The WTGL indoor team women's golf league hasn't played a single match yet, but Rose Zhang is already recruiting for season two. The two-time LPGA winner currently on New York Golf Club's roster told Front Office Sports she wants Nelly Korda, the reigning US Women's Open champion, in the fold next year.

"I think Nelly would obviously be very good for the game," Zhang said.

Why Nelly Korda Didn't Join the Inaugural WTGL Indoor Season

Korda, the top-ranked player in women's golf, has pushed back on the league's format. She called the decision to keep women's and men's competition separate a "huge and unbelievable miss." Despite her criticism, Zhang sees an opening, claiming a strong debut season could bring Korda around.

"If season one goes well, then maybe she would be on board," Zhang added.

The WTGL schedule tips off November 8th, when Zhang's squad faces Los Angeles Golf Club at the 1,500-seat SoFi Center in South Florida. Alongside teammates Lydia Ko, Danielle Kang, Linn Grant, and Yana Wilson, she'll compete across a league-wide five-team field.

ESPN and Ion carry the broadcasts through the championship series on December 23rd, filling a window in the LPGA schedule and giving top players a competitive stage during the offseason.

The LPGA Tour is lauching its fall Asian swing this week at the Buick LPGA Shanghai 2026, but the circuit's most dominant player won't be in the field. Top-ranked Nelly Korda opted out of all four stops on the schedule's month-long run overseas.

Door Opens for Thitikul with Korda Missing Asia

Korda, who sits atop the Player of the Year standings too, hasn't started a tournament since the Solheim Cup in September. Her absence in Asia gives Jeeno Thitikul a real chance to close the gap.

Thitikul will look to defend her Shanghai title from last year while matching Korda's four-win record this season. And with the Race to CME Globe still up for grabs, the next four weeks of competition could rewrite the player rankings.

After China, the LPGA schedule moves to South Korea then to Malaysia and. The tour eventually returns to Florida for its final two events in November.

Korda Sacrifices Trophy Race for Rest

Korda is set to tee off in the Panhandle, but her extended break comes at a cost.

She currently leads the Vare Trophy race with a 69.38. That award is given to the player with the lowest scoring average of the season. But, without enough competitive rounds in 2026, Korda won't qualify.

Korda's making good use of her time away from the green, though. Her sister and fellow LPGA pro Jessica Korda recently welcomed a baby girl, and Korda wasted no time celebrating on Instagram.

World No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul is on a roll, winning her fourth title of the LPGA season at the 2026 LOTTE Championship in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Thitikul capped her final round with two birdies. She subsequently overcame a late double-bogey to beat out playing partner No. 17 Ina Yoon for a three-stroke win.

“I don’t know how I did that, but obviously, it’s [a] really like good battle with Ina,” Thitikul said. “She played incredible on the front nine.”

Thitikul ceded golf’s top ranking earlier this year. She now pulls level with No. 1 Nelly Korda in 2026 wins while outpacing the US star’s two-year total.

Eyeing even more history, she’s now just one title shy of passing Thai legend Ariya Jutanugarn for the most LPGA wins by a Thai women’s golfer.

The 2026 Solheim Cup teed off at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands on Friday with neither side giving ground. Team USA and Team Europe finished locked at 2-2, marking just the third time in 20 editions that the first session ended square.

Nelly Korda Leads Team USA in 2026 Solheim Cup Opening Round

Nelly Korda and foursomes partner Allisen Corpuz set the pace, rolling past Charley Hull and rookie Lottie Woad in the day's first match. The pair played bogey-free golf and won three straight holes to pull away with a 4-and-3 win. The victory pushed their partnership to a perfect 5-0, the best tandem record in Solheim Cup history.

“She’s just so solid,” Korda said of her teammate. “Honestly, I enjoy playing with her so much. We have a lot of fun out there.”

But Team Europe answered quickly.

Maja Stark and Linn Grant overwhelmed Rose Zhang and Jennifer Kupcho 3-and-2 behind a 4-under front nine, while Esther Henseleit and Leona Maguire edged Andrea Lee and Lindy Duncan.

Lauren Coughlin kept Team USA level by pairing with Alison Lee to beat Nanna Koerstz Madsen and Celine Boutier 3-and-2. With afternoon fourball matches ahead, neither team has breathing room just yet.

Nelly Korda and Team USA joined Team Europe for the 2026 Solheim Cup gala Wednesday night in Den Bosch, Netherlands.

The 20th edition of the biennial event tees off Friday at Bernardus Golf, but before hitting the greens, current rosters mingled with past champions inside Theater aan de Parade.

The 2026 Solheim Cup Gala Kicks Off the Competition

For the occasion, world No. 1 Korda arrived in a black-and-white ensemble while her US teammates coordinated in red and black.

Across the room, Charley Hull and Team Europe mixed with former captains Juli Inkster and Catriona Matthew. Before long, a trivia contest between the squads heated up the evening, with Europe claiming that opening round.

Between the laughs, Inkster, who captained the US to its last overseas win in 2015, offered perspective on what makes Solheim Cup week work.

"That's the fun part about it, the banter," she said. "I love banter."

Team USA vs Team Europe Tees Off Friday

Still, the teasing will soon give way to some fierce competition on Friday.

Captain Angela Stanford's Team USA will try to snap an 11-year winless run on foreign soil. Anna Nordqvist's European squad, meanwhile, aims to reclaim the Cup after a tight loss in Virginia just two years ago. Three days of foursomes, fourball, and singles matches will settle it

The 2026 Solheim Cup tees off tomorrow, as defending champion Team USA chases its first road win in more than a decade at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands. 

World No. 1 Nelly Korda anchors captain Angela Stanford’s US side, entering her fifth continental tournament on a 10-5-1 record — including 2024’s perfect 4-0 foursome run alongside partner Allisen Corpuz.

Solheim vets Megan Khang and Rose Zhang bring match-play savvy to Team USA, with Lindy Duncan and Auston Kim representing the 12-player lineup’s lone rookies.

Perennial contender Europe leans on top-ranked UK duo Lottie Woad and Charley Hull, with Hull tallying 15 match wins across eight Solheim Cups.

Captained by newly retired LPGA stalwart Anna Nordqvist, the host team counters with four rookies and home-course support as Europe looks to lift the trophy for the first time since going back-to-back in 2021.

Friday and Saturday each feature four foursomes and four fourballs, before Sunday’s 12 singles matches decide the 28 points on offer — with 14.5 needed for the win.

2026 Solheim Cup coverage starts Friday at 1:30 AM ET (Golf Channel).

The LPGA tees off in Boston today, as world No. 1 Nelly Korda leads 23 of the LPGA’s Top 25 into the 2026 FM Championship with $4.4 million on the line.

Thirteen 2026 champions are in the mix, headlined by Korda’s four titles, plus three-time winner Jeeno Thitikul, and two-time champion Haeran Ryu — the FM Championship’s lone returning winner.

The event doubles as a send-off for golfing great Anna Nordqvist, after announcing plans to retire from the LPGA following this weekend’s tournament — though she’ll still captain Europe at next month’s Solheim Cup.

The 39-year-old Swede leaves the tour with nine LPGA wins, three major titles, and more than $14 million in earnings over her storied pro career.

“Twenty years ago, I came to the US with two suitcases, a golf bag, and a dream,” Nordqvist said on Instagram.

“I’m not sure what the future has in store for me, but it’s with a grateful heart I have decided to retire from playing professional golf to focus on my health and my family.”

Nelly Korda leads a 144-player field into the 2026 LPGA FM Championship this week. The world No. 1 has collected four wins and nearly $6.2 million in earnings so far as this season's LPGA schedule winds down.

However, Korda won't go unchallenged.

Top-Ranked LPGA Golfers Tee Off at Boston Tournament

Beyond that, all 10 top-ranked players in the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings are in the field at TPC Boston. World No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul finished as runner-up at the 2025 tournament and already has three wins this year.

Meanwhile, 2024 inaugural champion Haeran Ryu returns to a course she knows how to close out. Defending champion Miranda Wang is also back after winning last year's title.

The LPGA Tour's Boston stop features some local talent, too. Massachusetts natives Megan Khang and Alexa Pano will both compete in front of a hometown crowd. In all, 14 of the 15 players who have won on tour this season are in the field.

Now in its third year, the FM Championship offers a $4.4 million purse, making it one of the largest payouts on the LPGA schedule. Competition rounds run August 27-30 at TPC Boston in Norton, with Golf Channel broadcasting all four days.

Kiara Romero wasted no time making her mark as a professional on the LPGA tour. The 20-year-old shot a 6-under 64 in the first round of the CPKC Women's Open 2026 on Thursday. That put her just two strokes off the top of the LPGA leaderboard at Edmonton's Royal Mayfair Golf Club, as US favorite Nelly Korda pulled into 8th.

Kiara Romero Starts Strong in Professional Debut

Romero earned her LPGA Tour card through the Elite Amateur Pathway. She is only the second player to take that route, following Lottie Woad in 2025.

Still, the rookie looked right at home near the top of a stacked LPGA leaderboard. Japan's Miyu Yamashita currently holds the lead after logging an 8-under 62 on the tournament's opening day, with Nasa Hataoka one back at 63.

Nelly Korda Finishes Round 1 Tied for 8th Atop the LPGA Leaderboard

World No. 1 Nelly Korda, meanwhile, opened with a 3-under 67 to sit tied for eighth. Defending champion Brooke Henderson matched that mark in front of her home crowd as two Canadian amateurs also stood out among the tournament field. Anna Huang, 17, and Michelle Xing, 18, each carded 65 to share fourth place.

Scoring ran low across the board on Thursday at Royal Mayfair, but Romero's opening round drew the most attention. A 6-under start in her professional debut suggests the leap from amateur standout to LPGA contender is already well underway.

The LPGA Tour is headed north. The 2026 CPKC Women’s Open takes over Edmonton, Alberta’s Royal Mayfair Golf Club today — with $2.75 million up for grabs.

Reigning champion Brooke Henderson is on hand to defend her title. The Canada international will try to become just the second player in tournament history to lift three CPKC trophies.

“I’ve been able to really use the energy and the atmosphere of all the fans,” said the world No. 11. “There is so much love and so much positive energy.”

Henderson has her work cut out for her, as 14 of the LPGA’s Top 25 gear up to hit the course including No. 1 Nelly Korda and No. 4 Hyo Joo Kim.

Highly touted amateur Kiara Romero is set to make her pro debut. The Oregon product won back-to-back Mark H. McCormack Medals.

“At the end of the day it’s just great for the Tour, great for the fans to have new and upcoming amazing talent,” Korda said.

CPKC Women’s Open coverage runs through Sunday (Golf Channel).