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Article: Hawaii without LPGA Tour events in 2010
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- July 3, 2009
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Michelle Wie's home state, which promotes itself as a golfer's paradise with year-round sunny weather, has bid aloha to the LPGA Tour _ for now.
The number of LPGA Tour events have dwindled from a record three in 2008 to one this season and none scheduled for next year as corporate sponsors and golf courses try to cut marketing costs amid global economic declines. The tour is hoping a new sponsor will step up soon so Hawaii won't be left off the 2010 schedule.
"Every sport, every corporation, every family is feeling the recession, so it's not easy," LPGA Tour spokesman David Higdon said. "But we're going to work hard and we know we have a great sport, a ...