The 5-foot-2 Japanese star won the LPGA LOTTE Championship Presented by J Golf last week in Hawaii, giving her eight career wins on the LPGA, all compacted into the last four years. She is known for her deliberate swing tempo and excellent short game, displayed by leading the LPGA in putting this season.

The next stop on the LPGA Tour takes place this week in Mobile, Ala. at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail for the 2012 Mobile Bay LPGA Classic.

Maria Hjorth will return to Crossings Course at Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Ala. this week after recording her fifth-career victory last year at the 2011 Avnet LPGA Classic when she defeated Song-Hee Kim by two strokes.

The tough conditions at Sara Bay Country Club made it no easy task for Esther Choe to earn her first career Symetra Tour victory at the inaugural Sara Bay Classic.

Paula Creamer’s immensely hectic life has been even crazier this year. Between implementing swing changes and dealing with the loss of a beloved family member, the nine-time LPGA Tour winner has had her hands full and mind occupied in more ways than one.