SOPHIA POPOV NEWS

Inbee Park tied for lead at LPGA event in Singapore

Hee Young Park birdied her final hole to move into a tie for the lead with Inbee Park at the HSBC Women’s World Championship at Sentosa Golf Club

APRIL 30, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Inbee Park takes 1-stroke lead at LPGA event in Singapore

Inbee Park birdied two of her final three holes in a bogey-free round for an 8-under 64 and a one-stroke lead at the HSBC Women’s World Championship

APRIL 29, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Wie West tumbles out of ANA; Tavatanakit keeps 1-shot lead

Michelle Wie West tumbled out of the ANA Inspiration on a hot, breezy Friday afternoon in the desert

APRIL 3, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Finally getting her desert start, Sophia Popov enjoying ANA Inspiration debut RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Sophia Popov was part of two of the biggest stories on the LPGA last year. First, she won her first major title at t...

APRIL 3, 2021 • USATODAY.COM

Inbee Park takes 5-shot lead in bid for elusive Kia win

Inbee Park opened a five-stroke lead Saturday in a bid to finally win the Kia Classic

MARCH 28, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Wie West misses cut, Park holds 1-shot lead at Kia Classic

Michelle Wie West missed the cut in her first tournament in nearly two years while Inbee Park headed into the weekend still holding a one-stroke lead in the Kia Classic

MARCH 27, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Wie West struggles to 9-over 81 in return to LPGA Tour

Michelle Wie West struggled through a round of 9-over 81 in her first tournament in nearly two years, while Inbee Park shot a 6-under 66 to take the first-round lead Thursday in th...

MARCH 26, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

How deep is the women's game? Sophia Popov, Sarah White showed us all last summer Sarah White packed up her 2012 Ford Escape and headed west on March 13 at 2:30 a.m., determined to get from her San Antonio suburb to Mesa,...

MARCH 18, 2021 • USATODAY.COM

A major winner on the bag? Sophia Popov goes to work for boyfriend Max Mehles at Canadian Q-School Sophia Popov and boyfriend Max Mehles have switched roles for the week as the major champion has picked up the bag for Mehles at the PGA Tou...

MARCH 10, 2021 • USATODAY.COM

LPGA releases new regulations that will prevent another Sophia Popov uproar Winning on the LPGA just got a whole lot better. On Monday, the LPGA laid out a number of key regulation changes for the 2021 season during...

FEBRUARY 8, 2021 • USATODAY.COM

Amid anguish of pandemic, sports offered memorable moments

The year in sports was about cancellations, shutdowns, infections and quarantines

DECEMBER 25, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Column: On its own for 70 years, LPGA gets through big year

AP Golf Writer Doug Ferguson says it's easy to forget how hard the LPGA founders had to work to create a self-sustaining tour that has become the most successful in women's sports

DECEMBER 22, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Column: A major success getting in 7 major championships

The major championship season is over in golf

DECEMBER 15, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Major champion Popov overlooked for exemption to LPGA finale Sophia Popov not playing the ANA Inspiration after her Women’s British Open victory was understandable. The ANA Inspiration was postponed un...

DECEMBER 15, 2020 • OLEANTIMESHERALD.COM

Major champion Popov overlooked for exemption to LPGA finale

Women's British Open champion Sophia Popov is going to Naples, Florida, but not to play golf

DECEMBER 15, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tiger & Son in Orlando, LPGA Tour wraps up season in Naples

The LPGA Tour ends its year with the CME Group Tour Championship, which will not feature two of the four major champions

DECEMBER 15, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

No Sophia Popov, A Lim Kim at LPGA Season Finale; But Why Natalie Gulbis? Two of this year’s major champions won’t be in the field this week at the CME Group Tour Championship.

DECEMBER 15, 2020 • GOLFCHANNEL.COM

A Lim Kim wins US Women's Open debut with record-tying rally

A Lim Kim made a U.S. Women's Open debut she won't forget

DECEMBER 14, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pro explains how winning a major has changed her mindset A lot has changed for Sophia Popov since she won the Women's Open this summer, including her mindset on the course. Here's how it happened.

DECEMBER 11, 2020 • GOLF.COM

No CME sponsor invites for Sophia Popov or Jin Young Ko; both must play their way in at U.S. Women's Open HOUSTON – The last two events on the LPGA’s 2020 calendar are worth a combined $8.5 million in prize money. The winner of this week’s U.S....

DECEMBER 11, 2020 • USATODAY.COM

Olson comes up aces and takes 1-shot lead in Women's Open

Amy Olson is the leader after one day at the U.S. Women's Open thanks to a hole-in-one

DECEMBER 11, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kim leads McDonald in Pelican Women’s Championship

Breakthrough winners in their last starts, Sei Young Kim and Ally McDonald were on top again Friday in the Pelican Women’s Championship

NOVEMBER 20, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

First-time winners Ally McDonald, Sophia Popov playing 'free' at Pelican GC BELLEAIR, Florida – Over the course of the past 24 hours, Ally McDonald and Sophia Popov have used the same word to describe their current m...

NOVEMBER 20, 2020 • USATODAY.COM

Sophia Popov shoots 64 to lead Pelican Women’s Championship BELLEAIR, Fla. (AP) — Women's British Open winner Sophia Popov left top-ranked playing partner Jin Young Ko and everyone else behind Thursda...

NOVEMBER 20, 2020 • OLEANTIMESHERALD.COM