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Korea’s Hyo Joo Kim showed her first bobbles of the LOTTE Championship on Friday. She made her first bogey of the tournament at No. 7 and added anothe...
After Hinako Shibuno stunned the golf world and won the 2019 AIG Women’s Open in her major debut, the Smiling Cinderella made the equally stunning dec...
Hinako Shibuno reacts to a chip shot that almost went into the cup on the 17th green during the third round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament on Dec. 12 in Houston. (AP Photo) Hinako Shibuno said on Saturday she is learning to live with the overnight celebrity she gained after coming out of nowhere to win last year's Women's British Open in her first LPGA event. Shibuno, who is known for her solid all-round game and magnetic personality, was dubbed the 'Smiling Cinderella' after the breakthrough win, which catapulted her to fame in her native Japan and beyond.
In 2019 at England’s Woburn Golf Club, Japan’s Hinako Shibuno, nicknamed Smiling Cinderella for her ever-present grin, found her glass slipper by capturing the AIG Women’s Open title. Little more than a year later, Shibuno is inching ever closer to a second fairy-tale moment. On Friday, the 22-year-old shot a 4-under 67 on Champions Golf Club’s Jackrabbit Course and pulled three strokes clear of the field at the 2020 U.S. Women’s Open at -7 overall. “Today my tee shots found the rough more often. However, my second shots were pretty stable and able to par on to the greens,” ...