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Reigning U.S. Women's Open champion So Yeon Ryu fired a four-under 69 on Friday to climb into the lead after two rounds of the Women's Australian Open, while Hee Kyung Seo used a big round to get into contention.

The Symetra Tour announced its schedule for the 2012 season on Thursday.

Stacy Lewis and Sarah Kemp both posted four-under 69s on Thursday as the 2012 LPGA season kicked off with the first round of the Women's Australian Open.

Christel Boeljon came from three strokes back to win the Australian Ladies Masters on Sunday and that helped her jump 16 spots in this week's women's world rankings.

Christel Boeljon birdied the 72nd hole Sunday to polish off a come-from-behind victory at the Australian Ladies Masters.

Meg Mallon was named captain of the 2013 United States Solheim Cup team on Thursday at the PGA Merchandise Show.

The LPGA Tour released it 2012 schedule on Tuesday and the 28-event slate features five new events.

The LPGA Tour announced Thursday the creation of a new event heading to Hawaii in April of this year.

With no action ongoing, there were very few changes in this week's women's world rankings.

Na Yeon Choi inched up to third in this week's world rankings.