Before the 35th Anniversary LPGA State Farm Classic got underway, Commissioner Mike Whan, Haeji Kang and Gloria Park of South Korea, and Amy Hung of Taiwan met with the Midwest Affiliate of St. Jude Children's Hospital in Peoria, Ill.

After her hard-fought victory at the U.S. Women’s Open in July, it was fitting that Paula Creamer’s return visit to the Pittsburgh area last week included a celebratory fly by over the site of her first major championship victory in an F-16 fighter jet.

25-year-old golfer Stacy Lewis has five titanium screws and a rod in her spine to straighten out the 45-degree curve caused by scoliosis.