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Post by 18majors on Dec 6, 2018 22:58:15 GMT
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Post by 18majors on Dec 6, 2018 23:36:42 GMT
2019 TO BRING RECORD-BREAKING EXCITEMENT, INNOVATION TO THE LPGA TOURThe 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.
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Post by 18majors on Dec 6, 2018 23:40:21 GMT
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Post by 18majors on Dec 6, 2018 23:42:52 GMT
No surprises on purse for each tournament; however, USWO and AIG Women's British Open are yet to be confirmed.
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Post by 18majors on Dec 6, 2018 23:47:53 GMT
The Blue Bay, last tournament before CME Group Tour Championship, is gone. Mike Whan kept the dates on the schedule hoping to fish something in the next 9-10 months.
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Post by IceCat on Dec 6, 2018 23:52:42 GMT
Initial takeaways from the new schedule:
The season opener is the rebooted Tournament of Champions, replacing the Bahamas (Pure Silk moved its sponsorship to the Kingsmill event).
New Zealand continues its extended hiatus with Mackayson pulling its sponsorship, but the Vic Open now leads the early season Asia/Pacific swing, followed by the Aussie Open, Thailand and Singapore.
After their extended swing out west (Founders/KIA/ANA/Hawaii/LA/SF) the Tour comes east to Kingsmill for Memorial Day weekend heading into the USWO in South Carolina, then loops up to New Jersey.
They then have a six week stretch in mid-America, with the Meijer leading into the KPMG in Minnesota, followed by Arkansas, Green Bay and Toledo before a Saturday finish at the new team event in Midland, Michigan.
The Saturday finish is needed because they head straight into the next two majors back to back: Evian and the British, with the Scottish completing the Euro swing.
After a week break they head to the GTA (greater Toronto area) for the CP Women's Open, then on to Portland (Oregon) before most of the tour has the next two weeks off as the Solheim Cup is played in Scotland.
The Tour comes back stateside in late September/early October as Indy and Texas are moved up to become the last domestic full field events of the season (and Namdalla is defending champion in both, her 2nd back to back defenses of 2019).
The late season Asian swing opens the following week in Shanghai, followed by the Korean stop, which is now in Busan. Taiwan and Japan are next, but the week between Japan and the CME is listed as TBA. That may either be Malaysia or Hainan, but that means the other or if things don't work out both will be gone. It could be somewhere entirely new for all we know.
Kevin
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Post by 18majors on Dec 7, 2018 0:06:28 GMT
Honda LPGA in Thailand at $1.6 million and HSBC in Singapore at $1.5 million are big disappointments; they haven't changed since 2016.
Honda sponsors a PGA tournament with a $6.8 million purse; HSBC a $10.0 million purse; the least they can do is to folk out at least $3.0 million each for women's events.
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Post by 18majors on Dec 7, 2018 0:17:01 GMT
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Post by 18majors on Dec 7, 2018 1:45:58 GMT
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Post by 18majors on Dec 7, 2018 13:23:48 GMT
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Post by 18majors on Dec 7, 2018 13:28:05 GMT
Beth Ann Nichols
2019 LPGA schedule includes 33 events, record $70.55M prize money
The tour’s overall prize money will increase to $70.55 million, up from $65.35 million in 2018. The CME Group Tour Championship recently announced an increase in prize money to $5 million, matching the purse of the 2018 U.S. Women’s Open. The USGA won’t reveal its purse for 2019 until next spring but has confirmed it will be a minimum of $5 million.
While the AIG Women’s British Open has yet to finalize its purse for ’19, three of the LPGA’s majors have announced purse increases: 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).
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Post by SoYeonFan on Dec 7, 2018 17:26:10 GMT
HSBC calls itself the Asia Major. Purse wise it's not even close. Maybe a long time ago it was.
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Post by philknj on Dec 7, 2018 22:29:02 GMT
How does that new Silly Season team event in July affect the Rolex Rankings for the individuals who play it?
Had it been announced earlier that the Texas VOA was moving from May to September for 2019? I have no idea if the weather will be better or worse...they'll have less daylight in September, but not by a lot.
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Post by 18majors on Dec 7, 2018 22:38:37 GMT
How does that new Silly Season team event in July affect the Rolex Rankings for the individuals who play it?
Had it been announced earlier that the Texas VOA was moving from May to September for 2019? I have no idea if the weather will be better or worse...they'll have less daylight in September, but not by a lot. I don't know what Rolex will do. However, Rolex ranking is a direct copy of men's Official World Golf Ranking (owgr.com). From OWGR standpoint; the team event Zurich Classic of New Orleans is a non-event; no tournament, no points.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Dec 7, 2018 23:36:00 GMT
I am so disappointed that the KEB Hana bank is gone. It was my second favorite course next to Mission Hills where the ANA is played.
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