Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and the Women Skilled Golf Affiliation (LPGA) Tour in the present day introduced The Chevron Championship will transfer to the Metropolis of Houston’s Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston, Texas. The relocation marks a brand new chapter for the LPGA Tour’s first main of the season by bringing the occasion nearer to Chevron’s new company headquarters and the middle of downtown Houston.
Redesigned by famend architect Tom Doak, the venue affords top-tier amenities and a welcoming expertise for each gamers and followers, making certain the continued success of some of the esteemed occasions in girls’s golf — the LPGA’s first main of the yr.
“The Chevron Championship’s transfer to Memorial Park Golf Course demonstrates our continued dedication to rising the sport of girls’s golf and increasing our presence within the Metropolis of Houston,” mentioned Laura Lane, chief company affairs officer for Chevron. “For greater than a century, Houston has been central to Chevron’s story. Collaborating with Memorial Park permits us to honor that legacy whereas advancing our dedication to girls’s golf and giving again to the neighborhood.”
The course’s proximity to downtown Houston and Chevron’s headquarters will proceed to make it straightforward for followers, neighborhood companions and staff to attend the match and take part in its quite a few community-focused initiatives. Memorial Park can be dwelling to the Chevron Heart for Schooling and Golf, the place younger Houstonians find out about STEM ideas via the sport of golf.
“Chevron’s partnership continues to set an ordinary for what it means to put money into girls’s golf — not simply as a championship, however as a platform to encourage and develop the sport,” mentioned Craig Kessler, LPGA commissioner. “Transferring The Chevron Championship to Memorial Park Golf Course strengthens that imaginative and prescient. It brings the occasion nearer to the guts of Houston, connecting extra followers and communities to our athletes, and serving to guarantee this main — a convention that started in 1972 — continues to shine as one of many recreation’s most significant phases.”
“Houston is proud to deepen our partnership with Chevron by welcoming The Chevron Championship to Memorial Park. This transfer celebrates our shared sports activities legacy whereas showcasing town’s shiny future,” mentioned John Whitmire, mayor of Houston. “Bringing this world-class occasion to Houston strengthens our place as a premier sports activities vacation spot and creates alternatives to encourage the subsequent technology via the sport of golf.”
“Internet hosting The Chevron Championship, the LPGA’s first main of the yr, on the Metropolis of Houston’s Memorial Park Golf Course underscores our dedication to offering a world-class fan and participant expertise that serves the bigger Houston neighborhood and continues to showcase our nice metropolis to the world,” mentioned Jim Crane, chairman of the Astros Golf Basis. “The Astros Golf Basis is proud to work alongside Chevron and the LPGA to amplify this main match and assist extra Houstonians expertise world-class occasions within the coronary heart of town. This occasion will spotlight the unimaginable expertise of the LPGA, and advance the expansion and attain of girls’s golf — a mission we’re proud to help.”
