks LPGA inclusion Sun. May 16, 2021 6:15 PM by Gerald Farinas photo credit // twitter Hailey Davidson (she/her), a 28-year old social media staffer for Golf Channel, became the first known transgender woman to win a professional golf match.
The Kissimmee, Fla. player prevailed in a Florida mini-tour hosted by the National Women s Golf Association at Orlando s Providence Golf Club on May 13.
That same day, Davidson was told that the United States Golf Association accepted her as eligible for competition under its new
Gender Policy for USGA Championships.
“Golf has always been my life and while my journey to the tour will be different then most, I am very excited to get my career started,” Davidson says in a personal fundraising statement. “I briefly played professionally prior to transitioning but have not been able to compete since 2015 as a result of my
Monday, 10 May 2021
The 100 metres, as expected, provided the highlight of yesterday s Golden Gala meeting on the Mount San Antonio College track in Walnut, California.
But it was the women s racing, rather than the men s, that caught the attention as 21-year-old home sprinter Sha Carri Richardson, with hair of brightest blue, confirmed her status as an early phenomenon of the Olympic season by clocking 10.74sec in the heats.
With a 1.1 metres-per-second wind at her back, she then won the final in 10.77 into a 1.2mps headwind.
According to the statistician s reckoning that would have been worth 10.69 in still conditions - faster than the 10.72 she clocked earlier this season to go sixth on the all-time list. If you want to push it, it would have been 10.58 with the maximum allowable tailwind of 2mps for record purposes.
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LOS ANGELES, May 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Bank of Hope, the first and only super regional Korean American bank in the United States, today announced a Guess the Winner Sweepstakes to celebrate its title sponsorship of the inaugural Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play hosted by Shadow Creek on May 26-30, 2021 in Las Vegas.
Bank of Hope has been on the forefront of supporting the Ladies Professional Golf Association ( LPGA ) and the incredible women in professional sports. The tournament will invite 64 top female golfers from around the world for a $1.5 million purse at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas, one of the world s most exclusive golf courses owned by MGM Resorts.