Two players eligible to participate in the 2023 PING Junior Solheim Cup – born in 2005 or later – will travel to Ohio in September to get to know the competition first-hand. Representing your country and continent in a unique international competition like the Solheim Cup, a duel between the women’s teams of Europe and…
EUROPEAN TOUR, LPGA TOUR & LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR JOIN FORCES FOR ISPS HANDA WORLD INVITATIONAL IN NORTHERN IRELAND
The European Tour, LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour will join forces for another innovative mixed tournament at the ISPS HANDA World Invitational presented by Modest! Golf Management in Northern Ireland, hosted by Galgorm from July 28 – August 1, 2021. The agreement heralds an exciting new chapter for the event, which has been elevated…
GETTING TO KNOW… STEPHANIE KYRIACOU
Australia’s Stephanie Kyriacou burst on to the LET scene in February with an astonishing breakthrough victory as an amateur at the Geoff King Motors Australian Ladies Classic, romping home by eight strokes. The teenage sensation went on to record two runner-up finishes and a further three top five results in an incredible first year on…
IF I TOUCH ONE LIFE, IT WILL ALL BE WORTH IT
Foreword from Roberta Bowman, LPGA’s Chief Brand and Communications Officer: When we introduced Drive On in 2019, we wanted to celebrate the attributes of strength, focus and perseverance that have built the LPGA over 70 years. We also wanted to share the stories of our people – the role models whose courage and accomplishments inspire…
GETTING TO KNOW… JOHANNA GUSTAVSSON
Johanna enjoyed her best season to date on the LET, making 11 cuts from 12 tournaments, and recording five top-20 finishes on her way to ending the year in 19th place on the Race to Costa del Sol. A birdie machine, the quiet but confident Swede finished third on the ‘total birdie rankings’ and sixth…
GETTING TO KNOW… ALEXANDRA ARMAS
Alexandra Armas is a former LET player, competing from 2001 – 2005 before becoming the Executive Director in 2005, after being chosen by the Board from her position as a Player Director. Armas served almost eight years in the role before vacating in 2012 to set up her own sports marketing consultancy. Returning as…
LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR ANNOUNCES TITLEIST AS OFFICIAL PARTNER
The Ladies European Tour (LET) has announced Titleist, the #1 ball in golf, as an Official Partner for the next three years. Starting at the season’s opening event in May, this will see Titleist provide its market leading Pro V1 golf balls to practice ranges at tournaments on the 2021 LET schedule – visiting as…
LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR ANNOUNCE RECORD-BREAKING 2021 SCHEDULE
Record-breaking total prize fund of over €19 million Total of 27 events in 19 countries plus the Solheim Cup and Summer Olympics 200+ live broadcast hours, double compared to 2020 23-week tournament run from May – October including five new events in Europe Ground-breaking Aramco Team Series launches in New York, Singapore, UK and Saudi…
ARAMCO TEAM SERIES AND LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR GO GLOBAL
Agreement Paves Way For Four Ladies European Tour-Sanctioned Events Across Three Continents Saudi Arabia continues to make its presence felt on the global sporting stage by hosting some of the world’s most exciting new events, a trend which continues with today’s announcement of four fully-sanctioned Ladies European Tour (LET) tournaments set to take place in…
AMUNDI BECOMES THE TITLE SPONSOR OF THE EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP, RENAMED THE AMUNDI EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Franck Riboud, Chairman of the Evian Champinship, and Yves Perrier, CEO of Amundi – the European leader in asset management – announce that Amundi becomes, for a duration of five years, the title sponsor of The Evian Championship, the women’s golf major, and is renamed The Amundi Evian Championship for the occasion. Amundi thus joins…