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cipient of the Commissioner’s Award. In his speech, Whan spoke watching, that are teaching, that are coming up, that are playing.
of their foresight in stepping in as title sponsors of the KPMG I can only hope that I can be that inspiration to them and I do
Women’s PGA Championship, revamping the LPGA Champi- want to Drive On for the future.”
onship into a week-long celebration of female leadership and Earlier in the week, the LPGA Tour celebrated the winners of
empowerment. When accepting the award, retired Chairman of two season-long competitions. Carlota Ciganda captured the
KPMG International and incoming LPGA Board member John inaugural Aon Risk Reward Challenge and earned the $1 mil-
Veihmeyer thanked LPGA Tour player and KPMG Ambassador lion prize. The competition, which measured the performance
Stacy Lewis for her role in elevating the competition and focus- of LPGA Tour and PGA Tour golfers on a series of holes across
ing its most important asset – the players. multiple tournaments, tested players’ ability to analyze risk, uti-
“There’s nothing that has made me more proud over the years of lize data-driven insights to identify opportunities and maximize
being at this championship than listening to the players, hearing performance in the moments that matter most. Ciganda joined
them or having them come up to me and telling me how much PGA Tour winner Brooks Koepka in winning the inaugural hon-
they love this event,” said Veihmeyer. “This is all about the play- or, with both players receiving equal prize money.
ers. We have some of the greatest athletes in the world here. They Additionally, Ko won the LEADERS Top 10 competition on a
deserve to be on the best courses in the world. They deserve to tiebreak, earning $100,000. She racked up 12 top-10s in 21 starts,
be playing for the best purses in the world and they deserve to be including four victories and three runner-up spots, to finish
on network TV.” ahead of second-place Brooke Henderson and third-place Hyo
Nancy Quarcelino, a member of the LPGA Teaching & Club Joo Kim. Henderson and Kim also recorded 12 top-10s but Ko
Professionals (T&CP) Hall of Fame who has coached players on won the competition via a tiebreak, her four wins eclipsing Hen-
both the LPGA Tour and the PGA Tour, joined an elite group of derson (two) and Kim (none).
her peers as the recipient of the 2019 Ellen Griffin Rolex Award.
Instituted in 1989, the award honors the late Ellen Griffin, the 이플스, 플로리다 (사진 CME)2019년 11월 24일 –
best-known woman golf teacher in U.S. history. The award rec- 네 2019년 LPGA 투어 시즌이 끝나면서, CME 그룹 투어
ognizes an individual, male or female, who has made a major
contribution to the teaching of golf and who has demonstrated, 챔피언십은 1년 동안 놀라운 코스 내 활약과 코스 외 성과를 축
through teaching, Griffin’s spirit, love and dedication to the golf 하할 수 있는 완벽한 기회를 제공했다.
student, teaching skills and game of golf. LPGA 투어 4회 우승자인 고진영이 목요일 밤에 열린 롤렉
“I’ve been very blessed in my life to be able to get up every day 스 올해의 선수상과 롤렉스 아니카 메이저상을 수상하며 가장
and go to work and do something that I love,” said Quarcelino. 많은 상을 획득했다. 이후 그녀는 69.062로 마감된 CME 그
“I can only hope that I can be an inspiration to people that are
룹 투어 챔피언십이 끝난 후 시즌 최저 득점 기록을 세우면서

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