LPGA releases 2023 schedule, which features 33 events and record prize fund of $101 million
NAPLES, Fla. — The LPGA released its 2023 schedule on Friday at the CME Group Tour Championship, where 60 women are competing for a $2 million winner’s check, the largest in tour history. Next year’s schedule will include 33 tournaments and a record prize fund of $101.4 million.
The year will begin in Orlando, Florida, Jan. 19-22 at Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions at Lake Nona, though there won’t be a Florida swing this year. After a full month off, the tour then moves to Asia for three events in Thailand, Singapore and China. The LPGA hasn’t competed in China in three years due to ongoing travel restrictions.
The first full-field event of the season, the LPGA Drive On Championship, will be held March 23-26 at Superstition Mountain G.C., in Gold Canyon, Arizona. The LPGA introduced tour-backed Drive On events during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022 Drive On, won by Leona Maguire, was contested at Crown Colony Golf and Country Club in Fort Myers, Florida.
Superstition Mountain hosted the 2004-2008 Safeway International and is home to a number of LPGA players.
With four limited-field events to start the season, the majority of players on the LPGA will have more than four months off between starts. While some wanted a longer offseason, many are concerned about the long break between events, particularly those who are further down the money list.
“I just had a month off and have this one (Pelican), and then I’m going to have four months off,” said Inglis, who finished the year 100th on the Race to CME Globe, at last week’s Pelican LPGA Championship.
The dates of the Chevron Championship have moved to April 20-23, after the Masters. The LPGA major will be contested for the first time at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas.
New, previously announced events on the schedule include the Mizuho Americas Open at Liberty National and the return of the Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco.
A jam-packed summer includes four majors in the span of eight weeks, including the U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach, the KPMG Women’s PGA at Baltusrol and the AIG Women’s British Open at Walton Heath (Old Course) in Surrey, England. The U.S. Women’s Open and KPMG will be held back-to-back on opposite ends of the country with a week off in between.
In September, the Solheim Cup will be staged in Spain for the first time, one week ahead of the Ryder Cup in Rome.
The fall Asian swing includes four stops, including Shanghai and Taiwan, which have both been canceled the past three years due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions.
2023 LPGA schedule
Jan. 19-22: Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions Lake Nona G. and C.C., Orlando, Florida, $1.5M
Feb. 23-26: Honda LPGA Thailand Siam C.C. (Old Course), Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand, $1.7M
March 2-5: HSBC Women’s World Championship Sentosa G.C., Singapore, $1.8M
March 9-12: Blue Bay LPGA, Jian Lake Blue Bay G.C., Hainan Island, China, $2.1M
March 23-26: LPGA Drive On Championship, Superstition Mountain G.C., Gold Canyon, Arizona, $1.75M
March 30-April 2: DIO Implant LA Open Palos Verdes G.C., Palos Verdes Estates, California, $1.75M
April 12-15: LOTTE Championship presented by Hoakalei Hoakalei C.C., Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, $5.1M
April 20-23: The Chevron Championship The Club at Carlton Woods, The Woodlands, Texas, $5.1M
April 27-30: JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro Wilshire G.C., Los Angeles, $3M
May 4-7: Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown TPC Harding Park, San Francisco, $2M
May 11-14: Cognizant Founders Cup Upper Montclair C.C., Clifton, New Jersey, $3M
May 24-28: Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play presented by MGM Rewards Shadow Creek, Las Vegas, $1.5M
June 1-4: Mizuho Americas Open, Liberty National G.C., Jersey City, New Jersey, $2.75M
June 9-11: ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer Seaview, A Dolce Hotel (Bay Course), Galloway, New Jersey, $1.75M
June 15-18: Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give Blythefield C.C., Grand Rapids, Michigan, $2.5M
June 22-25: KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Baltusrol G.C. (Lower Course), Springfield, New Jersey. $9M*
July 6-9: U.S. Women’s Open presented by ProMedica Pebble Beach G.L., Pebble Beach, California, $10M*
July 13-16: Greater Toledo LPGA Classic Highland Meadows G.C., Sylvania, Ohio, $1.75M
July 19-22: Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational Midland C.C., Midland, Michigan, $2.7M
July 27-30: Amundi Evian Championship, Evian Resort G.C., Evian-les-Bains, France, $6.5M
Aug. 3-6: Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open Dundonald Links, Ayrshire, Scotland, $2M
Aug. 10-13: AIG Women’s Open Walton Heath (Old Course), Surrey, England, $7.3M
Aug. 17-20: ISPS Handa World Invitational Galgorme Castle G.C., and Massereene G.C., Antrim, Northern Ireland, $1.5M
Aug. 24-27: CP Women’s Open Shaughnessy G. and C.C., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, $2.35M
Aug. 31-Sept. 3: Portland Classic Columbia Edgewater C.C., Portland, Oregon, $1.5M
Sept. 7-10: Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G Kenwood C.C., Cincinnati, Ohio, $1.75M
Sept. 22-24: Solheim Cup Finca Cortesin, Andalucia, Spain
Sept. 29 – Oct. 1: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G Pinnacle C.C., Rogers, Arkansas, $2.3M
Oct. 5-8: The Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America Old American G.C., The Colony, Texas, $1.8M
Oct. 12-15: Buick LPGA Shanghai, Qizhong Garden G.C., Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, $2.1M
Oct. 19-22: BMW Ladies Championship Korean location to be announced, $2.2M
Oct. 26-29: Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA, Miramar G.C., New Taipei City, Taiwan, $2.2M
Nov. 2-5: Toto Japan Classic Taiheiyo Club Minori Course, Omitama, Ibaraki, Japan, $2M
Nov. 9-12: The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican Pelican G.C., Belleair, Florida, $3.25M
Nov. 16-19: CME Group Tour Championship Tiburon G.C., Naples, Florida, $7M
bold = major; * = to be confirmed; italic = unofficial
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