NAPLES, Fla. – LPGA commissioner Mike Whan ended his annual state of the tour address with a football and cheese-head hat. The tour announced a new domestic stop for 2017 in Green Bay, Wis. The Oneida LPGA Classic, a full-field event with a $2 million purse, that will take place at Thornberry Creek on the Oneida Reservation. It’s the official course of the Green Bay Packers. For proof that the Packers actually play there, general manager Joshua Doxtator said to look for carts that are a mere two inches off the ground.
It was an upbeat way to wrap up an otherwise predictable presser.