Written By: Steve Eubanks jseubanks
Steve Eubanks is a New York Times bestselling author and managing editor for the LPGA.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA | It’s her kind of event. Not only has Sophia Popov never met a stranger, she is the kind of magnetic media starlet who causes other celebrities to stop and pay attention. At the practice area at the Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club on Wednesday, Popov putted for just under an hour, greeting a plethora of MLB stars as if they were old friends, even though she quite clearly had no idea who they were. Then she waited in front of a Golf Channel camera for what seemed like an eternity to do a Golf Today hit with Shane Bacon and Damon Hack. She aced it like a veteran television host, which she has been in her native Germany at various times in her career
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Question of the Day By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press - Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Sophia Popov not playing the ANA Inspiration after her Women’s British Open victory was understandable. The ANA Inspiration was postponed until September because of the pandemic and, just like the Masters, decided to leave the field as if it were played the first week in April.
More curious is Popov, one of the more celebrated stories in women’s golf this year, not playing this week in the CME Group Tour Championship.
By the book, she didn’t qualify. The LPGA Tour only awards Race to CME Globe points to members, and Popov wasn’t eligible to be a full member until after her victory at Royal Troon.
2020/12/16 01:46 Sophia Popov, of Germany watches her drive off the 16th tee during the second round of the U.S. Women s Open golf tournament in Houston, Friday, Dec. . Sophia Popov, of Germany watches her drive off the 16th tee during the second round of the U.S. Women s Open golf tournament in Houston, Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Jin Young Ko, of South Korea, hits from the 18th fairway during the final round of the U.S. Women s Open golf tournament, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Ho. Jin Young Ko, of South Korea, hits from the 18th fairway during the final round of the U.S. Women s Open golf tournament, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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