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LPGA Seeks New Sponsors in NYC Summit
Get a hundred or so representatives of current & prospective LPGA Tour sponsors in a room, talk about the great value behind the product (compared to the PGA Tour), and hope for some conversion. That's the basic gist of what LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan and lead marketing officer Jon Podany will...
LPGA Adds Taiwan Event for 2011, Seeking New Domestic Events
Quietly, the LPGA Tour is adding a new foreign event to the '11 schedule. Asian Golf Daily reports the LPGA Tour will be going to Taiwan next October, riding the popularity of Yani Tseng and her three major championships. Reportedly, the tournament will carry a $2 million purse and have...
Lexi Thompson Will Not Seek LPGA Tour Membership
Lexi Thompson - the 15 year old phenom who recently turned pro - will not seek LPGA Tour membership, according to her teacher Jim McLean. Appearing with me on Tee Off With Jamie Watson on WVIE-AM in Baltimore, McLean explained that Thomspon will not seek an exemption from LPGA Tour Commissioner...
UPDATE: LPGA Tour Championship to Orlando, Back to Tour Hands
Golfweek Magazine first reported the week prior the US Women's Open that the LPGA Tour would be moving its season-ending (and, sadly, full field) Tour Championship back to Florida. More specifically, the tournament would go to central Florida. Think Orlando. A player source revealed that the LPGA...
Ochoa Says Goodbye, Explains What Drove Her to Retire
This morning, Lorena Ochoa effectively held two retirement press conferences - one before the Mexican press in Ciudad Mexico and the other during a teleconference with international media. Both sessions were very reminiscent of Lorena Ochoa's 8 year professional career: respectful, intriguing, and...
Mike Whan: Sure, Asia Could Host an LPGA Tour Major
I am a big fan of Mike Whan. His brief tenure as LPGA Tour commissioner has been a resounding success. The guy knows when to look forward and when to harken back to the more insular days of the tour. To date, one of the criticisms levied against him - and his predecessor - were that too many new...
Mike Whan Doesn't Want A Special Parking Space
Newly minted LPGA Commish Mike Whan is making the rounds - and hopefully I'll get to talking with him soon. He spoke with Farrell Evans of golf.com about his first few weeks on the job. Though Whan tipped that there may be some additions to the 2010 schedule yet to be announced, this was by far...
New LPGA Commish Mike Whan Says 'Hello, Ladies' in Video
Mike Whan, new commissioner of the LPGA Tour, filmed a video about a month ago that was intended for LPGA Tour members as a bit of an introduction. He talks a little about his professional accomplishments, but opens up a bit about his personal life too. Whan seems like a great dad, but definitely...
LPGA 2010 Schedule, Here We Come!
With two events to go on the 2009 LPGA Tour schedule and a new commissioner set to take charge in January, the Tour is nearing completion of its 2009 schedule. The schedule will be formally announced in two weeks at the LPGA Tour Championship in Houston - an event that some thought might never...
Mike Whan Introduced as Next LPGA Commissioner
Mike Whan was introduced today as the next LPGA Commissioner, set to take the job from interim commish Marty Evans in January. The press conference was held at Madison Square Garden with several principals involved in the search for a new commissioner. Whan and acting commissioner Evans were...
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