While the Tiger Woods press conference and the Accenture Match Play Championship have been the main focus of attention this week for golf fans, some probably forgot that the LPGA kicked things off this week in Thailand.

Some good news for fans of the women’s game, as Michelle Wie has committed to play the first LPGA event of the new year, which starts February 18 in Thailand.

Yesterday, I made my 2010 predictions for the PGA Tour. Today, it’s time to shift focus to the ladies, and make my predictions for what could be one of the biggest years in the history of women’s golf.

We all knew that there were some sponsorship problems with the LPGA heading into next season, and that has forced next year’s schedule to only include 24 events for the women on tour.

Well most of the talk this LPGA season has been about finding a new commissioner that would lead the tour after Carolyn Bivens was pretty much shown the door after the LPGA continued to lose some of its sponsors under her watch. The search for a new commissioner has come to an end, and Michael Whan will be your new commissioner.

I was browsing the blogosphere today, and saw this post by Ryan Ballengee over at Waggle Room.

It hadn’t happened since April, which is quite unusual for Lorena Ochoa, but she finally broke through and picked up the win today at the Navistar LPGA Classic.
Ochoa only had to shoot a 2-under 70 today to pick up the win, as the next closest people to her were Michelle Wie and Brittany Lang, who finished four shots back.

Off the heels of a great golf tournament, the LPGA tour has lot a pretty big event. It was announced today that the Michelob Ultra Open at Kingsmill is losing its sponsorship, therefore there will be no more event.

Well, she almost let it slip away. But in the end, Na Yeon Choi captured the victory at the Samsung World Championship.
In what turned into a two player race for most of the final round, Choi finished at 16-under par for the championship, while Ai Miyazato came in one shot back at 15-under.

After Jiyai Shin had a big day yesterday, Na Yeon Choi decided to come out and top that today. She shot a 9-under 63 to take the lead in San Diego at the Samsung World Championship.

Things can’t get much better for Jiyai Shin right now. She’s been playing some unbelievable golf in her rookie year on the PGA tour, and she’s got the lead at the Samsung World Championship after the second round.

With the men of the PGA off this week, we’ll turn our attention to the ladies, as they start play today at the Samsung World Championship at Torrey Pines. Paula Creamer is your defending champion, and it should be a great tournament to watch.