LPGA to Launch New Tournament Featuring Professionals and Collegiate Players in 2027

Nanea Cup to Debut in Hawaii Next March
95 Professionals and 25 Collegiate Players to Compete
Vast Links Course, Total Prize Fund of $4 Million

The LPGA Tour has established a new tournament in which both professional and college players will compete.

The LPGA Tour announced on July 22 (Korean time) that the Nanea Cup, a new event where professionals and players from U.S. women's college golf teams will face off, will be held next March in the state of Hawaii. The new tournament will offer a total prize purse of $4 million (approximately 5.9 billion won). However, college players, who maintain amateur status, will not be eligible to receive prize money.

The panoramic view of Nanea Golf Club, the battlefield for the Nanea Cup, a new tournament on next year's LPGA Tour. Provided by LPGA

The event will take place from March 11 next year for four days at Nanea Golf Club in Hawaii. Ninety-five LPGA Tour players and twenty-five players from Stanford University, University of Texas, University of Arkansas, Texas A&M University, and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will compete. After rounds one and two, the top 50 players (including ties) will advance to the final rounds. College players who make the cut will continue to contend with professionals through round four for the championship trophy.

Nanea Golf Club opened in 2003. This is the first time it is hosting a professional tournament. The club was designed by David McLay Kidd. It is located between the mountains and the sea, featuring a vast links course known for its strong winds.

Craig Kesler, the LPGA Commissioner, said, "We are very pleased to add the Nanea Cup to next year's LPGA Tour schedule," adding, "All conditions, including the course and the total prize fund, make this a perfect tournament."

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