Ally Ewing won with a total of 266 (69 64 67 66, -22) strokes the Kroger Queen City Championship, an LPGA Tour tournament that took place on the Kendale Course (par 72) of the Kenwood Country Club in Cincinnati. The American, in the lead at the end of the ‘moving day’, thanks to a last bogey free lap, overtook the Chinese Xiyu Lin, second with 267 (-21).
Third place for the Mexican Maria Fassi with 272 (-16). Giulia Molinaro, the only Italian in the race, did not pass the cut closing in 99 / a position with a score of 146 (72 74, +2).
Ally Ewing, Kroger Queen City Championship
For Ally Ewing, 29, born in Tupelo (Mississippi), this is the third success on the circuit after those obtained at the LPGA Drive On Championship (2020) and at the Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play (2021).
Thanks to this exploit, the American cashed a check for $ 262,500 on a total prize pool of 1,750,000. The LPGA Tour is the leading professional women’s golf circuit in the United States of America, operated by the LPGA.
[1] The first edition of the tournament dates back to 1950 with the organization of the Tampa Women’s Open. The most successful golfer is the American Kathy Whitworth, winner of 88 LPGA Tour tournaments.
The LPGA (acronym for Ladies Professional Golf Association) was founded in 1950 on the initiative of thirteen players, with the aim of promoting women’s professional golf in the United States of America.
Its first president was Patty Berg. On that same occasion it was decided to start a series of tournaments, on an annual basis, included in a single circuit known as the LPGA Tour. The first official tournament of the LPGA Tour was the Tampa Women’s Open, held in January 1950 at Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club in Tampa, where the amateur Polly Riley triumphed, surprisingly capable of beating already professional and much more experienced players.
Unlike the men’s category – where the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) is responsible for training professionals and leaves the organization of tournaments to the PGA Tour – the LPGA Tour is run by the body of the same name.
Most of the LPGA Tour events are held in the United States of America. In 1956 the LPGA held its first tournament abroad, the Havana Open, in the Cuban capital of Havana. As of 2020, fourteen tournaments take place outside the United States: seven in Asia, four in Europe, two in Australia and one in Canada.
Five of the tournaments taking place outside the United States of America are co-sanctioned with other professional bodies. The Ladies European Tour co-manages the Women’s British Open, the Evian Championship in France and the Women’s Australian Open (with the collaboration of the ALPG Tour).
The other two events – the BMW Ladies Championship (leg of the LPGA of Korea Tour) and the Toto Japan Classic (of the LPGA of Japan Tour) – take place during the tour’s fall season on the Asian continent.
