The LPGA’s very first significant champion of the year is getting an enormous facelift.
The Chevron Championship, now objected to at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas, will now have a handbag of $7.9 million in 2024, an enormous boost from the $4.8 million bag this occasion had 3 years back.
In addition, Chevron will stay the title sponsor of this occasion through 2029, showing the development of the females’s expert video game.
“From the start of our collaboration with Chevron and now with this extension, increased handbag, and improved assistance for professional athletes, the development of The Chevron Championship is a sign of our cumulative devotion to advancing ladies’s sports and driving the video game towards equity,” stated Mollie Marcoux Samaan, the LPGA commissioner.
Mollie Marcoux Samaan. Picture by Christian Petersen/Getty Images
“We eagerly anticipate continuing to grow this historical significant champion on all levels and forming a very intense future for generations of women to come. It goes without stating, however we might not be more grateful for our collaboration with Chevron.”
This newest bag boost implies that the 2024 majors will award $45.4 million, a 97% boost from the bag size simply 3 years earlier. In February, the USGA revealed a brand-new collaboration with Ally Financial, subsequently increasing its bag at the U.S. Women’s Open.
“It’s not practically the golf competition. It’s about whatever that surrounds it. I believe it’s actually cool. Having the viewpoint of 24 years out here, I believe it’s truly cool to see Chevron not just accept the golf part of it however the neighborhood part of it,” stated American Angela Stanford. Her finest surface at this occasion was available in 2011 when she connected for 3rd. Stanford’s just significant win came at the 2018 Evian Championship.
“They’re so included, and everything matters. I believe when you have a sponsor and a partner who appreciates the little things and the information, the huge things are going to be even much better.”
Nelly Korda takes a selfie after winning the T-Mobile Match Play at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas. Image by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images
In addition, ESPN+ will stream more than 40 hours of highlighted group protection throughout the week, which will definitely consist of Nelly Korda, who will attempt to win her 5th straight occasion on the LPGA.
If she does so, Korda would be the very first female to win 5 straight LPGA occasions given that Nancy Lopez in 1978. Remarkably, Lopez achieved that accomplishment in her novice season, a year in which she won 9 occasions.
Korda has actually gotten additional attention, consisting of a look on ESPN’s SportsCenter, due to the possibility of her coordinating history.
“If you’re playing great golf and you’re contending well and individuals see just how much love you have for the video game or just how much work you put in day in and day out, I believe whatever includes outcomes,” Korda stated.