The LPGA Girls Return at Last

 

Jasmine Suwannapura and Cydney Clanton

 

When 144 players tee off on Friday in the Drive On Championship at the Inverness Club it will be not only be the return of competitive golf at the LPGA Tour for the first time in 166 days, it will be the first page in the next chapter of a remarkable 70-year history. And if the past is prologue, the Tour will return stronger than ever.

 

In those early days, the players went everywhere to promote their Tour – minor league baseball games, boxing matches, anywhere

sports fans congregated. They would not listen to those who said their idea would not work. That’s what Commissioner Mike

 

Whan means when he tells today’s players to “act like a Founder.” The LPGA is yours – act accordingly.

 

The LPGA entered 2020 with more prize money and greater television exposure than ever. A new TV contact beginning in 2022 was even more good news.

 

And then the world stopped.

 

Every step of the way the LPGA has proceeded with prudent caution. The first cancellation came Jan. 30 at the Blue Bay China and the second and third on Feb. 2 with the Honda Thailand and the HSBC Women’s Champions in Singapore. On March 12, the first tournament in the U.S. – the Volvik Founders Cup – was placed on hold.

 

The return to competition in Toledo, Ohio, with first the Drive On Championship and then the Marathon Classic Presented by Dana, will put the familiar faces of the LPGA in a town with long ties to the Tour but under very new conditions. 

 

Thailand’s Jasmine Suwannapura and Patty Tavatanakit, will be teeing up this week. However, due to travel restrictions and quarantine periods, quite a few of the Asian LPGA players are not planning to risk going to the States.

 

The likes of the Jutanugarn sisters, plus several Korean and Japanese stars will rejoin the tour for the Scottish Open in mid-August.

 

 

 

"Girls"? Really?

Big fan of the LPGA. Looking forward to watching some "Girls" golf...and some of the eye candy out there as well! Knew back in February when The Honda in Pattaya was cancelled. <deleted> virus! KLPGA been playing for a while now. 

Edited July 30, 20205 yr by Skeptic7

Why would anyone watch this sh.....   Oh, wait, just googled some players....  Never mind. 

53 minutes ago, Mick501 said:

Why would anyone watch this sh.....   Oh, wait, just googled some players....  Never mind. 

Yup...see my post above! ????

Very disappointed after reading the headline ????