2008 LPGA Tour schedule
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Bill Jempty | Wednesday, November 14, 2007 |
It came out this morning. The highlights
*- The tour will lead off with the Women’s World Cup of Golf in South Africa.
*- A new tour stop, the HSBC Women’s Championship, will come immediately after the February Hawaii swing.
*- The Cornoa Championship, in Morelia Michoacan Mexico, will go head to head with the Masters.
*- A new South Florida LPGA event in April 08. No details yet, but an announcement will come sometime after Thanksgiving.
*- ShopRite will be returning as a sponsor of an LPGA event. The Sybase Classic presented by ShopRite will be played in May of next year.
*- The Samsung and Longs Drugs have flip flopped on the schedule. Samsung coming first.
*- A new event in Hawaii before the tour does its fall Asia swing. The Kapalua LPGA Classic. Kapalua will be the final full field event for 2008.
*- A new Mexico event. the Lorena Ochoa Invitational presented by Banamex and Corona will come the week before the ADT.
Some changes from last year.
*- The Mexico City and Tournament of Champions events aren’t on the schedule at this time. Mexico City will hopefully fill an empty week in March. Both events at this moment are uncertain.
*- No Matchplay in 2008.
*- No Thailand event next year. This is just a temporary thing. Starting in 2009, the LPGA will swing through Thailand and Singapore early in the tour’s schedule.
The Kraft Nabisco is again the weekend before the Masters. While this is an improvement on when the tournment was held the week of The Players Championship, the golf media seems to be more focused on the coming happenings in Georgia than the LPGA’s first major of the year.
- ShopRite LPGA pulls plug over scheduling conflict
- Let me repeat myself- LPGA Tour Commisioner Carolyn Bivens has to go
- LPGA Commissioner Carolyn Bivens has to go
- A PGA Tour stop in Puerto Rico?
- LPGA Ginn Tribute in trouble?
- Annika Sorenstam turns down Samsung World Championship Invitation
- Tour event in Atlanta discontinued due to lack of sponsor
- Nashville LPGA Event Shuts Doors
- Lorena Ochoa wins Corona by 11 shots; qualifies for the Hall of Fame
- Tulsa LPGA tournament needs a new sponsor
- NFL QB Daunte Culpepper announces his retirement
- Los Angeles Angels pitcher Jered Weaver cut by dugout bench
- Former US Open Golf Champ Tommy Bolt dead at 92
- Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs exchange defensemen
- Nashville Predators suspend Alexander Radulov for playing in Russian league
- Paul Azinger names his four Ryder Cup Captain’s selections
- Girl kicker booted off High School football team
- Jacksonville Jaguar OT Richard Collier shot
- Oakland Raiders agree to 1-year deal with WR Ashley Lelie
- NY Giants sign DE Jerome McDougle
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