Sarah Kemp

Sarah Kemp shot a blistering 63 that included nine birdies in the second round of the LPGA Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic on Friday.

After a great junior and amateur career in her native Australia, Sarah is in her second season on the LPGA Tour. She struggled a bit in her rookie year, making the transition from ALPG and LET tournaments to LPGA competition. But she's stepping up in 2009.

So far this year, Sarah has made all but one cut, and she's coming off a 15th-place finish at the Wegmans LPGA, the second-best finish of her young LPGA career.

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Morgan Pressel

Morgan Pressel looks a little scowly in this photo, which is courtesy of GolfBlogger.com. Not sure why, since she carded a 64 today in the opening round of the Jamie Farr.

Golf Blogger, by the way, is one of the longest-running golf blogs on the 'net - one of the originals. And the Golf Blogger his own self is spending time at the Farr snapping phots, which will be posted over the next few days at GolfBlogger.com. Check 'em out.

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Tiffany Joh's Blog

If you want to get to know Tiffany Joh a little bit better - and you should, she's hilarious - then check out her new blog at tiffjoh.wordpress.com. Tiffany is a multiple All-America selection at UCLA, a member of the 2008 U.S. Curtis Cup team, a two-time champion at the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship, who has just embarked on her professional career. She's now playing the Futures Tour.

Some of you may remember Tiffany's posts at Waggle Room. Her new blog includes musings, musical interludes and video clips. Sometimes, as in the clip above, all three in one.

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Blair O'Neal

Blair O'Neal came this close to winning "Big Break Prince Edward Island" and the $100,000 first prize. But, alas, she lost in the championship match to Derek Gillespie.

But it was a fantastic showing for Blair. Let's face it, many people who have seen Blair on various sports blogs or modeling in the pages of a magazine the past couple years probably had no idea that could actually play the game. As her modeling career took off over those years, she pulled back from competitive golf.

But she's getting back into competition these days. Not just through her "Big Break" appearance, but also playing in USGA qualifiers and on the Cactus Tour.

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Diana Luna

Diana Luna is the winner of the 2009 AIB Ladies Irish Open, played at Portmarnock, on the Ladies European Tour. Luna, from Italy, finished four strokes clear of the runners-up, which includes Sophie Gustafson.

Luna finished second earlier this year at the ABN AMRO Ladies Open, and the Irish Open win is her second on the LET. She also won the Tenerife Ladies Open in 2004, which was the year of her best showing on the money list (13th).

Jennifer Song

(Photo by John Mummert/USGA)

Jennifer Song is the 2009 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links champion. Song defeated Kimberly Kim in the championship match, 7 and 6. Song was the runner-up in the '08 Women's Publinx.

Song was born in Michigan but grew up in Korea and has dual citizenship. That allowed her to be a member of the Korean National Team while also serving as an alternate on the 2008 American Curtis Cup squad. (Which begs the question - will she play for the East or West team in a future Lexus Cup?)

Song recently completed her freshman season on the Southern Cal women's golf team, and it was a good one: She was named national Freshman of the Year by the National Golf Coaches Association. Song led the USC team in scoring average, was named first-team All-American, and finished the season ranked No. 1 in the Golfweek collegiate rankings.

Cheyenne Woods

Cheyenne Woods just completed her first-ever appearance in an LPGA Tour tournament, the 2009 Wegmans LPGA. And she had a pretty solid showing, shooting 75-74 to finish 5-over. Now that this adventure is over, Woods will return to getting ready for the 2009-10 collegiate season at Wake Forest, where she will be a sophomore. You can view more pics of Cheyenne here or here.

Sandra Gal

This is written at the conclusion of play on Day 1 of the 2009 Wegmans LPGA. And second-year LPGA player Sandra Gal is at the top of the leaderboard after a scorching 64. Sandra is having a solid year so far in '09 with one Top 5 finish and two other Top 20 finishes thus far.

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Marousa Polias and Como!Come!

Golf Babes readers are well-acquainted with our friend Marousa Polias (see previous posts about Marousa). Marousa is an Aussie golfer who plays on the Australian Ladies Golf Tour and the Ladies European Tour.

But most folks out there probably have no idea who, or what, Como!Come! means. Unless you are familiar with Japanese golf products. But that will be changing soon, because Como!Come! - a Japanese brand of, in Marousa's words, "cute, cute golf accessories" - has launched an English-language version of its Web site to make its products available worldwide.

And Como!Come! is now sponsoring Marousa, too. But you probably could have guessed that from the photo! Como!Come! makes, among other things, golf bags, headcovers, shirts, sweaters, and something they call "baby tails" (you'll have to explore the Web site to figure that one out).

We're always happy when young female professionals pick up a new sponsor, especially in this economy, so good for Marousa. Check out the Como!Come! English-language site here.

Sakura Yokomine

It was an off week on the LPGA, but that doesn't mean there wasn't some movement in the women's world rankings. They do play golf in other parts of the globe, too, you know. In Japan, for example, where Sakura Yokomine won her third JLPGA title of the year at the Nichirei PGM Ladies. That victory moved Yokomine up to No. 17 in the world rankings. The Constructivist has the details, as he always does for the Japanese women's tour.

Whitney Wade

Whitney Wade was this past weekend's champion on the Duramed Futures Tour, closing with a 66 to finish with a one-stroke win at the Duramed Championship. The win came on Father's Day, and with Whitney's dad as her caddie.

It's the first Futures Tour win for Whitney, who turned pro in 2007 after a college career at the University of Georgia. But Whitney first made headlines in the golf world at age 13 by winning the Kentucky State Amateur Championship in 1999, something she did the following two years, as well.

She was a member of the 2005 U.S. Junior Solheim Cup team, a four-time All-SEC selection in college, and won the 2007 Kentucky State Open and 2008 Ohio Women's Open.

And last season was Whitney's first on the Futures Tour. She made a pretty good debut, too, making the cut in all but one of her 15 events and posting a couple Top 10s. And now she's a winner on the Futures, and that victory vaulted Whitney into the Top 10 on the money list.

It wasn't Whitney's first win of 2009, however; a few weeks ago she won the Colorado Women's Open.