Commissioner Michael Whan announced today the 2017 LPGA schedule.
Here are the highlights:
There will be four new tournaments (two domestic, two international)Three tournaments have been dropped from the schedule (all domestic)Match Play will once again be part of the LPGA Schedule.The schedule will have 34 official tournaments plus the Solheim Cup.It will have a record $67.35 million in official prize money, with eleven of the official thirty tournaments that are returning having larger purses than in 2016.The U.S. Open will have a purse of $5 million dollars, largest in LPGA history.The first new LPGA stop debuts when the Tour visits Oneida, Wisconsin July 6-9 for the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic.
The second new event takes place three weeks later, when the LPGA travels across the pond to play the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open, July 27-30 at Dundonald Links in Ayrshire, Scotland.
In September, the Tour makes a pit stop in Indianapolis, Indiana for a $2 million purse …
Here are the highlights:
There will be four new tournaments (two domestic, two international)Three tournaments have been dropped from the schedule (all domestic)Match Play will once again be part of the LPGA Schedule.The schedule will have 34 official tournaments plus the Solheim Cup.It will have a record $67.35 million in official prize money, with eleven of the official thirty tournaments that are returning having larger purses than in 2016.The U.S. Open will have a purse of $5 million dollars, largest in LPGA history.The first new LPGA stop debuts when the Tour visits Oneida, Wisconsin July 6-9 for the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic.
The second new event takes place three weeks later, when the LPGA travels across the pond to play the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open, July 27-30 at Dundonald Links in Ayrshire, Scotland.
In September, the Tour makes a pit stop in Indianapolis, Indiana for a $2 million purse …