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Official LPGA leaderboard and Saturday coverage checked Sunday, August 16, 2026 show Jeeno Thitikul two shots behind the Portland lead. That is the kind of weekly star pressure the LPGA should be better at selling.
The LPGA's August 12, 2026 Kiara Romero announcement and current LEAP overview checked Friday, August 14 show Romero eligible for LPGA membership and leading the pathway standings at 23 points. That is the sort of clean advancement system golf needs more of.
Official LPGA materials checked Thursday, August 13, 2026 show Portland opening with nine top-25 players, seven 2026 winners, three elite amateur champions, and the longest-running non-major slot on the schedule. That deserves better than cooldown-week framing.
Official WTGL and LPGA materials published August 10, 2026 say Fenway Sports Group acquired a WTGL team that will compete as Boston Common Golf. That is the kind of ownership signal women's team golf actually needed.
Official LPGA materials published August 5, 2026 say The Classic is returning to Corning, N.Y., for May 27-30, 2027 with a $5 million purse and the event's first Western New York appearance since 2009.
Official LPGA and Solheim Cup materials published August 3, 2026 say Angel Yin and Jennifer Kupcho clinched places on the 2026 U.S. Solheim Cup team following the AIG Women's Open, joining Nelly Korda with four points spots still open.
Official Solheim Cup and Ladies European Tour updates published August 2-3, 2026 show Anna Nordqvist rounded out Team Europe with Leona Maguire, Julia Lopez Ramirez, Nastasia Nadaud, and Mimi Rhodes. Leaning into three rookies is exactly the right call.
Official LPGA schedule and field updates checked July 21, 2026 show the Women's Scottish Open has seven of the world top 10, only one Scotland stop on the LPGA calendar, and exactly the kind of field that should make it feel like more than a pre-major courtesy lap.
Current week-of coverage says the 2026 KPMG Women's PGA Championship arrives at Hazeltine with a record $13 million purse. That should be enough for golf to stop treating women's majors like side programming.
Official LPGA results checked on June 8, 2026 show Nelly Korda won the U.S. Women's Open at Riviera by one shot over Charley Hull and Gaby Lopez, giving her the first two majors of the year and making the rest of the LPGA season feel a lot less ambiguous.
Official LPGA and Solheim Cup materials checked on June 4 say Nelly Korda clinched the first automatic spot on the 2026 U.S. Solheim Cup team with nine events still left in the qualifying window. That says plenty about the kind of season she is stacking.
Official USGA and LPGA materials checked on June 3 frame Riviera as both a proper championship test and part of a larger strategy to put the U.S. Women's Open on golf's most recognizable stages. That is exactly the right play.
The LPGA's latest week of news, from LCAP graduates to Shanghai's record purse and ShopRite's player support, points to a stronger kind of growth than empty 'momentum' talk.
The LPGA and Epson Tour announced the inaugural LCAP graduates on May 27, 2026, giving top college players a direct route into Epson Tour starts for the rest of 2026 and all of 2027.
Woad won the Kroger Queen City Championship on May 17 for her second LPGA Tour title. At some point you stop calling that promising and start calling it a real problem for everyone else.
ShopRite's May 19 LPGA announcement included a $2 million purse, full-field hotel coverage, and new player-family spaces. More tournaments should copy that immediately.
Nelly Korda's Hall of Fame chase is real, but Jeeno Thitikul's Mizuho title on May 10, 2026 kept the LPGA season from getting flattened into one superstar storyline.
WTGL is still unproven, but the LPGA version of arena team golf may have a cleaner runway than the men's side because the players, stakes, and growth need all make more immediate sense.
WTGL added six more LPGA players on May 5, 2026, bringing the roster to 14 ahead of its winter 2026-27 launch at SoFi Center. The new names make the league look a lot more real.
The new $10 million purse and 34-hour TV plan for the 2026 AIG Women's Open is not charity or symbolism. It is what a serious major championship is supposed to look like.
The R&A and AIG announced on April 28 that the 2026 AIG Women's Open will carry a $10 million purse and expanded broadcast windows, pushing the major to 34 live hours across four days.
Nelly Korda's five-shot Chevron Championship win on April 26, 2026 was not boring. It was the exact kind of dominant major performance that gives a season some shape.