LPGA

he LPGA and International Management Group are moving forward with bringing the new LPGA Tour Championship to Houston this fall despite losing its title sponsor. When the event is played Nov. 19-22 at The Houstonian Golf & Country Club in Richmond, just... More

he LPGA and International Management Group are moving forward with bringing the new LPGA Tour Championship to Houston this fall despite losing its title sponsor. When the event is played Nov. 19-22 at The Houstonian Golf & Country Club in Richmond, just outside of Houston, it will mark the first time the LPGA has played in Texas since 2003 and the first time in 24 years it has played a regular tour event in Houston. LPGA Commissioner Carolyn Bivens told players about the new Tour Championship last October at an event in Hawaii, but neither the LPGA nor IMG actively promoted the event because there were still unresolved issues with procuring the host site and a tournament organizer. By February, however, tournament sponsor Stanford Financial collapsed after a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation came to light in mid-February. The SEC charged wealthy Texas financier Robert Allen Stanford and three of his companies with running a fraudulent, multi-billion dollar investmen Less