Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA)

The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) has extended deals with sponsors of two of its major events.

The Ladies Professional Golf Association has agreed a new commercial partnership with Taiwanese hardware and electronics company Acer.

The Ladies Professional Golf Association has announced that non-profit organisation Volunteers of America will step up to serve as the title sponsor for the tour’s stop in North Texas.

A five-year title sponsorship deal with All Nippon Airways (ANA) has secured the future of the LPGA Major formerly known as the Kraft Nabisco Championship.

Japanese airline All Nippon Airways has secured a long-term deal with the Ladies Professional Golf Association and the IMG agency to serve as the title sponsor of the first women’s golf major tournament of the calendar year from 2015.

Global fitness company Life Fitness has enhanced its relationship with the Ladies Professional Golf Association to become an official marketing partner of the organisation.

The Ladies Professional Golf Association has signed safety consulting and certification company Underwriters Laboratories as the title sponsor of the next two editions of the International Crown national team tournament, adding the event will leave the US for the first time in 2018.

The Ladies Professional Golf Association has entered into a new partnership with Korean golf equipment manufacturer and retailer Golfzon.

Japanese and Korean food and shopping corporation Lotte has signed a three-year extension to its title sponsorship of the LPGA golf tournament the Lotte Championship.

The Ladies Professional Golf Association has announced that Calamos Investments and Rolex will serve as global partners for the second edition of its International Crown event when it is staged in Sugar Grove, Illinois in July 2016.

Taiwanese financial holding company Fubon Financial Holding has agreed a deal to become the title sponsor of the Ladies Professional Golf Association’s 2014 Taiwan Championship.

Taiwanese non-profit golf organisation Swinging Skirts has signed up as the fifth global partner for the Ladies Professional Golf Association’s new International Crown tournament.

Professional services group KPMG has agreed a five-year deal, from 2015 to 2019, to title sponsor the Women’s PGA Championship, the first women’s golf major to be organised as a joint venture between the LPGA and the PGA of America.

Professional services firm KPMG will serve as title sponsor of the Women’s PGA Championship after entering into an agreement with the Ladies Professional Golf Association and PGA of America.

Portland-based healthcare organisation Cambia Health Solutions has agreed to become the presenting sponsor of the Portland Classic in a deal that will return the Ladies Professional Golf Association event to its traditional name.

Financial services company Manulife Financial has extended its title sponsorship of the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic Canadian women’s golf tournament until 2016.