LPGA’s commissioner Mike Whan announced The International Crown at the PGA show in Orlando. Watch the video and learn about the event. The commish recently joined Twitter! Follow him & tweet him @LPGACommish.
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DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, January 15, 2013 – Following another year of double-digit growth in worldwide fan base, social media following, television ratings and corporate partnerships, the LPGA today announced a 2013 tournament schedule featuring 28 tournaments, nearly $49 million in total prize money, and more than 300 hours of tournament television coverage on Golf Channel and other networks, the most in the Tour’s history.
The 2013 LPGA schedule features three new tournaments including the $1.3 million North Texas LPGA Shootout, to be played April 22 to 28 at Las Colinas Country Club in Irving, Texas; the $1.3 million Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic, to be played May 20-26 at the Ocean Club Golf Course at Atlantis in Paradise Island, Bahamas; and the $1.8 million Reignwood Pine Valley LPGA Classic in Beijing, China, which kicks off the Tour’s Fall Asian swing the first week of October at Reignwood Pine Valley Golf Club. Each of the new tournaments are four-day, 72 hole, stroke-play events, aired on the LPGA’s international television partner networks, including Golf Channel. Every North American tournament and 27 of the 28 Tour’s stops on the 2013 schedule will be televised worldwide.
In conjunction with the China Golf Association and China LPGA, the LPGA is thrilled to add the $1.8 million Reignwood Pine Valley LPGA Classic, near Beijing, China. This will be the LPGA’s first trip to the capital of China, which will be greatly anticipated coming on the heels of Shanshan Feng’s major championship victory at last year’s Wegmans LPGA Championship, where she became the first Chinese golfer, male or female, to win a major championship. Reignwood Pine Valley Golf Club is one of the most prestigious venues in all of China, with a Jack Nicklaus designed course that has hosted many professional events including the 2005 Johnnie Walker Classic. The tournament will feature a $1.8 million purse and 81-player field, consisting of LPGA players and CLPGA players.
“The performance, approachability and growing popularity of our players is the No. 1 factor in the LPGA’s continued momentum, which has led to expanding coverage on Golf Channel, the growing slate of playing opportunities and our ever-increasing fan base,” said LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan. “We are excited to add the Bahamas, North Texas and Beijing as LPGA Tour stops and we expect to have one more tournament to announce in the very near future.”
In addition to new playing opportunities, the 2013 LPGA schedule also features the addition of the fifth major at The Evian, a return to the Old Course at St. Andrews, a highly anticipated trip to Sebonack Golf Club for the U.S. Women’s Open, the 13th edition of The Solheim Cup and a the Tour’s largest first-place check – now $700,000 – at the season-ending CME Group Titleholders.
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Article reprinted from LPGA.com
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BOSTON, Jan. 9, 2013 – The Legends Tour, official tour for LPGA professionals age 45 and over, announced today that at least nine events will be played in 2013, including two new stops in Florida and Indiana.
“We are very excited about this year’s schedule as we continue to plant seeds in new markets while maintaining a strong tradition with our existing events,” said Jane Blalock, CEO of The Legends Tour and 27-time LPGA Tour Champion. “We are thankful for the continued and tremendous support of our partners and sponsors.”
The Legends Tour, founded in 2000, features some of the greatest names in the history of women’s golf, including Hall of Famers Nancy Lopez, Patty Sheehan and Pat Bradley, along with LPGA Tour standouts Laura Davies, Jan Stephenson, Rosie Jones and Liselotte Neumann.
Event formats range from single-day pro-ams to three-day tournaments and feature fields of up to 44 players with no tournament cuts.
Walgreens will kick off the 2013 season with its Walgreens Charity Classic in Sun City West, Ariz., set for Feb. 22-24, at Grandview Golf Club. Last year’s three-day event drew thousands of area residents who watched Rosie Jones take the title with a 5-under finish.
In addition to the season opener, Walgreens added a new Legends Tour event for 2013. The Walgreens Charity Championship will be held on Nancy Lopez’s Legacy Course at The Villages in Florida, from April 26-28.
French Lick Resort in French Lick, Ind., will host the inaugural Legends Tour Championship from Sept. 23-28. This new 36-hole tournament will showcase more than 60 Legends professionals on the historic Donald Ross course. Event activities support a weeklong celebration of women’s golf that includes a pro-am, the Alice Dye Invitational, a women’s clinic and other community outreach programs to benefit the American Heart Association.
The longest-running tournament on The Legends Tour schedule, the ISPS Handa Cup, will return for its eighth consecutive year. The event will return to Reunion Resort and Club in Kissimmee, Fla., from May 3-5. This international team competition features U.S.-born vs. Internationally-born Legends in a two-day contest of team and individual matches. Last year’s tournament ended in a 24-24 tie with the defending champion U.S. team retaining the Cup.
LPGA fan favorite Laura Davies headlined last year’s 4th annual ISPS Handa Legends Tour Open Championship and won her Legends Tour debut at the event, which was staged at Innisbrook, A Salamander Golf & Spa Resort in Palm Harbor, Fla. This year’s championship will return to the Tampa Bay area from Nov. 8-10, continuing its tradition of supporting military troops as it coincides with Veterans Day.
Other returning tournaments to The Legends Tour schedule include the Judson Collegiate Invitational in mid-July in Atlanta, Ga.; the LPGA Legends Swing for the Cure in Seattle, Wash., in late July; and the Wendy’s Charity Challenge in August in Jackson, Mich.
Below is the complete schedule:
Feb. 22-24 – Walgreens Charity Classic, Sun City West, Ariz., Grandview GC
April 26-28 – Walgreens Charity Championship, The Villages, Fla., Lopez Legacy
May 3-5 – ISPS Handa Cup, Orlando, Fla., Reunion Resort & Club, Palmer Course
July 12-15 – Judson Collegiate Invitational, Atlanta, Ga., CC of Roswell
July 28-29 – LPGA Legends Swing for the Cure, Seattle, Wash., Inglewood GC
Aug. 11-12 – Wendy’s Charity Challenge, Jackson, Mich., CC of Jackson
Sept. 18 – BJ’s Charity Pro-Am, Plymouth, Mass., Pinehills GC
Sept. 23-28 – Legends Tour Championship, French Lick, Ind., French Lick Resort
Nov. 8-10 – ISPS Handa Legends Open Championship, Palm Harbor, Fla., Innisbrook
For more information, please log on to www.thelegendstour.com
Article reprinted from www.lpga.com.
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Reprinted from Golfweek – By Beth Ann Baldry; Follow Beth Ann on Twitter: @Golfweek_Baldry
From the 15-year-old Lydia Ko winning on the LPGA tour to what happened to the 2012 roller coaster that was Yani Tseng, our Beth Ann Baldry takes a look back at the memorable season . . .
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1. Lydia Ko, eh?
Hands down the most impressive moment of the year came at the CN Canadian Women’s Open when Lydia Ko birdied five out of six holes on the back nine Sunday to become the youngest player to win an LPGA title at 15 years, 4 months and 2 days. She can’t legally drive a golf cart, yet has the chops to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur and an LPGA event in back-to-back weeks.
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2. Stacy Lewis’ Player of the Year speech
The Americans’ 18-year drought came to an end when Lewis got on stage to accept her Rolex Player of the Year trophy. What followed was a 15-minute heartfelt speech that left many in the room reaching for a tissue. Lewis’ childhood scoliosis makes her an inspiration to countless kids who wear a back brace 20 hours a day. She’s the anti-academy kid. The gritty kid from Texas who defied all odds.
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3. What happened to Yani Tseng?
It was a roller-coaster year for Yani Tseng, the once-dominant player who lost her way over the summer. Tseng was a trooper this year, however, honestly answering questions about her slump without getting cranky with reporters. In fact, she was as gracious with the media at the end of 2012 as she was after a 12-win 2011.
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4. I.K. Kim’s heartbreak
The most talked about shot of the year belonged to I.K. Kim, whose tap-in to win the Kraft Nabisco Championship horseshoed around the cup. It was a cruel finish for Kim, who made light of the episode months later on Golf Channel. Safe to say the gaffe will follow Kim the rest of her days.
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5. The playoff that would never end
Jiyai Shin and Paula Creamer played the 18th hole at Kingsmill eight times before darkness fell, suspending their sudden-death playoff. They returned the next morning and finished it on the par-4 16th with a Creamer three-putt. The abrupt ending felt like someone popped a balloon. Shin followed that marathon with a victory at the weather-challenged Ricoh Women’s British Open for an impressive one-two punch.
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6. NYC’s Blackwolf Run
Na Yeon Choi gave us the perfect bookend with her U.S. Women’s Open victory at Blackwolf Run. Her Saturday 65 certainly was one of the most impressive rounds of the year. Choi and 1998 winner Se Ri Pak crossed paths early Sunday afternoon when their groups shared the double green on Nos. 9 and 18. The torch was passed.
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7. Morgan Pressel’s slow-play plight
Slow play is a hot-button issue every year on the LPGA. Morgan Pressel took it front and center with her controversial slow-play penalty at the Sybase Match Play Championship, when there were four players on the course. Pressel wound up losing the match and cried on Golf Channel afterwards when answering questions. Her opponent, Azahara Munoz, also cried.
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8. Shanshan Feng wins one for China
It’s still too early to tell what Feng’s victory at the Wegmans LPGA Championship will mean for our sport, but she lives in a country of 1.3 billion people. Feng, the first Chinese player to win an LPGA event, summed it up in the post-round interview: “I would say if Koreans can, Chinese can.”
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9. Inbee Park’s putting clinic at Evian
Inbee Park needed only 22 putts in her final-round triumph at the Evian Masters, birdieing the last three holes to push ahead of Stacy Lewis. The hefty paycheck ($487,500) helped her win the season-ending money title. Park also topped the tour’s season-long
putting stats, averaging 1.72 putts per green in regulation.
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10. Doug Brecht’s memorial cart
Players at the CME Group Titleholders stopped by to sign a customized golf cart for LPGA rules official Doug Brecht on the 17th hole, a touching tribute for a man who always had a seat open. Brecht, 62, died Oct. 12 from complications resulting from West Nile Meningitis. He is missed.
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Lydia Ko won the Canadian Women’s Open on Sunday to become the youngest winner in LPGA Tour history and only the fifth amateur champion.
The 15-year-old South Korean-born New Zealander closed with a 5-under 67 for a three-stroke victory. She broke the age record of 16 set by Lexi Thompson last September in the Navistar LPGA Classic in Alabama, and is the first amateur winner since JoAnne Carner in the 1969 Burdine’s Invitational.
Reactions from the LPGA & PGA pro’s about Lydia’s win:
Stacy Lewis @Stacy_Lewis
All I have to say is that was one of the most impressive rounds of golf I have ever watched! #crazygood
Michelle Wie @themichellewie
Wow! I am so impressed with how Koh is playing right now! This girl is good.
Brittany Lincicome @Brittany1golf
Big congrats to Lydia Ko on an awesome win this week @CNwomensopen 
. Very impressive at 15 years old!!!!
Anna Nordqvist @ANordqvist
Congrats Ko on incredible win @lpga ! When I was 15 I had played golf for 2 years. Young talent, very impressive!
USGA U.S. Girls’ Jr. @usgirlsjrgolf
“@USGA: Congratulations to Lydia Ko, who today became the youngest-ever winner of an @LPGA Tour event.” Congrats @ko_lyds from GJR friends!
Suzann Pettersen @suzannpettersen
Wow, 15 years old, Lydia Ko made the rest of us look like amateurs!! Very impressive! #TeenPower
Rickie Fowler @RickieFowlerPGA
Congrats on your win @ko_lyds…making history!! @lpga #prettycool
Jane Crafter @craftymate
Congrats @ko_lyds on historic win today on @lpga ! Good on ya Kiwi kid!!! Cheers. An honour to watch you win US Am in person, today on TV!
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