{"id":32557,"date":"2024-11-20T21:22:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T20:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/?p=32557"},"modified":"2024-11-20T21:22:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T20:22:53","slug":"lpga-tour-celebrates-75th-anniversary-with-another-record-breaking-schedule-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/lpga-tour-celebrates-75th-anniversary-with-another-record-breaking-schedule-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"LPGA Tour Celebrates 75th Anniversary with Another Record-Breaking Schedule in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

As it enters its 75th anniversary season, the LPGA Tour proudly announces the 2025 schedule, celebrating its legacy as the world\u2019s longest-running women\u2019s professional sports organization. In this milestone year, the LPGA Tour will feature 35 events<\/a> (33 official events), where the world\u2019s top athletes will compete for a historic total prize fund of more than $131 million. This represents the largest prize fund in the Tour\u2019s 75-year history and marks a significant increase of over $62 million in four years, up approximately 90% from 2021, underscoring the Association\u2019s continued growth and success.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 2024 season was another year of historic growth for the LPGA Tour, and with this 2025 schedule we will continue to improve on that growth,\u201d said LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan. \u201cThis schedule is highlighted by two exciting new events, a new multi-year title for the longest-running non-major tournament on the LPGA Tour, even higher purse sizes, increased benefits that will enhance the athlete experience, improved geographical flow and a longer off-season that will give our athletes a well-deserved rest after their tremendous work in 2024. We\u2019re excited to see even more thrilling competition and unforgettable moments for our partners, athletes and fans worldwide as we continue to celebrate and support the remarkable journey of women\u2019s golf in our 75th year.\u201d<\/p>\n

The global schedule will begin two weeks later than in 2024 and take the LPGA Tour to 14 states in the United States and 11 other countries, including two multi-event Asian swings, the first in February and March and the second in October and November that includes the return of the Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown in Korea. One European swing will take place in July and August. New on the calendar in 2025 is the previously announced Black Desert Championship \u2013 the only domestic event providing private charters for LPGA athletes \u2013 which will be held at Black Desert Resort\u2019s signature course in May. Additionally, the LPGA Tour returns to Mexico for the first time since 2017 for the Riviera Maya Open in Cancun, also in May.<\/p>\n

Non-major purses total over $83 million for the 2025 season, up from $45.8 million in 2021. The JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro returns to the calendar in 2025 after receiving the\u00a02024 LPGA Tournament of the Year\u00a0for continuing to drive purses higher across the Tour and increasing player benefits. So far, nine tournaments have announced elevated purses from 2024, with the FM Championship becoming the first non-major, non-CME Group Tour Championship purse to surpass $4 million. Additional purse increases are expected to be announced, building on the record-breaking prize fund for 2025. Sixteen events have purses of at least $3 million, including 10 non-major and non-Tour Championship events. On top of increased purse sizes, 24 events will be elevating the athlete experience through travel stipends, free accommodations and\/or guaranteed minimum payouts.<\/p>\n

The season-ending CME Group Tour Championship continues to lead the way in non-major purse size. The LPGA\u00a0announced earlier today\u00a0the extension through 2027 of CME Group as the title sponsor of the CME Group Tour Championship, which boasts the biggest non-major prize fund and winner\u2019s check on Tour. The $11 million purse includes a $4 million dollar winner\u2019s check, the largest single prize in the history of women\u2019s golf and among the very highest in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n

The 2025 major championship season will be an exciting one, with LPGA Tour athletes competing for more than $47 million and visiting three new major-championship venues. This major purse total is the highest in the Tour\u2019s 75-year history and an increase of more than 104% since 2021.The season kicks off in April with The Chevron Championship, taking place once again in The Woodlands, Texas at The Club at Carlton Woods. In May, the LPGA Tour will make its first trip to Erin Hills in Erin, Wisc. for the U.S. Women\u2019s Open. Three weeks later, the Tour will visit the home of the PGA of America for the first time, playing the KPMG Women\u2019s PGA Championship at Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco in Frisco, Texas. The Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club in France will kick off the summer European swing in July, and the AIG Women\u2019s Open in Wales at Royal Porthcawl, another new venue for the Tour, will conclude it in August.<\/p>\n

Thirty-two athletes will have a chance to represent their countries at the Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown in October at New Korea Country Club in Goyang, Republic of Korea. The bi-annual team match-play event features eight teams, represented by four athletes each, all competing for the coveted Crown. The Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown was last played in 2023 at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, where the Thailand Team of Ariya Jutanugarn, Moriya Jutanugarn, Patty Tavatanakit and Jeeno Thitikul was victorious over the underdog Australians. The United States Team finished third.<\/p>\n

The LPGA Tour will announce full broadcast details for the season in 2025, with all events airing on Golf Channel and at least seven events on NBC and four events on CBS.<\/p>\n

As previously announced, the LPGA will continue its partnership with ESPN+ in 2025, with three events to be showcased on the streaming platform next season, including the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As it enters its 75th anniversary season, the LPGA Tour proudly announces the 2025 schedule, celebrating its legacy as the world\u2019s longest-running women\u2019s professional sports organization. In this milestone year, the LPGA Tour will feature 35 events (33 official events), where the world\u2019s top athletes will compete for a historic total prize fund of more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":32558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[576,53],"tags":[4085,5351,1143],"class_list":{"0":"post-32557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-noticias-en","8":"category-showcase","9":"tag-lpga-tour-en","10":"tag-lpga-tour-2025-schedule","11":"tag-miguel-angel-jimenez-en"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32557"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32561,"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32557\/revisions\/32561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golfcircus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}