MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) The LPGA Tour has an official team event for the first time in its 69-year history.
The Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational starts next year, a 72-hole event at Midland Country Club in Michigan that will feature foursomes and fourballs. Still to be determined are how the two-player teams are formed.
It will be held July 17-20 in 2019 and offer a $2 million purse. The sponsorship deal with The Dow Chemical Company is five years.
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The format is similar to the Zurich Classic in New Orleans on the PGA Tour. LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan says ”players and fans have consistently asked about a team event.”
The LPGA Tour, founded in 1950, has had several unofficial team events, starting with the Hot Springs 4-Ball Invitational in the late 1950s.