First it was the youngest player to win a professional golf tournament. Next, it was the youngest player to win on the LPGA Tour. Then it was the youngest golfer to become #1 ranked in the world. Now, Lydia Ko has become the youngest major champion winner in LPGA history. Ko fired a 63 in the final round of the The Evian Championship to earn her first the major championship and 4th LPGA Tour win this year. The 8-under par day included eight birdies and no bogeys in route to what turned … [Read more...]
A Supersize Deal: Michelle Wie Lands A New Sponsor
A little over a month after Michelle Wie signed a new sponsorship deal with car company Kia, she has just landed another deal with a corporate giant. McDonald's has signed Wie to a two year endorsement deal and from looks of the deal, she will be the new face for McDonald's in the U.S. Asian market. The sponsorship deal was announced recently during the filming of a commercial featuring Wie and some friends as they come off the golf course and celebrate at McDonalds. The ad campaign is … [Read more...]
Swede’s Stick Together
Boy do Swede’s stick together in difficult times.. LPGA player, Helen Alfredsson, seems to have the back of Elin Nordegren and is the latest player to pile on Tiger Woods. According to the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Alfredsson heard about Tiger’s infidelities last July during the British Open played at Turnberry. Alfredsson is quoted as saying “In the quietest water swims the ugliest fish” referring to Tiger Woods. In the same article she questions why Tiger even got married and asked “is … [Read more...]