The
LPGA Tour Legendsannounced in December
that a major championship
would be added to the 2017
schedule. The inaugural
Senior LPGA Championship
will be held on French Lick
Resort’s Pete Dye Course,
beginning Monday, July 10
and finishing on Wednesday,
July 12. A field of 81 women
will be vying for a piece of
the $600,000 total purse.
The Senior LPGA Champ-
ionship will cap off a week
of women’s golf in southern
Indiana. The Symetra Tour
will also host a 54-hole
tournament on French Lick’s
Donald Ross course Friday-
Sunday, July 7-9, prior to
the start of the Legends Tour
event.
The SymetraTour is comprised
of the best young women
golfers looking to make it to
the LPGA Tour. The Symetra
Tour event will have a total
purse of $200,000, with
$30,000 going to the winner.
The Pete Dye Course at French
Lick has hosted The Legends
Championship for the past
four seasons. In August 2016,
Trish Johnson defeated the
defending champion, Julie
Inkster, in a six-hole playoff.
Laurie Rinker won in 2014
and Lorie Kane captured the
title in 2013.
LPGA Tour Commissioner,
Michael Whan said,
“This is a landmark event
for the LPGA because it
provides a larger platform
to celebrate the legends of
the game. With the USGA’s
recently announced U.S.
Senior Women’s Open and
now our event, the women
who forged the way for
the
current
generation
will now have two major
championships each year.”
LPGA Legends Tour & French Lick
Announce New Major Tournament
By
Fred Altvater
NWO Golf Links