Say Goodbye LPGA Championship, Say Hello KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
/The key words of the day were empower and platform as the LPGA and PGA of America announced on Morning Drive the end of the LPGA Championship and the re-naming, newly sponsored KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
Ron Sirak explains the move:
The revamped tournament brings not only new money to the table for the tour -- the purse, which is $2.25 million for the Wegmans LPGA Championship this year, will climb to $3.5 million in 2015 -- but also greater coverage for women's golf. In addition to Golf Channel televising Thursday and Friday play, weekend rounds will be aired on NBC.
The five-year deal calls for next year's event to be played at Westchester Country Club 35 minutes north of New York City. The tournament will travel, with no permanent home, but the preference for KPMG is to play it in the New York area as often as possible.
The announcement by LPGA Commish Mike Whan and PGA of America CEO Pete Bevacqua from Morning Drive.
