Michelle Wie and Amy Yang did their part last week in upping the total for the Wounded Warrior Project Weekend. Each player made two of the 12 eagles during the weekend at The Evian Championship in France.
Wie, who finished tied for 16th, eagled the par-5 ninth hole in the third round and the par-5 seventh hole in the final round. She shot 70 both days. Yang, who finished tied for eighth, eagled the ninth hole on Saturday and Sunday.
Wie and Yang are among the top producers of eagles on the LPGA this season. Sei Young Kim is first with 12, followed by Lexi Thompson with 11, Minjee Lee with 10, Yang with eight and Wie, Suzann Pettersen and Yani Tseng with seven apiece.
The 12 weekend eagles brought the total for the year to 209 and $209,000 raised with seven tournaments remaining this season.
The Wounded Warrior Weekend takes place during the final two rounds at LPGA tournaments (final round only in 54-hole events), with CME Group donating $1,000 to the Wounded Warrior Project for each eagle that is recorded. This amount will increase to $5,000 for each eagle during the weekend of the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship and a formal check will be presented to the Wounded Warrior Project during the trophy ceremony. To get involved and learn more, visit woundedwarriorproject.org.
The weekend eagle totals this year have varied from a season-low one (ShopRite LPGA Classic) to a high of 22 (Ricoh Women’s British Open).
For the 2014 season, 283 eagles were made on the weekend, raising $283,000. While no eagles were made on the weekend in Naples, the CME Group generously rounded up to $300,000. The 2014 season also had a lot of aces and double eagles. Of the 31 holes in one, 15 came in weekend play. Of a record four double eagles during the year, three were scored on the weekend.
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