LPGA Commissioner Carolyn Bivens announced the 2006 Tour schedule. Some of the Tour’s features include:

  • A total of 34 events, including 32 official events and two unofficial events
  • Prize money totaling $49.3 million, which represents a 9.4% increase from 2005
  • A second Tour event in Hawaii, the Fields Open, to kick-off the official Tour season with back-to-back weeks in Hawaii
  • A return to the Orlando area for the first time since 2001 with the $2.5 million Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open in Reunion, Fla.
  • CN, the Canadian National Railway Company that spans Canada and mid-America, entitling the Canadian Women’s Open and raising the purse by $400,000 to $1.7 million
  • Five events featuring $2 million or more in prize money
  • Wegmans LPGA increasing its prize money by $300,000 to $1.8 million
  • The Longs Drugs Challenge being moved from Sacramento to the Bay Area and being played at Black Hawk Country Club in Danville, Calif.
  • Premier new host venues added to the 2006 schedule - Black Hawk Country Club (Longs Drugs Challenge), Ko Olina Golf Club (Fields Open), London Hunt Club (CN Canadian Women’s Open), Newport Golf Club (U.S. Women’s Open conducted by the USGA), Reunion Resort and Club (Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open), Royal Lytham and St. Anne’s Golf Club (Weetabix Women’s British Open)
  • The launch of the LPGA Playoffs at The ADT, which features a $1,550,000 purse.

“We’re launching the LPGA Playoffs at The ADT next year, which will add only more drama and excitement to our Tour on a weekly basis, and when you combine all of that with some new and challenging host venues, we are certainly fulfilling our brand promise of showcasing the very best of women’s professional golf.”