We hadn’t believed Lauren Coughlin was certain to win an LPGA title prior to this year, but the thought started creeping into our minds this season, as she ramped up her play.
Grant Boone and Beth Ann Nichols tell the wild story about Coughlin, a late bloomer who nearly quit professional golf not long after she started, and how she picked a fine time to have a breakout year, winning the CPKC Women’s Open in her 101st start.
With the Solheim Cup only an hour from her Virginia home, she’s now a lock to make the team. An exceptional ball-striker who found something in her putting earlier this spring with a new weapon, Coughlin notched two birdies in her last four holes to defeat last year’s Louise Suggs Rookie of the Year, Haeran Ryu, who was leaking oil throughout the back nine, and hold off a charging Mao Saigo.
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