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Here is the 2019 LPGA pro golf schedule, with each of the 33 events listed with its date, name, course, location, purse and, once determined, winner.

2019 LPGA schedule and list of winners

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2019 LPGA Tour schedule boasts 34 events, record $70.5 million in prize money

The 2019 LPGA Tour schedule has been released, and the 34-event docket boasts $70.55 million in prize money, an all-time record.

The new schedule, released Dec. 6, features four new tournaments and three new formats for the LPGA schedule, including a team event in Michigan.

The 34-event tally includes the Solheim Cup, which will be played at Gleneagles in Scotland. New events on the schedule include:

• The Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions at Tranquilo Golf Club at the Four Seasons in Walt Disney World near Orlando, Fla. The event will feature LPGA tournament winners from the prior two seasons, as well a mix of celebrity golfers.
• The Vic Open in Australia joins the LPGA schedule, adding the LPGA's star power to the innovative format featuring a men's and women's event unfolding on the same course at the same time with the same purse.
• The Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, played at Michigan’s Midland Country Club in July, will be the first official team competition in Tour history.
• The BMW Ladies Championship, to be played in South Korea at International Busan, will be a part of the fall Asian swing.

Purse increases

Two tournaments will share the honor of having the largest purse on the LPGA -- at least for now. The USGA has not announced the purse for the 2019 US Women's Open, conducted by the USGA and played in Charleston, S.C. this year, but they have confirmed to the LPGA the minimum purse is $5 million. The CME Group Tour Championship will also have a $5 million purse, with a smaller 60-player field all having a chance to win the Race to the CME Globe and an enhanced $1.5 million first-place prize that goes to the winner of the tournament.

The purses will increase for the other four majors as well:

• ANA Inspiration ($3 million, up $200,000 from 2018)
• KPMG Women’s PGA Championship ($3.85 million, up $200,000 from 2018)
• The Evian Championship, which moves to July from September, ($4.1 million, up $250,000 from 2018)

The AIG Women’s British Open purse isn't confirmed yet but will be at least $3.25 million.

The purse at the LPGA Mediheal Championship will increase $300,000 to $1.8 million, and the purse at the Marathon Classic will grow to $1,750,000, up from $150,000 from 2018.

There will also be two season-long races to play for apart from the Race to the CME Globe:

• The Aon Risk Reward Challenge is a new competition on both the PGA and LPGA Tours, with each Tour having separate $1 million prizes for the player who scores best on the most challening holes on each tour.
• The Leaders Top-10s competition will award $100,000 to the player with the most top-10 finishes.

Leaving the schedule are the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic in the Bahamas, with Pure Silk stepping in to sponsor the long-running event at Kingsmill in Williamsburg, Va.; the LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship, ostensibly replaced by the BMW event; the Blue Bay LPGA, which will be replaced by a TBD event still being finalized; the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia; and the LPGA Volvik Championship in Michigan.

2019 LPGA Tour schedule

• Jan. 17-20: Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions, Four Seasons Orlando, Lake Buena Vista, Fla., $1,200,000
• Feb. 7-10: Vic Open, 13th Beach Golf Links, Victoria, Australia, $1,100,000
• Feb. 14-17: ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open, The Grange Golf Club, Grange, Australia, $1,300,000
• Feb. 21-24: Honda LPGA Thailand, Siam C.C. Chonburi, Thailand, $1,600,000
• Feb. 28-March 3: HSBC Women's World Championship, Sentosa G.C., Singapore, $1,500,000
• March 21-24: Bank of Hope Founders Cup, Wildfire G.C., Phoenix, Arizona, $1,500,000
• March 28-31: Kia Classic, Aviara G.C., Carlsbad, California, $1,800,000
• April 4-7: ANA Inspiration, Mission Hills C.C., Rancho Mirage, California, $3,000,000
• April 18-21: LOTTE Championship, Ko Olina G.C., Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii, $2,000,000
• April 25-28: HUGEL-Air Premia LA Open, Wilshire Country Club, Los Angeles, California, $1,500,000
• May 2-5: LPGA Mediheal Championship, Lake Merced G.C., San Francisco, California, $1,800,000
• May 23-26: Pure Silk Championship, Kingsmill Resort, Williamsburg, Virginia, $1,300,000
• May 30 - June 2: U.S. Women's Open, Country Club of Charleston, Charleston, S.C., $5,000,000
• June 7-9: ShopRite LPGA Classic, Stockton Seaview Hotel and G.C. Galloway, New Jersey, $1,750,000
• June 13-16: Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, Blythefield C.C., Grand Rapids, Michigan, $2,000,000
• June 20-23: KPMG Women's PGA Championship, Hazeltine National G.C., Chaska, Minnesota, $3,850,000
• June 27-30: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, Pinnacle C.C., Rogers, Arkansas, $2,000,000
• July 4-7: Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic, Thornberry Creek at Oneida, Oneida, Wisconsin, $2,000,000
• July 11-14: Marathon Classic, Highland Meadows G.C., Sylvania, Ohio, $1,750,000
• July 18-21: Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, Midland Country Club, Midland, Michigan, $2,000,000
• July 25-28: The Evian Championship, Evian Resort G.C., Evian-les-Bains, France, $4,100,000
• July 26-29: Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open, The Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland, $1,500,000
• Aug. 1-4: AIG Women's British Open, Woburn Golf Club, Milton Keynes, England, $3,250,000
• Aug. 22-25: CP Women's Open, Magna Golf Club, Aurora, Ontario, Canada, $2,250,000
• Aug. 29 - Sept. 1: Cambia Portland Classic, Columbia Edgewater C.C., Portland, Oregon, $1,300,000
• Sept. 13-15: Solheim Cup, The Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire, Scotland
• Sept. 26-29: Indy Women in Tech Championship, Brickyard Crossing G.C., Indianapolis, Indiana, $2,000,000
• Oct. 3-6: Volunteers of America Classic, Old American Golf Club, The Colony, Texas, $1,300,000
• Oct. 17-20: Buick LPGA Shanghai, Shanghai Qizhong Garden Golf Club, Shanghai, China, $2,100,000
• Oct. 24-27: BMW Ladies Championship, LPGA International Busan, Busan, South Korea, $2,200,000
• Oct. 31-Nov. 3: Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship, TBD, Taiwan, $2,200,000
• Nov. 7-10: TOTO Japan Classic, Seta G.C., Shiga, Japan, $1,500,000
• Nov. 14-17: TBD, $2,100,000
• Nov. 21-24: CME Group Tour Championship, Tiburon G.C., Naples, Florida, $5,000,000

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2019 LPGA Schedule Announced; Four new Events, $70M In Prize Money

2019 to Bring Record-Breaking Excitement, Innovation to the LPGA Tour

Four new events, three new formats and more than $70M in prize money

New stops added in Australia, the Republic of Korea, Florida and Michigan

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Dec. 6, 2018  – In a year that saw 10 Rolex First-Time Winners added to the roster of LPGA victors, the 2018 LPGA Tour season produced 26 winners from 10 countries across 32 official tournaments. Powered by determination, athleticism and a drive for greatness, the 2019 season promises to continue the upward growth of the world’s best female golfers.

The 2019 LPGA Tour schedule will include 33 official events, plus the biennial Solheim Cup, which pits the 12 best players from the United States against their European counterparts. The Tour will visit 15 states and 12 countries (including the United States), with a record $70.55 million in official prize money.

“We are in one of the most exciting periods of time in LPGA history,” said LPGA Commissioner  Mike Whan . “One look at our 2018 season shows the breadth of global talent on our Tour, and I have no doubt that 2019 will continue this upward trend. We are not only proud of our Tour growth, but also the growth of our LPGA Teachers, LPGA Amateurs and LPGA-USGA Girls-Golf efforts.”

CONTINUED GROWTH IN PRIZE MONEY

In a sign of the continued strength of the women’s game, the 2019 season will see $70.55 million in prize money, up from $65.35 million in 2018. The season’s largest purses come at the U.S. Women’s Open Championship, conducted by the USGA, and the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship, both with $5 million at stake. While the USGA will not confirm their 2019 purse until April 2019, they have confirmed the purse will be $5 million at a minimum. The CME purse will double from $2.5 million to $5 million, with the winner earning $1.5 million, the largest single prize in the history of women’s golf.

“LPGA purses have steadily increased over the last decade, a sign of the growing support from our corporate partners and sponsors for the game of women’s golf,” said Whan. “Across the board, our title sponsors understand the value that working with LPGA players brings to their businesses and we look forward to continuing to develop larger purses for the generations of players to come.”

Other purses to increase include three of the Tour’s five majors in the ANA Inspiration ($3 million, up $200,000 from 2018), the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship ($3.85 million, up $200,000 from 2018) and The Evian Championship ($4.1 million, up $250,000 from 2018). The AIG Women’s British Open purse is still being finalized but will be at least $3.25 million. The purse at the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship will increase to $1.8 million, up $300,000 from its inaugural year in 2018, while the purse at the Marathon Classic presented by Dana will increase to $1,750,000, up $150,000 from 2018.

NEW TOURNAMENTS KICK OFF LPGA SEASON

The 2019 season features four new tournaments, including consecutive inaugural stops to begin the year’s travel around the world. The Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions presented by Insurance Office of America, to be held Jan. 17-20 at Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club Orlando in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., promises to be a week of world-class competition and entertainment. LPGA Tour winners from the last two seasons will play alongside celebrities from the sports and entertainment worlds.

From there, the Tour heads Down Under, joining the European Tour at the Vic Open on Feb. 7-10 at 13th Beach Golf Links in Barwon Heads, Australia. The event marks the only professional golf tournament where men and women compete concurrently on the same course and for the same prize money. The Vic Open makes the ideal partner to the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open, which the following week returns to the Grange Golf Club in a three-year rotation of Adelaide’s golf courses.

As announced earlier in 2018, the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational and the BMW Ladies Championship are also new to the 2019 LPGA schedule. The Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, which will be held at Michigan’s Midland Country Club in July, marks the first official team competition in Tour history. The LPGA’s newest stop in the Republic of Korea, the BMW Ladies Championship, takes the Tour to Busan and LPGA International Busan, the LPGA’s first golf facility outside the United States. It is the second stop on the LPGA’s annual Fall Asian Swing, which also takes the Tour through the People’s Republic of China, Chinese Taipei and Japan.

“I’m truly excited that three of our new tournaments for 2019 will feature formats that are new to the LPGA,” said Whan. “We’ve long wanted to get a Tournament of Champions back on the LPGA schedule, and this partnership with Diamond Resorts will definitely make the Four Seasons Orlando the place to be in January. Plus, our friends at Dow, long known for their scientific innovation, have brought that trait to the LPGA by bringing together this great team event. I can’t wait to see how the players will partner up over the coming months. Additionally, the Vic Open will showcase a joint men’s and women’s event that is interesting to players and fans, not to mention timely in the world of equal opportunity and pay.”

Three season-long races will also build anticipation and excitement for players and fans alike. The Aon Risk Reward Challenge, a new competition on both the PGA and LPGA Tours, will feature the world’s best golfers as they navigate risk across the season’s most strategically challenging holes. The player from each Tour on top of the Aon leaderboard at the end of the regular season will each receive $1 million.

The Race to the CME Globe is evolving in 2019, with the top 60 players following the Blue Bay LPGA heading to the CME Group Tour Championship with the opportunity to win the $1.5 million winner’s check. In its second year, the LEADERS Top-10s competition will award $100,000 to the player with the most top-10 finishes, with Ariya Jutanugarn taking the inaugural title in 2018.

The LPGA Tour will see 450 hours of domestic broadcast coverage on Golf Channel and network TV in 2019, with more than 475 hours available in 175 countries around the world. One stop on the 2019 schedule is still to be announced, as the contractual agreement for that event is not yet completed. That is expected to be finalized early in 2019, so players and fans should reserve one more week for an additional exciting Tour stop.

MAJOR GLORY ON THE LINE

Five players from five countries took home major championships in 2018, and 2019 will surely add even more history to the LPGA record books.

In its traditional spot on the calendar, the ANA Inspiration kicks off the major season for professional golf. From April 4-7, the Dinah Shore Course at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif., will play host to major drama for the 37th consecutive year. The Country Club of Charleston, where World Golf Hall of Fame member and LPGA legend Beth Daniel learned the game of golf, will host the 74th U.S. Women’s Open Championship, conducted by the USGA, from May 30 to June 2.

The fifth year of partnership between the LPGA and the PGA of America takes the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship to Hazeltine National Golf Club, to be held June 20-23. Hazeltine National has hosted some of the game’s most major moments, including U.S. Women’s Open wins for Sandra Spuzich (1966) and Hollis Stacy (1977), and in 2016, the USA’s largest come-from-behind victory in Ryder Cup history.

The season’s final two majors take the LPGA Tour to Europe for consecutive weeks. The Evian Championship will move to July 25-28, reclaiming its place in the beautiful French summer. Along the shores of Lake Geneva and at the base of the Alps, the week in Evian-les-Bains, France, promises to be one of world-class glamour and competition.

The LPGA’s major season will culminate Aug. 1-4 at the newly named AIG Women’s British Open, held at Woburn Golf Club, 50 miles northwest of London. AIG recently signed a long-term deal to be the title sponsor of the Women’s British Open, which has been a major on the LPGA Tour schedule since 2001.

With major drama comes major competition. The season’s five majors build to the Rolex ANNIKA Major Award, which will be awarded at the Rolex LPGA Awards during the week of the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship. Named for 10-time major champion Annika Sorenstam, the honor is bestowed on the player who, during the current LPGA season, has the most outstanding major championship record. Ariya Jutanugarn captured the 2018 award, joining Michelle Wie (2014), Inbee Park (2015), Lydia Ko (2016) and So Yeon Ryu (2017) as award recipients.

SOLHEIM CUP RETURNS TO SCOTLAND

The PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles will host the 16th Solheim Cup, marking the Cup’s return to Scotland for the first time since 2000. Gleneagles was the site of the 2014 Ryder Cup, which saw the European Team earn a 16½-11½ victory over the United States. The European Solheim Cup Team, captained by Scotland’s own Catriona Matthew, hopes to take inspiration from that victory as they face off against the Americans, with three-time Captain Juli Inkster at the helm, who took their own 16½-11½ victory at the 2017 Solheim Cup. The Americans will head to Gleneagles as the two-time defending champions, having mounted a furious Singles comeback in Germany in 2015 to take a one-point win.

FROM TOMORROW’S STARS TO FAN-FAVORITE PIONEERS

While the 2019 Symetra Tour schedule is still being finalized, the LPGA Tour’s official qualifying tour will have at least 20 events for the next generation of LPGA talent. The season will kick off in North Port, Fla., with the inaugural SKYiGOLF Championship hosted by Charlotte Harbor National Golf Club at Bobcat Trail from March 7-10. Since Symetra’s inaugural sponsorship year in 2012, the Symetra Tour has grown from 16 tournaments and $1.7 million in prize money to $3 million awarded over the course of 21 tournaments in 2018.

2019 will see the North Carolina return of LPGA Q-Series presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, the two-week qualifying tournament that debuted in 2018 as a replacement for Stage 3 of Q School. Forty-eight players earned their 2019 LPGA Tour cards, led by KLPGA star Jeongeun Lee6, who claimed medalist honors and earned $15,000.

North Carolina will also again host the LPGA T&CP National Championship, with the nation’s top teaching and club professionals returning to Pinehurst No. 8 on Aug. 26-28. Stephanie Eiswerth, University of North Florida women’s golf assistant coach and a Class A LPGA teaching professional, captured the 2017 title in her championship debut.

In October, the third Senior LPGA Championship presented by Old National Bank will return to the Pete Dye Course at scenic French Lick (Ind.) Resort. Some of the greatest names in the history of the game hope to join Trish Johnson (2017) and Dame Laura Davies (2018) as Senior LPGA winners.

2019 LPGA Schedule  (bold = majors; italics = new event)

About the LPGA

The LPGA is the world’s leading professional golf organization for women. Founded in 1950 and headquartered in Daytona Beach, Fla., the association celebrates a diverse and storied membership with more than 2,300 members representing more than 30 countries. With a vision to inspire, empower, educate and entertain by showcasing the very best of women’s golf, LPGA Tour Professionals compete across the globe, while the Symetra Tour, the official development and qualifying tour of the LPGA, consistently produces a pipeline of talent ready for the world stage. Additionally, LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals directly impact the game through teaching, coaching and management.

The LPGA demonstrates its dedication to the development of the game through The LPGA Foundation. Since 1991, this charitable organization has been committed to empowering and supporting girls and women through developmental, humanitarian and golf community initiatives, including LPGA*USGA Girls Golf, the LPGA Women’s Network and the LPGA Amateur Golf Association.

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LPGA announces new team event for 2019

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Something new is coming to the LPGA in 2019. The LPGA announced a new team event, the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, will be played in July 2019. The event will consist of 72 two-player teams will play 72 holes at Midland C.C. in Michigan. Though the tour has not yet announced how the teams will be decided, the teams will compete in two different formats—foursomes and four-ball.

In the creation of this new event, the tour drew some inspiration from the PGA Tour's Zurich Classic, which adopted the two-player team concept in 2017. More importantly, though, the focus was to get a team event on the schedule.

“Our players and fans have consistently asked about a team event on the LPGA. I know our players will enjoy this event, as much as our fans,” said LPGA commissioner Mike Whan in a press release. “Personally, I can’t wait for 2019.”

This will be the first LPGA event at Midland and is likely to be one of three events in Michigan on the tour's 2019 schedule. The par-70 course opened in 1928 and has seen several redesigns since then. The most iconic architectural feature is the island green on the par-3 1`8th hole.

During the event, which will take place July 17-20, all spectators under the age of 17 will be admitted for free.

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U.S. Senior Open Championship: How to watch, storylines and more

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Major season continues on PGA TOUR Champions this week with the 44th U.S. Senior Open Championship at Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island. It is the third of five majors during the 2024 season.

Each winner dating back to 2013 is in this week’s field, including defending champion Bernhard Langer, who captured his record-setting 46th victory on PGA TOUR Champions last year at SentryWorld in Wisconsin. 2022 champion Padraig Harrington comes to Newport having won last week’s DICK’S Open for the third consecutive time. Other notables include 2019 champion Steve Stricker, World Golf Hall of Fame member Ernie Els and Charles Schwab Cup leader Stephen Ames.

Here is what you need to know to follow this week's event.

How to watch (all times in ET)

• Thursday: Noon-3 p.m. (Golf Channel); 3-5 p.m. (Peacock)
• Friday : Noon-3 p.m. (Golf Channel); 3-5 p.m. (Peacock)
• Saturday : Noon-3 p.m. (NBC), 3-5 p.m. (Golf Channel)
• Sunday : 12:30-3:30 p.m. (NBC), 3:30-5:30 p.m. (Golf Channel)

Tournament facts

• Course: Newport CC, par 70, 7,024 yards
• Field: 156 players (72 holes)
• Defending champion: Bernhard Langer
• Purse: TBD (winner: TBD)
• Low 18-hole score: 62, five times; last – Steve Stricker and David Toms (2019)
• Low 72-hole score: 261, Steve Stricker (2019)

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LPGA Tour announces 2019 schedule

In a year that saw 10 Rolex First-Time Winners added to the roster of LPGA victors, the 2018 LPGA Tour season produced 26 winners from 10 countries across 32 official tournaments. Powered by determination, athleticism and a drive for greatness, the 2019 season promises to continue the upward growth of the world’s best female golfers.

The 2019 LPGA Tour schedule will include 33 official events, plus the biennial Solheim Cup, which pits the 12 best players from the United States against their European counterparts. The Tour will visit 15 states and 12 countries (including the United States), with a record $70.55 million in official prize money.

“We are in one of the most exciting periods of time in LPGA history,” said LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan. “One look at our 2018 season shows the breadth of global talent on our Tour, and I have no doubt that 2019 will continue this upward trend. We are not only proud of our Tour growth, but also the growth of our LPGA Teachers, LPGA Amateurs and LPGA-USGA Girls-Golf efforts.”

CONTINUED GROWTH IN PRIZE MONEY

In a sign of the continued strength of the women’s game, the 2019 season will see $70.55 million in prize money, up from $65.35 million in 2018. The season’s largest purses come at the U.S. Women’s Open Championship, conducted by the USGA, and the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship, both with $5 million at stake. While the USGA will not confirm their 2019 purse until April 2019, they have confirmed the purse will be $5 million at a minimum. The CME purse will double from $2.5 million to $5 million, with the winner earning $1.5 million, the largest single prize in the history of women’s golf.

“LPGA purses have steadily increased over the last decade, a sign of the growing support from our corporate partners and sponsors for the game of women’s golf,” said Whan. “Across the board, our title sponsors understand the value that working with LPGA players brings to their businesses and we look forward to continuing to develop larger purses for the generations of players to come.”

Other purses to increase include three of the Tour’s five majors in the ANA Inspiration ($3 million, up $200,000 from 2018), the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship ($3.85 million, up $200,000 from 2018) and The Evian Championship ($4.1 million, up $250,000 from 2018). The AIG Women’s British Open purse is still being finalized but will be at least $3.25 million. The purse at the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship will increase to $1.8 million, up $300,000 from its inaugural year in 2018, while the purse at the Marathon Classic presented by Dana will increase to $1,750,000, up $150,000 from 2018.

NEW TOURNAMENTS KICK OFF LPGA SEASON

The 2019 season features four new tournaments, including consecutive inaugural stops to begin the year’s travel around the world. The Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions presented by Insurance Office of America, to be held Jan. 17-20 at Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club Orlando in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., promises to be a week of world-class competition and entertainment. LPGA Tour winners from the last two seasons will play alongside celebrities from the sports and entertainment worlds.

From there, the Tour heads Down Under, joining the European Tour at the Vic Open on Feb. 7-10 at 13th Beach Golf Links in Barwon Heads, Australia. The event marks the only professional golf tournament where men and women compete concurrently on the same course and for the same prize money. The Vic Open makes the ideal partner to the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open, which the following week returns to the Grange Golf Club in a three-year rotation of Adelaide’s golf courses.

As announced earlier in 2018, the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational and the BMW Ladies Championship are also new to the 2019 LPGA schedule. The Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, which will be held at Michigan’s Midland Country Club in July, marks the first official team competition in Tour history. The LPGA’s newest stop in the Republic of Korea, the BMW Ladies Championship, takes the Tour to Busan and LPGA International Busan, the LPGA’s first golf facility outside the United States. It is the second stop on the LPGA’s annual Fall Asian Swing, which also takes the Tour through the People’s Republic of China, Chinese Taipei and Japan.

“I’m truly excited that three of our new tournaments for 2019 will feature formats that are new to the LPGA,” said Whan. “We’ve long wanted to get a Tournament of Champions back on the LPGA schedule, and this partnership with Diamond Resorts will definitely make the Four Seasons Orlando the place to be in January. Plus, our friends at Dow, long known for their scientific innovation, have brought that trait to the LPGA by bringing together this great team event. I can’t wait to see how the players will partner up over the coming months. Additionally, the Vic Open will showcase a joint men’s and women’s event that is interesting to players and fans, not to mention timely in the world of equal opportunity and pay.”

Three season-long races will also build anticipation and excitement for players and fans alike. The Aon Risk Reward Challenge, a new competition on both the PGA and LPGA Tours, will feature the world’s best golfers as they navigate risk across the season’s most strategically challenging holes. The player from each Tour on top of the Aon leaderboard at the end of the regular season will each receive $1 million.

The Race to the CME Globe is evolving in 2019, with the top 60 players following the Blue Bay LPGA heading to the CME Group Tour Championship with the opportunity to win the $1.5 million winner’s check. In its second year, the LEADERS Top-10s competition will award $100,000 to the player with the most top-10 finishes, with Ariya Jutanugarn taking the inaugural title in 2018.

The LPGA Tour will see 450 hours of domestic broadcast coverage on Golf Channel and network TV in 2019, with more than 475 hours available in 175 countries around the world.

One stop on the 2019 schedule is still to be announced, as the contractual agreement for that event is not yet completed. That is expected to be finalized early in 2019, so players and fans should reserve one more week for an additional exciting Tour stop.

MAJOR GLORY ON THE LINE

Five players from five countries took home major championships in 2018, and 2019 will surely add even more history to the LPGA record books.

In its traditional spot on the calendar, the ANA Inspiration kicks off the major season for professional golf. From April 4-7, the Dinah Shore Course at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif., will play host to major drama for the 37th consecutive year. The Country Club of Charleston, where World Golf Hall of Fame member and LPGA legend Beth Daniel learned the game of golf, will host the 74th U.S. Women’s Open Championship, conducted by the USGA, from May 30 to June 2.

The fifth year of partnership between the LPGA and the PGA of America takes the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship to Hazeltine National Golf Club, to be held June 20-23. Hazeltine National has hosted some of the game’s most major moments, including U.S. Women’s Open wins for Sandra Spuzich (1966) and Hollis Stacy (1977), and in 2016, the USA’s largest come-from-behind victory in Ryder Cup history.

The season’s final two majors take the LPGA Tour to Europe for consecutive weeks. The Evian Championship will move to July 25-28, reclaiming its place in the beautiful French summer. Along the shores of Lake Geneva and at the base of the Alps, the week in Evian-les-Bains, France, promises to be one of world-class glamour and competition.

The LPGA’s major season will culminate Aug. 1-4 at the newly named AIG Women’s British Open, held at Woburn Golf Club, 50 miles northwest of London. AIG recently signed a long-term deal to be the title sponsor of the Women’s British Open, which has been a major on the LPGA Tour schedule since 2001.

With major drama comes major competition. The season’s five majors build to the Rolex ANNIKA Major Award, which will be awarded at the Rolex LPGA Awards during the week of the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship. Named for 10-time major champion Annika Sorenstam, the honor is bestowed on the player who, during the current LPGA season, has the most outstanding major championship record. Ariya Jutanugarn captured the 2018 award, joining Michelle Wie (2014), Inbee Park (2015), Lydia Ko (2016) and So Yeon Ryu (2017) as award recipients.

SOLHEIM CUP RETURNS TO SCOTLAND

The PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles will host the 16th Solheim Cup, marking the Cup’s return to Scotland for the first time since 2000. Gleneagles was the site of the 2014 Ryder Cup, which saw the European Team earn a 16½-11½ victory over the United States. The European Solheim Cup Team, captained by Scotland’s own Catriona Matthew, hopes to take inspiration from that victory as they face off against the Americans, with three-time Captain Juli Inkster at the helm, who took their own 16½-11½ victory at the 2017 Solheim Cup. The Americans will head to Gleneagles as the two-time defending champions, having mounted a furious Singles comeback in Germany in 2015 to take a one-point win.

FROM TOMORROW’S STARS TO FAN-FAVORITE PIONEERS

While the 2019 Symetra Tour schedule is still being finalized, the LPGA Tour’s official qualifying tour will have at least 20 events for the next generation of LPGA talent. The season will kick off in North Port, Fla., with the inaugural SKYiGOLF Championship hosted by Charlotte Harbor National Golf Club at Bobcat Trail from March 7-10. Since Symetra’s inaugural sponsorship year in 2012, the Symetra Tour has grown from 16 tournaments and $1.7 million in prize money to $3 million awarded over the course of 21 tournaments in 2018.

2019 will see the North Carolina return of LPGA Q-Series presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, the two-week qualifying tournament that debuted in 2018 as a replacement for Stage 3 of Q School. Forty-eight players earned their 2019 LPGA Tour cards, led by KLPGA star Jeongeun Lee6, who claimed medalist honors and earned $15,000.

North Carolina will also again host the LPGA T&CP National Championship, with the nation’s top teaching and club professionals returning to Pinehurst No. 8 on Aug. 26-28. Stephanie Eiswerth, University of North Florida women’s golf assistant coach and a Class A LPGA teaching professional, captured the 2017 title in her championship debut.

In October, the third Senior LPGA Championship presented by Old National Bank will return to the Pete Dye Course at scenic French Lick (Ind.) Resort. Some of the greatest names in the history of the game hope to join Trish Johnson (2017) and Dame Laura Davies (2018) as Senior LPGA winners.

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Bryson DeChambeau wins his second U.S. Open title. Lilia Vu wins playoff on LPGA Tour

PINEHURST, N.C. — Bryson DeChambeau won the U.S. Open on Sunday for the second time with the best shot of his life for another finish on the 18th hole at Pinehurst No. 2 that won’t be forgotten — and another heavy dose of heartache for Rory McIlroy.

In a wild final hour of more blunders than brilliance, DeChambeau capped off a week of high entertainment by getting up-and-down from 55 yards out of a bunker, making a 4-foot par putt to close with a 1-over 71.

Payne Stewart famously made a 15-foot par putt on the final hole in 1999 at the first U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, beating Phil Mickelson by one shot. DeChambeau says he was inspired to go to SMU when he saw a mural of Stewart on campus.

The par putt wasn’t as long or as suspenseful as Stewart’s in 1999. The celebration was every bit of that. DeChambeau repeatedly pumped those strong arms as he screamed to the blue sky, turning in every direction to a gallery that cheered him on all week.

McIlroy was in the scoring room, devastated by another close call in a major.

This one will sting. As much as this U.S. Open will be remembered for DeChambeau’s marvelous bunker shot, McIlroy played a big part by shockingly missing two short putts, the last one from just inside 4 feet for par on the final hole. He closed with a 69.

McIlroy was watching from the scoring room as DeChambeau escaped from an awful lie left of the fairway — a tree in his back swing, a root in front of the golf ball — and punched it out into the bunker. He expertly blasted a shot from the soft sand that rolled out on the crispy green to set up the winning putt.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Lilia Vu won the Meijer LPGA Classic in a playoff Sunday in her return from a back injury, spoiling Lexi Thompson’s bid for her first victory in five years.

Playing for the first time since the Ford Championship in late March in Arizona, Vu beat Thompson and third-round leader Grace Kim with a 5-foot birdie putt on the third extra hole — the par-5 fourth at tree-lined Blythefield Country Club.

Thompson, the 2015 winner, has said this will be her last year playing a full schedule. She won the last of her 11 LPGA Tour titles at the ShopRite LPGA Classic in June 2019.

Vu birdied the par-5 18th in regulation for a 7-under 65, then twice more to match Thompson and Kim — who entered the day five strokes ahead of Thompson and eight clear of Vu — on the first two playoff holes.

On the deciding hole, Vu hit her second shot into the bunker to the right of the green and blasted out to set up the birdie. Thompson and Kim missed long birdie tries after laying up following errant drives.

Vu birdied four of the last six holes in regulation to match Thomson and Kim at 16-under 272.

A former No. 1 player and double major winner last year, the 27-year-old American won for the fifth time on the LPGA Tour. The eight-stroke comeback is the largest of the season, one more than Linnea Strom overcame last week in the ShopRite LPGA Classic.

Korn Ferry Tour

WICHITA, Kan. — Taylor Dickson won his second Korn Ferry Tour event of the season on Sunday, closing with a 5-under 65 at the Wichita Open for a one-shot victory over William Mouw and Sam Stevens.

Dickson finished at 19-under 261 at Crestview Country Club and joins Tim Widing and Harry Higgs as two-time winners this year. He trailed Stevens by four shots entering the final round but moved into contention with six birdies in his first 14 holes.

Stevens, a Wichita native and Crestview member, entered the final round with a three-shot lead in his first Korn Ferry Tour start of the year but finished with back-to-back bogeys. His approach on the 154-yard, par-3 17th came up well short, and on the par-4 18th, he missed the fairway to the right and failed to get up-and-down from a greenside bunker.

Mouw closed with a 65 for his best career finish on tour.

Other tours

Savannah Vilaubi made a 12-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole against Yahui Zhang to win the Otter Creek Championship in Columbus, Indiana, her second career Epson Tour victory. ... Takashi Ogiso closed with a 3-under 68 and won the Hana Bank Invitational by one shot over Yu-Bin Jang on the Japan Golf Tour. ... Hamish Brown of Denmark won his first Challenge Tour title with an 8-under 63, turning a four-shot deficit into a two-shot victory over Robin Williams of South Africa in the Kaskada Golf Challenge in Czech Republic. ... Amy Taylor of England held on to win the Ladies Italian Open with a 3-under 69 for a one-shot victory over Maria Hernandez on the Ladies European Tour. ... MJ Viljoen closed with a 7-under 65 and won the Mopani Zambia Open by six shots on the Sunshine Tour. ... Akie Iwai won for the second time this year on the Japan LPGA when she closed with an 8-under 64 for a one-shot victory in the Nichirei Ladies. ... Seunghui Ro closed with a 1-under 71 for a four-shot victory in the DB Group Korea Women’s Open on the Korea LPGA.

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Five Things to Know About the 2024 Dow Championship

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A busy stretch of five consecutive events comes to a fun conclusion with the Dow Championship. It’s a lighthearted, team competition that allows the best in women’s golf to partner with close friends and competitors for a unique team-play event. The field is made up of 144 players who will square off at Midland Country Club in Midland, Mich. beginning on Thursday. Here are five things to know about this week’s Dow Championship.

Changes for 2024

The LPGA Tour’s annual team event has made a number of changes ahead of its fifth edition. First, the tournament changed its name from the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational to the Dow Championship. Second, the event was moved from July to June in order to accommodate the schedules of the world’s top-ranked players who are in the midst of trying to balance a busy summer schedule that includes the 2024 Paris Olympics. And finally, the championship increased its total purse from $2.7 to $3 million and expanded the field from 64 to 72 teams.

The Dow Championship will see teams square off over 72 holes while competing in alternating rounds of foursomes – also known as alternate shot – and four-ball. Although there are no Rolex Ranking points available during this championship, a victory does count as an official win on the LPGA Tour for both members of the winning team.

Featured Teams

While the world’s best players spend the rest of the year going head to head, they’ll team up for this one-of-a-kind event on the LPGA Tour, which often makes for some fascinating duos. Returning again this season is the team of Lexi Thompson and Brooke Henderson, who are reuniting after missing the cut in the Dow Championship last year. Also playing together again this year are Celine Boutier and Yuka Saso, who tied for third last year in Midland. Saso has already clinched one victory this season with her win at the U.S. Women’s Open.

Other featured partnerships include Rose Zhang and Alexa Pano, who are teaming up for the first time, as well as the duo of Lydia Ko and Danielle Kang, who are reuniting at the Dow Championship for the first time since 2021. The English pair and longtime friends Charley Hull and Georgia Hall are also partnering for the championship as are Ruoning Yin and Atthaya Thitikul.

Event History

Jasmine Suwannapura and Cydney Clanton teamed up to capture the first playing of the Dow Championship in 2019. The championship was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but then, the following season, the sister act of Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn were victorious in 2021 and are teaming up again this year in search of a second victory. The sisters' team victory marks the last win on the LPGA Tour for each of the Jutanugarns.

In 2022, U.S. Solheim Cup teammates Jennifer Kupcho and Lizette Salas rode the success they found representing the Red, White and Blue to victory in the Dow Championship. That win marked the third of the season for Kupcho and was Salas’ second career victory, a performance the pair will look to recreate as they team up again this week.

In 2023, the duo of Elizabeth Szokol and Cheyenne Knight, who dubbed themselves the Elizabethan Knights, earned a one-stroke victory over Kelly Tan and Matilda Castren when they won in Midland. The victory was the second of Knight’s career and the first for Szokol, and the defending champions are teaming up again this season to try and go back-to-back.

How to watch

Live coverage of the Dow Championship begins Thursday. Catch first- and second-round coverage on Golf Channel from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. EST and on Peacock from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. EST. Third-round coverage will be available on Golf Channel from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. EST and on Peacock from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. EST.

Final round coverage can be found on the NBC Sports app between 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. EST and on CBS from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. EST.

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