LPGA commissioner Mike Whan talked about his continuing interest in pursuing ownership of the Ladies European Tour, about next years LPGA schedule and a possible extension of the tours Race to the CME Globe and about future plans to improve the Evian Championship during his visit Tuesday to Golf Channel studios.Whan on the LET ...Whan said his proposal to take over ownership of the Ladies European Tour in partnership with the European Tour and R&A isnt dead yet. Hes hoping to revisit the possibility in the spring.Whan told GolfChannel.com that the LET is committed to continue governing itself, but that he hopes to renew discussions in April or May.Whan teamed with the European Tour and R&A in September to make a formal pitch for taking over the struggling LET.The LPGA, the European Tour and the R&A came together with a plan where the three of us would fund the LET over a three-year period, Whan said.Whan said the proposal would require the LET to give up ownership of its tour and move under the LPGAs umbrella in a partnership with the European Tour and the R&A.Its a big call for the LET.We told the LET if they wanted us to come in and invest this kind of money and make this kind of difference over the next few years, then its going to have to be a property we are going to own and run, Whan said.Whan said the timing of the proposal late in the year added pressure to the discussions with the 2018 season nearing.We agreed to reconvene in the late spring, Whan said. We will see where things stand then.Whan said with just three months left before the new year, the LPGA and its partners would have required a quick decision to be able to launch a rebuild for the 2018 season.I felt like I was adding pressure instead of relieving it, Whan said. I told them if the timing was bad, I can step away from the table at this time.On the Race to the CME Globe and 2018 LPGA schedule ...With the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Fla., next week, Whan strongly hinted the Race to the CME Globes season-long point series may be securing a long-term future.Next week, we will have some news about the CME Globe, Whan told Morning Drive. We will be racing for the Globe for a lot of years in the future.Whan will unveil the LPGAs 2018 schedule during next weeks CME Group Tour Championship. He said it will feature 35 events, as it did when he released the schedule last year, though there will be significant changes.We will lose a couple events and add a couple, Whan said.The Manulife LPGA Classic in Canada lost its sponsorship and wont be on next years schedule. Whan said the McKayson New Zealand Womens Open, played at the start of the fall Asian swing, also will not be on next years schedule, but only because it is moving up into an early slot on the 2019 schedule.Whan hinted the two new events in 18 may include a second tournament in Hawaii, to add to the Lotte Championship, or at least be a location to easily twin with Hawaii and help travel plans for players making that long trip west.We are going to add another opportunity to stay out there a week longer, Whan told Morning Drive.On the Evian Championship ...With bad weather plaguing the Evian Championship again in September, Whan faced criticism over his decision to scrub scores from the first round in France and then to shorten the major championship to 54 holes.Whan said hes going to make a significant schedule change in hopes of improving tournament conditions.We will get Evian back to a summer date, Whan pledged. It may not be in 18, but certainly by 19.Whan said he believes in Evian as an LPGA major, but he regrets his decision to move the event to September, with its rainy season and its shorter days.The challenges weve faced are man-made, Whan said. And Im the man who made them.
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The Evian Championship, one of the five women's majors, is to move back to a July date in 2019 as part of a new 'European Swing' on the Ladies European Tour. The tournament, which is held at the Evian Resort Golf Club in France, was first staged in 1994 and became an official major in 2013, will be played from July 25-28 next year.
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Along with the purse increase, the LPGA also announced that, effective in 2019, the tournament, held at the picturesque Evian Resort Golf Club in Evian-les-Bains, France, will move to a mid-summer
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