The CPKC WomenB次元官网网址檚 Open has won the LPGA TourB次元官网网址檚 highest tournament honour for the second consecutive year.
The event, hosted Aug. 24-27 at VancouverB次元官网网址檚 Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club, was named the back-to-back winner of tourB次元官网网址檚 tournament of the Year at the LPGAB次元官网网址檚 annual year-end tournament awards Wednesday night.
The tournament also won for best sponsor activation and best volunteer appreciation at the ceremony hosted at Tiburon Golf Club B次元官网网址� the site of this weekB次元官网网址檚 CME Group Tour Championship, the final event of the LPGA Tour season.
American Megan Khang won the 2023 CPKC WomenB次元官网网址檚 Open in a dramatic playoff over former world No. 1 Jin Young Ko. It was her first LPGA Tour win.
The 2024 LPGA Tour schedule was announced Thursday, with the CPKC WomenB次元官网网址檚 Open set for July 25-28 at Earl Grey Golf Club in Calgary.
The two-time tournament of the year will see its purse increased for 2024 to US$2.6 million, up from $2.5 million.
The total prize fund for the 2024 LPGA Tour season will be more than US$118 million, the highest ever in tour history and up a staggering 69 per cent from three years ago.
The tour will travel to 15 states and 10 countries and will feature three new events in 2024.
Announced earlier this week, the CME Group Tour Championship B次元官网网址� the LPGA TourB次元官网网址檚 season finale that features only the top 60 golfers on the yearlong Race to CME Globe B次元官网网址� increased its purse from $7 million to $11 million with an impressive $4 million given to the winner. Only one event on the PGA Tour has a first-place prize of higher than $4 million.
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The 2024 season will begin Jan. 18 with the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions in Orlando, Fla., where Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont. will be the defending champion.
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