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Say Bonjour to Bonjoc's 'Seema Sparkle' Line

2012-01-27T07:51:00.000-08:00

Seema Sadekar has sparkled her entire life. Now she's ready to help the rest of us sparkle with the "Seema Sparkle" line of shimmering ballmarkers from Bonjoc.Bonjoc Ball Markers have been around for a while; they use Swarovski elements to create sparkly ballmarkers for golfers who want something a bit more fun than the typical, boring ballmarker. Seema has long had an interest in fashion, which

Maiya Tanaka

2012-01-25T15:22:00.000-08:00

Maiya Tanaka has been on a reality show before; she was one of the golfers on Big Break Sandals Resorts a couple years ago. But now, she's on a much bigger show: The Amazing Race.Teaming with her sister Misa, Maiya is one of the cast members on the 20th season of Amazing Race, which begins airing on CBS on Feb. 19.From the show's website on CBS.com:What scares you most about traveling? Getting a

Lara Baldesarra

2012-01-20T09:22:00.001-08:00

On the day I'm writing this, Lara Baldesarra is probably pretty much unknown to golf fans. But that will change just a few days later - on Jan. 26, to be exact - when Baldesarra joins the Golf Channel to host Grey Goose 19th Hole. The announcement hasn't been made yet by Golf Channel, but Grey Goose included the news in a recent press release, and Lara confirmed it on her Facebook and Twitter

Jodi Ewart

2012-01-19T16:04:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to Jodi Ewart, the winner of the LET's 2012 Q-School tournament. Jodi finished at 11-under par over the five rounds at La Manga Club in Spain, winning by two strokes over amateur Anais Maggetti."It feels good," Ewart said afterward. "I mean, fourth on the LPGA and now winning the LET: it’s a pretty good off-season if you ask me. It feels good and I’m really looking forward to this

Sandra Gal

2012-01-17T12:20:00.000-08:00

Is Sandra Gal the sexiest golfer in the game? That's what the readers of Golf Digest have declared. The tall Teuton was voted was voted Golf Digest's Hottest Golfer in a just-concluded online competition.More Sandra Gal pics

Paula Creamer Is a Badass

2012-01-04T16:25:00.001-08:00

Here's the photographic proof:(Thanks to Paula for posting this pic on Twitter.)

Happy New Year from the Sadekar Sisters

2012-01-02T08:47:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year to all from Golf Babes and the Sadekar sisters - Seema (standing) and Nisha. Expect 2012 to be a great year for the lovely and talented Sadekars, and make it a big year for yourself, too.

Happy Holidays

2011-12-25T08:44:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays from Golf Babes - and to celebrate, we offer this holiday card from the lovely Sadekar sisters. That's Nisha on the left, Seema on the right. And Juicy and Bentley send their holidays wishes, as well.

Sandra Gal

2011-12-06T14:25:00.001-08:00

And it's Sandra Gal with the win. But wait, you say, a win in what? There are no tournaments going on right now. True. What Gal won was a vote on the LPGA.com website for 2011 Shot of the Year. Gal's winning shot was a wedge approach on the final hole of the Kia Classic, when Gal was trying to hold off Jiyai Shin and after Shin had already put her own approach close. Gal nearly holed it, and hung

Hee Young Park

2011-11-20T13:36:00.000-08:00

Hee Young Park has been a solid player on the LPGA Tour since joining in 2008, and she's come close to victory in the past. But LPGA Win No. 1 eluded her. Until now. Park won the season-ending CME Group Titleholders and the hefty half-a-million-dollar first prize paycheck that came with it.Park entered the Titleholders 32nd on the money list; now she'll finish the year inside the Top 15. She

Hee Kyung Seo

2011-11-18T10:24:00.000-08:00

Hee Kyung Seo was sparkling as she arrived at the LPGA Rolex Awards Reception. Seo was an award recipient during the night, too, receiving the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year award.More Hee Kyung Seo pics

Sharmila Nicollet

2011-11-12T07:13:00.000-08:00

Sharmila Nicollet is a winner again on India's Hero Women’s Professional Tour. Nicollet won for the second straight time, this week at the Chandigarh stop, the seventh tournament of the Hero season.An article on IndianSportsNews.com calls Nicollet "the lanky long-hitter from Bangalore." Which is awesome. I hereby move that from now on, Nicollet always be referred to as "the lanky long hitter from

Mari Suursalu

2011-11-12T06:38:00.000-08:00

The Ladies European Tour recently spotlighted Mari Suursalu, who the LET notes is the first - and so far only - female professional golfer from Estonia.Suursalu has yet to appear in any LET event, but does play in tournaments on the LET's developmental tour, the LET Access Series. For the last three year, Suursalu's primary golf home has been the Nordea Tour.The article, posted on the LETAS

Frances Bondad

2011-10-23T07:16:00.000-07:00

It's win No. 1 for Frances Bondad on the Ladies European Tour. Bondad claimed victory at the 2011 Sanya Ladies Open in China, birdying the final hole to secure the win.Bondad is a 23-year-old from Australia who is in her fourth season on the LET. She's come close before, tying as runner-up at the 2010 Open de Espana Femenino. In 2008, she finished just inside the Top 100 on the money list. But in

Paula Creamer 2012 Calendar

2011-10-22T12:11:00.001-07:00

It's that time of year again: Time for the Golf Digest Japan Paula Creamer calendar. Paula is very popular in Japan (OK, she's very popular everywhere), and she has spoken often about her own love for Japan. Every year since 2007, Creamer and Golf Digest Japan have gotten together to create a wall calendar, which, alas, is always available for purchase in Japan only. (But keep an eye on eBay if

Ginger Howard

2011-09-30T17:46:00.000-07:00

Ginger Howard is the winner of the LPGA Q-School second-stage qualifier, completed on Sept. 30 in Florida. And with four great rounds: 69, 70, 68, 65. That totals to a 16-under par score of 272.Ginger is only 17 years old. The petition that Alexis Thompson filed to gain LPGA membership for 2012 is the one that has gotten all the attention, but Howard needed to petition for the chance to take part

Azahara Munoz

2011-09-25T15:49:00.000-07:00

Azahara Munoz is the classy Spaniard who made her Solheim Cup debut for Team Europe in 2011. And it was a successful debut: She played four matches, going 2-1-1, earning 2.5 points for her side. She also wound up in the anchor match after the Kerr-Stupples match was conceded due to Kerr's injury. With the Solheim Cup very tight throughout the final day of singles matches, that was a tough

Julie Maisongrosse

2011-09-23T12:37:00.001-07:00

Julie Maisongrosse now has the first win of her professional career. The young Frenchwoman (she was born in Colombia but grew up in France and plays for the France) recorded that victory at the LET Access Series' Dinard Ladies Open, played in Saint Briac Sur Mer, France. Maisongrosse earned with three low rounds - 67, 65, 65.She's in her second season with LET status, having finished fourth at

Brittany Lincicome

2011-09-22T08:47:00.000-07:00

This photo of Brittany Lincicome was posted by her Solheim Cup teammate Vicky Hurst on Twitter. Vicky wrote that Brittany was "looking like a goddess." We concur!More Brittany Lincicome pics

Big Break Ireland: Nicole Smith

2011-09-20T14:10:00.000-07:00

And we've come to the end of ours series on the women of Big Break Ireland. We wrap up with Nicole Smith.First, Smith's degree from the University of Tennessee is in Perspectives in Human Relations & Culture. I have no idea what that means. Which helps explain why I hold no degrees of my own.Nicole has spent the past two years - 2010 and 2011 - playing full-time on the Futures Tour, and she's

Big Break Ireland: Kelly Jacques

2011-09-20T13:24:00.000-07:00

Kelly Jacques has the least professional experience among the women on Big Break Ireland - since turning pro in 2008 she's played in only seven LPGA Futures Tour events. That's because after college she temporarily gave up competitive golf. What brought her back? According to her bio on the Golf Channel website, after time spent working at, well, work (as in jobs), she started thinking of golf

Big Break Ireland: Annie Brophy

2011-09-20T08:04:00.000-07:00

Annie Brophy is another of the cast members in the Golf Channel's Big Break Ireland. Do you believe in the luck of the Irish? Annie has it going for her double. Not only is the series taped in Ireland, but Annie played her collegiate golf for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.Brophy had eight Top 10 finishes in college golf and two victories, including the 2008 Big East Conference Championship. She

Big Break Ireland: Nina Rodriguez

2011-09-20T06:35:00.000-07:00

Nina Rodriguez is one of the six women cast members of Big Break Ireland, which premiered on the Golf Channel on Sept. 20, 2011. She might be the one who was least-known prior to the show, but is almost certainly the one least experienced in golf.That's because Nina was a gym rat, not a range rat, as a kid. Growing up, basketball was Nina's game. She didn't turn her attention full-time to golf

Big Break Ireland: Whitney Wright

2011-09-19T13:15:00.000-07:00

"My experience on the Big Break was amazing, to say the least," Whitney Wright, one of the contestants we'll be watching on Big Break Ireland after its Sept. 20 debut, told Golf Babes. "I met so many wonderful friends and people from all parts of the world and will cherish that the most out of everything."Whitney recently moved to Raleigh, N.C., and if you're in the area head out to Raleigh

Big Break Ireland: Mallory Blackwelder

2011-09-19T08:17:00.001-07:00

On Tuesday, Sept. 20, Big Break Ireland premieres on the Golf Channel. The cast includes six men and six women, and at Golf Babes we don't care about the dudes. So over the next couple days we'll be posting about the six women in the cast.And we start with Mallory Blackwelder, because she is the best-known of the six heading into the show (we've written about her before). Mallory is coming off a