Move expected to grow LPGA major
Updated: July 12, 2004, 9:31 AM ET
Associated Press
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. -- The LPGA Championship, played the last 18 years at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Del., is moving 35 miles south next year to Bulle Rock Golf Club in Maryland.
DuPont is being redesigned, and tournament organizers decided on the move with hopes of growing one of the four majors on the LPGA Tour.
Co-founder Herb Lotman said moving the McDonald's LPGA Championship to Bulle Rock, a Pete Dye design, would offer more potential to raise money for Ronald McDonald House Charities and other children's charities.
Annika Sorenstam won the LPGA Championship this year for the second straight time, giving her seven majors. The tournament will be played June 9-12 next year.
Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press
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