‘I Envy the PGA Tour’: As She Competes at $1,500,000 Event, LPGA Legend Makes a Painful Revelation

The Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play, presented by MGM Records, is currently underway in Las Vegas, Nevada. From 2023 Chevron Championship winner Lilia Vu to defending champion Eun Hee Ji, the 64-player field this year promises a lot of exciting moments for fans.

Among the competing golfers is Las Vegas’ very own LPGA Tour star and a golfing legend, who is hoping to get a win on her home turf. On Thursday, she opened up about the one thing she envied about the PGA Tour.

LPGA Tour legend reflects on her one regret

An LPGA sensation, Danielle Kang has always found great support from her friends and family during events. In the recently concluded Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown, cameras caught the 30-year-old’s mother dressed in head-to-toe USA garb as she cheered on Kang. Now, at her home course, Shadow Creek, Kang is once again surrounded by her friends and family.

The World No. 17 couldn’t feel any happier about playing with her loved ones by her side. However, there is one thing about the PGA Tour that makes her slightly envious. “Like, I like hearing claps. I like the crowd,” Kang shared in a press conference on Thursday. “I envy the PGA Tour sometimes on their crowds, you know. Even in their practice rounds.”

Just last week, fans turned up in hordes to watch their favorite PGA Tour golfers practice at Oak Hill. “[In] Rochester, we feel that this is our Super Bowl; in Rochester [it’s] golf,” Ron Pluta, the General Chairman of the PGA Championship, had said about the crowd at the major. And Kang undoubtedly wanted the same for the women’s Tour.

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“I think hopefully one day we’ll get there,” Kang further hoped for the LPGA Tour events on Thursday. The golfer, meanwhile, is hoping to return to her winning ways at the ongoing LPGA competition, which boasts a prize purse of $1,500,000.

What is the format of the Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play?

A rare match-play event in professional golf, the Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play, is currently taking place at the Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas, Nevada. All 64 players have been divided into 16 groups of four for a couple of days of thrilling round-robin action.

A win is rewarded with one point. Meanwhile, a tie gets half a point. The winner of each group then goes to the round of 16, which is followed by a round of 8. On Sunday morning, the semi-finals will see two players book their berths for the final round, slated to take place later that day.

Out of the $1,500,000 purse, the winner will eventually take home a whopping $225,000 in earnings.

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What do you think of Danielle Kang’s latest comments? Who do you think will win the 2023 Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play? Tell us in the comments!