Back in 1950, 13 women dreamed of playing professional golf. A tour did not exist for women, so if they wanted to play for a living, they needed to band together to form a tour of their own. They established the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association), which is now the oldest continuing women’s professional sports organization in the United States. There were 14 tournaments with … Read More
LPGA and PGA Form New Alliance
The PGA TOUR and the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) announced this week that they have formalized their longstanding cooperative relationship by entering into a long-term, written strategic alliance agreement designed to further promote the growth of golf. This partnership between the leading men’s and women’s professional golf tours will include areas such as schedule coordination, joint marketing programs, domestic … Read More
Meet LPGA T&CP Presidential Candidate Deb Vangellow
This year I am running for Vice-President of the LPGA Teaching and Club Professional (T&CP) Division along with my Presidential Candidate Deb Vangellow. The President of the LPGA T&CP is an important position to help guide golf professionals and teachers and grow the membership. The LPGA Teaching and Club Professional Membership was established in 1959 as an outgrowth of the LPGA … Read More
Why former Olympic speed skater Dan Jansen is such a fan of the LPGA
Written by-Pete Wallner who covers sports for MLive/Grand Rapids Press. Email him at pwallner@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Google+. Legendary former U.S. Olympic speed skater Dan Jansen is a big fan of the LPGA for more reasons than one. “I love to watch the ladies play because they don’t necessarily overpower a golf course,” he said Tuesday while playing in the Meijer LPGA … Read More