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This week’s Zurich Classic team event rekindles conversation about the PGA Tour/LPGA Strategic Alliance’s announced aim to bring the men and women together for an event.
What is the state of those plans?
Well, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan’s and LPGA commissioner Mike Whan’s original idea of having the women join the men in the PGA Tour’s calendar-year opener in Hawaii isn’t going to happen. That was taken off the table a month ago, when the LPGA announced it was creating its own winners-only event as its new season opener next year.
“Originally, both Jay and I thought the PGA Tour’s Tournament of Champions might be the best option for a joint PGA–LPGA tour event,” Whan wrote GolfChannel.