The LPGA won’t be back in action until mid-July at the earliest. On Wednesday morning the tour released its latest revised schedule with the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, a team event in Midland, Michigan, now in the lead-off position July 15-18.
The final event of the season, the CME Group Tour Championship, moves to Dec. 17-20 in Naples, Florida, immediately following the U.S. Women’s Open in Houston, Texas.
“One thing that has become clear is that there will be no ‘opening bell’ regarding a return to safe play in this new normal of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan in a statement. “To be honest, being ‘first’ has never been the goal when it comes to returning to play in this new normal. We have built a schedule that we think is as safe as possible given what we know about travel bans, testing availability, and delivering events that our sponsors and our athletes will be excited to attend.
“While July seems like a long way away, we are certainly aware that restarting our season in Michigan, Ohio and New Jersey will require a continued improvement in the situation in each of those states.”
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The Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, originally scheduled for June 19-21, will now be held Aug. 28-30, taking the place of the now canceled UL International Crown.
The KPMG Women’s PGA is the latest major to move to a fall date. Originally scheduled for late June, the championship will now be held Oct. 8-11 at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
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Four other events that were scheduled to take place earlier this spring and then postponed – Volvik Founders Cup, LOTTE Championship, HUGEL-AIR PREMIA LA Open and LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship – have now been canceled for this season. That’s now a total of eight canceled events for 2020 plus the International Crown.
The Marathon Classic, Meijer LPGA Classic, new Pelican Women’s Championship and Volunteers of America Classic have all moved to later dates on the schedule featured below.
The AIG Women’s British Open remains on the schedule in late August even though the men’s British Open has been canceled for 2020.
There are four events still in the fall Asian swing, with tournaments scheduled for China, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. The Korean LPGA is scheduled to return to action in mid-May with no spectators.
Players will compete for more than $56 million for the remainder of the year.
Updated LPGA schedule
| Date | Event and location | Money |
| July 15-18 | Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational Midland C.C., Midland, Michigan |
$2.3M |
| July 23-26 | Marathon LPGA Classic presented by Dana Highland Meadows G.C., Sylvania, Ohio |
$2M |
| July 31 – Aug. 2 | ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer Seaview, A Dolce Hotel, Galloway, New Jersey |
$2M |
| Aug. 6-9 | The Evian Championship Evian Resort G.C., Evian-les-Bains, France |
$4.1M |
| Aug. 13-16 | Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open The Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland |
$1.5M |
| Aug. 20-23 | AIG Women’s British Open Royal Troon G.C., Troon, Scotland |
$4.5M |
| Aug. 28-30 | Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G Pinnacle C.C., Rogers, Arkansas |
$2M |
| Sept. 3-6 | CP Women’s Open Shaughnessy G. and C.C., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
$2.35M |
| Sept. 10-13 | ANA Inspiration Mission Hills C.C., Rancho Mirage, California |
$3.1M |
| Sept. 17-20 | Cambia Portland Classic Columbia Edgewater C.C., Portland, Oregon |
$1.75M |
| Sept. 24-27 | Kia Classic Aviara G.C., Carlsbad, California |
$2M |
| Oct. 1-4 | Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give Blythefield C.C., Grand Rapids, Michigan |
$2.3M |
| Oct. 8-11 | KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Aronimink G.C., Newtown Square, Pennsylvania |
$4.3M |
| Oct. 15-18 | Buick LPGA Shanghai Qizhong Garden G.C., Shanghai, People’s Republic of China |
$2.1M |
| Oct. 22-25 | BMW Ladies Championship LPGA International Busan, Busan, Republic of Korea |
$2M |
| Oct. 29 – Nov. 1 | Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA Miramar G. and C.C., New Taipei City, Chinese Taipei |
$2.2M |
| Nov. 6-8 | TOTO Japan Classic Taiheyo Club (Minori Course), Ibaraki, Japan |
$1.5M |
| Nov. 12-15 | OFF | |
| Nov. 19-22 | Pelican Women’s Championship presented by DEX Imaging Pelican G.C., Belleair, Florida |
$2M |
| Nov. 26-29 | OFF (Thanksgiving) | |
| Dec. 3-6 | Volunteers of America Classic Old American G.C., The Colony, Texas |
$1.75M |
| Dec. 10-13 | U.S. Women’s Open Champions G.C., Houston, Texas |
$5.5M |
| Dec. 17-20 | CME Group Tour Championship Tiburon G.C., Naples, Florida |
$5M |