Whan Admits Error In Moving Evian, Pledges Change

After one of the great disasters in modern major history, the beleaguered Evian Championship will be moving back to a summer date by 2019 according to the man who switched it, LPGA Commish Mike Whan.

Speaking to Damon Hack on Morning Drive, Whan admitted this year's rain-shortened event has him rethinking things. Randall Mell reports on this and other LPGA news from the interview.

“We will get Evian back to a summer date,” Whan pledged. “It may not be in ’18, but certainly by ’19.”

Whan said he believes in Evian as an LPGA major, but he regrets his decision to move the event to September, with its rainy season and its shorter days.

“The challenges we’ve faced are man-made,” Whan said. “And I’m the man who made them.”

Kudos to Whan for finally coming around and admitting to the mistake.

Comments

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No mention of Symetra Tour/Q-School and/or Hall(s) of Fame

[Hardy Greaves]

Sorry, 5 majors is one too many. And the course is not major worthy, either.

BTW, can't wait to watch the ladies play Pebble! (Hope I live that long.)

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https://thegolfnewsnet.com/ryan_ballengee/2017/11/08/lpga-move-evian-championship-september-2019-107425/ Evian Resort will host next July's Arnold Palmer Cup

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According to Randall Mell, Mike Whan said Q Series with a few events will go into effect next year, final stage will be taking players who didn’t finish LPGA top 100 with Symetra Tour players who didn’t get tour cards with smaller group advancing from stage II Q-School