LPGA Tour announced a new schedule

“We are taking the positive momentum ahead of 2021 and we are more optimistic about the future with new title sponsors and strong growth bonus funds”, Special Envoy and top leader of the LPGA Tour, Mike Whan said in the press conference to announce the 2021 schedule on December 18.

The Tournament of Champions (TOC) will be the first event in the new season’s schedule, still with a prize fund of 1.2 million USD, taking place from January 21 to 24 in Orlando, Florida. The tournament debuted in 2019, dedicated to the champions two seasons earlier. In the upcoming period, only guests will be able to see the award. One month after the TOC, the LPGA Tour went to two sections in two weeks adjacent to the same state.

The Asian team appeared twice in the calendar, in which the first round in May included three adjacent stages, respectively in Thailand, Singapore and Hainan, China. The second phase, from October 14 to November 7, includes four routes in Shanghai, Korea, Taiwan, China and Japan.

In the group five major this season, Evian Championship was canceled, leaving only Women’s Open, ANA Inspiration, Women’s PGA Championship and US Women’s Open. But in 2021, the whole set of events will be re-exported, in which, the US Women’s Open with 5.5 million USD holds the top of the prize fund in the group and the arena.

By November 2021, LPGA Tour lowered the curtain again with CME Group Tour Championship with a bonus fund of 5 million USD, of which 1.5 million USD for the champion at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida. This season’s event just finished the second round, Ko Jin Young took the top of the group at -9, and the winner claimed $ 1.1 million in the $ 3.5 million fund.

Season 2021 features two new but not finalized events, bonus funds and specific locations, including a pit in the US at the end of May and a stroke in Europe at the end of July. This event is co-sponsored by the European Tour for men and women.

The disease has left the LPGA Tour 18 awards this year, while at the beginning of the season there are 34 scheduled events with a total fund of about 75 million USD.

“2020 should mark the 70th birthday of the LPGA Tour. But we have to forget about it. Looking back at the time of the ordeal, I am amazed at the growth in the partnership and how everyone got through. to rematch this summer With the new sponsors, we have proven that professional golf is safe, the fans are responding enthusiastically when the rate of interaction via social media increased more than 40%, and the number TV audience 30% more than the previous year “, Mike Whan rated the joint effort in the year Covid-19.

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