March 25-31: Kia Classic | Aviara GC |
Carlsbad, Calif. | $1.8M | Eun-Hee Ji
April 1-7: ANA Inspiration | Mission Hills
CC | $3M | Pernilla Lindberg
›› A week prior to the Masters, the first
major of the season has produced a first-
time champion in 12 of the last 13 years,
including Lindberg’s thrilling victory in a
playoff last year. Lindberg was the first
Swede since Annika Sorenstam to win
the event.
April 15-20: LOTTE Championship | Ko
Olina GC | Oahu, Hawaii | $2M | Brooke
Henderson
April 22-28: Hugel-Air Premia LA Open
| Wilshire CC | Los Angeles | $1.5M |
Moriya Jutanugarn
April 29-May 5: LPGA MEDIHEAL
Championship | Lake Merced GC | Daly
City, Calif. | $1.8M | Lydia Ko
May 20-26: Pure Silk Championship
| Kingsmill Resort River Course | Wil-
liamsburg | $1.3M | Ariya Jutanugarn
›› A new date and a new name for Virginia’s
LPGA extravaganza. The hope this year is
for better weather after last year’s tourna-
ment was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
May 27-June 2: U.S. Women’s Open
| CC of Charleston | Charleston, S.C. |
$5M | Ariya Jutanugarn
›› The championship is making its first
trip to South Carolina since 1962. The
last back-to-back winner was Karrie
Webb in 2000-01.
July 1-7: Thornberry Creek LPGA
Classic | Thornberry Creek at Oneida |
Oneida, Wisc. | $2M | Sei Young Kim
July 8-14: Marathon Classic Present-
ed by Dana | Highland Meadows GC
| Sylvania, Ohio | $1.75M | Thidapa
Sumannapura
July 15-20: Dow Great Lakes Bay Invi-
tational | Midland CC | Midland, Mich. |
$2M | New event
July 22-28: The Evian Championship
| Evian Resort GC | Evian-les-Bains,
France | $4.1M | Angela Stanford
›› The Evian is the fourth major in 2019,
having moved from its September spot
to accommodate the Solheim Cup.
July 29-Aug. 4: AIG Women’s British
Open | Woburn GC | Milton Keynes,
England | $3.25M | Georgia Hall
›› The major season concludes a week later
in the U.K. Last year, Hall became the first
Englishwoman to win her nation’s Open.
Aug. 5-11: Aberdeen Standard Invest-
ments Ladies Scottish Open | The
Renaissance Club | North Berwick,
Scotland | $1.5M | Ariya Jutanugarn
Aug. 19-25: CP Women’s Open | Magna
GC | Aurora, Canada | $2.25M | Brooke
Henderson
Aug. 26-Sept. 1: Cambia Portland Clas-
sic | Columbia Edgewater CC | Portland,
Ore. | $1.3M | Marina Alex
Sept. 9-15: Solheim Cup | The Glen-
eagles Hotel PGA Centenary Course |
Perthshire, Scotland | USA
›› Juli Inkster looks to make it three-for-
three as U.S. Captain. The Euros haven’t
won since 2013 and haven’t tasted vic-
tory on home soil since 2011. Scotland’s
Catriona Matthew leads the Euro squad
this time around.
Sept. 23-29: Indy Women in Tech Cham-
pionship | Brickyard Crossing | Indianap-
olis | $2M | Sung Hyun Park
Sept. 30-OCT. 6: Volunteers of America
Classic | Old America GC | The Colony,
Texas | $1.3M | Sung Hyun Park
Oct. 14-20: Buick LPGA Shanghai |
Shanghai Qizhong Garden GC | Shang-
hai, China | $2.1M | Danielle Kang
Oct. 21-27: BMW Ladies Championship |
LPGA International Busan | Busan, South
Korea | $2M | New event
Oct. 28-Nov. 3: Swinging Skirts LPGA
Taiwan Championship | Site TBA | $2.2M
| Nelly Korda
Nov. 4-10: TOTO Japan Classic | Seta
GC North Course | Ibaraki, Japan | $1.5M
| Nasa Hataoka
Nov. 11-17: Event TBA
Nov. 18-24: CME Group Tour Champi-
onship | Tiburon GC | Naples, Fla. | $5M
| Lexi Thompson
June 3-9: ShopRite LPGA Classic |
Stockton Seaview Hotel & GC | Gallo-
way, N.J. | $1.75M | Annie Park
June 10-16: Meijer LPGA Classic for
Simply Give | Blythefield CC | Grand
Rapids, Mich. | $2M | So Yeon Ryu
June 17-23: KPMG Women’s PGA
Championship | Hazeltine National GC |
Chaska, Minn. | $3.85M | Sung Hyun Park
›› If you like tight finishes, the Women’s
PGA is for you. In the last six years, four
Women’s PGAs have been decided in a
playoff, another by one stroke.
June 24-30: Walmart NW Arkansas
Championship | Pinnacle CC | Rogers,
Ark. | $2M | Sung Hyun Park
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