Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) to host the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions

 

The LPGA's Champions-Only Tournament Will Open the 2021 Season, January 21-24 in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla., - Diamond Resorts®, a international chief in the hospitality, holiday ownership and leisure industries, declares a 3-year contract extension with the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) to host the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions via 2024.

 

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The Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions will return to Tranquilo Golf Course at Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club Orlando from January 21-24, 2021.

"What commenced as a wild concept has now turn out to be a sincerely distinctive event that gamers and followers appear ahead to yr in and 12 months out, and we are honored to proceed partnering with the LPGA to host this unforgettable event," stated Mike Flaskey, Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Resorts. "Spectators are a imperative phase of our electric powered event atmosphere, and we're extremely joyful to safely welcome followers to Orlando this January to cheer on the world's quality LPGA and superstar golfers."

The Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions captured the golf world's creativeness when it started out in January 2019 with a special structure combining LPGA Tour winners alongside exquisite celebrities. Gaby Lopez of Mexico claimed the 2020 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions expert title, whilst Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz claimed his 2nd consecutive win in the superstar division. Smoltz will return for a shot at his 1/3 championship title at the 2021 tournament this January.

This yr will as soon as once more play host to almost 50 superstar golfers, consisting of us of a track artist and songwriter Lee Brice, "Narcos: Mexico" actor Michael Peña, former big name of ABC's "The Bachelor," Ben Higgins, former MLB pitcher Roger Clemens and comedian and actor Larry the Cable Guy. Past celeb contributors have protected superstars from leisure and all essential sports, together with Jerry Rice, Brian Urlacher, Marcus Allen, Justin Verlander, Ray Allen, Grant Hill, Toby Keith, Alfonso Ribeiro and more.

"I've cherished the risk to play in the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions for the closing two years. Getting to play golf with celebrities and dangle with human beings we do not generally get to see on Tour is a top notch way to begin the year," stated 5-time LPGA champion Danielle Kang. "The parties, the food, the surroundings – this is not simply any tournament. This is one we really all hope to play in each and every year."

Combining LPGA winners with pinnacle sports activities and amusement celebrities in the identical pairings proved to be a tv scores success as the 2020 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions captured extra viewers than any preceding LPGA season opening match in eleven years. The 2021 match will be nationally televised starting Thursday and Friday on Golf Channel and Saturday and Sunday on NBC. Additionally the broadcast will be transmitted to about one hundred fifty countries, attaining thousands and thousands of viewers round the globe.

"The Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions, our proper Party on Tour, has been an fantastic addition to the LPGA Tour schedule," stated LPGA commissioner Mike Whan. "We can not wait to kick off our season with our friends throughout sports activities and amusement for the next 4 years."

From its inception, track has performed an vital position in placing the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions aside from comparable expert carrying events. The 2020 match featured a 3-night lineup of personal concert events for sponsors and invited guests. Some of the nation's most liked performers, inclusive of Counting Crows, Boyz II Men, Sister Hazel, Colt Ford, Easton Corbin and Jake Owen, carried out as phase of the match festivities. A stay DJ additionally performed on the 18th gap throughout competition, bringing the birthday celebration ecosystem onto the course.

Diamond Resorts and the LPGA are excited to welcome spectators again in a confined potential to Orlando this January for the 2021 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions. The protection of match players, followers and companions is of utmost concern. The event will be hosted in compliance with all local, country and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) pointers to defend the fitness of all participants. Safety methods will encompass scientific screenings and each day temperature checks, strict social distancing requirements, obligatory face coverings in the course of the route and scheduled regular cleansing and sanitizing of all common areas.

For greater important points and updates on security procedures, please go to DiamondLPGA.com.

Tickets to the tournament are now on sale, with expenses ranging from $30 for a single day grounds pass by to $60 for a 4-day grounds pass. Diamond Resorts is additionally honored to proceed its culture of imparting complimentary tickets to energetic duty, reserve and retired participants of the army and first responders. Military members, veterans and first responders, such as lively and retired police, hearth and emergency scientific technician personnel, can enter SALUTE2021 in the Access Key area when buying tickets at DiamondLPGA.com/Tournament/Tickets to release two complimentary 4-day grounds skip tickets.