Months After a Potential LIV Golf Deal, LPGA Tour Hits Back With a Mega $3,500,000 Announcement

Though the LPGA has many events on its tour, they are about to add a new event to its schedule next year. In 2024 the LPGA will be adding the FM Global Championship which will be played from Aug 29-Sept 1 at the TPC Boston Golf Club in Arnold Palmer Blvd, Massachusetts.

The field will be comprised of 144 players who will be competing for a $3.5m purse which is the highest purse on the LPGA Tour, of course, other than the majors. This news comes months after the LIV Golf tried to make a deal with the women’s tour.

New Tournament on LPGA to start from 2024

This year around in April LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman said that the Saudi-backed tour was interested in the LPGA and LET and all the parties even had some talks discussing the matter but the matter bore no result. However months after that news announcement new LPGA tournament was made.

The championship will also have a special event at Fenway Park surrounding the tournament. The company Fenway Sports Management, FM Global is entering the sports arena for the first time and this will be their first collaboration with the LPGA Tour.

Martin Dempster chief golf writer for The Scotsman shared the news on Twitter: “LPGA announces TPC Boston will host the 2024 FM Global Championship from Aug 29-Sept 1. The newly-created event will feature a field of 144 players competing for a $3.5m purse – the largest on the LPGA Tour outside of the majors and Tour Championship.”

The president and CEO of FM Global, Malcolm Roberts, said, “We are proud to partner with the LPGA Tour to support this new, marquee event and bring women’s professional golf back to New England.”

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CEO of FM Global is an excited man

Speaking about this new venture, Robert continued, “The FM Global Championship provides a tremendous platform to promote diversity and inclusion on the playing field and in the workplace, raise awareness of FM Global’s unique approach to helping clients protect their businesses and mitigate loss, engage our employees, and drive positive impact in our communities.”

Designed by Arnold Palmer and Gil Hanse the TPC course has hosted 17 PGA TOUR Events, 13 of which being FedEx Cup Playoff Events. The last PGA Tournament held there was the Northern Trust in 2020 which was won by Dustin Johnson. This will perhaps be the course’s first LPGA event. 

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