NAPLES, Fla. — Purses on the LPGA Tour will rise by $4 million in 2016, and officials are aiming for a second event in China.
The tour released next year's schedule on Friday, with 18 of the 33 official events held in the United States. Purse money will rise from $59.1 million to $63.1 million, a tournament has been added in Michigan and the LPGA will take a three-week break to accommodate the return of golf to the Olympics in August.
"Stability with growth," LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan said. "We've had some dramatic things we needed to address in the last six years .