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Article: Golf: LPGA Tour announces its richest ever schedule for 2001
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- AAP Sports News (Australia)
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- December 8, 2000
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AAP Sports News (Australia)
12-08-2000
Golf: LPGA Tour announces its richest ever schedule for 2001
The LPGA Tour has announced its 2001 schedule, unveiling four new women's golf events
and the largest total purse in its history .
There will be a record $77 million up for grabs in the 40 events on next year's schedule
comprised of 37 official events and three unofficial tournaments.
There will be 19 tournaments offering more than $A1.83 million) in prize money, up
from 12 in 2000.
The season will kick off from January 12 to 14, 2001 with one of the four new events
on the slate, the LPGA.com Classic at Orlando, Florida.
The other inaugural events on the schedule are the Canadian ...