[19novembreFloridaUSA]The LPGA Tour’s new schedule is announced: There will be 33 games in the 2023 season, with a total prize pool of over US$101 million! The schedule also includes two team competitions, the Solheim Cup and the newly returned Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown. This is a watershed moment in the history of women’s sport around the world! There will also be two competitions in China, the Blue Bay Masters in March and the Buick Shanghai LPGA in October.
“Thanks to our athletes, partners, volunteers and passionate fans, 2023 is going to be a big year for the LPGA Tour,” said LPGA President Molly Saman. “The 2023 schedule features brand new events, higher prize money, a unique format and world-class golf courses. The event will have a record prize pool and over 500 hours of television coverage. All of which will put the LPGA in at the forefront of the global women’s professional sports industry.The LPGA Tour has never had a better and more committed partner who sees the commercial value of women’s professional sports and understands how it can improve the game Women inside and out! best female golfers in the world, the LPGA Tour provides a platform to inspire girls, and women in general, to dream big!”
In 2023, the LPGA Tour will be held in 11 states and 12 countries and regions across the United States. The season opener remains the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions. Next, the LPGA will kick off the Asian season, followed by Superstition Mountain Golf Club in Arizona for the LPGA Endurance Championship. Superstition Hill is home to many LPGA stars and hosted Safeway International from 2004 to 2008. Honorees include Hall of Famers Annika Sorenstam (2004 & 2005), Julie Inkster (2006) 2007) and Lorena Ochoa (2007 & 2008) .
For the first time ever, Carlton Woods in Woodlands, Texas will be the home of the Chevron championship. The first Women’s Grand Slam of the season will raise the total prize pool to $5.1 million. The following week, the JM Eagle Los Angeles Championship, presented by Plastpro, will be held at the Wilshire Country Club with a purse of up to $3 million.
New Jersey will host four events in 2023, starting with the Cognizant Founders Cup at Clifton’s Uptown Montclair Country Club, a tour commemorating the LPGA’s 12 founders half a century ago. golf. The Mizuho Americas Open at Jersey City’s Liberty National Golf Club will see 24 elite amateurs compete alongside their pro heroes in the AJGA Invitational. Seaview Bay Course in Atlantic City will host the 35th ShopRite LPGA Classic, hosted by Acer, while the KPMG Women’s PGA Grand Slam Championship, with a prize pool of at least $9 million, will be played at the prestigious Baltusrol Golf Club. Springfield club .
In two weeks, the US Women’s Open, hosted by ProMedica, will make history by bringing a female professional golfer to Pebble Beach for the first time. The Grand Slam also has a total prize pool of at least $10 million.
In July and August, the Tour will come to Europe as usual: the Amundi Evian Championship in France, with a prize pool of $6.5 million; the British AIG Women’s Open at Walton Heath, site of the 1981 Ryder Cup, with a prize pool of at least $7.3 million. The LPGA will then play tournaments in the United States and Canada before returning to Asia in October.
The 2023 schedule will culminate with back-to-back games on the southwest Florida coast. Annika Sorenstam, who holds the LPGA72 crown, will officially become the host of the Annika Gaybridge Tournament, which has a prize pool of US$3.25 million. Then, the season will close at the CME Team Tour event at Tiburon Golf Club, where the $2 million grand prize is the largest single prize money in women’s golf history.
There will also be two team competitions in the 2023 season: The Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown Tournament will be held at San Francisco’s famed TPC Harding Park from May 4-7 and is also the event’s first return since 2018; from September 22 to 24, the Solheim Cup will be held in Finca Cortesin, Spain. It’s still the US team against the European team. Each team has 12 participating players, which is very exciting.
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