LPGA announces tournament calendar for Tour 2021

COVID-19 is preparing to have a great season for the 2021 LPGA Tour, after a year interrupted by the pandemic. The LPGA Tour 2021 schedule will include 34 official events in North America, Europe and Asia, including two new events. Players will compete for a record prize pool of $ 76.45 million.

In close partnership with tour sponsors, all official LPGA events postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic will return to the tour calendar in 2021. Some adjustments have been made to the program in light of the epidemic-related challenges arising in early 2021. Above all, “full-field events” will not begin until late February, and “Spring Asia Swing” in general has been postponed until late April and early May.

LPGA Tour Tournament Calendar at a Glance

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LPGA Tour: “We Will Gain Speed ​​Again With 2021 Scene”

“We all agree that while 2020 was not the 70th anniversary year that we expected, it will be a year we will never forget,” said LPGA Commissioner Mike Vaughn. “When we look back on the year, I wonder how our partnership has really grown in this difficult time and how the LPGA team managed to play all three tours again in the summer 2020. In 2020 we really have There are sponsorship sales as new partners and new marketing partners, and we have proven that professional golf can be played safely for everyone. And our fans have responded. Social engagement has grown by over 40% And TV viewership is up more than 30% compared to last year. By 2021, we’re picking up the momentum that we had in early 2020, and we look forward to our future, including new title sponsors There will be news involved and many important wallets will increase. “

The 2021 season will conclude with the Diamond Championship tournament at Lake Buena Vista, Fla., By the US Insurance Office at the Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club Orlando. Start. The season-opening event will once again feature celebrities from the sports and entertainment world and the LPGA Tour field for 2021 will only include the winners of the last three seasons. The full-field LPGA Tour competition begins February 25–28, which will be announced at a later date in place of Florida with the Gabridge Championship. Next week, the trip will host the Drive on Championship in Golden Okla, presented by JTBC at the Golden Okla Golf & Equestrian Club in Okla, Florida.

The LPGA Tour will travel around the world starting with events in California and Hawaii, including the 50th ANA Inspire, which returns to its position as the first head of the golf season. The tour’s Spring Asia swing events, which typically take place in February and March, have been postponed in late April and early May with the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore followed by Honda LPGA Thailand and Blue Bay in Hainan Island LPGA. People’s Republic of China. Two common stops in Australia were postponed until 2022 due to the first epidemic.

New matchplay format on elite course

In the final week of May, LPGA Tour players will compete against each other in an exciting new match play competition, with further details to be announced in the coming weeks. The next two weeks will see two of the best golf courses in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Lake Course at the Olympic Club will host the American Women’s Open June 10-13, the first time a major women’s competition has been held on this elite layout. Next week and just four miles away, Lake Meredd Golf Club will host the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship.

He said, “For me Lake Merred is such a special place where my first LPGA Tour win in 2014 and my Eagles were ranked in the playoffs in 2018, which is definitely one of the highlights of my career Is one of “15-time LPGA Tour winner Lydia. “I always love going to San Francisco, and the opportunity to play a leading role at the Olympic Club is just amazing. Thank you USGA for bringing us to one of the most iconic venues in the country.”

The Evian Championship will open a month-long European swing in late July which will include a new stroke play event jointly sanctioned by the LPGA Tour, LET and European Tour. The swing will conclude with the AIG Women’s Open in Carnavsey, Scotland. It will also see the much awaited Japan Olympics, to be postponed from August 2020. The women’s golf competition will take place on August 4-7 at Kasumigaseki Country Club, 40 miles outside Tokyo. The qualification for the 60-player field ends after the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, which will be held from June 24 to 27 at the Atlanta Athletic Club. The weekly golf golf leaderboard is posted on the International Golf Federation website every Monday.

Hannah Green said, “It has been a goal of mine to represent Australia at the Olympics because I heard that golf is being added to the Games. This opportunity really became a reality when I won the 2019 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.” Who is currently eligible to represent his country in August. “Everyone on tour will keep in mind the KPMG Women’s PGA 2021 as we plan our season as this is our final chance to earn a spot in Japan. And without great partners like KPMG and America’s PGA, we would have . Didn’t manage to play again this year. So thanks to us and the rest of the LPGA Tour team for their support during this difficult season. “

Solheim Cup 2021 on “Labor Day”

Labor Day 2021 will be a weekend to remember in Toledo, Ohio as the Sixteen Cup will bring the best female golfers from the United States and Europe to the Inverness Club. In 2019, Susan Pettersen won the Solheim Cup for Team Europe in a match that lasted to the last put in the last game.

“The Inverness Club really grew to support the LPGA Tour when we resumed our year with the Drive on Championship. It was one of the toughest courses I’ve played on my tour and had to win that. A great way to start the season, “said Daniel Kang, a two-time member of Team USA at the Solheim Cup and winner of the 2020 Drive on Championship at Inverness Club.” The ominous will be a great venue for the 2021 Solheim Cup and I know Is that fans of Toledo Golf will always support us. “

Two weeks after the Solheim Cup, the LPGA will celebrate another 50th anniversary at the Cambia Portland Classic. In October, the Founders’ Cup will be held outside Arizona for the first time in its 10-year history. The competition will be moved to the Mount Ridge Ridge Club, Northern New Jersey, with a Donald Ross-designed course, and a title sponsor will be announced in the coming weeks.

The 2021 season will end with two events on the sunny coast of Florida. The Pelicans Women’s Championship will be played in Belair, Florida, November 11-14. And for the eighth consecutive year, the year will conclude at the CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Florida, a competition that will provide the winner with $ 1.5 million, the largest singles award in women’s golf history.

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