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Hard as it is to make the U.S. Women's Open, imagine making the field with your sister. Forty-eight times have sisters made the same U.S. Women's Open, including this week as Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn are in the field for the eighth consecutive year and ninth time overall. Jessica and Nelly Korda are also in the field for an eighth time together. Other sister acts include Alice Bauer and Marlene Bauer Hagge (12 times), Danielle and Dina Ammaccapane (8), Annika and Charlotta Sorenstam (8), Aree and Naree Song (2) and Hollis Stacy and Martha Stacy Leach (1).
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Launched: By the PGA of America, the PGA Jr. League Safari Par-Tee mobile app, available for free download. Designed as an interactive mobile game, the PGA Jr. League app allows users to collaboratively play golf as animal avatars while transforming their own setting into an imaginative Adventure Park Golf Course. The app was developed by Trigger.
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7: Women's Golf Day | Info
7: Women Fore Hire Virtual Job Fair | Noon-3 p.m. ET | Registration | Info
22-23: LPGA Leadership Academy, Saginaw, Mich. | Info
JULY
13-14: LPGA Leadership Academy, Liberty Corner, N.J. | Info
19-20: LPGA Leadership Academy, Gainesville, Va. | Info
26-27: Multi-Course and Resort Operators Retreat, Charleston, S.C. | Info
AUGUST
1-2: LPGA Leadership Academy, Newcastle, Wash. | Info
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23-25: Golf Business Conference, Orlando, Fla.
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