JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The LPGA and monetary large Mizuho Americas have introduced a brand new match will likely be performed in New Jersey subsequent 12 months at Liberty Nationwide Golf Membership in Jersey Metropolis.
The 72-hole match will likely be referred to as the Mizuho Americas Open and happen Might 29- June 4. The occasion may have a handbag of $2.75 million.
Michelle Wie West will function the match host at an occasion that can embody 24 juniors competing in their very own match on the similar time.
The Mizuho Americas Open would be the first time Liberty Nationwide welcomes the LPGA Tour, after internet hosting a number of world-class occasions, together with the Presidents Cup and a number of PGA Tour playoff stops.
The addition of the match means New Jersey would be the web site of 4 occasions related to the LPGA. The others are Cognizant Founders Cup at Higher Montclair Nation Membership in Clifton from Might 10-14 and the ShopRite LPGA Basic in Galloway Township from June 10-12. The KPMG Girls’s PGA Championship will likely be performed this 12 months at Baltusrol Golf Membership in Springfield from June 21-25.
Wie West, who has stopped taking part in a full schedule, provides the LPGA two gamers who host tournaments subsequent 12 months. Annika Sorenstam will likely be host of an occasion in Florida.
“After I introduced that I used to be stepping away from aggressive golf earlier this season, my objective was to proceed to reside by the LPGA mantra to `Act Like a Founder,’ and to go away the sport in a greater place than I discovered it,” Wie West mentioned. “I’m so proud to host this groundbreaking occasion and accomplice with an organization that sees the worth in supporting girls’s golf.”
The Mizuho Americas Open may have a 120-player area. The American Junior Golf Affiliation may have an AJGA Invitational for twenty-four gamers. It is the primary time the AJGA and the LPGA will play an occasion concurrently.
The multi-year settlement with the LPGA, New York-headquartered Mizuho Americas and Liberty Nationwide is the worldwide financial institution’s first entry into sports activities sponsorship in the USA.
“The Mizuho Americas Open is a purpose-driven partnership that aligns our shared values of alternative, fairness, and advancing the subsequent era of expertise,” mentioned Shuji Matsuura, Chairman & CEO, Mizuho Americas.
