Women's Golf
LPGA of Korea Tour reveals 31-event calendar with record KRW28bn prize money
The Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association has announced its LPGA of Korea Tour schedule for 2021, its largest yet with 31 events and total prize money of KRW28bn (€21m/$25m), its highest total e…
Round-Up: Beijing 2022 offers social support, Tokyo event test, AFC Champions League concerns, and more
The Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee is actively trying to involve more disabled people in benefiting from the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games – China.o
Inaugural Ladies Asian Tour event to tee off in South Korea
The upcoming KLPGA Hana Financial Group Championship in South Korea will also act as the inaugural tournament of the new Ladies Asian Tour series organised by the Asian Golf Leaders Forum
Round-Up: Tokyo Olympic volunteer training restarts, Indonesian football postponed, NZ Golf Open cancelled, and more
Online training sessions for volunteers at next summer's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have resumed following a roughly eight-month suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic - Japan Today
LPGA secures additional sponsorship support for return to play
The Ladies Professional Golf Association has revealed additional support from commercial partners ahead of its scheduled return to play later this month
LPGA names Cambia Health Solutions its official mask partner
The Ladies Professional Golf Association has named Cambia Health Solutions its official mask partner, a new sponsorship category created in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic
LPGA plans to restart season with Ohio doubleheader
The Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour has announced it plans to restart its 2020 season with a doubleheader in Northwest Ohio, starting with the new Drive On Championship from July 31-August 2
LPGA loses major as Evian Championship is called off
The Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour has lost its first major championship of the year in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic after the Evian Championship was called off.
Masks, sanitisers and temperature checks as KLPGA returns
South Korea's KLPGA is this week hosting the world's first professional golf tour event since the Covid-19 pandemic began
LPGA creates players-only esports competition
The Ladies Professional Golf Association has become the latest sports organization to create a players-only esports tournament designed to fill the sports competition void amid the global Covid-19 pandemic
LPGA targets mid-July return in revised schedule
The Ladies Professional Golf Association has announced it is now targeting to return to action in mid-July as its season continues to be disrupted by the global Covid-19 pandemic
Eased social distancing rules a boost to South Korean women’s golf tour
A drop in Covid-19 cases has created a pathway for the South Korean women's golf tour to restart next month
Korean women’s golf tour cancels tournaments
Covid-19 might lead to the shutdown of the whole 2020 season for Korean women's professional golf
LET seeks title sponsor, Volvik signs with LPGA event
The Ladies European Tour (LET) has hired golf marketer Emma Allerton to find a title sponsor for the women's golf circuit
Singapore Open tees off ambitious Asian women’s golf investment by Hana Financial Group
Korean finance firm Hana Financial Group is title sponsoring a new women’s golf tournament in Singapore this year, as part of an ambitious wider plan to create an Asian women’s series and ranking.
Mike Whan heading to Spain in bid to seal LPGA-LET merger
Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) commissioner Mike Whan is flying to Spain in an attempt to close the deal on a merger with the Ladies European Tour (LET) this week
Mike Whan signs long-term extension to remain LPGA commissioner
Mike Whan has signed a long-term extension to remain commissioner of the Ladies Professional Golf Association.
The length and terms of the deal have not been disclosed