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[LPGA TOUR]

LPGA Tour to Return with Two Events

in Northwest Ohio

2020 season to resume with new LPGA Drive On

Championship at Inverness Club, followed by

Marathon LPGA Classic presented by Dana at
Highland Meadows Golf Club

LPGA투어 돌아온다, 오하이오주에서 두 대회 연

속 개최

인버네스 클럽에서 'LPGA 드라이브온 챔피언십' 개최하며 2020
시즌 재개, 하이랜드 메도우스 골프클럽에서 '마라톤 LPGA 클래
식 프리젠티드 바이 다나' 연이어 개최

AYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 16, 2020) – The LPGA Championships, PGA Championships, NCAA Champi-
DTour announced today that it will resume its 2020 onships and is the venue for the 2021 Solheim Cup.
season with back-to-back events in Northwest Ohio. “Thanks in part to the generosity of our partners who
The Marathon LPGA Classic presented by Dana, which could not reschedule their events in 2020, we are add-
had been scheduled to take place July 23-26 at High- ing a valuable additional playing opportunity for our
land Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio, has ac- LPGA Tour members,” said LPGA Commissioner Mike
commodated the LPGA request to shift its dates and Whan. “We are so appreciative of our longtime part-
will now be held Aug. 6-9. One of the longest running ners, Marathon and Dana, as well as the memberships
events on the LPGA Tour, the Marathon LPGA Classic at Highland Meadows and Inverness, for adjusting
will allow spectators on site following recent approval their schedules and helping us create a valuable two-
from Ohio Governor Mike DeWine. week stretch in the Toledo area as we work to safely
This schedule adjustment allows the LPGA Tour to add return to competition. This new event will allow us to
a new three-day event in the Toledo area and provide test our COVID-19 protocols before we get to welcome
its Members with an additional playing opportunity back our fans at the Marathon LPGA Classic presented
during the shortened 2020 season. The Tour will now by Dana.”
return to competition with a new event for the 2020
season, the LPGA Drive On Championship. The three- AYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 15, 2020) – LPGA투어가
day, official tournament will be held July 31 to Aug. 2 D오하이오주 노스웨스트 지역에서 두 개 대회를 연속
at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Televised on Golf 개최하며 2020시즌을 재개한다.
Channel, the LPGA Drive On Championship will fea- 7월 23~26일에 오하이오주 실바니아 하이랜드 메도우스 골프
ture a field of 144 players competing for a $1 million 클럽에서 열릴 예정이었던 마라톤 LPGA 클래식 프리젠티드 바
purse and will take place without sponsors, pro-ams 이 다나(Marathon LPGA Classic presented by Dana)는
or spectators. It will provide LPGA Tour players and LPGA측의 날짜 변경 요청을 받아들여 8월 6~9일에 열리게 된
TV viewers with an early look at the famed Inverness 다. LPGA투어에서 가장 오래된 대회 중 하나인 마라톤 LPGA
Club, which has hosted U.S. Opens and USGA National 클래식은 최근 마이크 드와인(Mike DeWine) 오하이오 주지사

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